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Weather Recommended RIBUNE FORECAST: Fair today and Monday with little change in temperature. High today and Monday 85-90, low tonight SO-55. Temp. Highest Yesterday 85 Lowest Yesterday 52 A feature story on the survey of southern Oregon's water re sources appears on Page 8 of today's issue of The Mail Trib une. United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 47th Year 26 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1952 No. 126 I psssM 7 T?"1 TT"lk TT m c"""'t"$mtilf7 Jfc feWl II Hopes for Austrian Peace Treaty Axed By Russian Tactics Soviets Reject Big Three Plans Washington (U.R) Moscow's, delaying tactics Saturday threat ened to throw Western plans for an Austrian peace treaty back to 1946 when Big Four talks on the important East-West issue first began. American, British and French hopes that a four-power treaty could be written this year de spite six years' of futility plunged to a new low when the Soviets rejected Big Three pro posals for a quick, streamlined treaty for Austria. The "diplomatic gleom was broken by only one possible new move. Austria is building a case on its long-overdue treaty for debate before the United Na tions General Assembly this fall. If the Soviets can be swayed by world opinion, progress may be made. But no one really expects any surprise shift in Soviet ob structionist tactics in Austria For one thing, the Russians are determined to keep their oc cupation foothold in Austria in order to benefit from its rich industrial, petroleum and agri cultural resources. And continuing occupation of the Soviet Zone of Austria pro vides an excuse for the Reds to keep troops in satellite Hungary and Romania "to guard their lines of communication into Aus tria," officials said. The ' Western powers have tried everything in their bag of diplomatic strategy to get Soviet shackles pried loose from Aus tria. But the Soviet rejection of their latest plan, the State De partment said, looks like a re turn "to the punitive spirit of 1945" when the war ended in Europe. , Eagle Point Woman Hit by Automobile Mrs. Howard Short, 52, Box 1149, Eagle Point, suffered a fractured pelvis at 4:10 o'clock Saturday afternoon when she was struck by an automobile while crossing North Central avenue near Main street, ac cording to Community hospital attendants. City police reported that Mrs. Short attempted to cross the street at th alleyway in the mid dle of the block when the traffic in the right hand lane was stopped and the left hand lane "was moving. She was struck by the bumper of a vehicle driv en by Cleo Marguerite Milton, Box 334, Rogue River, police continued, which was traveling from five to 10 miles an hour. No citation was issued, police said, and no damage resulted to the car. Hospital attendants expected Mrs. Short to be confined to the hospital for several days, Perl ambulance took her to the hos pital. Two Small Oregon Areas Quarantined Salem (U.R) Only two small areas were still under the federal quarantine involving vesicular exanthema, a hog disease, Dr. R. R. Younce, state veterinarian said Saturday. The State Agriculture Depart ment received word late Friday that all of Multnomah county, except the two townships in which the quarantined hogs are now held, has been released from the federal quarantine. Red Propaganda Hopes Seen In Repeated Truce Delays Washington !U.R) The Chi nese Communists may be dodg ing a Korean truce in hopes of propagandizing against the. West at two important international conferences, Allied diplomats said Saturday. None of these officials pro fessed to know for sure why the Chinese and North Korean truce negotiators have stalled the talks which have been near agreement for months. But they pointed out that the Communist world is fanning Red enthusiasm for a forthcoming Communist confer ence on the "Peace and Securi ty of Asia and the Far East." . Set for September The Red time table has set the meeting for late September in Peiping, Red China's capital. Less than two months from now, the 60-nation United Na tions general assembly opens its fall session in New York. Soviet foreign minister Andrei Y. Vish inski tried but failed to get U. N. WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE Stephen Mitchell (right), newly appointed chairman of the Democratic national committee, confers with President Truman at the White House. Blistering Campaign Document Lashes Ou At Demo 'Betrayals' Washington (U.R) Congres - sional Republican leaders as sailed President Truman and the Democratic controlled 82nd Con gress Saturday for a "wanton betrayal of public trust" and with, failure in every phase of foreign and domestic policies. Blistering Document The charges were made in a blistering campaign-year docu ment prepared by Sen. Styles Bridges and Rep. Joseph W. Mar tin Jr., the Republican floor lead ers of the Senate and House. It was published in Saturday's Con gressional Record.. ... ' ... They asserted that Mr. Tru man and the Democratic Con gress blazed a "trail of corrup tion, crime, favoritism and wan ton betrayal of the public trust such as never before has ap- Research Balloons To Fly Over State Washington (U.R) The Navy announced Saturday that research balloons will be re leased in Oregon soon and that they will float across the coun try from west to east a flight that may set off another epi demic of "flying saucer" reports. For months there has been speculation that some of the persons who claimed to have spotted a "saucer" may have actually seen only one of the huge ballons the armed forces and private agencies use for weather research. In announcing the coming ex periments, the Navy said the 37-foot balloons would be launched near Tillamook, Ore., by General Mills, Inc., under a contract with the Office of Naval Research. The balloons will carry electri cal equipment designed to de termine the characteristics of atmospheric radio waves. They will also contain instructions telling balloon-finders where to return the instruments. debate started on the Korean truce issue at the last meeting in Paris. His signal may be to try again, Diplomats speculate that the conferences could affect Red strategy at the truce talks in two ways: Two Possibilities 1. The Reds might permit an armistice just before either of the conferences in order to make the claim that they alone were the champions of world peace. If there were a Korean truce, the Reds would stand a good chance of whittling off "neutral ist" support for Western policies during the U.N. session. 2. The Reds might further de lay an armistice in Korea to continue use during the two meetings of their "Hate Amer ica" charges with all the famil iar complaints of alleged Allied use of germ warfare, bombing of civilians, terrible treatment of war prisoners and other "bar baric" practices. --j ' iffir nf ln 1 peared in this Republic." They said further that the Democrats have shown they "cannot resolve the critical isuses of our time. Among the allegations made in the 37-page document were that Democrats, by "coddling" Communists, permitted atomic bomb secrets to slip into Russian hands, contributed to the Red capture of China, and plunged Americans into an "unnecessary" war in Korea. The report will be used as Re publican campaign ammunition. It will be presented to Dwight D. Eisenhower when .Bridges and Martin confer with the GOP presidential nominee in New York Aug. 26. The "charges drew immediate counter-fire from Democratic Sen. Theodore F. Green of Rhode Island. He said it repre sented "abuse' 'of the privileges of the Congressional Record and was billed "falsely" as a record of Republican accomplishments. Four Persons Hurt In Traffic Mishap Four persons were injured fol lowing a two-car collision at 6:55 p.m. Saturday, according to Medford city police. The accident occurred when a vehicle driven by Lyle C. Per kins, Ideal court, Medford, hit the rear of another vehicle driv en by Bonnie Lue Haubensack, 16, route 1, box 384, Central Point, which had stopped for a dog crossing North Riverside avenue in front of the North Riv erside cafe, according to police. Perkins Family Hurt Perkins received minor in juries and lost several teeth, po lice said, while his wife, Bar bara Lucille, received "severe lacerations" on her face, and their child Gary, 19 months, had a severe blow on his forehead. All three members of the Per kins family were taken to Osteo pathic hospital and Perkins and the baby were released after treatment.' Mrs. Perkins was hos pitalized for further observation and was expected to be released sometime today, according to at tending physicians.. An occupant of the other car, Mrs. Marguerite Haubensack, mother of the driver, was also examined at the hospital for neck injuries and later released after no fractures were found, the physician reported. The Perkins' car received con siderable damage to its front end, police added, while the other ve hicle drove away under its own power. i Baruch Says Government Has Wasted $80 Billion San Francisco (U.R) Ber nard Baruch, elder statesman and adviser to presidents, has charged the federal government with wasting "$80,030,000,000 in the last six years by inflation and incompetence." Baruch began a trip Saturday to Sonoma Valley where he will be honored in Northern Cali fornia's redwood empire on his 82nd birthday. He arrived here Friday. . - He would not discuss any of the problems facing the nation except to offer the opjnion that the present administration had wasted $80,000,000,000. Stevenson Outlines Arduous Campaign Throughout Country Candidate Meets With Demo Strategy Board Springfield, 111. (U.R)-Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson gave the voters a first look at his campaign plans Saturday and promised to take his campaign into "every part of the country." His campaign manager, Wilson Wyatt, promised "one of the most intensive campaigns in American history." These remarks came as Ste vension, the democratic presi dential nominee, started a two day meeting with his newly formed nine-member campaign strategy board.. Sen. John J. Sparkman of Alabama, the vice presidential nominee, also at tended. Several Trips Wyatt told a news conference earlier that the governor's ten tative travel plans called for "several swings" from Spring field and back during the fall campaign instead of one or two continuous trips. Stevenson, who is fond of air travel, intends to use both train and plane for his tours. In mid-afternoon, the govern or, Sparkman and the committee emerged from the executive mansion for newsreel photogra phers and sat around a table on the sloping lawn under an. elm tree. Dressed in a white linen jacket and grey slacks, Stevenson said: "I can only tell you that we intend to carry the campaign to every part of the country and to inform the people as fully as our resources will permit, both by -personal appearances and by television. "This is the first campaign in which television will play a ma jor part and through it we hope to reach as many people as we can. I have no doubt that once our objectives are understood there will be no question as to the outcome of the campaign." Participating in:' the confer ences were a dozen or more staff officials" from' the Stevenson campaign headquarters here and from the democratic national headquarters at Washington. Chinese Reds Seize Shanghai Dockyard Tokyo, Sunday (U.R) T h e Chinese Communists have mov ed in and taken over the large, modern Shanghai dockyards and the Moller Shipbuilding Works, both British-owned properties, Peiping radio said today. The seizure occurred Friday upon requisition orders issued by the Shanghai military control commission. The shipbuilding properties, among the , most modern in Shanghai, represent an invest ment of millions of dollars. Since the Communists occupied Shanghai, however, they have lain idle because of the lack of shipping in the once-great coast al port. Peiping radio said the seizure was made "for the benefit of the Chinese people." 1 The action was in line with the recent British decision to give up its investments in Com munist China. The broadcast made no mention of compensa tion. Mme. Chiang Arrives In SF for Treatments San Francisco (U.R) Madame Chiang Kai-shek, first lady of Nationalist China, arrived here Saturday night "for my health" to complete an extended trans- Pacific jaunt for treatment of a skin- ailment. The wife of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek stepped off. a Pan-American World Airways stratocruiser at San Francisco International airport at 9:25 p.m. (PST). She was flown from Honolulu where physicians had advised her to go to San Fran cisco for the diagnosis and treat ment she requires. SPORTS BULLETINS 1 Seattle, Wash : (U.R) The Portland Beavers jumped on Lefthander Steve Nagy for five runs in the third inning Saturday night and then coast ed io a 6-1 victory over the Seattle Rainiers. Central Point defeated Till amook, 1 to 0, in the first: round of the stale Softball tournament last night at Mill City. Vera Collins Central Point hurler, pitched a no hitter for the 13-inning contest, and struck out 24 batters. UMW U4 ol PREDICTED FAR EAST THREAT A secret U. S. Military Intelli gence report, signed by Brig. Gen. P. E. Peabody (above), predicted seven years ago that Russia would try to "dominate" Korea. The report, recently dis closed in Washington when the document was published in the Congressional Record, also advo cated strong steps to avert Com munist control of China. Warren Says Ike's Chances Excellent On Pacific Coast Denver (U.R) Gov. Earl War ren of California said Saturday Dwight D. .Eisenhower , has -..an "excellent chance" to ' carry' the western states in November but that the difficulties should not be minimized. Adopting the same cautious attitude that other GOP leaders have shown . in talking about their prospects of victory, War ren expressed the opinion that the Republicans must wage a vigorous, fighting campaign to win. Eisenhower has said on sev eral occasions that this is the type of campaign he proposes fo conduct. He will fire his first frankly political broadside at the Democrats next Wednesday at Boise; Ida., where the Repub lican governors of 10 western states will confer with him. Eisenhower's Boise speech will be made from the steps of the state capitol after the conference there .has ended. It was announced from Wash ington that the GOP nominee's first formal speech of the cam paign, involving use of radio and television, will be in Philadel phia September 4. But other po litical speeches, similar to the one in Boise, will precede this, Eisenhower's associates here said. Warren, unsuccessful candi date himself for the Republican presidential nomination, visited Eisenhower's headquarters here for a lengthy discussion of cam paign strategy and the best way to approach the west's problems of water and resource develop ment, reclamation and power. Temporary Housing Deadline Extended Washington (U.R) Presi dent Truman Saturday extended the deadline for tearing down temporary housing built by the government during World War II. The deadline, which previous ly had been delayed several times, was extended from Dec. 31, 1952, to July 1, 1954. Mr. Truman said the extension was in the public interest. He said he ordered it after consid ering defense needs and the gen eral housing situation and the national economy. '. About 35,000 housing units, built under the Lanham act, are affected by the order, housing officials said. They said the units are in cities all over the country. BULLETIN Eldon Nelson, 24, Spring street, Medford, received "ser ious" facial injuries when the car he was driving in the hard top races at Ashland last night . smashed up, according to state police. Ashland hospital at tendants said he received a possible broken jaw. ' . Minn Victorious Marines Braced for Commie Suicidal Attacks 4,000 Chinese Troops Sacrificed in Battle Tokyo, Sunday (U.R) Victor ious but weary Marines braced today for additional suicidal at tacks by Chinese Red forces who, in the past week, have sacrificed nearly 4,000 veteran troops on bloody "Bunker Hill." A marine spokesman said the Chinese have lost over 3,700 men killed and wounded in eight fanatical but futile attempts' to drive the leathernecks from stra tegic Bunker and Siberia hills, five miles from the Panmunjom truce site. Smash Each Attack Although heavily outnumber ed in several of the Red assaults, the Marines have smashed each Communist attack with artillery, machine guns, mortar fire and grenades. " Early yesterday the Marines added powerful searchlights, which United Press Staff Cor respondent Frederic C. Painton said lighted the corpse-strewn battleground "like a movie set." The dazzling floodlights en abled the Marines to mow down wave after wave of Chinese. Keep Coming Back The Communists, apparently under orders to take the hill or die, have kept coming back in spite.; of staggering losses, and marine officers said today they anticipate s.till more of the reck less, screaming Red attacks to recapture the hill. Two such attacks were launch ed Saturday. While Red ground troops mounted their fanatical assaults, Red air power remained safely in its attack free bases in Man churia.' For the fifth straight day American Sabrejets roved the skies over North Korea with out encountering a single Red MIG-15. Oregon Journal To Support Stevenson Portland (U.R)-- The Oregon Journal in its .Sunday editions will announce its support of Gov. Adlai Stevenson for the presidency of the United States, it was learned Saturday. The Journal, in a three-column page length editorial will indorse the Illinois Democrat "without reservation." The Portland afternoon news paper said it would support Ste venson in the coming campaign "not on a partisan political basis, but on the record and because of a firm conviction that, all things considered, Stevenson is the abler man, the man more likely to provide the kind of leader ship America needs and must have in the crucial years ahead." The Journal supported Repub lican Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York in the 1948 presiden tial campaign. 'Aggressor Northwest Salem (U.R) There was mock war in the western United States Saturday as the aircraft of "ag gressor forces" penetrated out lying defenses and reached parts of the Northwest. . While Oregonians slept, the state civil defense headquarters in the basement of the State Of fice Building here buzzed with activity. , It was the nation's first joint exercise between the mili tary and civilian agencies, test ing facilities at the local level that would be called into action if war should ever be carried to the boundaries of the United States. . . Crackles With Reports Teletype machines and ham operated radio sets crackled with simulated reports of "aggressor" strikes -and near disasters; Boy Scout messengers carried the messages to men posting the sit uation charts and a dozen or so heads of civil defense depart ments went to work to bead off 1 Shyftdbwn TSv ? OFF TO PRISON - Gambler Frank Costello arrives at the Federal Courthouse in New York to surrender to the United States Government and begin an 18 month prison term his first in 37 years for refusing to testify before the Senate crime investi gating committee. British Columbia Forests Hit by 150 Fires; One Killed Vancouver, B.C. (U.R) Some 150 fires burned iij British: Col umbia' forests Saturday, includ ing a 35,000-acre blaze in the Burns lake area in the north-cen tral part of the province in which one person was killed and an other was missing. Many Uncontrolled Many of the fires still were un controlled but foresters said the situation was "improved" by cooler temperatures and higher humidities. British Columbia forest serv ice officials said dense smoke and a rash of small "spot" fires made difficult determining ex act extent of the Burns lake fire but they estimated it had cover ed 35,000 acres by Saturday morning. The blaze, about 400 miles northeast of here, was spreading through slash and virgin trees in the timber-rich northern interior of the province. 200 Men On Lines The forest service said 200 men were on the fire lines at tempting to trail the flames. An other 1300 firefighters were bat tling an outbreak of smaller fires throughout the province, includ ing two blazes on Vancouver island. Howard Gordon, a bulldozer operator, was burned to death Wednesday while combating the Burns lake fire. His companion, J. H. Hunter was last seen Fri day and was listed as missing by forest service. Tokyo (U.R) An erratic Pa cific typhoon which battered the American military base on Oki nawa with 110-mile an hour winds, switched directions Sat urday and was believed headed toward the southern Japanese island of Kyushu. Forces1 Penetrate Into Defenses in disaster and protect the civilian population. At the entrance of the base ment headquarters, a girl sat at a registration desk, screening and demanding identification from everyone seeking admit tance. Even Director Jack Hayes himself had to show his "ID" to get into his office. Hayes' desk adjoined one Gov. Douglas Mc Kay would use if his state should become involved in enemy ac tion. Nerv Center In the main room of the ehad quarters, the nerve center, more than a score of military men and civilians read the messages post ed on the situation charts and then took the action the inci dents seemed to call for in their departments. . State Fire Marshal Robert B. Taylor dispatched his fire crews to danger spots; Mrs. Loa How ard of the Public Welfare Com mission alerted relief agencies; rd! 'Memorial Holiday' Set for One Veek By John L. Lewis , Adequate Stockpiles Of Coal Above Ground Washington (U.R) John Lewis Saturday ordered his United Mine Workers to stop coal production from August 33 to September 1 in a week-long "memorial holiday" to mourn workers killed and maimed in "this savage industry." The shutdown, third of its kind ever declared by the burly union boss, comes while the UMW is in preliminary stages of negotiating new contracts with the entire industry and when coal stockpiles above ground are extremely high about 84 days' supply. Will Reduce Stock The mourning period will cause a reduction in the stock pile. Lewis mentioned neither the stockpile nor contract re newals. But a sharp reduction would strengthen his hand in negotiations for wage increases and other benefits. He has not yet announced his demands. Lewis published official no tice of the shutdown in his Unit ed Mine Workers Journal, a bi monthly magazine, and said: "Production of coal will be resumed Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1952." He took the action despite existence of the new mine safety law which permits the federal government to close down pits deemed unsafe. Secretary of the Interior Oscar L. Chapman has promised rigid enforcement of the statute but UMW sources said Congress failed to provide the necessary enforcement money. 334 Miners Killed Lewis said that from Dec. 23, 1951, when the West Frankfort, 111., disaster killed 119 miners, to July 31, 1952, accidents killed 334 miners and maimed "ap proximately 20,400." "With the coming of the au tumn equinox, we enter a period of sharp barometric changes which will intensify the ever present perils of the mines," Lewis said. Democrats To Revive Old Custom at Picnic The Democratic party of Jack son county, sponsoring a public testimonial picnic for Judge Frank L. TouVelle at TouVelle State Park beginning at noon today, will revive a historic cus tom as a feature of the varied program. Acting upon a resolution pre sented by Frank DeSouza, the crowd will vote upon the ratifi cation of the presidential and vice-presidential nomination of Stevenson and Sparkman. Noti fied in advance about the con templated action and invited to attend the gathering. Governor Stevenson wired his thanks along with a special message of greeting to Judge TouVelle and wishes for success of the picnic. Mock ar Supt. H, G. Maison of the State Police sent his district headquar ters into action and public infor mation director Tom Brubeck is sued regular dispatches to news papers and radio stations to keep the public informed of what was going on. The office of the gov ernor issued an appeal to citi zens to keep calm and to remain off roads and highways. There was a sense of urgency in the headquarters Saturday as the 40-hour exercise picked up speed and reports of the simulated emergencies became more .fre quent. It wasn't so much the re ports that tensed the civilian de fense workers as it was their de termination to show the military that Oregon is ready to do its share in taking care of its own if war or disaster should strike. Th exercise ends. Sunday after noon. After that, the military will critique the civilians and tell them whether they did their job adequately.
