Ion Meoft Packing) Ift MS.es
NFW COMMANDER James W. Cothran of Bishopvffle, N. C, the new Veterans of Foreign Wars
Comman.vChief, is held up by buddies during the closing session of the 53rd encampment of
the VFW at Los Angeles.
US Marines Repel
Enemy Attempt To
Seize Bunker Hill
Seoul, Korea (U.R) Hard
fighting U.S. Marines threw back
a horde of screaming Chinese
Communists who tried in vain
to retake Bunker Hill Tuesday
and grimly braced themselves
for another assault as night fell
over the battlefield.
The counter-attack on the
strategic hill five miles east of
the truce village of Panmun
jom came at 4 p.m., less than 12
hours after the Leathernecks
took it in a surprise move.
Began Monday Night
The battle for Bunker hill be
gan Monday night with a Marine
tank attack. The Leathernecks
then caught the Reds off balance
by feinting an attack at nearby
Siberia hill with flamethrowers
and infantry. Then they attacked
and took the higher Bunker hill
by dawn.
During the day, Allied fighter
bombers, tanks, artillery guns
and small arms ffred shells, bul
let and bombs at the Communists
with the aim oi weakening the
expected counterattack.
Work Against Time
The Leathernecks meanwhile
worked frantically against time
to set up pre-fabricated bunkers
out of logs they had carried with
them up the hillside during the
attack . .
When the grenad carryi'
-Chinese began the attack, the
Marines wereready;'.The sharp
shooting Leathernecks mowed
down the advance' Communist
battalion as it moved forward.
'No Comment'
From Haviland
A "no comment" reply was
made this morning by District
Attorney Paul Haviland to a
question regarding rumors that
he may resign from his position
about September 1 to enter pri
vate practice.
Haviland, who was a candi
date for the Republican nomina
tion for district attorney in the
May primary, was defeated by
Walter Nunley who will run for
election in the November con
test. There is no Democratic
candidate for the office. Havi
land would normally hold office
until next January when the
newly-elected prosecutor would
take office. Were Haviland to re
sign before next January. Gov.
Douglas McKay would have to
make an interim appointment.
Haviland stated further this
morning that he would make any
such notices of resignation pub
lic at the proper time and only
after he had notified the govern
or, who appointed him to the
office at the death of the late
George Neilson.
Space Ship Possible,
SOC Educators Told
Ashland .(U.R) An aero
nautics education official says
a space ship could be built now
for a cool half-billion dollars.
Roscoe Bancroft, director of
civil aeronautics education in
Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wy
oming and Alaska, said he ful
ly expects his nine-year-old son
to have a chance to make a
trip to the moon some day.
Bancroft made his remarks to
to group of educators at South
ern Oregon college here. He urg
ed teachers to teach in the light
of the world in which children
will be living 20 to 50 years
from now.
Such questions as "freedom of
the air" and ownership of the
strategic north pole are going
to be vital ones in the future,
he said.
Weather
FORECAST: Continued fair and
warm through Wednesday. Low
tonight 60, high tomorrow 92
95. Hignest Yesterday 94
Lowest this Morning 59
President's Role in
Stevenson's Campaign
Still Question Mark
Washington (U.R) President Truman and Gov. Adlai Steven
son had a "very satisfactory" conference Tuesday on plans for the
presidential campaign.
Stevenson, the Democratic nominee, and Mr. Truman will not
make public their decisions on campaign plans until later.
Thus, for the time being, Mr. Truman's role in Stevenson's
campaign for the White House remained a question mark.
Stevenson, governor of Illinois, and his running mate, Sen. John
J. Sparkman of AlaBama, spent three and one-half hours at the
White House. Mr. Truman escorted Stevenson and Sparkman to
the west wing entrance of the White House where they made- brief
statements after the conference ended.
Stevenson said the talk was "very satisfactory" and he was
"deeply grateful" to Mr. Truman. Stevenson said that he expected
to be "richly rewarded" by the opportunity to talk about campaign
plans with the President.
Landing Strip at
Crater Lake Park
Will Be Proposed
. Salem -U.R) Construction
of a lending strip in Crater Lake
National park -to accommodate
the aviation tourist industry in
Oregon will be proposed to the
National Park Service, the State
Board r.f Aeronautics said Tues
day. A park service regulation, ai
riest.? oW,. a? . aviation. ..vlielf,
how forbids the.4anding of air
craft within the boundaries of
national parks.
Rule Said Relic
William M. Bartlett, director
of the state board, branded the
rule as "asinine" and a relic of
the horse and buggy days. He
said he has been directed to "in
stigate proceedings", at once to
abolish the ruling and take steps
to establish a recreational and
emergency landing strip within
the park boundaries in southern
Oregon.
Site First Step
Bartlett said the first step
would be a preliminary site in
vestigation by the board in co
operation with the district engi
neer of the Civil Aeronautics
Administration to' find a suitable
location for the strip. Later, the
board would make a formal re
quest to the parks service for a
use permit to build the landing
strip at state expense.
Pilots have reported to the
board that an ideal site exists
near the rim of the lake and
within walking distance of the
lodge. At present, the closest
landing strip to Crater Lake is
at Beaver Marsh, on Highway 97
south of Chemult, Ore.
Donors Still Needed
For Wednesday Visit
An appeal for all blood donors
in Jackson county to make ap
pointments for donations to the
bloodmobile unit which will be
at the Elks temple Wednesday
from 1 to 6 p.m. was made to
day by local blood bank officials.
Appointments can be made by
phone 3-3813 and walk-in donors
will be welcome at the blood
mobile unit. The uni is still
over 150 short of making its 250
quota for the August collection.
Blood for this drive will also
come under the new disaster
stockpile program started last
Sunday for reserves in case of
an atomic attack. Donations will
be used first for the armed serv
ices and local disasters, with the
remainder going to a national re
serve stockpile.
Ex-Oregonan Takes
Revenue Bureau Post
Washington (U.R) Eldon
P. King, son of the late Oregon
Supreme Court Associate Jus
tice William R. King, took of
fice Monday as head of the In
ternal Revenue Bureau's office
of international tax relations.
King, 58, has been with the
bureau for 32 years. He left
Oregon when he enlisted in the
Army in World War I. After the
war he studied law at Washing
ton and Lee University. .
Washington (U.R) Gov. Ad
lai E. Stevenson explored with
President Truman Tuesday
whether the Chief Executive
would be given a "give-em-hell"
or "take-it-easy" role in the
presidential campaign.
The Democratic presidential
nominee, who has been notice
ably reluctant to associate hinv
self too closely with the White
House, flew into town for a five'
hour round of conferences with
Mr. Truman, the cabinet, and
Democratic Party leaders.
Rola Not Decided
Before entering the White
House for a top-level briefing on
international and domestic ; af-
itirs and a discussion of Mrf.
Truman's part in the November
campaign, Stevenson was asked
whether Mr. Truman's role in
.the campaign had been decided:
"No," he replied, "but we'll
probably talk about that today.";
Briefed By Acheson
First, the Illinois governor got
a 20-minute briefing from Sec
retary of State Dean Acheson
and Gen. Omar N. Bradley,
chairman of the joint chiefs of
staff. Then he went into the
White House's state dining room
for luncheon with Mr. Truman's
Cabinet. The briefing included
Stevenson's vice - presidential
mate, Sen. John J. Sparkman of
Alabama.
Stevenson agreed to meet
with newsmen after conferring
with the President and the Cabi
net. He also was scheduled to
visit Democratic headquarters
here.
New County Juvenile
Worker Starts Duties
Mrs. Kay Kunkel, newly-appointed
Jackson county juvenile
probation officer, assumed her
duties this morning at the court
house. Mrs.' Kunkel was formerly
chief probation officer of San
Joaquin county, Calif.,, and was
associated with work at Stock
ton, Calif., for 10J4 years," ac
cording to Circuit Judge H. K.
Hanna. She is replacing Frank
Sawacki, who recently resigned
from the position.
The new officer arrived here
last night and will estabUsh a
permanent residence as soon as
possible. Her mother, Mrs. Cora
Potter, will reside here . also,
while Mrs. Kunkel's son, who is
married, will remain in Stock
ton where he is attending col
lege. Billion Dollars Needed
For Columbia Project
Vancouver, Wash. (U.R)
Rep. Henry M. Jackson, D
Wash., Tuesday said $1,000,000,
000 would be needed in the next
three years to keep the Colum
bia river development program
on schedule.
Of the $1,000,000,000 requir
ed for the Columbia river pro
gram, Jackson said more than
half will go for continued, or
new construction of power dams
at the rate of about $200,000,000
annually. ;
Chicago (U.R) Federal and
state agriculture officials met
with meat packers and livestock
producers Tuesday to discuss in
demnity payments for hogs in
fected with vesicular exan
Medford
United Presi FnU Lewd Wire -
47th Year 16 Pages
Acheson Attacks .
Czechoslovakia for
Hvasla Treatment
Failure To Supply
Information Rapped
Washington (U.R) Secre
tary of State Dean Acheson de
TaA r7prhnslovakia
11UUUI.CU ill-u
Tuesday for "outrageous" treat
ment of John Hvasta, a u.s. citi
zen unreported for seven months
since his "escape" from a Czech
prison.
Acheson cited Czechoslova
kia's refusal to allow U.S. offi
cials to see Hvasta in prison and
for failure to supply full infor
mation about his "escape."
Consequences Pointed Up
"This points up again the out
rageous consequences that flow
from the refusal of Czechoslova
kia and other treaty countries
to allow our consuls to see our
citizens in their countries," he
said.
Hvasta, 25-year-old student
from Hillside, N.J., ,was sen
tenced nearly four years ago
to 10 years in prison on trump
edup spy charges. The Czechs
reported last week he escaped
Jan. 2. He has failed to show up
on this side of the Iron Curtain,
and U.S. authorities fear he
again fell into Red hands, if he,
in fact! actually escaped. There
was some fear he might have
been slain.
Whereabouts Unknown
Acheson said "we have no in
formation" on Hvasta's where
abouts but it might have been
otherwise "if we had been af
forded our rights."
; . Acheson pointed out this gov
ernment is forced to.vjely on
Communist authorities for it3
information and , he made it
clear he felt they were not i
liable.
Acheson said he could report
"nothing new" on efforts to free
another American prisoner in
Czechoslovakia . Associated
Press Correspondent William N
Oatis. He said this government
is continuing its efforts "unin
terruptedly" to win Oatis' re
lease as well as to get news on
Hvasta.
European Armies Fail
To Reach Agreement
Paris (U.R) The six member
countries of the proposed Euro
pean army failed to agree Tues
day on a uniform period of mill
tary service.
France and Italy ignored a last
minnti anneal from Gen. Mat
thew B. Ridgway and rejected
any increase now beyond their
present 18-month term for draft
ed men.
The six chiefs of the proposed
European Defense Community
met here at the request of Bel
gium, where a Socialist-led cam-
Daien of strikes and demonstra
tions has erupted against the
only two-year draft period in
Western Europe.
At a two hour and 15 minute
session under the chairmanship
of Herve Alphand of France, the
experts from France, West Ger
many, Italy, Belgium, The Neth
erlands and Luxembourg failed
to find any formula.
No Food Price
Crops Lagging
Washington (U.R) House
wives, already aghast at the
highest food prices in history,
were forewarned Tuesday to
brace themselves for worse.
The Agriculture Department
reported that this year's produc
tion of 23 popular food crops is
lagging behind 1951 output.
Fruits, Vegetables Hit
Most of the foods for which re
duced supplies are in prospect,
are fruits and vegetables, which
are exempt from price controls.
They rose sharply in price last
month, and officials can find
nothing in" the latest crop report
to indicate the trend will be re
versed. There were some bright spots,
however, to the statistic-laden re
port which the Agriculture De
partment issued late Monday.
Despite widespread droughty far
mers are expected to turn in a
bumper wheat crop and the
fourth largest corn crop on
record. - -
MEDFORD, OREGON,
Man Held in
Makes Getaway; Recaptured
Bringing back a man wanted
in connection with the armed
robbery of the Christian market,
Lozier lane at Stewart avenue,
in December of 1948 is proving
quite a task, according to Sher
iff Howard Gault.
The man, Milton E. Morgan,
25, was apprehended in Indian
apolis, Ind., and extradition was
arranged through Gov. Henry F.
Schricker. A deputy was duly
dispatched to Indiana to get Mor
gan, susposedly being held on
the warrant charging him with
armed robbery.
However, before the deputy
isarmament Talks Urged
United Nations, N.Y. (U.R)
The United States Tuesday
proposed a disarmament confer
ence of the Big Five powers to
consider permitted arms and
agreement upon elimination of
mass destruction weapons in
cluding atomic bombs.
U.S. Delegate Benjamin V.
Cohn made the suggestion to
the 12-nation disarmament com
mission. In conjunction with
Britain and France, he submit
ted a supplementary working
plan designed to meet Russian
objections to an earlier proposal
to put ceilings on armed forces.
On May 28, the three powers
proposed that the armed strength
of the U.S., Russia and China
should be limited to 1,000,000
to 1,500,000 men and Britain
and France to 700,000 to 800,
000. Other countries would dis
arm on a proportionate basis
under the plan.
Russia rejected! that proposal
as "radically deficient" because
it did not deal specifically with
distribution of armed " forces
among the : laria ' sea" and air
services and did not restrict "ar
maments permitted for the? sup
port of the armed forces allow
ed. "If our proposal for fixing
numerical limitations on all arm
ed forces is accepted," Cohen
told the commission, J'and the
powers principally concerned
are prepared to undertake ser
ious negotiations, the procedure
we are suggesting is as follows:
"Arrangements might be made
for a conference of the five
great powers which are perm
anent members of the Security
Council (U.S., Britain, France,
Russia and China) with a view
to reaching tentative agreement
Poisonous Fumes
Overcome Workers
Seattle (U.R) Carbon monox
ide fumes from a leaking com
pressor used to operate a jack
hammer overcame 23 women at
the Cedargreen Frozen Foods
factory here Tuesday.
Ambulances, fire department
first aid crews and police rush
ed to the scene. They worked in
relays to revive the victims.
Eight of the women were given
oxygen at the scene.
All were taken to King county
hospital where they are reported
in fair condition.
Portland (U.R) Junior Ray
Fertig, 26, of Portland, was
killed Tuesday when he appar
ently lost control of his motor
cycle and crashed into a power
pole.
Relief Seen;
Behind 1951
That means that the livestock
feed situation, while it may be
tight, at least won't be desperate,
Here are the food crops that
will be in short supply this year
than last:
" Apples, peaches, dried beans,
dried peas, grapes, pecans, sweet
potatoes,, plums, watermelons,
tomatoes, onions, cabbage, eel
ery, sweet corn, snap beans,'
cauliflower, cucumbers, beets,
green peDDers. spinach, lima
beans, eggplant and milk.
Vegetable Crops Off
Officials said summer produc
tion of commercial vegetable
crops for fresh market sale is
running 4 per cent off last year.
The main crops for freezing and
canning show a 20 per cent de
cline from 1951.
Of chief concern to agriculture
officials is how the prospective
tight supply of livestock feed
will affect future supplies of
steaks and crops. . .
TUESDAY, AUGUST 12,
Indiana for Local Police
arrived, Morgan obtained a re
lease from custody through an
attorney on a writ of habeas cor
pus. He was released to the
custody of the attorney and was
supposedly to reappear in court
a few days later.
He apparently had other ideas
and left town without notice.
An immediate Midwest search
began and Morgan was again
caught, this time in Rainey,
La. Gault said the deputy has
been ordered to proceed to Lou
isiana to pick up the man, who
they hope will not be again let
out of jail.
Two other men involved in the
among themselves by negotia
tion on:
"(A) The distribution by prin
cipal categories of the armed
forces that they would consider
necessary and appropriate to
maintain within the agreed num
erical ceilings proposed for their
armed forces;
"(B) The types and quantities
of armaments which they would
consider necessary and approp
riate to support permitted arm
ed forces within the proposed
numerical ceilings;
"(C) The elimination of all
Mountain
Struck by
One Dead,
Wenatchee (U.R) Search
parties located two missing Seat
tle youths 6n Mt.Stiiart 25 "miles
west of here Tuesday, one of
them dead and the other badly
burned by lightning. .
The Coast Guard said Alan
Robert Grant, 19, was found by
a rescue party as he scrambled
painfully down a ridge of the
rugged, heavily wooded moun
tain. He suffered second and
third degree burns.
Companion Dead
Grant said his climbing com
panion, Paul Brikoff, 20, was
dead on the summit of the moun
tain. The surviving youth said they
were struck by lightning during
a fierce thunderstorm in the
mountains Sunday night.
A Coast Guard helicopter was
dispatched from Port Angeles,
Wash., to rendezvous with the
rescue party at the 3,500 foot
level on the 9,470 foot mountain
and bring out Grant and Bik
off 's body.
Reported Missing
The pair set out from a camp
on the north fork of the Tean-
Ike Plans Campaign
Start About Sept. 1
Denver (U.R) Dwight D.
Eisenhower is expected to open
his presidential campaign in a
large Eastern city about Labor
day with a speech on what he
considers the overshadowing is
sue, of the day world peace.
The precise time and place of
the speech have not been decid
ed, but the GOP nominee made
it clear at a' news conference
Monday- he will discuss the sub
ject of peace in just about every
speech he makes.'
"There never will be a talk
in which I don't bring that in,"
he said. ;
Tacoma Newspaper
Resumes Publication
Tacoma (U.R) Vice-President
Delbert Baker of the Ta
coma News-Tribune said the
paper resumed publication Tues
day after mailers and typo
graphers accepted a company
proposed contract which ended
a labor dispute of more than 17
weeks.
The Tribune was closed 14
weeks by the AFL Pressmen's
strike which started April 12
The Tacoma. unit of the Seattle
Newspaper Guild followed with
a strike that lasted three weeks.
SCHOOL OPENING SET .
The elementary and junior
high schools will open Monday,
September 8, it was announced
today from the city schools of
fice. High school is scheduled to
open a week later, September 15.
Tribune
United Press Full Leased Wire
1952
123
in Louisiana
same robbery have already been
sentenced. They are Joseph John
Ginet, 23, who resided on
Thompson creek, 10 miles above
Applfegate, and Theodore Rich
ard Nichols, 24, 1911 Hazel
street, Medford. Both received
four years in the state penitent
iary.
The robbery involved about
$700 and was accomplished
when Ginet, armed with a Lug
er, and one of the other two
men, who was masked and arm
ed with a sawed-off shotgun
iorcea iour employees into a
walk-in cooler while looting the
cash drawer of the market,
armed forces and armaments
other than those expressly per
mitted, it being understood that
all major weapons adaptable to
mass destruction should be elim
inated and atomic energy should
be placed under effective inter
national control to insure its use
for peaceful purposes only."
When the Big Five powers
reached tentative agreement on
their own armed strength, ac
cording to the plan, regional con
ferences would be held to decide
similar ceilings for the smaller
powers.
Climbers
Lightning;
Other Hurt
away river early Sunday. Albert
Rodes, Seattle, a companion who
did not make thwr.climb because
of illness, reported- they were
missing Monday. '
District Forest Ranger Gor
don Holbrook expressed fear
Monday they might have been
injured and organized search
partis.
Copco Allowed To
Amend Agreement
Salem (U.R) Public Utilities
Commissioner Charles H. Heltzel
said Tuesday he had authorized
the California-Oregon Power
Co., Medford, to amend a credit
agreement allowing it to sell
$2,000,000 in notes for constuc
tion expenditures.
The original credit agreement
authorized last year provided for
a credit up to $12,000,000 with
the Chase National Bank of New
York, the American Trust Com
pany, the Harris Trust and Sav
ings Bank and the Commercial
National Bank and Trust Com
pany of New York.
The sale of notes authorized
in the amended agreement is to
be made on or before Dec. 31,
1952, and to mature on June 30,
1953. Heltzel said the agreement
was in the public interest and
was approved by the PUC but
that such approval was not ac
tually necessary since the term
of the loan was for less than a
year.
Ike's Sudden Concern
For Old Age Chided
Washington (U.R) Federal
Security Administrator Oscar R.
Ewing Tuesday chided Dwight
D. Eisenhower for his "sudden
solicitude" for the welfare of
older persons.
Ewing said Eisenhower's state
ment over the week-end advo
cating greater public assistance
payments for needy old persons
and expanded Social Security
coverage does not square with
his previous views on Social Se
curity or with the Republican
record in Congress. .
While. Eisenhower was presi
dent of Columbia University,
Ewing said in a statement, the
general declared in a speech:
"If all Americans want is se
curity, they they can go to
prison. They'll have enough to
eat, a bed and a roof over their
heads."
BASEBALL
NATIONAL
St. Louis .'. 1 .10 0
Chicago ...1 0 6 0
Miller and D. Rice; Rush
'and AiwelL
No Progress Told
In Effort To End
National Valkout
Work Stoppages Hit
Scattered Plants
Chicago (U.R) Work stop
pages hit scattered meat pack
ing plants across the country
Tuesday as federal conciliators
here sought to head off a nation
wide strike.
A spokesman for the CIO
United Packinghouse Workers
reported "no progress" in pattern-setting
negotiations here on
new contracts to replace master
agreements which expired Mon
day night.
Negotiations in Recess
Negotiations between major
packers' and the rival AFL Amal
gamated Meat Cutters were in
recess.
At South St. Paul, Minn., CIO
leaders charged that 2,300 em
ployees of the Armour plant
there were "locked out" when
they sought to return to work
after walking out Monday to at-
tend a long union meeting.
Union officials said Armour
had demanded a guarantee that
the workers would not walk out
again.
Kansas Work Hailed
About half of the 2,200 CIO
members at the Armour plant in
Kansas City halted work in the
pork department Tuesday.
At St. Joseph, Mo., about 1,100
Armour employees were idle
again today, but picket lines
which had surrounded the plant
were withdrawn. The company
asked for a special patrol car for
the plant area, but the sheriff's
office said no trouble was antici
pated. Cattle Killers Join
At Fort Worth, Tex., 75 mem
bers of Armour's cattle kill gang
joined a walkout by 75 'em
ployees of the sheep and hog
departments who quit work
Monday.
Armour & Co. employees at
the Chicago plant called a mass
meeting for the noon hour to
hear a report on the negotiations,
but said there would be no work
stoppage. The Armour plant here
is the world's largest and em
ploys about 7,000 CIO members.
Armour's Atlanta, Ga., plant
remained closed Tuesday and
pickets surrounded the plant.
Workers refused to work with
out a contract.
About 300 were idle at Ar
mour's Tifton, Ga., plant, but
production continued on a cu
tailed basis.
Karnes Sentenced
To Gas Chamber
Salem (U.R) Marion coun
ty Circuit Judge George Duncan
Tuesday sentenced Albert Wil
liam Karnes, 24, to die in the
state gas chamber Friday, Oct.
17, for the June 6 slaying of
Mrs. Susan Litchfield in Salem.
Karnes was convicted Satur
day by a jury after J. William
Stortz, court - appointed defense
attorney, attempted to prove the
defendant innocent by reason of
mental incompetence.
The jury's verdict of first de
gree murder made the death
sentence mandatory. Karnes be
trayed no emotion when Judge
Duncan read the sentence.
Gold Hill Highway
Contract Awarded
Salem (U.R) A contract to
relocate more than five miles of
Highway 99 around the town of
Gold Hill in southern Oregon
has been awarded to the Central
Heating Co. and F. L. Somers of
Eugene,' the State Highway Com
mission said Tuesday. '
The Jackson county project is
known as the Rock Point-Black-well
Hill section of the Pacific
highway and will cost $704,706.
It is a federal aid project.
Bids were received in Port
land July 11 and there were four
bids higher than the one sub
mitted by the Eugene firm.
Iranian Premier Asks
America for Loan
. Tehran, Iran (U.R) The
semi-official newspaper Bakhtar
Emrouz reported Tuesday that
Premier Mohammed Mossadegh
has asked the United States for.
an immediate S50,000,000 loan.
The newspaper said the re
quest was made to U.S. Ambass
ador Loy Henderson for relay
to Washington.
The loan, it was said, was ask
ed by Mossadegh "to help Iran
export her oil" and to help com
bat Communism.
When he visited the U.S. last
year, Mossadegh was turned
down on a request for a $100,
000,000 loan.