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WM, rm'. Medford&JTribuie Weather Recommended A feature itory on the tecond annul Jackson county orchard tour and field day appears on Page 8 of today's Issue of The Mail Tribune. FORECAST Continued fair today and Monday, except for afternoon thunderstorms over the mountain areas. High to day near 95, low tonight 58. Temp. Highest yesterday 91 Lowest yesterday 55 United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 47th Year 24 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 1952 No. 121 Hvasta Feared Killed by Communists Washington (U.PJ John Hvasta's former cellmate in a Czechoslovakian Communist prison said Saturday he feared secret police somehow "got rid" of the young American. This grim view was given to the United Press by a Czech refugee who became a friend of Hvasta while occupying the same cell with the Hillside, N.J. youth in 1949 and 1950. Views Shared by Others That view is shared by Amer ican and other non-Communist Czech sources despite announce ment by the Czech government Hoover Says Nation Mired in Swamp of . Inflation, Taxes Ex-President Speaks At Engineers Meeting Portland, Ore. (U.P.) For mer President Herbert Hoover said Saturday night that both political party platforms were in agreement "that the nation is mired down in a swamp of spending, inflation and taxes." Mr. Hoover, who received an "Engineer of the Century award from the Northwest En gineering Centennial, said in an address which he termed "non political" that Republicans and Democrats alike disagree on "who-done-it." Suggested Method As an engineer, he suggested "a partial method of relief." "That partial remedy for our ill is with all our might to stim ulate scientific discovery, inven tion and their application by our engineers," he said. "That would increase produc tivity per capita and thereby mit igate these burdens. I do not guarantee it can work fast enough to save -the American way of life but it could help. Hope In Experience ' "The basis of this hope lies in our experience from three great hot wars. By increased pro ductivity after these wars, the credit of our nation was restored and the prosperity of our people moved into high levels. ' The former president saw two obstructions to such a solution of economic problems, including "unintelligent taxation" and "a coming national famine in tech nologists." He cited a decline in development of the non-ferrous metal industry in the west as an example of "what ill-considered taxation can do to our economy." US, Britain Slate Big Atomic 'Firsts' In Next Two Months Washington (U.R) Big atomic "firsts," both British and American, are just around '-fie corner. Before another two months pass the United States may have exploded the world's first H bomb. Apparently more imminent are Britain's first atomic weap ons tests, scheduled for the Monte Bello islands area of the Indian ocean some 50 miles off the northwest coast of Australia. The American tests will be carried out at Eniwetok atoll in the mid-Pacific. Congressional sources have hinted that the feature show at Eniwetok will be the first test of a hydrogen super bomb a weapon which theory says could be hundreds or thousands of times more powerful than the A-bombs of World War II. The Eniwetok demonstrations will be conducted by joint task force 132, formation of which was announced last February. They will be secret. The Atomic Energy commission will not say what kinds of weapons or "nu clear devices" will be tested, or when. Informed sources have sug gested however, that the tests will get underway in September and may be climaxed on or around October 1 by detona tion of an H-bomb. This cannot be confirmed officially. Ho7 Clouds Reported North of Rogue Valley The Rogue Valley cloud seed ers' BF-13 plane seeded heavy clouds at 15,000 feet for 5 min utes north of the valley late yesterday afternoon. . The seeders, under contract to the Jackson County Fruit Growers Traffic association; re ported a "good reaction" from the seeding. that Hvasta "escaped" last Jan. 2 and his whereabout now is not known. Some Czech exile sources be lieve Hvasta did escape from Leopoldov jail in Bratislavia, got to the Czech underground, but for some reason has not been heard of for several months. Now Lives in Canada However, the Czech refugee who was a friend of Hvasta did not entirely share this view. The refugee, who wished to remain anonymous, is visiting the Unit ed States on vacation from a job in a Canadian hotel. CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY to overthrow United States, these Communist leaders are led into Federal Court, Los Angeles, to hear arguments for new trial. From left: Ernest Otto Fox (back to camera); Philip Connelly (glasses); Albert Lima (background); Henry Steinberg, Frank E. Spector, Frank Carlson, William Schneiderman and Carl Lambert. They face prison terms of up to five' years and fines of $10,000. Four convicted women are not shown. (International Soundphoto) Bulgarians Aggressive Two Nations Filell Protests With UN In Island Dispute Dangerous Situation Seen by Commission United Nations, N. Y. (U.R) The Greco-Bulgarian frontier dispute over tiny Gamma Island threatened Saturday to become a major United Nations issue after Bulgaria charged formally Greece had displayed an "open ly aggressive and bellicose policy." Both sides now have filed pro tests with the U. N. Secretariat and U. N. Peace Observation Commission members) on the scene have warned a "very dan gerous situation" might result from the incident. Bulgarian Protest Ignored Greece ignored Bulgaria's protest. Officials in Athens termed the Bulgarian message "more Communist insolence." Bulgarian Foreign Minister Mincho Neytchev told the UN Secretariat the Greeks "provo catively" sent aircraft to the frontier area and opened a bomb ardment of Gamma Island after "all sorts of warnings and men aces to the Bulgarian frontier patrol." The Bulgarian note did not mention whether Bulgarian forc es had occupied Gamma Island, as the Greeks charged. Instead the Bulgarians stressed that their frontier guards had maintained "iron calm" in the face of "pro vocative acts of the Greek gov ernment." Greece charged earlier this week in a protest to the UN that Bulgaria had occupied Gamma Island. The Bulgarians with drew Friday, according to an Athens communique, after the Greek bombardment. Gamma island is one of three! sand bars in the Evros river which forms 10 miles of the Greco-Bulgarian border in Thrace. Eagle Point Man Found Dead at Home Earl P. Updike, 61, of route 1, box 15, Eagle Point, was found dead at his home about 1:30 p.m. Saturday, according to Coroner Carlos Morris. The coroner said that Updike died from a gunshot wound that was probably accidentally self inflicted. Updike's body was found by his wife. Survivors in addition to hi? wife, Edith, include two small children. Perl Funeral home is in charge of funeral arrange ments. . , He escaped from Russian-controlled uranium mines at Gachy mov, Czechoslovakia, last year following a "labor" transfer from Leopoldov prison. "Sinister Plot" The United Press was put in contact with the refugee by an other Czech exile who resides in Washington. A telephone in terview was arranged. "This must be a sinister plot by the Communists who got rid of John somehow and now they are telling that he escaped," the refugee said on the internation al mystery "Otherwise there Charge Greece and Warlike Plans Rogue Valley 'Saucerr - Is Weather Balloon " Rogue valley residents," a ' little left out of all the "fly . ing saucer" reports which are cropping up throughout the world thought ihey had a saucer of their own for a few minutes here Saturday eve ning. The object, emitting a gold en glow, hovered over Med ford for several minutes and then moved slowly away to the north. Earlier several residents had seen it move over Medford from the north. After calls had started com ing in to The Mail Tribune, a check with the weather bur eau disclosed that the object was a weather balloon on a routine flight. Weather bur eau officials report several calls after each balloon is sent aloft. Young Demos Elect Pete C. Soderlund Pete C. Soderlund was elected president of the Jackson County Young Democrats at an reorgan ization meeting held at the Edward C. Kelly home, 906 West Fourth street, Friday. Mrs. Ken neth R. Corliss was named vice president, James J. Boyle, secre tary and Norman Matteson, treasurer. "We Have a Winner" was the subject of a talk given by Pete Soderlund, who was one of the delegation of local Democrats who met Governor Adlai E. Stevenson when he stopped over here for an hour between planes following his appearance in Port land earlier this year. Secretary of State Returns from Hawaii Washington (U.R) Secre tary of State Dean Acheson re turned to Washington in a dri ving rainstorm S a t u r d ay to receive the congratulations of j President Truman for his work at the recent "Anzus" Pacific defense conference in Honolulu. The big Air Fodce Constella tion bringing Acheson back to the capital landed at National airport at 9:07 p.m., EDT. De spite the heavy rain, Mr. Tru man and Undersecretary of State David K. E. Bruce were on hand to welcome him. "I'm certainly glad to see you back," Mr. Truman told Ache son. "Congratulations. You did a fine job." Acheson may join Mr. Truman and Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois at their conference next week in drafting campaign strat egy on foreign policy issues. should be some information about him by now. Since there is none, it must be that he has met with foul play." Returned as Student Hvasta, who became an Amer ican citizen in 1944 after com ing to the United States from Czechoslovakia in 1939, had re turned" there as a student. He al so worked briefly for American consular authorities at Bratis lavia. He was arrested in October, 1948, on spy charges, and ev entually sentenced at a secret trial to 10 years imprisonment. With Starts in Regions Stricken by Drouth Hay Supplies Sent To Southern States Washington (U.R) The government got its multi-million dollar drouth emergency pro gram rolling Saturday with an nouncement that $23 to S36 a ton would be considered a fair price for hay in stricken Tenne ssee and Kentucky. Supplies of hay will be divert ed to the two states from the midwest and will begin arriving within a few days. All costs over the $28 to. $36 range will be borne by the government. The Agriculture department announced details for Kentucky and Tennessee along with five midwestern "supply states" from which the hay will be ship ped Indiana, Wisconsin, Michi gan, Iowa and Illinois. The hay subsidy program was outlined first for Tennessee and Kentucky because their officials were first to appeal for federal aid in the agricultural emer gency. Other drouth-stricken states will be given the same assistance when they ask for it. In Hay Business The . program puts the gov-j ernment into the hay business as buyer, shipper and seller. To begin with, it has a S3 million fund allocated by President Tru man. Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan asked rail roads serving both the midwest and the drouth-singed states to lend assistance by slashing their rates in half for the emergency feed shipments." Department spokesmen said Brannan has not received a re ply from 'the carriers who last week turned down a plea to make emergency rate reductions for the entire stricken southland. Sports Bulletins Portland, Ore. (U.R) Portland's Don Eggert hit a homerun in the second: in ning of Saturday night's ball game here, but it wasn't enough to stave off a 5 to 2 defeat by the league leading Oakland Oaks. Grants Pass 3 to 2 here last night in the third and deciding fray of a iwo-out-of-lhree ser ies for the District No. 8 soft ball championship. Grants Pass Pitcher Bob Smith walked in the winning run in the extra eighth inning. Local Chamber Asks Right To Intervene In Flight Hearings Medford-Klamath Service Involved The Jackson County Cham ber of Commerce this week pet itioned the Civil Aeronautics board for permission to inter vene in the application of three airlines for service between Medford and Klamath Falls. Applications have been filed by Southwest Airways, United Air Lines and West Coast airlines. The chamber requests to in tervene "because is has a sub stantial interest in the proceed ing and believes such interest may not be adequately repre sented by existing parties," the petition states. The petition also points out that the chamber has a mem bership of more than 600, in cluding many corporations, firms and individuals who reg ularly use air transportation and are directly interested in air service being established . be tween the two cities. In addition, the petition draws attention to the fact that Medford is served directly by the three airlines which have applied for the service. The petition seeks, specifical ly, that the chamber be given the right to have notice of and to appear at the hearings and to participate in the examination of witnesses. The chamber also seeks to be heard orally or to submit briefs. In past statements, the Jack son County Chamber of Com merce has pointed out that it is not backing any of the three air lines' application for estab lishing service between Med ford and Klamath Falls. The chamber is chiefly interested, representatives have stated, in having such service established. The petition also requests that the': hearing oh tfo 'matteY' be held in either Medford or Kla math Falls. It points out that, inasmuch as the only commun ities directly affected by the hearing are located in Oregon, and as the business firms and in dividuals represented by the chamber could not be heard if the hearings were held in Wash ington, D. C, it is highly desir eable from a local standpoint that they be held in this area. However, a letter from the of fice of Sen. Guy Cordon, re ceived this week by the cham ber, states that the outlook for holding the hearings in this area is not favorable. It quotes an other letter, from the CAB, stating that because of the board's budgetary situation," there is "considerable doubt as to whether a further session on the west coast would be justi fied." The letter quoted by Senator Cordon's office, however, adds, the chamber's interest in locat ing the hearing outside of Wash ington "will be given consider ation when the matter is finally set for hearing." Don Lane, secretary - man ager of the chamber, and other chamber officials, have stated that, if the hearings are held in Washington, it will probably be possible to send only one repre sentative to the hearing. It is felt that one man would not be able to handle the many phases of the question, they state. Denver (U.R) Dwight D. Eisenhower got a briefing on corruption in government from three Republican congressmen Saturday and told them he wast "disturbed" by what he heard. Two New Surgery Units Planned In Hospital Expansion Program Plans for two new surgery wings, at a contemplated cost of $50,000 are the latest develop ment in the over all remodeling program now in progress at Sacred Heart hospitaL'.'The new step was given impetus by a do nation of $20,000 from Mrs. T. E. Daniels in memory of her late husband T. E.-Daniels and the late Dr. J. J. Emmens, both benefactors of the hospital since its establishment in 1911. The Daniels donation will be used exclusively on a special surgery unit for. eye, ear, nose and throat cases. The second unit will be devoted to major surgery to augment present facilities. Culmination of Program The new wings will be a cul mination of an extensive remod eling program at the hospital PuS I DEEDED I WOUNDED IN BATTLE for possession of "Old Balriy" hill, Allied soldier receives first aid from corpsmen before being sent to rear during Korea fighting. Victim's arm is clenched as wound Is cleaned before he is carried to ambulance. (International) Angry Iranian Premier Threatens Resignation if Ail Demands Not Met Tehran, Iran (U.R) Iran's emotional Premier Mohammed Mossadegh, angered by Senate resistance to his demands for dictatorial powers, threatened Saturday to resign his post. Mossadegh, whose resignation last month touched of a violeijj outbreak of riots in which hun dreds were knreffa'ndwoufided, refused' to' trim" his demands to meet Senate objections. Key senators, in a stormy ses sion. Saturday protested Mossa degh's demands for blanket au thority to run the country as he pleased on grounds it would con travene, the Iranian constitution and strip Parliament of its powers. Mossadegh met with a 10-man Yreka Man Killed In Siskiyou Wreck Ashland Robert Andrew Pender, employee of the Siski you Daily News. Yreka, Calif., was killed Friday night when the car he was driving went over the bank on highway 99 detour 15 miles south of Ashland, ac cording to ambulance attendants. Two hitchhikers, Wick Witt Jr.. Bigelow. "Ark., and Jacques C. Talbert,-Kent, Wash., passen gers in the car, were injured. Witt was released after treat ment at Ashland General hospi tal and Talbert yesterday was still confined to the hospital. Talbert was brought to Ashland by the Litwiller ambulance. Pender's chest was crushed, ambulance men said. They re ported that Witt told them, Pen der was driver of the car. Pender's body is at Litwiller Funeral home. Washington (U.R) Price Stabilizer Ellis Arnall has in formed President Truman personally- that he would like to leave his post by Sept. 1, aides reported Saturday. begun two years ago. Among changes made were the remodel ing of the first floor to include admission, business and admini strative offices. The new en trance, opened last November, eliminates climbing steps. An emergency room near the ambu lance entrance is now being equipped for service. The changes also included an enlarged and modernized ma ternity department which now includes four labor rooms, two delivery rooms, a doctor's lounge, supply room, nursery with 14 bassinets, four incuba tors, a new isolation unit .for infants and a remodeled accomo dations for mothers. There has also been a cafeteria added, equipped to accommodate em ployees and relatives of sick patients who remain in the build senatorial delegation later and threatened to walk out on the premiership if his demands were not met. The Senate committee will re port to a closed Senate session scheduled for Monday, when the chamber -will chart its next move. If the Senate rejects Mossa degh's demands for a six months dictatorship, political - observers said Shah Reza Pahlevi will face a most difficult problem. Last Aopoiniee Red The last man he appointed to form a new government after Mossadegh's earlier resignation. Ahmen Ghavam, fled Tehran as mobs sought to lynch him after three days in office. The Majlis (lower house) read ily acceded to- Mosadegh's de mands for the dictatorial powers he said are necessary to put through his economic and de fense program. The Senate opposition boiled up suddenly during Saturday's session. , Senators challenged the mea sure on grounds that it violated the constitution of Iran. They presented arguments by Mossadegh himself when he was a deputy 26 years ago opposing full powers for any one minister. Medford Man Returns From Korean Fighting Sfc. Lawrence W. Vernon, 229 Berrydale avenue, Medford, will be among 60 Oregeonians in San Francisco Monday from Korea and Japan under the Army's ro tation system, according to Un ited Press. He enlisted on April 17, 1950 and received his basic training at Ft. Ord, Calif., and was later transferred to Ft. Lewis, Wash., He shipped out from San Fran cisco in January of 1951, and would have been returned on rotation in January, 1952, but he signed up for another six months. ing during mealtime. Many Donated Responsible for many of the modern improvements in equip ment are Junior Service league which donated explosion proof incubators for the delivery rooms: Mrs. T. E. Daniels who gave 14 modern basinets; Provi dence Guild, four labor beds, and the surgery nurses, contributions towards nursery bed spreads. Sister Rose, superior, who has supervised the expansion pro gram during the past two years has been transferred to St Elizabeth's hospital, Yakima. Wash. She will be succeeded by Sister Reine who " will arrive here Monday to take over her duties. Sister Reine is well known locally, having served as superior at Sacred Heart hospital six years ago. , Two Nations Alarm NATO, Members By Cutback Proposals Council Fears Others May Follow Precedent Paris (U.R) The North Atlantic council Saturday blunt ly called upon Britain and France to lay their rearmament cards' on the table by August 20. The council, and the other members of the Atlantic com munity, want to know in frank and unequivocal terms whether Britain and France plan to scut tle their 1952 defense goals. If so, they want to know just how drastic the cut-back is to be. Council Alarmed A NATO source said the coun cil was alarmed by reports that the two nations, which promised to supply the bulk of Europe's defensive aircraft and manpower this year, were planning severe 'cutbacks." Britain has publicly an nounced her intentions to "stretch out" her rearmament ef forts. France has hinted broadly at a similar move. The council fears that other NATO members may follow "this potentially dangerous pre cedent." Answers to the council's direct inquiries have been requested in time for discussion at the next council meeting in Paris, August 20. Reflects Dissatisfaction x Council - sources said the re quest for detailed information reflected the growing dissatis faction of the other 12 allies with Britain's action, which was taken without prior consultation with other North Atlantic pow ers. It also was inspired, they said, by the threat of France to topple the carefully trimmed "minimum" defense schemes hammered out at the Lisbon conference in February. The object of the Lisbon de cisions, it was pointed out, was to create a military balance of power in Europe before the "year of decision" 1954. Blood Appointments Coming In Slowly Appointments for the visit of the bloodmobile unit here Wed nesday are coming in very slow ly, officials of the Jackson coun ty blood collection reported Sat urday. Only 75 appointments had been made by Saturday morn ing, they said. However, they added, there is hope that the drive may still be a success. Last month blood donors were very slow to make appointments but many came in between Sunday and Wednesday, the day the un it was here. The bloodmobile will be here from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Elks temple. The lines are expected to run faster and the entire op eration more smoothly than in the July visit. 1r057 Sign Petitions To Save Two Wilsons Portland, Ore. (U.R) Peti tions urging commutation to life imprisonment of the sentences of Turman and Utah Wilson, sentenced to die on the gallows August 15th for the kidnap-slay-ing of a teen-age girl, have been signed by 1057 residents of Ore gon and southwest Washington. The Rev. Allen C. Lambert of Portland, chairman of a citizens' committeee which hopes to save the lives of the convicted slayers, said a sworn statement about the petitions would be mailed Monday to Governor Arthur B. Langlie of Washington. Lambert also' is seeking an apoointment with the governor. although Langlie has refused in the past to act in the case. Former G-Man Named To Head Investigation Washington (U.R) Chair man Frank L. Chelf Saturday tapped a former FBI agent to boss his subcommittee's investi gation of the justice department, and said -hearings on a code of ethics for government attorneys will be the subcommittee's next move.
