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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
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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. .
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