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Newspaper Page TextUnited Press Full Leased Wire United Press Foil Leased Wire 47th Year 12 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1952 No. 127 Goodrich Rubber Workers Walk Out; Rail Strike Seen A strike paralyzed the Goodrich Rubber Co. Monday and a government proposal designed to prevent a strike on the New York Central railroad was thrown off the track by three rail unions. Labor harmony also was threatened in the meat packing in dustry as the CIO United Packinghouse Workers began a war of nerves against the "Big Four" meat packers. About 18,000 rubber workers in nine B. F. Goodrich plants across the country began their strike today after 10. weeks of ne gotiations over "fringe" benefits were broken off at Cincinnati. The strike began just after midnight Sunday, and L. S. Buck maters, international president of the CIO United Rubber Workers, sajd all the plants were "shut down or in the process of being shut down." , ' The National Mediation Board Sunday made a "package" pro posal aimed at settling the dispute between the rail brotherhoods .and. the NYC, but the unions rejected it. The railroad agreed to the federal compromise, with some reservations. New York Commuters Would Be Hardest Hit The strike, if called, would only affect the Eastern Division of the New York Central. About 60,000 commuters in the New York city area would be hardest hit. The dispute grew out of 58 unsettled grievances involving working rules, which were filed by the Brotherhood of Locomo tive Engineers, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and the Order of Railway Conductors. The CIO Packinghouse Work ers began their war of nerves against the meat companies by wrapping all their plans in strict secrecy. The 14-man executive board of the union met in Chi cago Sunday to discuss stalled contract negotiations and refused to reveal what decisions they reached. Negotiations Bogged Negotiations between the un ion, which represents 80,000 employees in 68 meat packing . plants, and Armour & Co., Swift & Co., JYilson & Co. and Cudahy have been hopelessly bogged down since a week ago when the old work contracts expired. Coal miners began anxiously examining their budget books and preparing for a lay-off called by their boss, United Mine Work ers Chief John L. Lewis. Miners Seem Glum Many of the men in the coal towns seemed glum at the pros pect of losing pay, but there seemed to be no question that they would comply. "What else can we do?" was the usual com ment among the miners. Lewis ordered the UMW mem bers to stop digging coal from Aug. 23 to Sept. 2 in "memorial" to men killed in mine disasters. Portland (U.R)- Two Ore gon companies face'd slow-downs Monday following decisions of two unions to .continue their strikes indefinitely. An apparently settled dispute between Columbia River fisher men and packers was touched off again late Saturday when the Columbia River Fishermen's Protective Association voted to reestablish picket lines around the Columbia River Packers As sociation cannery in Astoria. John Day Strike Seen In John Day, failure of repre sentatives of the Blue Mountain Mills and local 2924 of the AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union to agree on contract clauses calling for a union shop, changed vacation provisions and length of time the contract should run threatened to cause a lengthy strike. Typhoon Slashes Korea Battle! ront Seoul, Korea (U.R) Ty phoon Karen slashed into the Korean battle zone Monday, grounding Allied warplanes, sending Navy vessels off the West Coast to cover and bring ing the war to a temporary halt. The eye of the rampaging tropical storm hit the Southwest Korean Coast 100 miles south of Seoul early Monday afternoon and ripped inland over a north northeast course at 15 miles an hour. Within a few hours, high winds and heavy rains on the edge of the 50-mile-wide storm battered Seoul and the Western battlefront. The winds were ex pected to build up to 80 or 90 miles-per-hour at Seoul tonight. Cairo Military Court Issues Death Sentence Cairo (U.R) A special mili tary court sentenced Moustafa Mohammed Khamis, the first of 29 defendants to death by hang ing Monday for killing two sol diers in labor riots last Wed nesday. The death sentence was the first ever passed on a civilian in Egypt by a military tribunal. Khamis will be taken to the military prison in Cairo where the sentence will be carried out. Weather FORECAST: Fair and mild. through Tuesday. Low to . night 55. High Tuesday 88-90. Temp. Richest Yesterday 86 Lowest this Morning SO " : ;:: JACK L. SWAYZE Files For Mayor Jack Swayze Files for Mayoralty; 2 Ask Council Post 1 Petitions " placing Jack L. "Crazy" Swayze in nomination for the mayoralty of Medford were filed at the city recorder's office today. They were "circulat ed on, Swayze's behalf -JjyJim Lynch, and bore 50 signatures. Swayze is the "second ' candi date for the office.. Mayor Dia mond Flynn is seeking reelec tion. .. - Two candidates for council man from Ward 3 also filed to day. Harold Frye, the incum bent, and Hugh F. Friel, 214 North Columbus avenue, both filed petitions with City Record er Ralph Woodford. Swayze is 29 and resides on Ideal court with his wife and eight-month-old son. He has been in the gasoline retail busi ness here for six years, has been active in the Junior Chamber of Commerce, and belongs to the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. He is a graduate of the Uni versity of Kansas, where he ma jored in law. He served four years with the Army during World War II, 27 months of which were overseas. . Fry announced August 6 he would be a candiate for reelec tion. Encouraged lo Run Friel filed for the city council after being encouraged by his neighbors to run, he said. He is 47 and has lived in Medford 5Vfe years. He has a married daugh ter and one granddaughter. He. was born and raised in Iowa and is a graduate of Loras college, Dubuque, Iowa. In Med ford Friel is a member of thei Elks lodge and vice-president of the National Office Managers association. He served ' in the navy for 2V2 years during World War II. . Friel is yard manager of the Bruce Bauer Lumber company, 765 South Riverside avenue. His petition had some 50 signatures. There are six announced cam didates for four city council va cancies. Petitions for the renomi nation of Woodford and City Treasurer Darrell Huson also were filed today. August 30 is the deadline for filing nominating petitions for city offices, according to Wood ford, but he said petitions should be in at least two days prior to the deadline to provide time for checking the signatures. Ike Arranging Cross-Country Tour Denver U.R) Dwight ' D. Eisenhower will start this week on a presidential campaign tour that ultimately will' take him from the East Coast to the West and from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico. While many gaps still remain to be filled in the GOP nominee's precise itinerary, it is evident from plans already announced that Eisenhower , expects to keep his earlier promise to go into the nooks and crannies of the coun try in search of votes. ChnLroese Airowe Dim Rifle Shot Fired Through Residence From Parked Auto Two Face Charges Of Gun Posession A bullet was fired into the home of W. C. Bower, route 2, box 228 D, on the Table Rock Market Road at 12:52 a.m. Sun day morning by occupants of an automobile, according to state police. The shot was fired from a car parked in Bower's driveway. Its motor was running and the lights were on. Bower, who re sides there with his wife and small son, had gone from his bedroom in the back of the house to his living room when his dog commenced barking, po lice said. Shot Fired He observed the car for sev eral minutes, and decided to op en the door to quiet the dog. Just after he opened the door, the shot was fired, traveling through the screen and main door, an overstuffed chair in the living room, five-inch kitchen wall, brand new kitchen range, glancing off into a cupboard. The bullet was so close to Bower it knocked splinters from the door into his legs, his wife re ported this morning. Bower phoned state police im mediately and an officer was dis patched. He had just passed the Big-Y market en route to the scene when he met and stopped the first car he saw. The pccu pants were: Monte Stockton, 26, of 1136 Court street, Medford. -Stockton and his half - broth er, Kenneth Tex Burnett, 34, PO Box 266, Shady Cove, were ar reted on a warrant . charging possession of a gun with serial numbers removed. District Judge Rawles Moore set 5500 bond on each man. Burnett is out on bail and Stockton plead ed innocent to the charge at an arraignment this morning and was given time to obtain an at torney. He admitted in court that the gun was his. Thought Stolen The gun was a .30-.30 Winch ester carbine which the state police believe was stolen in Nov ember, 1951, during a burglary of the Medford Gun shtfp, when another gun and a large supply' of ammunition (about $500 worth in all) were taken. The gun has been sent to the state crime laboratory to have the numbers raised, and- will posi tively be identified within a day or two, police added. A John Doe warrent has also been issued in the case, charging malicious destruction of private property, according to Deputy District Attorney Bob Dickey. Stockton was free on $3,500 bail on a grand jury indictment for assault while armed with a dangerous weapon at the time of arrest. Stockton was involved in the April 20 stabbing of Carl Blair, Roguedale motel, Shady Cove. Others involved were Dee Stockton, 32, a brother, general delivery, Shady Cove, who is al- Judge F. L. To Southern Oregon at Picnic Here Sunday About 300 people gathered Sunday afternoon atTouVelle state park on Rogue-river to pay a public -tribute to Judge F. L. TouVelle, Jacksonville, pioneer Oregon road builder. The testimonial picnic was sponsored by the Democratic part of Jackson county and was attended by many dignitaries and long-time friends of Judge TouVelle. Principal honors delivered him were in a speech by Edward C. Kelly, Medford attorney, and the presentation of a plaque by the Medford Elks. . Good. Roads Pioneer Kelly described , Judge Tou Velle as "a pioneer of good roads" who "came to the Rogue River valley -in 1905. He was elected county judge in 1912. on a good road program which saw a half-million dollar bond issue raised for road construction "a major feat," according to the attorney,-"when it is considered that at. that time there was no gas tax in existence to- support the building." ' The first strip of paved high 2 NEW 'PHONE BOOK BIG Mrs. E. C. Deen, an employee in the business office of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph com pany, is shown above with the old and new telephone books for the Medford-Ashland area. The big new book, will be issued this year for the first time, and is similar to "big city'' size books now used in four other Oregon areas. It will be distributed about November 1. . (Brainerd photo.) New, Larger 'Phone Books Due This Fall The 1952 Medford-Ashland tel ephone directory, which will be issued ' about November i, will be the 'big city" size for the first time, it was announced today by J. H. Creager, manager of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company here. The new directories will be 9 by 11 inches and will have three columns of names and numbers on each page. The current direc- so out on $3,500 bond on a grand jury indictment, and Donald Earl Yule, 20, who was recently sentenced to the state prison for parftle violation. Mrs. Bower reported this mor ning that another car had been seen in her driveway by neigh bors at about 2 a.m. today and had parked there for a while and then left. She said that neith er she nor her husband had ever heard of either of the two sus pects before. Plans Proceed for Slaughter of Hogs , Portland (U.R) The Oregon Department of Agriculture Mon day went ahead with plans to force slaughter of more than 600 hogs quarantined in the Port land area because of an infec tion of vesicular exanthema, highly infectious swine disease. Director Brvin L. Peterson said the department would peti tion a circuit court for an order demanding slaughter of the hogs. TouVelle way in the state, from Central Point to Ashland, was completed during his term of office, Kelly continued. Another major coun ty advancement included the es tablishment of .the first public health department. Judge Tou Velle's term ended in 1916, but "his great work continued with membership on the state high way commission from 1935-39 under Gov. Charles H. Martin," the attorney pointed out. " During the latter period, the Siskiyou highway was relocated to its present route and Highway 101, along the. coast, was com pleted with five bridges. "His help and benevolence continued in other fields," Kelly reported, "when he gave finan cial support to many young men so they could continue their ed ucation at college." The Judge's gift to the state pf the 50-acre tract where the picnic was held was gratefully acknowledged by Kelly. The park, was donated in 1944. V. Aubrey Norris, exalted ruler of the Medford Elks, pre sented the honored guest with mmyonDS Msew far. Meeti aim TV U k tories are six by nine inches, with two columns. The new di mensions are to be used ."in or der . to keep . pace.,with .growth and the continuing demand for telephones in this area," Creager said. Four Others Portland, Eugene-Springfield, Salem and Oregon City are the only other areas with the large size books. .The new Medford directory will also carry a com plete alphabetical section on Ash land and other surrounding com munities. Creager pointed out that tele phones served by the Medford exchange have increased from 3,800 in- 1940 to approximately 11,400, a gain of some 200 per cent, as compared to a popula tion in Medford of about 63 per cent for the past 12 years. Daily calls have more than tripled during that period, Crea ger said, from-about 18,600 in 1940 to more than 60,500 today. Entries Promise Top 4-H and FFA Shows Exhibit entries for the 4-H and FFA club fair to date "promise the biggest show yet," according to R. H. Cate, Jr., county agent in 4-H work.. Judging on various exhibits is being done today and tomorrow with the cooking and clothing contest judging at 1 p.m. Tues day, and style revue judging at 9:30 in the morning. The main shows will begin on Wednesday and continue through August 23 at the county fairgrounds. Honored for Service the plaque inscribed as follows: ; "Medford. Lodge 1168, BPOE, presents with pride this certifi cate of appreciation to Judge Frank L. TouVelle in recogni tion of meritorious service to this community, state and na tion. As an American citizen and Brother Elk he has exemplified with fidelity the principles of Elkdom charity, justice and brotherly .love and we grate fully recognize his uncompensat ed services, patriotically render ed to his community and state V. Aubrey Norris, exalted ruler, and Ernest L. Scott, secretary." Many telegrams were read to the gathering, including com mendations by Gov. Adlai Ste venson, Democratic presidential nominee, and Sen. John Spark man, vice-presidential nominee. The nominations of . both were ratified by members at the pic nic in a revival of a historic custom. " Welcomed by Corliss A welcome was delivered by Guy D. Corliss, Democratic coun ty chairman, and Dr. Arthur Kriesman, Ashland, delivered Talks Expected to Coyer Expansion. Of Relations Xllied Observers See Support Request , Moscow (U.R) A large dele gation of Chinese Communist military and government . offi cials, headed by Premier Chou En Lai, has arrived in Moscow for talks on the expanding of Soviet-Chinese relations prob ably in the military and heavy industry spheres. Importance Indicated The number and ranks of the Chinese delegation and the Sov iet officials who welcomed them indicated the importance of the talks. It was the largest and most important Chinese Com munist group to visit Moscow since Red China's chief Mao Tse Tung was here two years ago. Soviet Vice Premiers Vyas chelav M. Molotov and Anastas I. Mikoyan, Marshal Nikolai A. Bulganin, Foreign Minister An drei Y. Vishinski and Foreign Trade Minister P. N. Kumykin led the Russian group that met the Chinese at Moscow's Central Airport Sunday. Political Leaders Included The Chinese delegation repre sented a large segment of the Communist Cabinet including the political, economic and mili tary leaders. The talks obviously will cover the whole range of Soviet-Chinese-relations including the Far Eastern situation. Munsan, Korea (U.R) Allied observers said Monday the Chinese Communist mission to Moscow may ask greater Soviet support in Korea and the' un leashing of the Red Chinese Air Force in Manchuria against United Nations forces. The U. S. has estimated the Communists have 1,899 planes in their Manchurian "sanctu ary," 1,300 of which are Russian-built MIG-15 jets. The jets have appeared over North Ko rea recently in small numbers despite the attempts of U. S. F-86 Sabrejet pilots to lure them into battle. Prosecution Block in Fraud Case Charged Washington (U.R) House corruption hunters accused the Justice Department Monday of blocking prosecution of a fraud case for the past eight years. The House Judiciary subcom mittee investigating the Justice Department is gathering inform ation on the case : possibly for airing at public hearings next week. Committee sourqes would not identify the case prior to the hearings. But they said ' their concern is to spotlight the offic ial or officials, responsible for "failure to prosecute." the introduction and acted as master of ceremonies. Among the many messages of congratulation was one from for mer Gov. Oswald West, who was prevented by illness from at tending. He characterized Judge TouVelle as "a public spirited citizen, an honest-to-God Demo crat and an honest man." Guests- who were introduced included George Putnam, editor and publisher of the Salem Capi tal Journal; Ernest P. Leavitt, retired superintendent of Crater Lake National park; Frank Kit tredge, retired chief engineer of the National Park service and a long-time friend of Judge Tou Velle, and E. C. Ferguson, man aging editor of The Mail Tribune. Upstate Democratic leaders who attended included Monroe Sweetland, national party com mitteeman; Howard Morgan, state party chairman; Francis Lambert, Democratic nominee for state treasurer; Mrs. Edith S. Green, candidate for secre tary of state, and Ed Ridder busch, president of Oregon Young Democrats. Wmm GOP Would Make Adlai's Support By ADA Liability Washington (U.R) Gov. Adlai Stevenson won the endorsement of Americans for Democratic Action Monday and the Republicans promptly tried to turn it into a political liability for him. The self-styled non-Communist liberal organization, to no one's surprise, issued a formal statement pledging its full campaign sup port to the Democratic presidential nominee and his running-mate. Sen. John J. Sparkman of Alabama. It said GOP presidential nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower has shown himself to be "naive" about domestic problems, and that he has "repudiated" the internationalist foreign policy he helped Evening Shopping. Autumn Opening, Announced in City The autumn merchandising season will be formally opened by Medford stores this week, it was announced today by Otto Ewaldsen, president of the Med ford Retail Trade association. The opening event will be ob served Wednesday evening, and throughout Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Ewaldsen said that stores will be put into fall decor for the opening, and will be showing all their new lines of autumn mer chandise. In addition, Ewaldsen report ed that in conjunction with the fall opening, a majority of retail merchants of the city have agreed to remain open each Wednesday evening until 9 p.m. hereafter. . - He pointed out that the late hour shopping on Wednesday will permit easier shopping for those who are employed during the day, and that it has. been tried successfully before. A number of other Pacific coast. cities have tried the plan with success, he reported. Man Arrested After Check Passing Tried Gerald Bertrand Corrigan, 25, of 1506'i Prune street, was ar rested by the city police Sunday evening and charged with at tempting to cash a worthless $50 check at the Bartlett street Safe way store. ' Police said he wrote the draft on a blank check of a Fall Creek, Ore., logging company. When the check was refused Corrigan tore it up and left. When he heard a police car fol lowing him he tried to run, ac cording to the police. . . Corrigan has lived in " Med ford less than a month. Previ ously he lived in Ashland and Grants Pass, according to police records, and has been arrested previously for disorderly con duct in Idaho, where he once lived. He is married and has three children. Corrosion Engineer Viewing City's Line N. K. Senatoroff, corrosion engineer from Los Angeles, is in Medford to test the Medford pipeline's cathodic protection, according to Water Superintend ent Robert Duff. He came Sunday and will be here three or four days, accord ing to Duff. Medford is believed to be the only city in the northwest to have cathodic protection for its water . pipelines. Negative charges of current are put into the pipes and are controlled to be forced out at-certain points where metal has been laid with the pipe. Controlling of the- current, which will flow naturally through a pipe, prevents the normal bad effects of electric current. The pipes will thus hold up much longer and the cost is very small. Duff said. s Salem (U.R) Governor Doug las McKay will leave here Tues day for Boise, Idaho, where he and nine other western gover nors, all Republicans, will con fer with GOP presidential can didate Dwight Eisenhower. i to create. ADA Support Seen New Proof of Captivity - The Republican National com mittee immediately fired back a statement, over the name of Sen. Bourke B. Hickenlooper of Iowa, saying that ADA support was new proof that Stevenson is a "captive'' candidate. "On his back he has the label of Truman and on each ankle a ball and chain on the right foot the CIO and on the left, the ADA," Hickenlooper said. Although ADA itself is not formally allied with the Demo cratic party, most of its top of ficials are well-known Democrats.-- In publicly swallowing its pre viously stated misgivings about. Sparkman, ADA said it is "aware of his adverse civil rights voting record" but thinks highly of him anyway because he has been "a standard bearer of the emerging liberal movement in the South.", . -. - Mrs. Arthur Ruhl Dies in New York New York Mrs. Arthur Ruhl died in a hospital here Sun day, following a ten-day coma. Her husband, who died in 1935, was the brother of Robert W. Ruhl, publisher of The Medford Mail Tribune. Surviving is their only son, Paul Arthur Ruhl. Mrs. Ruhl was born in St. Pe tersburg. Russia, on Oct. 9, 1904, and left the country as a refugee from the Bolshevik revoluition. She was rescued by the British and was taken to the island of Malta. Later she moved to Eng land where she lived for three years before going to Berlin, Germany, where she met Mr. Ruhl, then a foreign correspond ent for Collier's Weekly in Ber lin. They were married June 11, 1926. Services will be held Thurs day in the Russian Orthodox church in New York. Interment will follow at Rockfprd, 111.' Diamond Lake Dunkin . Report Discounted A report from Diamond lake by way of Roseburg to the effect that George Baker Dunkin may be in the lake area was discount ed by State Police Capt. Paul Parson today. Dunkin is the 67-year-old re cluse who has been sought since June 24 on a warrant charging him with the murder of State Policeman Phil Lowd. The search has centered in the wil derness area surrounding Dun kin's cabin in northern Jackson county. The report from Roseburg said that foresters in the lake area are going armed after some one broke into a cabin and stole some food last week. A sack of groceries was taken, and a $10 bill was left on the cabin table. Douglas county sheriff's depu ties are investigating the theft. The cabin is some 35 miles from the area where Dunkin has been thought to be. Kelso (U.R) Clifford Fike, 17, Woodlawn, Wash., drowned in tiie Lewis river at Pekin's Landing Sunday when he was thrown from an outboard motor boat in which he and two others were riding. . BASEBALL . AMERCAN New York 4100 Boston . 2 5 1 Raschi and Berrai Trout. Benton 9, and While.