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HI 33 la - - JV.i j,-' V. i - United Fress Full Leased Wire 47th Year 28 Pages led Bombers Leave Many Buildings Mass of Flames Navy Planss Aid Fighter-Bombers Seaul. Korea (U.R) Unit ed Nations fighter-bombers and carrier based Navy planes struck a huge Communist troop . and supply base at Namyang on the Korean West Coast Wednes day, leaving 300 buildings a mass of flame and explosions. Navy planes from American carriers cruising off the East Coast were the first to swoop down on the target with bombs, napalm, rockets and machine gun fire. They were followed by F-84 Thunderjets, F-80 Shooting Stars and Marine and Australian fighter-bombers. Five Battles With MIG's American Sabre jets lought five battles with Communist ". MIG-15 jets during the day and claimed one of the Russian-built fighters damaged. Other de , stroyed or damaged claims wait- - ed confirmation. Tons of bombs slammed into the Red base at Namyang, 10 - miles southwest of Sukchon. Partial claims including 53 buil ' dings destroyed and five dam aged. ; Ammunition Stores Hit I Dead-eye Allied bombers hit i several ammunition stores. Five large explosions were reported. The 5th Air Force said 200 sorties were made on the tar get. A sortie is one combat flight by. one airplane.-It did .not dis close whether Namyang was one of the 78 North Korean cities marked for attack by Allied planes. x A On the ground, Chinese Com munist troops made a yeak at tack on Bunker Hill on the West ern Front. Bed Casualties Told Eighth Army headquarters ennounced the Reds suffered 3.134 casualties in the week Aug. 8-14, most of them Chin ese who fell on the northern Elope of Bunker Hill. Included in the total, the greatest in two months, were 1.745 killed. 1,375 wounded and 14 taken prisoner. Pyongyang Radio, in a special 10,000-word broadcast early Wednesday, complained of the Allied '-barbaric bombings" and called on "freedom-loving peo ples of the world," to put a stop to them. Red propagandists, particul arly bitter about napalm, charg ed President Truman ordered the stepped-up UN air war last May and June. They said he un leashed more atrocities than German dictator Adolph Hitler. Forest Grove (U.R) Fun eral services will be held here Friday for Lester George Cul ver, 35-year-old State Forestry Department snag faller who died in the first fatal accident under s Oregon's Tillamook burn reha bilitation program. Farm Bureau Federation Leans Toward Republicans Washington (U.R) The powerful American Farm Bur eau Federation "never endorses a political candidate directly or indirectly" but as of Wednesday its top officials are leaning to ward the Republican party. A spokesman said much will depend on how the two presi dential candidates interpret their party's farm planks. But he said the Republican platform as drafted at Chicago "leaves room" for Farm Bureau pro gress. Demo Platform Cited "In contrast, the Democratic platform was drafted with an attitude, which, if carried to its conclusions, would not leave any room for programs of the Farm Bureau," he said. The general position of the Farm Bureau was expressed by MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, yppuy OGRESS ENING PLANS TOLD BY CITY C0UNCILMEN A report on the city's studies toward carrying out a chamber of commerce plan to extend ar terial streets across the Southern Pacific tracks was made last night at a regular council meet ing at city hall. Councilman Frank Runtz said no definite action had been taken because the city will not have the funds to finance such a pro ject before June, 1953, at the earliest. He said that opening of Eighth, 10th and 12th streets are all under consideration. Screaming Iran Communists Stone American Vehicle Tehran, Iran (U.R) Iranian Communists screaming a n t i American slogans stoned a jeep carrying a U. S. Army colonel Wednesday in the second attack in hours on American military men. Lt. Col. William Slelzenmul ler, Birmingham, Ala., and his Iranian driver, escaped the rocks and a shower of flying glass from the windshield. They skirted the mob and drove the jeep safely into the headquarters of the U. S. Military Advisory Mission in downtown Tehran. Ambassador Warned At the same time, the U. S. ambassador received a warning from Iran's powerful religious leader that the United States must not interfere in Iranian af fairs or inflame Iran's relations with Russia. Communist and pro-govern-m e n t demonstrators clashed with police in downtown Teh ran for the second consecutive day and Premier Mohammed Mossadegh called a special meet ing of his "security council." 15 Persons Hurt Police reported 15 pro-government demonstrators were injur ed and 15 arrested when they battled police in attempting to storm the offices of the Tudeh (Communist) newspaper for the second time in 24 hours. Salem Employees Drop Signature Attempts Salem (U.R) Salem police have virtually dropped their attempts to get petition signers for a 40-hour week measure and firemen have discarded many of the petitions they have circu lated the past several weeks. The two groups of city em ployees suspended their petition campaign after the city attorney and the Salem Civil Service com mission both ruled that petition circulating by city employees was illegal and that members of the police force and fire depart ment faced dismissal unless the activity stopped. Roger W. Flemming, secretary treasuTer, and Frank K. Wool ley, legislative counsel, at an informal luncheon meeting with reporters. Farm Bureau leaders have often been outspoken critics of Democratic farm policies, par ticularly of the mandatory high price supports favored by the administration. President Allan B. Kline has tangled with Sec retary of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan on many issues. Policies 'Compared' But the organization, which claims a membership of 1,500, 000 farm families, has never officially supported either polit ical party. Instead it "compares" Farm Bureau policies with those of the two parties and "leaves it up to the individual member." Bos OF STREET The council asked City Super intendent Robert Duff to con sult with a railroad engineer to get an estimate of the cost to open roads across the tracks. Eighth Street Not Favored Opening Eighth street, which was stressed by Hugh Coleman representing the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, was con sidered less essential than open ing of certain other streets by several councilmen. Councilman Harold Frye ob served that the Eighth street traffic would form a bottle-neck at Riverside avenue and Mam street, where it would have to go to cross Bear creek. He said he favored opening 10th street with the possibility of erecting a new bridge later. Finance Chairman Dwight Houghton cautioned that any plan must be carefully consid ered before the city gets itself into debt. The council agreed that arterial streets somewhere must be set up to take some of the 12,000 cars that drive up Main street daily. During the meeting the coun cil accepted the planning com mission's recommendation to open Jackson street between Barneburg road and Sunrise ave nue. ' - In a 3 to 2 vote the council approved a payment voucher for the Maxim fire truck ac quired recently by the city. The payment was $18,860. John Sni der and Stanleys Joney rjjoted.. no ' and Paul Selby, Earl Miller and Elmer Childers . were ab sent. . . . . The council upheld the city planning commission's rejection of a proposal that a small area east of Riverside near the junc tion of Riverside and Central avenues be admitted to the city. The annexation was rejected be cause the buildings there are built so that regulation streets would be impossible. Businesses in this small area include the Crater Inn motel and Pierce Freight lines and Montgomery Ward warehouses. The area asked to be included in the city because people there wanted city water, fire protec tion and building restriction there, Mayor Diamond Flynn said. Hearing Continued Hearing on the annexation of a block north of Unit 1 of the Verde Hills subdivision was con tinued to the next council meet ing. The hearing on the block, bounded by Keene Way drive, Lynnwood avenue, Roxy Ann place and Highland Drive, was continued a second time because the council did not yet have the information it needed. A petition requesting cancel lation of the paving project on Welch street between Jackson street and the railroad tracks was received and filed. The re quest came too late, as a contract for the paving project had al ready been given to Contractor E. C. Conrad. (See story Page 16.) Earthquake Noted Off Northwest Coast Pasadena, Calif. (U.R) The California Institute of Technol ogy recorded a "major earth quake" at 8:27.45 a.m. (PDT) Wednesday which it said was located somewhere at sea off the Oregon-Washington coast. John Nordquist, research assistant at Caltech, . said the quake occurred about 850 miles .northwest of here and had a magnitude of 7 14 which class ifies it as a major earthquake. "The active zone was out at sea at an undetermined distance from the coast," Nordquist said. Corvallis (U.R) State police said Wednesday Clemm O.- Ed monds, Albany, was killed Tues day night in a one-car accident about 10 miles north of here on a rural road near Camp Adair. Tribune '." United Press Full Leased Wire 1952 No. 129 CLOSE CALL Communist guer rillas fired on a Pusan-to-Seoul Army train carrying actress Audrey Totter (above), who is entertaining U. S. servicemen in Korea. Miss Totter was not in jured. An Army captain and a newsreel cameraman were wounded. Negotiators Seek Early Agreements In Labor Disputes By UNITED PRESS Negotiators sat down Wednes day to try to hammer out agree ments,.; in . two railroad (disputes and hard coal contract talks. . Other: major labor' newswas rBelng made , across the confer ence table and not on the picket line, but strikes loomed in the farm, equipment, shipbuilding and meat packing industries. Rail Officials Summoned The Federal Mediation Board summoned representatives of the New York Central railroad and three rail brotherhoods to a morning meeting in Washington after conferences Tuesday failed to bring agreement over 58 union grievances. Mediators were hopeful of a break in the dispute between the line and the - Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, Brother hood of Locomotive Engineers and the Order of Railway Con ductors. Eastern lines were not far from signing with the unions, a reliable union spokesman said, but the Western roads were hop ing t6 win a modified union shop similar to that included in the last contract between CIO Steel workers and the steel industry. Although no strike date has been set, the unions have made it clear that they might walk out if the issue becomes deadlocked. Miners Serve Notice The hard coal industry served notice on the United Mine Work ers that more coal must be dug if the workers are to receive a raise. The UMW and the "anthracite operators are meeting - in New York in an attempt to write a new work contract. Unconfirmed reports indicated that the miners want a daily wage boost of about $1.65 and a six-hour "portal-to-portal" work day. Hard coal miners now work a seven-hour "portal-to-portal" day at an average .wage of S15.68. The independent Farm Equip ment Workers union scheduled a meeting with International Harvester company after an nouncing that few workers in six of 10 Harvester plants had voted to strike unless contract demands were met. Two Leave County For Army Induction Two Jackson county men left by train August 18 for induction into the army at Portland, ac cording to selective service local board No. ' 17. They were James Roswell Vinson, Medford, and Howard Patrick Egger, Ashland. The board also' announced that its -meeting date has been per manently changed to each Tues day. Board meetings start at 9 a.m. o) 5) 5 ; - v- Weather FORECAST: Variable hieh cloudiness and continued mild through Thursday. Low to night 48 High Thursday 88-90. Temp. Highest "Yesterday 83 Lowest this Morning 47 Ike Arrives for Discussions on Problems of West Western Governors To Talk With Ike Boise (U.R) Dwight D. Eisen hower, with a bright smile and looking just a little self-conscious, breezed off his chartered airplane here Wednesday for a strategy conference with ' nine Western Republican governors. More than 1,000 persons were on hand to greet the GOP presi dential candidate when he -landed at the Boise airport from Denver. Smile Matches Tune California's air national guard band, in Idaho for maneuvers, boomed through Eisenhower's theme song "I Love The Sun shine In Your Smile" and Ike had a smile to match the tune. Eisenhower was to go into conference with the chief execu tives to discuss crass roots prob lems of the West. Gov. Earl Warren of Califor nia, who is chairman and mod erator of the conference, said he had repared no official agenda. He indicated the meet ing would be strictly informal, taking up questions as they arose. Ike Good Listener "I am in Gov. Len Jordan's home state and I feel this is his show anyway," Warren said. Asked if Eisenhower would heed advice, the former GOP presi dential aspirant who lost to the general at Chicago replied "he's a good listener..'' .-''------ Water resource develoomerj and the issue of state's rights in reclamation and power projects were certain to get top consid eration. Tidelands, conservation, sugar beets and civil defense were also among the many other subjects that will go on the gov ernors' round table. 10 Governors Invited All 10 Republican governors of the West were invited to the meeting. Only Montana, where Democrat John Bonner is chief executive, is not in the GOP gubernatorial column in the far west. Montana is represented at the meeting by Hugo Aronson. Cutbank, Republican nominee for governor. CP Polio Viclfm Dies in Eugene William Hensley, 316 First street. Central Point, died in the Sacred Heart hospital in Eugene yesterday morning, it was learned here today. He was tak en there Sunday by plane for treated of poliomyelitis. Mrs. Hensley is now in ihe Eugene hospital under treatment for polio, which struck her last week. She too w-as flown north for treatment, and she was said to be making good progress. The couple were parents of four children, ranging in age from two months to seven years. While Mrs. Hensley is in the hos pital, two of the children will be cared for by Mrs. Hensley's mother, in Couer D'Alcne, Ida., and the other two will be taken by his mother, in Glendale, Cal. Sister Survives He also is survived by a sister in Salem, Ore. The Hensley's had lived in the Rogue valley for about the past five years. He was about 35 years of age, and was a radio technician for the Civil Aero nautics administration here. He was a veteran of World War II. Funeral services will be con ducted on Friday at the Hillcrest funeral home in Grants Pass, at at time yet to be set, it was re ported this morning. BASEBALL NATIONAL Philadelphia 3 5 2 Pittsburgh 18 1 Meyer and Lopata; Hogue and Garagiola. Homerun: For Philadelphia Ryan. Grants Pass Firm Files Application For Medford TV Construction Plans Hinge on Approval The Southern Oregon Broad casting company, operator of radio stations KUIN and KGPO in Grants Pass, has filed an ap plication with the , Federal Communications commission for a Medford television station, it was announced today by A. E. Voorhies, president of the com pany. Voorhies is also publish er of the Grants Pass Daily Courier. The proposed station, to be located in the Medford area, will be to serve Grants Pass, as well as Medford and Ashland, spokes men for the firm stated. The application is for very high fre quency channel No. 5. Plan Medford Site Southern Oregon Broadcast ing company plans to lease pro perty for the station in the vic inity of Medford if the applica tion is approved. Any site chos en for the station must be ap proved by the civil aeronautics administration, it was pointed out. Property for a transmitter has been obtained near Gold Hiil, Voorhies stated. The application for the sta tion has been accepted by the FCC for filing, but at the pres ent time it is not known how long it will be before any action will be taken. SOBS representa tives stated that the length of time before action is taken will depend on the backlog of appli cation on file with the FCC. Medford's application is 310th, they said. There is also no indicaiton as to the length of time between approval of the application and construction of a station here, they added. Speed of construc tion would depend on the avail ability of necessary equipment. "Pre-engineering surveys" of the proposed station- show that it would give coverage to Ash land, Medford, Grants Pass and ether portions of Jackson and Josephine counties, Voorhies stated. However, he pointed out, that the coverage would be cen tered in rrie'Me'dford - Ashland areas. Proposed power of the video transmitter is 18.8 kilowatts. The voice transmitter power w;ould be 9.4 kilowatts. First Actually Filed The applicatoin is the first to be filed for a television sta tion in the Medford area. Shel don Sackett, Coos Bay newspap er publisher, indicated last week that he plans to file a similar application in the near future. The temporary local address for the Southern Oregon Eroad casting company in Medford is 401 South Fir street, where Fa ber's Farm Supply store is lo cated. Although the application was filed by the Southern Oregon Broadcasting company, it was understood locally that persons interested in the station include Voorhies, Everett Faber, prop rietor of Faber's Farm Supply, Medford, and Faber's Market, Central Point; Edward A. Ma lone, or radio station KUIN, and a Eureka, Calif., radio sta tion. Resdsport Man's Visit To Movie Proves Costly Portland (U.R) Melvin H. White, 38, of Reedsport, took in an expensive movie during a visit to Portland. He told police he fell asleep in an all-night theater and woke up minus his wallet containing $36. ' Jackson county's annual 4-H and FFA club fair began this morning with a variety of events scheduled through Saturday, ac cording to R. H. Cate Jr., "County 4-H agent. Everyone in the county is in vited to attend any or all of the events, the agent explained. Ag ricultural events held today were crop judging, forestry iden tification, livestock, dairy, rab bit and poultry judging, poultry showmanship, and dairy judging will continue at 7 p.m. this eve ning. Others were clothing, home making, hair styling, and for estry demonstrations, and a patching contest in the clothing and miscellaneous division. In the cooking section, there were demonstrations -in cooking' and Annual 4-H and FFA Fair O At Fairgrounds, .Events Listed tt wKrH-vai, " 'A WW "J .... A pS I ' r h V -5 THOMAS K. FLYNN To Run for Mayor Tom Flynn Files For Election n or of Medford A petition with 45 signatures was filed at city hall yesterday, placing in nomination for mayor of Medford the name of Thomas K. Flynn. Thomas Flynn is the brother of Mayor Diamond L. Flynn, who is now completing his sec ond term in that office, and who recently announced he is a candi date for reelection. Attorney Robert Dames circu lated the petitoin in behalf of Thomas Flynn. Thomas Flynn is proprietor of the Flynn Electric company, which he has operated for about 19 years. He came to Medford in 1900, when, he said, the un named streets were dusty, and houses had no numbers. He was Medford's first "traffic ccp." he reported, under the late Mayor C. E. (Pop) Gates. He is an overseas veteran of World War I, and belongs to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Disabled American Veterans and the American Legion. His fraternal memberships include the Eagles and Elks lodges. He and his wife reside at 1301 East Main street. Thomas Flynn said he pro poses "to give Medford business management to the best of my ability." About his brother, he said. "He's a wonderful brother, and a wonderful mayor, but I'm sure going to try to beat his time:" The third candidate in the election race with the Flynn brothers is Jack Swayze, whose nominating petition was filed Monday. Deadline for filing is August 30. with petitions due two days before so that signatures can be checked. Malik Will Revive Germ Warfare Charge United Nations. N.Y. (U.R) Russia's Jacob A. Malik served notice he will revive the Krem lin's germ war propaganda cam paign against the United States Wednesday. . Malik said he was prepared to talk at least 40 minutes be fore the United Nations Disarm ament Commission in the latest of Russia's never-ending at temps to brand the United States as a wager of bacterial warfare in Korea. The garrulous Russian's de sire to add new episodes to a now ancient fable meant the commission probably would not get much done on its major bus iness developing plans for disarmament to be incorporated into a world-wide treaty. special bread baking, and con tests in dairy foods, muffin bak ing, cake baking and bread baking. Thursday Evenis Thursday will be the last day for the cooking, clothing and miscellaneous sections. In the clothing division, there will be a wool sewing contest with Eve lyn Frederick at 9 a. m., a bee demonstration with Winston Foley and Norman Barnes at 1 p. m. and a clothing demonstra tion with Carol Nelson at 1:30 P. rn. The cooking section' will in clude a cake baking contest with Marilyn Bohnert, 9 a.m.: cook ing demonstration, Cathy Carrol, 9:30 a. m.; muffin baking con test. Carol Russell, Sharon Coff- man, Carol Davis and Pat Goode Si New Constitution Ending Politburo To Be Considered New Plan Calls for Production Increase Moscow (U.R) Premier Josef V. Stalin Wednesday call ed for the first Soviet Commun ist party congress in 13 years October 5 to consider a new constitution abolishing the pow erful Politburo. Announcement of the meeting of the Soviet Communist party's supreme body was made jointly with publication of the Soviet's new five-year plan, calling for a general 70 per cent increase in industrial production. Peaceful Ccnsiructicn The five-year plan for 1951-55, it said, "is one of peaceful civ ilian and cultural construction demonstrating the superiority of the Soviet over capitalist sys tems." It promised to develop and expand economic ties with all countries wishing to do so. The party congress announce ment said the Communist lead ers will consider a new consti tution similar to the one adopted in 1333 but replacing the Pol itical Bureau with a "presidium of the Central Committee." Draft Dsfined The constitution draft defined the function of the proposed presidium as "leadership work of the Central Committee be tween plenary sessions." The Communist party cong ress elects the 71-member Cen tral Committee. There is no of ficial leader of the party and supreme power is vested in the 12-member Politburo. Stalin, as secretary-general of the party, is in control. Abolition of the Politburo and creation of a new "presidium," or administrative committee, may have a bearing on determ ining the eventual successor to Stalin. The exact significance of any change, however, depends on the makeup of the proposed presidium, what executive pow ers it will hold as compared to the Politburo's total power and what Stalin's personal Tuition will be under the reorganization. Meetings Postponed The party congress is suppos ed to meet every three y?ars. But its last meeting was .'n T39. Scheduled meetings wer? post poned because of World War II and special postwar conditions. The announcement cf the con gress meeting, signed by Stplin, was published in a special six page edition of the party's offic ial newspaper Pravda. Increased Production The new five year plan in gen eral outline calls for an increase in the gross industrial produc tion of 70 per cent over the 1950 output. Five great hydro-electric sta tions under construction are to be completed under the new plan. The production of grain, cereals, sugar and cotton are to be increased. The plan promises to deliver to consumers by 1955 90 per cent more meat products, 70 per cent more fish and 80 per cent more clothing. NATO Members Renew Pledge for Divisions Paris (U.R) The 14 members of the North Atlantic Alliance pledged anew Wednesday to raise 50 divisions in West Europe by the end of 1952 because the threat of Russian aggression has not abated. WATER SHOW SET The second annual Medford water show will be held Thurs day and Friday at 8:30 p.m. at Hawthorne park, it was an nounced today by City Treasurer Darell Huson. pen 10:30 a.m.; muffin baking con test. Dee Ann Clark and Sally McKillop, 11 a.m.; cake baking contest, Cathy Carroll, 11:30 a. ei.; and cooking demonstra tion. Darlene Nye, 12 noon. Stcck Judging Thursday's events in the agri cultural section will include swine and sheep judging at 9 a.m.; beef judging. 1 p.m.; and sheep showmanship. 7 p. m. Swine showmanship will be gin at 9 a. m. on Friday, fol lowed by beef showmanship and fitting at 1 p. m., and the auction sale at 7:30 p.m. Saturday's schedule will in clude dairy showmanship at 9 a. m.; agricultural demonstra tions, 3 p.m.; and the style re vue and special awards division , will close the show at 8 p. m. tores ESS E 31 m mm 1 H 5a k." ! B Kflt I will Open Until B Of
