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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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