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Arrival in Bedford
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Trip on Horseback
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Marines Turn Back
Third Red Attack
On Strategic Hill
Huge Gaps Torn
In Communist Lines
Seoul Korea (U.R) American
Marines, in their '"toughest bat
tle" since they've been on the
Western Front, tonight slammed
back the third Chinese attack on
Bunker Hill in 29 hours.
The Leathernecks tore huge
gaps in the lines of an advancing
Chinese battalion approxim
ately 750 men that .struck at
9:05 p.m. under a sky luridly
lighted by shell fire.
Beds Charge Recklessly
At 10:15 ' p.m. a Marfne
spokesman said, the attack was
broken.
fhe Chinese charged reckless
ly through an intense barrage
from their own artillery and
mortars.
Big guns kept on throwing
shells into Allied lines after the
Red infantrymen brokeand ran.
Allied artillery boomed in reply
Third Try
It was the Reds' third try
since 4 p.m. Tuesday to knock
the Marines off the strategic
heieht. five miles east of the
truce village of Panmunjom.
Maj. Gen. John T. Senden,
commander of the 1st Marine
Division, said the fight for the
hill was "the toughest battle
since we've been over here" on
the Western Front.
State Institution
Job Openings Told
Salem (U.R) Job openings for
a supervisor of industries for the
blind and for a food manager at.
the state penitentiary were re
ported Wednesday in Salem.
The State Civil Service Com
mission said applications are
being taken for examinations
for someone qualified to super
vise industrial projects for blind
persons. The job involves pro
duction, home industry programs
and sales of material produced.
Starting pay is $336 a month
and preference will be given to
applicants who are physically
handicapped themselves. '-
Warden Virgil J. O'Malley said
applications for the penitentiary
job must have had extensive ex
perience in large scale food man
agement. The position offers a
salary of $4828 a year.
Korea War Veterans'
Appli
licalions Taken
Washington (U.R) The Vet
erans administration announced
Wednesday that it is accepting
applications from Korean war
veterans for education and train
ing under the new GI bill.
It said a limited number of
application forms are now avail
able at the VA regional offices
and additional forms will be
available next week. The agency
said, however, that while vete
rans may apply for training now
the law prohibits the educational
allowances for any period be
ginning before August 20.
Warning Issued on
Psychotic Veterans
Portland (U.R) A Veterans
of Foreign Wars official issued
-a warning Weejnesday against
allowing veterans in need of
psychiatric care to freely roam
the streets.
Col. George E. Ijames stated
"psychotic veterans left wander
ing the streets because of a lack
of hospital space are becoming
an increasing menace to the pub
lic." Two Destroyers Crash
50 Miles Off San Diego
San Diego (U.R) Two de-.
stroyers collided during "rou
tine exercises." 50 miles off San
Diego Wednesday but both ships
were headed' toward port under
their own power, the Navy re
ported. Headquarters of the 11th Na
val district said the destroyers
were the USS Gregory' (DD802)
and the USS Marshall (DD676).
Weather
FORECAST: Fair through
Thursday, except afternoon
thunderheads over mountains.
Lows tonight 58-60. High
Thursday 93.
Temn.
Highest Yesterday 94
Lowest this Morning 59
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MAP CAMPAIGN STRATEGY Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson
candidate, and bis running mate. Senator John Sparkman (center),
President Truman in his White House office,
Eisenhower Launches
Verbal Attack Aimed
At Democratic Party
Denver (U.R) Dwight Determined to nail down through
Eisenhower took off the gloves
in his presidential campaign
Wednesday and launched a
broadside attack on Democrats
in general and the Truman ad
ministration in particular.
The GOP nominee's sharpest
outburst yet in his bid for the
White House was prompted by
the visit to Washington Tuesday
of the Democratic, presidential
nominee, Gov. Adlai Stevenson
of Illinois, and the talks Steven
son had with President Truman
and other government officials.
Formal Statement -
Eisenhower issued a formal
statement from his headquarters
here in which he said it had be
come evident Stevenson, "is sub
servient to the political forces
which have too long been in
power in our country."
"The American people want a
change, not just for the sake of
change," Eisenhower said. "They
want more than a change of
names and faces.
"They want a change in order
to replace corruption with hon
esty; reckless spending with
economy: inflation with econom
ic stability; mismanagement in
foreign affairs with clear-cut
policies and progran;s for posi
tive peace; brazen assertions of
'inherent . power' with constitu
tional government, both in spirit
and deed."
Three Specific Points
Eisenhower raised three speci
fic points in connection with the
Stevenson visit:
1. He objected to a military
briefing by Gen. Omar N. Brad
ley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff. The GOP nominee said
this "implied a decision to in
volve responsible non - political
officers of our. government who
bear heavy . responsibilities in
our national defense organiza
tion into a political campaign in
which they have no part.
2. The meeting "signified that
the present administration is de-
Situation Unchanged
In Meat Packing Tiff
Chicago (U.R) Walkouts end
ed at some meat packing plants
today but new work stoppages
cropped up at others in a dispute
which threatens to develop into
a nationwide packing plant
strike.
So far, the sporadic walkouts
had caused no meat shortages
and only minor dislocations in
the normal channeling of live
stock. .'
But negotiations here cover
ing major plants across the
country appeared to have hit a
stalemate.
Medford Man Charged
With Theft of Rifle '
Eugene Laverne Calhoun,
Bishop apartments, No. 5, was
arrested Monday and charged
with the reported theft of a $60
rifle from Edward Paul Knouff,
who lives at the same apartment,
police report...
"Knouff told police he loaned
his car to Calhoun and the rifle
was missing from the car when
it was returned. Calhoun was
charged with larceny from a mo
tor vehicle. -
its hand-picked successors every
detail of the doctrines and poli
cies that have brought us to the
present situation -of bewilder
ment, indecisions, and fear for
the future." ,
3. The visit, in the absence of
any statement to the contrary,
"raises the disturbing question
in the minds of the American
people as to whether the Presi
dent and his Cabinet can possi
bly contemplate using resources
of the federal government to in
fluence the judgment of the vot
ers of the United States during
the campaign.'
City Police Warn
Against Bad Checks
Police Chief Clatous McCredie
said this morning that people in
Medford are being very careless
about investigating checks be
fore accepting them. " He said
more worthless checks have been
passed here the last two months
than in the first five months of
1952.
People just aren't checking to
see if the checks are good, Mc
Credie said. "Most of them can't
even tell if their bouncing check
was passed by a man or a
woman."
' Two bad checks were reported
Monday, police said. They were
both for $31.75, and were signed
and endorsed by the same per
sons. One was taken at The Tav
ern, 43 South Front street. The
other was passed at the Grand
hotel, 202 North Front street.
Signed by Woman
The checks were signed by a
woman and endorsed- by a man,
according to the police. Sue Su
san Keller, who operates The
Tavern,, said a man about 35
years old cashed the check. He
was with another- man and a
woman. She said he works in the
fruit harvest and that he had
cashed checks there last year.
August Zattlin, owner of the
Grand hotel, told police a man
ordered a room for a week and
cashed the check there. He got
away with $19.75. When he re
turned to his car, supposedly for
his luggage, he kept going.
Administration Officials Contradict
Each Other On Rising Food
Washington (U.R) High offic
ials of the Truman administra
tion were contradicting each
other right and left Wednesday
on the subject of rising prices.
Some capital quarters thought
the President himself might have
to step in soon to break up the
public feuding between Price
Stabilizer Ellis Arnall, Secretary
of t Commerce Charles Sawyer,
and Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan.
Stevenson Ducks Row
Gov. - Adlai Stevenson, the
Democratic presidential nomi
nee, took himself neatly.- out of
the row which began" boiling up
last week when Arnall went to
the White House to plump for
a special session of. Congress to
strengthen price controls.
Stevenson, at the end of bis
(right), Democratic presidential
confer on campaign strategy with
Stevenson Called
'Helpless Captive'
Of Harry Truman
Springfield, 111. (U.R) Sen.
Richard M. Nixon, Republican
vice-presidential nominee, invad
ed the home grounds of Gov.
Adlai E. Stevenson Wednesday
and called him a "helpless .cap
tive" of President Truman.
Nixon arrived in Springfield
to deliver the major speech at
Republican Day at the Illinois
State fair and charged the gov
ernor won the Democratic presi
dential nomination with the aid
of "political bosses."
Staff Invited"" - "
Meanwhile Stevenson sent out
invitations to his campagin ad
visory staff to meet with him
over the week-end to discuss
election strategy. The governor
will have a chance to reply to
Nixon's blast when he speaks at
Governor's day at the fair.
Nixon said Stevenson is "truly
a hand-picked candidate, and
that the hand that picked him
was that of Harry Truman."
Harry's Hand To Rule
"The Democratic ticket will be
known as the Truman Steven
son ticket from now on out,"
the youthful California senator
said. "The voice will be that of
Stevenson but the hand will be
that of Harry Truman."
Stevenson flew back Tuesday
night from a conference with
the President and his Cabinet
in Washington. Wilson Wyatt,
his personal campaign manager,
announced the campaign advis
ory committee of the Democratic
nominee has been' summoned to
the governor's mansion for ma
jor discussions Saturday and
Sunday.
Nixon said the "only possible
interpretation" of Stevenson's
visit in Washington is that:
"Stevenson was there to get a
briefing on how he can best car
ry forth the Truman policies;
and to marshal for his campaign
the great resources of the federal
government, which, incidentally,
belong . to the American people
and not to any political party."
DONORS STILL NEEDED -
Sixty-five blood donors were
needed today to complete the
quota set for the August visit of
the bloodmobile unit in Med
ford, according to blood bank of
ficials. Walk-in donors will be
welcomed until 6 o'clock this
afternoon at the Elks temple
where the unit is stationed.
visit here Tuesday, announced
through a spokesman that he
feels that "any decision on a
special session will have to be
made by the people here who
know whether it is desirable or
necessary."
Mr. Truman, who has full con
stitutional authority to call Con
gress back any time he thinks
necessary, has said only that he
is considering Arnall's sugges
tion. -
Brickbats Tossed
Arnall has been ducking
verbal brickbats from his fellow
administration officials e v e r
since he' told Mr. Truman and
the public that food' prices are
about to "get out of hand," part
ly as a result of the long drought
in farming areas.
Brannan promptly called in
BASEBALL
AMERICAN
Philadelphia 0 3
Boston 4 8
Fowler, Kucab 8, and
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irolh; Parnell and White. .
, Homerun: For Boston Voll
mer. Granvil Brittsan
Files for Ward 1
Council Position
Granvil F. Brittsan, 1129 Nian
tic street, filed a petition Tues
day to be placed on the Novem
ber ballot as a city council can
didate from Ward 1.
Brittsan is- the second candi
date from the first ward to file
a petition with the city re
corder's office. John Snider, the
present councilman from that
ward, filed more than a week
ago.
Brittsan was born and raised
in Jackson county and is a Mason
and a Shriner. During World
War II he served with the armed
forces in the South Pacific area.
He is now manager of the O. K.
market, 1202 North Riverside
avenue and has two sons, both
of them in high school.
Two Petitions Checked
Petitions for Jack Fitzgerald
and Dick Woodcock, candidates
from the fourth and second
wards, respectively, have both
been checked and fflund to have
enough signatures, according to
Deputy Recorder Miss Neva
Samuels.
With less than two weeks re
maining to enter petitions, no
candidates for mayor have filed.
Mayor Diamond L. Flynn an
nounced he will .not be a candi
date for reelection. A petition
for Councilman PauJ Selby has
been circulated, but it is still out.
Other petitions for mayor are
out, according to the recorder's
office,- but it is'not"1mdwir for
whom they are being circulated.
Recorder Ralph Woodford has
warned that the deadline for pe
titions for city offices is August
30. However they must be filed
by August 26 to provide time to
have the signatures checked, ac-i
cording to Woodford.
Battle Casualties
Nov Total 114,685
Washington (U.R) The De
fense Department announced
Wednesday American battle cas
ualties, in Korea now total 114,-
btio, an increase of 375 over last
week s summary.
The casualties include those
whose next of kin were notified
through last Friday. They do not
include all casualties to that
date because it requires from
one to three weeks to notify next
of kin.
The total since the beginning
of the Korean war includes 20,
167 deaths, 82,134 wounded. 9.-
466 missing, 1,553 captured, 1,-
JV5 perviously missing but re
turned to military service.
Jet Plane Crashes
On Firing Range
Fort Lewis, Wash. (U.R) The
public information office here
said Wednesday a jet fighter
plane from' McChord Field,
Wash., has crashed on a firing
range at the fort.
Details of the crash were lack
ing, but officials said no one was
killed.
The unidentified pilot was re
ported to have escaped injury,
but the occupant of the radar
compartment was believed to
have suffered a broken leg.
Price Issue
reporters to say that- was non
sense. He said the drought would
have little effect on overall food
production and prices.
. Tuesday, S a w y e r stepped
forth to take a .poke at Arnall.
He disclosed that his Commerce
Department had conducted a lit
tle survey of its own and found
"no widespread price increases"
as a result of the drought.
Eyebrews Raised
This announcement raised a
number of eyebrows around the
capital, because checking up on
crop damage and food prices is
hot normally a Commerce De
partment function.
Sawyer went on to say that
people, meaning Arnall, should
be careful "to make sure that
facts rather than fancy are pre
sented to the American -public."
Five Persons Die
In First Violence
Since Army Coup
Alexandria Under
State of Emergency
Cairo (U.R) Five persons
were killed and 33 injured
Wednesday in a bloody outbreak
of rioting and arson in the ultra
modern Kafr el Dawar cotton
mills near Alexandria. It was
the first civil violence since the
Army coup which ousted King
Farouk..
A state of emergency was de
clared in Alexandria, Egypt's
second largest city, when the
riot broke out among 5,000
workers in the sprawling fac
tory town 25 miles away.
Reason Not Known -
Reports from Kair el Dawar
said two soldiers, one police
man and two workers were kill
ed. Eight policemen, one soldier
and 24 workers were injured.
-The reason for the outbreak
was not immediately known.
Workers set fire to bales of
cotton, the sprawling spinning
and weaving factory, and the ad
ministrative building.
Fire damage was estimated at
$1,158,000.
Cabinet Budget Slashed
The outbreak came as Premier
Aly Maher's government slashed
the Royal Cabinet's budget by
nearly two-thirds and boosted
high bracket income taxes in its
anti-corruption campaign.
At the same time, the all-powerful
Army, which put Maher
in power in a military coup last
month, asked the government to
order an arbitrary 10 to 30 per
cent cut in rents. - The govern
ment was certain. to comply as
part of the campaign by Maher
and Army strongman Maj. Gen.
Mohammed Naguib to wipe out
corruption, stabilize Egypt s ec
onomy and ease the plight of
the nation s poor.'
Wilsons To Get
Truth Serum Test
Walla Walla (U.R) Turman
and Utah Wilson, brothers sched
uled to hang early Friday for
the 1950 kidnap-murder of Jo-
Ann Dewey, submitted to a
"truth serum" test Wednesday.
Warden John Cranor of the
state pentitentiary said the truth
serum, sodium pentothal, will be
administered by Dr. Sol Levy,
clinical director at Eastern
Washington State hospital.
Cranor said he knew nothing
more of the test than that "it def
initely will be given' It was not
known if anything the Wilsons
said after taking sodium pento
thal would be made public.
At Olympia, Gov. Arthur B.
Langlie approved the use of the
truth serum although he did not
request it. The test was suggest
ed by Tom Smith, former war
den of the state prison, and at
torneys for the Wilson brothers.
Smith is working on the Wilsons'
case for Argosy magazine's
"court of last resort."
Airport Terminal
Building Started
Construction work at the Med
ford municipal airport is pro
ceeding satisfactorily according
to City Superintendent Robert
Duff. Erection of the terminal
building has begun, he said.
Steel posts for the four-story
Civil Aeronautics administration
are in place, and workmen are
starting to put up the frame
for the building. The CAA is
conducting tests preliminary to
the installation of an instrument
landing system.
Conduits under the building
for the weather bureau, the CAA
and the air lines have been in
stalled and the foundations pour
ed. Duff said. Plans for a sew
er and drainage system have
been completed.
Bill Seeks Direct Vote
For Primary Elections
Los Angeles (U.R) Sen. Blair
Moody says he and Sen. Paul
Douglas, D-LU., are drawing up
a bill to have presidential nomi
nees chosen by direct primary.
The Michigan Democrat told a
press conference here, however,
that national political conven
tions would still be necessary,
but only to draft party platforms.
Prineville (U.R) Sen. Guy
Cordon, R-Qre., planned
Wednesday to confer with In
dian leaders about use of Indian
land for the controversial Pel
ton dam project.
MEDFORD OR BUST Shown above are two California young
women who arrived in Medford yesterday after a 350-mile trip
from Greenville, Calif., on horseback. Pictured (left to right) Shir
ley Goodell, 22,. school teacher from Greenville, and Jean Ains
worth, 23, ex-model from Berkeley. Underneath the center horse
is Terry, their canine companion on the trip, which began on
July 12.
A couple of trail riders arriv
ed in town yesterday afternoon.
Except for getting lost one day
in the Siskiyou mountains, they
reported the trail fine from Cal
ifornia, and the people along the
way "superb they're just won
derful." A hundred years ago some
of the pioneers might have dis
agreed with them as to the peo
ple along the trail, especially the
bandits and Indians, but would
have highly approved of their
method of travel, the horse.
Some of the riders in these
parts might be a little startled
to learn that the strangers in
town were women, instead of
men, who decided to meander
some 350 miles from Greenville,
Calif., 30 miles southeast of Las
sen Volcanic National park, up
to pasture a horse in the Rogue
river, valley.
Plan Return Ride
The old timers around here
might warm up a little, however,
when they find out that the girls
didn't even lose one shoe on any
of their three horses during the
Whole trip, and had "so much
fun" that they want to start back
within the next couple of days
and do the same thing all over
again, in reverse.
Some of the more moderntim-
ers who favor horseless carriag
es might think the latter is push
ing a good thing too far, but
they had better meet and absorb
a little of the pioneer enthusiasm
of the two trail-weathered young
ladies. - -
To begin with, 22-year-old
Shirley Goodell, a Greenville
school teacher, was trying to de
cide how to get her horse, Tok
en, up .to pasture at the home
of her uncle, George Flanagan,
at Elk City Lumber company
north of Medford. when a friend
jokingly said, "Why not ride?
Why not, indeed? Preparations
were soon complete and she and
pal. Jean Ainsworth. 23, ex-mod
el from Berkeley, Calif., head
ed north on July 12 under three
power Token, Starlight and
Dandy, the latter their pack ani
mal with their dog, Terry.
Used Back Roads
They stuck to back trails and
roads, averaging about 15 to 20
miles a day. Each night they
slept out in sleeping bags on
top of a tent which they didn't
bother to put up after the first
day. The horses were staked out
to pasture nightly. Besides the
sleeping outfits, they carried two
small canteens, a .25-.30 rifle
and .38 caliber pistol (they never
iad to use either), food and
enough oats and grain to last
five days for the horses. When
they ran out of the latter they
would hitch-hike to the nearest
place where they could buy
some.
Both girls related that the
only argument they had on the
entire trip was whether they
would use Jean's air mattress or
"just rough it" on pine boughs.
Fatigue settled the argument
and they used neither settling
for the tent as a ground cloth.
24-Hour Drought .
As for trail experiences, the
worst was when they wandered
25-miles out of their way in the
Siskiyou mountains while lost,
and were without water for 24
hours. Other happenings includ
Middle Aged Doctors
May Face Draft Call
Washington (U.R) Select
ive Service officials said Wednes
day that sooner or later they may
have to start drafting middle
aged physicians and dentists.
Draft questionnaires already
are being mailed to all physic
ians and dentists under 51 who
have not previously served in
the military forces or have not
served since Sept. 16, 1940, the
date on which the nation's first
peacetime draft law was enacted.
Portland (U.R) A. R. Har-
tung, president of. the CIO In
ternational Woodworkers of
America, said Wednesday that
Jack Kroll, director of the CIO
political ,Action committee,
would speak at the' Woodwork
ers convention here Sept. 15-19.
i
ed having their horses run away
twice during the night, and both
being thrown off: Shirley when
her saddle cinch was too tight
and Jean when she tried to cross
a cattleguard while riding horse
back. The only animals they
saw were deer and antelope, al
though they received repeated
warnings against rattlesnakes,
cougar and bear.
The original plan was to sell"
two of the horses and pasture
Token, but the fun and friendly
people plus their trail and pas
ture knowledge, changed the
girls' minds to selling just one
horse and riding the other two
back. They figure without the
pack burden they can make 30
35 miles a day and cut the trav
el time to two weeks.
Florida Next
That is, if they, can sell Dandy
to some valleyite to pay expenses
back. Further, the prospect of
their trip back doesn't daunt
their venturesome spirit in the
least. ' There's still more. They
want to get to Florida next.
"Why don't they ride?" They
intend to. Only they are all for
bicycles on that one. .They hope
to finance such a jaunt by writ
ing of their horse excursion to
Medford.
Crazy? Why Not? And that's
what started their horse trip, re
member? Court Corrects
June Statement
A correction of the monthly
statement of the Jackson county
coifrt proceedings for June, as
released by the court, was made
this morning "in view of the er
roneous impression gained by
the public," according to court
members.
The item read as follows:
"Order in the matter of the
Board of Equalization for the
county of Jackson, for revalua
tion of Central Point, Gold Hill
and Rogue River, approved by
the court."
The correction signed by
Judge J. B. Coleman and Com
misioner L. G. Morthland, stated
that "the county court does not
now have jurisdiction in the ap
proval of the orders of the
Board of Equalization, and did
not approve this order, as will
be shown by the record."
Members of the equalization
board which approved the re
valuation were Judge Coleman,
chairman;. Arnold Bohnert and
Ralph Cook.
Truman Establishes
Political Liaison
Washington (U.R) President
Truman Wednesday set up a
close political liaison between
the White House and Gov. Adlai
Stevenson's . campaign head
quarters in Springfield, 111.
Two presidential assistants,
David Bell and Clayton Frit
chey, flew back to Springfield
with Stevenson Tuesday after
the Democratic presidential
nominee spent three ' and one
half hours discussing campaign
strategy with Mr. Truman.
Eestablishment of the liaison
was the only concrete result of
the Truman-Stevenson meeting
to come to light immediately."
Pipefitters' Strike
Hits Atomic Project
Paducah, Ky.' (U.R) A pipe
fitters' strike at the billion dol
lar atomic energy project near
here spread Wednesday with the
establishment of pickets, and
half of the 18,000 workmen
were reported off the job. 1
The strike started Monday
night when some 1,900 pipefit
ters employed by the W. M. Kel
logg and Co. walked out. They,
were followed Tuesday by more
than 600 employees of McGraw
Construction Co., major contrac
tor at the plant.
Since then the strike ' has
spread steadily. -