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Arnall Discusses
Possibilily With
President Truman
Truman Attentive,
Price Boss Says
Washington (UP.) Price
Stabilizer Ellis Arnall told
President Truman Wednesday
"it may be necessary and pro
per" to call a special session of
Cangress if food prices "conti
nue to get out of hand."
Arnall conferred with Mr.
Truman for 30 minutes at the
White House but declined to
discuss reports that he turned in
his resignation. However, his as
sociates have said he intends to
quit Sept, 1.
Broad Hint Given
Arnall hinted broadly that
Mr. Truman may reveal some
thing about Arnall's future at
his news conference Thursday.
He said Mr. Truman was
"very attentive" to his report
on the increase in food prices
and also the steel price increase
impact on the economy. Arnall
said Congress had so weakened
the Defense Production Act and
crippled funds for its enforce
ment so badly that he feels it
may be necessary to ask Con
gress to patch it up.
"I suggested that if food
prices continue : to get out of
hand it may be necessary and
proper to call a special session,"
Arnall told newsmen after his
talk with Mr. Truman.
High Fire Danger .
In Oregon Forests 7
Due To Continue
By UNITED PRESS
A drop in the fire danger in
northwest Oregon resulting from
a flow of marine air Wednesday
was only temporary and the
weatherman said higher temper
atures and lower humidities
would bring an increased fire
threat to forests of the region
Thursday. a
High temperatures and low
humiSities continued the high
fire danger in southwest and
south-central Oregon.
Two Blazes Fought
Fire-fighting crews, meantime,
were battling two blazes in the
Pacific Northwest.
One fire in the Mt. Hood Na
tional forest on Red Hill, about
seven miles southwest of Park-
dale, had burned 80 acres
Wednesday. The blaze started
Tuesday afternoon on the Louis
Birkenfeld logging operation
and spread through virgin and
second-growth timber.
Another fire was reported by
Guy Johnson, regional fire dis
patcher, in sage brush and
wheatland near Chelan, Wash.
Johnson said strong winds fan
ned the 200-acre blaze, making
it difficult to control. About 100
men were battling the blaze.
SPECIAL SESSION SIEwfJEEi
IF FOOD M0ES 'CLIMB' HieHER
Drought Problems Studied
As Requests for Aid Mount
By UNITED PRESS
The government Wednesday
studied the enormous problems
of aiding farmers in the grip of
a multi-million-dollar drought
that was spreading economic
disruption over a fourth of the
nation's agriculture.
Seven additional states clam
ored for an extension of a
drought-disaster area already
touching 10 states in the South
and New England. New reports
of crop damage signaled intensi
fying drought conditions m a
part of the Midwest.
Forest Fires Raging
Despite general cloudiness
and scattered showers over the
East, forest fires devastated New
England timberlands and Dixie
farmers found too little mois
ture -for urgently needed re
plantings. The U. S. Weather Bureau
added to the bleak picture of
dusty, fields, browned pastures
and Jean stock herds a long
range forecast that showers dur
ing the rest of August "may
Eisenhower Tells 1 O-Point
Program in Address to VRfJ
Denver (U.R) Dwight D.
Eisenhower's second "platform"
was laid before the nation Wed
nesday in a statement of the Re
publican presidential candi
date's hopes for the future.
The former five-star general
outlined a 10-point program be
fore the" 53rd encampment of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars at
Los Angeles Tuesday night a
few hours before returning to
his temporary campaign head
quarters here.
Essentials Summarized
Speaking before some 20,000
persons in the huge 100,000-seat
Memorial Coliseum, Eisenhower
told his former comrades-inarms
that his 10-point credo
summarized the essentials "in
the dreams of each and all of
us."
Eisenhower's address, made
on the occasion of his recieving
the VFW's Bernard Baruch Dis
tincniishpd Service Medal, cli
maxed a brisk four-hour whirl
wind arrival, reception and tour
by. the candidate who termed his
visit to Los Angeles non-political,
although California's top
political figures were on hand to
greet him.
Given Two Ovations
The crowd gave Eisenhower
a minute-long ovation when he
was introduced by VFW Com
mander Frank C. Hilton and an
other when he finished. They in
terrupted his speech about eight
times with applause.
Eisenhower chose the occa
sion -ol his receiving the Baruch
award to tell the ex-servicemen
Narcotics Raid Nets
Seven in Portland
Portland U.R) Seven per
sons, suspected of dope addic
tion and peddling, were arrest
ed early Wednesday at an up
town Portland hotel.
. Five of those taken into cus
tody by Portland police vice
squad were women. .
: Police said the raid probably
would put an end to narcotics
peddling which netted dope ring
leaders an estimated $500 a day.
Among those arrested was Ed-
die Lee, 42-year-old Chinese, who
was charged with violation of
federal narcotics laws. Police
said they found an estimated 23
grains of heroin in his apart
ment at the hotel.
The five women, all with po
lice records, were charged with
state vagrancy.
Loco Woman 'Improved'
After Suicide Attempt
Mrs. Myrtle Reichstein, 71, of
444 South Front street, attempt
ed to take her own life yester
day by drinking a disinfectant,
according to city police who said
they received the information
from a Medford physician.
After her stomach was pump
ed out Mrs. Reichstein was tak
en to Sacred Heart hospital. At
tendants there reported her con
dition was "much improved" to
day. ' . .
bring some, but not sufficient,
relief."
Loss of a harvest, necessity of
buying feed for livestock and
the coast of replanting spelled
financial ruin for thousands of
farmers unles ' sthey could be
tided over.
The Department of Agricul
ture called farm officials of 10
states into session at Atlanta to
set up procedures for rapidly
processing government loans in
the disaster area already, cover
ing eight states and parts of two
others. ...
Governors Ask Funds
Governors of Tennessee -and
Kentucky requested President
Truman to authorize use of his
emergency fund to subsidize the
cost of shipping in feed from
states not hit by the drought.
- A spokesman for Western rail
roads said they are "obliged to
refuse? .to provide, lower freight
rates on emergency hay ship
ments as authorized by the Inter
state Commerce Commission be
cause the rates "already are on
a low basis."
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6,
what they had fought for,
dreamed about and desired of
their country.
He said his 10-point program
was the result of talking "with
many an old comrade" and in
GEN, DWIGHT EISENHOWER
Outlines Program
Wesfside Heights
Annexation Okayed
Westside Heights addition was
incorporated into the city last
night during the council meet
ing at city hall.
Councilman Dwight Houghton
commended Contractor D. A.
Parker for his efforts to make
the area confirm with city spec
ifications. No one appeared to speak eith
er for or against the annexation
during the brief hearing. A hear
ing was also set for the inclusion
of a peninsula of non-city land
north of the Verde Hills addi
tion. It was continued to the
next meeting.
The council also passed an or
dinance calling for bids on a
$100,000 bond issue for financ
ing airport construction.- There
is a deficiency of approximately
$90,000, according to Dwight
Houghton, ' chairman of - the fi
nance committee. The rules
were suspended to allow a sec
ond and third reading for the
finance ordinance last night.
Councilman Paul Selby urged
Superintendent Robert Duff to
contact California Oregon Pow
er company regarding the plac
ing of street lights that are
"badly needed on the east side."
He cited several streets badly in
need of additional lighting.
(See Story on Page 3)
Byrnes To Support
Democratic Ticket
Columbia, S.C. (U.R) Gov.
James F. Byrnes, one of the
sharpest Southern critics of the
Truman administration in which
he once played a leading role,
threw his support to the Demo
cratic presidential ticket .Wed
nesday.
This meant that the South Car
olina State Convention, recon
vened for a look at the national
party ticket, undoubtedly would
endorse the Stevenson-Sparkman
slate and thus end the last real
possibility of a major Southern
bolt in November.
South Carolina is ?na of the
three Southern states which re
fused to sign the loyalty pledge
at the Democratic National Con
vention in Chicago. But the
state delegation was seated any
how.
Price Increases OK'd
For Aluminum Producers
' Washington (U.R) The gov
ernment Wednesday authorized
price increases totaling about
$50,000,000 a year for aluminum
producers.
The Office of Price Stabiliza
tion regulation authorized an in
crease of one cent a pound for
producers of primary aluminum,
alloys and ingots and an increase
of 5 per cent for producers of
other primary aluminum mill
products. .
making it public he merely was
putting into words what they all
had thought.
"These points are not a pro
gram of impossibilities," he said
"Every one of them is within
our reach provided only that
you and I accept our responsibil
ities as citizens and do our civic
duty ....
To Increase Strength
"Let us look at them: Stated
in the form of proposals, of
positive objectives
"To increase America's
strength; spiritual, creative and
material.
"To win a just and lasting
peace secured by the strength of
the free world.
"To build a prosperity not
based on war.
"To make America's promise
of equality a living fact for
every American.
"To strengthen, and extend
measures for the security and
welfare of the people.
"To protect the earnings and
savings of the people from the
double toll of high prices and
high taxes.
To Serve Interests of All
. "To serve the worthy inter
ests of every group of our peo
ple, yet make the test of each
policy: Is it good for America?
"To restore honesty to govern
ment. -
"To insure, by means which
guard our basic rights, that
those who serve in government
are Americans of loyalty and
dedication.. ....... , . k
"To revive in every American
the faith' that he can achieves
better future for himself and his
family."
Acquittal Requested
For Convicted Reds
Los Angeles U.R) Defense
attorneys for 14 California Com
munist party leaders convicted
of violating the Smith act pleaded
with Federal Judge William C.
Mathes Wednesday to throw out
a jury's verdict and acquit the
Reds.
The Reds, convicted Tuesday
of plotting to teach and advo
cate the violent overthrow of the
government, were brought to
court from county jail to hear
their attorneys argue for a mo
tion for a directed verdict of
acquittal.
Judge Mathes had postponed
a decision on the motion earlier
in the trial.
Under , federal law, ' Judge
Matties can vacate the jury's ver
dict and issue a verdict of inno
cent. If he denied the motion,
however, the Communists face
maximum sentences of $10,000
fines and five years in prison.
Oregon Polio Cases
Appear on Decline
Portland (U.R) Polio appar
ently is cn the decline in Ore
gon the State Board of Health
reported Wednesday.
For the first time since early
in July the number of cases re-,
ported for a week has declined,
the board said. Only nine cases
were reported last ' week com
pared with 14 the week before.
In Umatilla county, where 24
cases were reported since July
5, only two cases were reported
last week. Malheur county,
which had five the week before,
had none last week.
Oregon has had 71 cases of
polio since April compared to 46
for the same period last year.
Rhee Cinches Election
As President of Korea
Pusan, - Korea (U.R) Presi
dent Syngman Rhee cinched his
election as South Korea's
first popularly-chosen president
Wednesday by running up a
three-to-one majority over his
two principal opponents with
the vote from Tuesday's elec
tion two-thirds in.
Washington (U.R) Senator
Wayne Morse left Washington
by air Tuesday for Europe,
where he will spend a month in
specting United States military
bases as a member of a senate
armed services committee.
Tribune
1952
OFF TO THE RACES Fifteen-year-old Richard Reeves, Grants
Fass, is shown at right center, above, as he prepared to leave tne
Medford municipal airport yesterday for the National Soap Box
Derby at Akron, O. Seeing him off are Medford Mayor D. L. Flynn,
left, and Grants Pass Mayor Morris Milbank, right, while Capt.
Max Campbell, pilot of the plane, looks on. Richard won the right
to compete in the national derby by winning the Rogue Valley
Soap Box derby here July 13. He was accompanied to Akron,
where the national derby starts August 10, by his mother, Mrs.
Ralph A. Reeves, arid by Jimmy Dunlevy, chairman of the local
derby. Also on hand to see the boy off were the Grants Pass Glad
iolus festival queen and her court and representatives of United
Air line. (Brainerd photo).
New Scandals Found
In Alcohol Tax Unit
Washington (U.R) House in
vestigators have dug up a whole
new batch of scandals in the In
ternal Revenue Bureau this
time in its Alcohol Tax unit.
Congressional informants said
a thorough-going investigation
Stevenson Manager
Scoffs at Reports
ADA Bossing Drive
Springfield, 111." (U.R) -
Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson's cam
paign manager scoffed Wednes
day ' at charges Americans for
Democratic Action and the left
wing of the Democratic party
have taken over Stevenson's
campaign.
Wilson W. Wyatt, campaign
manager for the Democratic pres
idential "nominee, said ADA
leaders had tried to draft Dwight
D. Eisenhower, now the, Repub
lican nominee, for the Democra
tic presidential nomination in
1948. Wyatt said he had refused
to join the move.
Appointment Brings Charge
It was Wyatt's appointment
to the Stevenson campaign di
rectorship that brought Republi
can charges that the ADA. ana
Democratic party left wing had
taken over the campaign. Wyatt
was ADA chairman when it was
founded in 1947.
Meanwhile, Stevenson prepar
ed for a conference this . after
noon with Sen. Richard B. Rus
sell of Georgia.
Schedules Address
Stevenson also prepared for
the first of his major pre-cam-
paign speeches, an address to be
delivered at the American ..Le
gion National convention Aug.
27 in New York. The governor
will speak two days after Dwight
D. Eisenhower, the Republican
nominee.
After the Russell visit, Stev
enson expects to talk with Mu
tual Security Administrator av
erell Harriman, who is expected
to arrive tonight . for an over
night stav and a conference with
the governor Thursday. Harri
man is' another presidential as
pirant who threw in the towel
to Stevenson.
Packinghouse Workers
In Contract Negotiations
Chicago (U.R) The CIO
United Packinghouse workers
met with three major meat
packers Wednesday in negotia
tions on new contracts covering
about 70,000 workers.
The current contract expires
Aug. 11.
The union said it is seeking
"substantial" wage increases,
but announced m specific fig
ure. It also seeks a union shop,
a guaranteed annual wage and
other concessions.
Weather
FORECAST: Continued hot and
dry with a few afternoon
showers over the mountains.
Low tonight 60. High Thurs
day 95.
Temn.
Highest Yesterday 95
Lowest this Morning 58
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conducted with the active help
of the Treasury Department, has
produced evidence that a num
ber of liquor dealers were al
lowed to settle large federal tax
claims for "puny" sums.
They said it also has been es
tablished that liquor licenses
were , issued to former prohibi
tion era bootleggers and to oth
er "shady characters" and that
persons with "political influ
ence' have wangled choice jobs
in the Alcohol Tax unit.
The findings are scheduled for
a public airing later this year by
the House" Ways and Means sub
committee headed by Rep. Cecil
King, D-Calif., which already,
has turned up widespread cor
ruption in the nations tax col
lecting system.
Car Theft Charges
face 14-Year-0ld
A 14-year-old Yakima, Wash.,
boy was in the Medford jail
Tuesday, charged with the theft
of a car from Medford Monday
night.
State police arrested the
youth five miles north of Grants
Pass on the Pacific highway
Monday. He was kept in the
Josephine county jail until he
could be transported to Medford.
The stolen automobile belongs
to J. E. Stratman, Grants Pass.
He left it at 17 South Riverside
with the keys still in the igni
tion. The car was halted by the
state police less thn an hour aft
er it was reported missing.
The boy told the local police
he was on probation in Yakima.
He has been in truble for vari
out petty larceny charges, he
added. He ran away from home
bunday and hitch hiked to Ash
land.
Oregon Socialists
To Nominate Saturday
Salem (U.R) Oregon Social
ists will hold their state nominat
ing convention Saturday - if at
least 250 qualified voters attend
a meeting n Bush school here.
Darlington Hoopes, Socialist
party candidate for president,
will attend the meeting and his
name will go on the state ballot
in November if he is nominated
by at least 250 voters the mini
mum required by Oregon law.
Hoopes has been a member of
the Socialist party since 1914 and
was Norman Thomas' running
mate on the Socialist ticket in
1944.
Widow Sticks
At Movie on Night of Girl's
Vancouver, Wash. (U.R) A
Portland widow Wednesday
stuck to her story that she saw
Trman, and U"tah Wilson, con
demned slayers of J o A n n
Dewey, in a Portland theater at
the time the brothers were ac
cused of kidnaping the 17-year-old
Meadowglade, Wash., girl in
March of 1950. .
Innocence Certain
Mrs. Eva Adams told Clark
County Prosecutor R. DeWitt
Jones Tuesday she was certain
the boys did not commit the
crime. J'I know they were in the
three-day bag
OF RED' PLANES
PLACED AT. 24'
Seoul, Korea (U.R) United Nations jet pilots knocked
down six Communist MIG-15 jets and damaged two others Wed
nesday to run their bag of MIGs destroyed or damaged in the past
three days to 24.
The 5th Air Force said all eight MIGs Wednesday were victims
of Sabrejets of the 4th and 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wings. The
exact number of planes involved in the dogfights was not immed
iately known.
During the last three days Allied pilots destroyed 11 MIGs
and damaged 13, bringing the August total to 15 shot down and
16 damaged.
Fifth Air Force officers added three more damage claims to
the list Wednesday after viewing gun camera films. The previous
damage total for the three days was 10.
Light Bombers Blast
Korean Gold Mine
WhUe Sabrejets battled the
MIGs over -Northwest Korea,
U.N. light bombers blasted a
gold mine in North-Central Ko
rea believed the primary source
of gold used by the Korean Reds
to buy war materials.
Allied fighter-bombers also
struck a tungsten mine near
Yangdok. B-26 light bombers
and Marine shore-based planes
returned at night to take , up
where the day shift left off.
Pilots from the American car
riers Essex and Boxer inflicted
new or additional damage on
four Communist hydro-electric
plants and on one steam plant.
Supply Train Destroyed
The minesweeper Carmick
destroyed an eight-car train on
the East Coast supply route. The
destroyer Pierce joined in the
kill and remained at the scene
to prevent removal of the wreck
age.
Ground action was light. The
most "significant action Tuesday
took place west of the Pukhan
river, where the Allies repulsed
three Red probing attacks.
Eighth army officials an
nounced that Communist casual
ties during July were the lowest
since March. Totals included
4,499 Reds killed, 4,389 wound
ed and 84 taken prisoner. The
number of prisoners was a rec
ord low.
Church of Brethren
Pastor Transferred
The Rev. Stanley G. Keller,
pastor of the Medford Church
of the Brethren, has accepted a
call from the Covina, Calif.,
church and. will assume his new
duties on September 1.
He will be succeeded here by
the Rev. Joseph R. Jennings, pas
tor for a number of years at
Santa Ana, Calif.
Mr. Keller and his family
came to Medford at the time of
formation of a new congrega
tion. Church of the Brethren
members in this area at that time
numbered about 40. A church
was built. Membership is now
about 100 and average Sunday
attendance is 85.
ine cnurch nas had mission
status but now is almost self
supporting, members said.'
Mr. Keller will preach his
farewell message at 11 a.m. this
Sunday.
Mr. Jennings and his family
are expected here in about one
week. They will reside in the
new parsonage at 214 Stark
street.
Total of Park Visitors
Larger Than Last Year
Even though the roads and
trails were not opened until far
later in the month than last year,
more people visited Crater Lake
National park last month than
did in July, 1951, according to
Park Supervisor John B. Wosky.
The park welcomed 88,893 vis
itors this year. This was one per
cent ''increase over July of last
year.
Only about half as many peo
ple visited the camp grounds this
year, but two of the camps did
not open until late in the month.
There were only 3,167 campers
las, month.
Salem (U.R) Edwin J.
Stastny, Malin, has been ap
pointed to the Oregon Potato
Commission to fill the unexpir
ed term of Scott Warren, Klam
ath Falls, resigned, the gover
nor's office announced Wednesday.
to Story Wilson Brothers
Playhouse theater in Portland
that night. My eyesight is good.
I saw them when the bright
lights of the theater were turned
on." . -
Mrs. Adams, who said she had
received a telephone threat last
Friday not to visit the prosecu
tor, was accompanied to Jones'
office by the Rev. C. R. Lam
bert, chairman of - a newly
formed committee seeking to get
the brothers' death sentences
commuted. They are scheduled
to die Aug. 15.
Phone Call Threatens
The woman said an unidenti
Frye Candidate for
Reelection to City
Council Position
Harold Frye, 803 West Second
street, Tuesday announced he
would be a candidate for re
election to the city council.
Frye is seeking a fourth term
on the council as a representa
tive of Ward 3. He has not yet
obtained a petition, according to
Miss Neva Samuels who is sub-"
stituting this week for the vaca
tioning city recorder, J. Ralph
Woodford.
Frye is proprietor of a grocery
store at 803 West Second street.
On the council, he is chairman
of the park committee.
He is the second councilman
whose term expires in Novem
ber to announce he will be a can
didate. John Snider, from Ward
1, announced earlier that he
will run for the council.
Not Candidates
The terms of Elmer Childers
and Dwight Houghton also ex
pire this year, but they have
both announced they will not
run for reelection.
Two candiates for the council
vacancies have filed petitions.
They are Dick Woodcock, Ward
2, and Jack Fitzgerald, Ward 4.
The deadline for filing for city
offices is August 30. Petitions
must be in the recorder's office
by August 26 to provide time
for checking of the signatures.
Graduate Student
Enrollment Heavy
Ashland (U.R) More than
twice as many students than ex
pected have taken advantage of
the graduate study program at
Oregon's three colleges of edu
cation since the program was ap
proved in January, the Oregon
State Board of Higher Educa
tion was- told Tuesday.
Dr. Charles Byrne, chancellor
of the board, told the group at
the close of a two-day meeting
here that 217 students were en
rolled this semester at the three
schools. He said the original es
timate was 105 students.
The graduate program was ap
proved after considerable de
bate and started during the pres
ent summer term.
5 Persons Fined for
Illegal Sale of Beer
Martin A. Hayes of Hayes Gro
cery, 2743 North Pacific high
way, Medford, was fined $55 yes
terday in district court for selling
beer to a minor girl, according to
court records.
The complaint against Hayes
charged the unlawful sale of alco
holic beverages to a 17-year-old
girl. The girl purchased the beer
for herself and three other girls,
all 18 years of age.
All four girls were charged
with illegal possession of alco
holic beverages and Judge
Rawles Moore fined each girl
$25.
BASEBALL
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Cleveland 7-9-1
Chicago 1-5-1
Wynn and Hegan; Kennedy,
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Doby.
Slaying
fied man telephoned her saying,
"You are interfering in the Wil
son case. If you go to Vancouver
to talk about it you'll never get
back home." She said she did
hot worry about the call.
Both Mrs. Adams and the
Rev. Lambert said, however,
that Jones remained unconvinc
ed of her story.
Sworn in Affidavit
- Mrs. Adams swore in an affi
davit several months ago she at
tended the theater on the night
of the kidnaping and that two
youths, identified by her as the
Wilson brothers? sat next to her.