Longshore Unions
Ratify Pay Increase
San Francisco flJ.P.) Ma
jor I longshore union locals on
the Pacific coast have ratified a
14-cent package pay increase ne
gotiated last week with the Pac
ific Maritime association
Union's Records
Ordered To Court
San Francisco (U.R) Harry
Bridges' longshore union has
been ordered to bring all finan
cial records to federal court
Thursday in connection with a
$1,013,156 judgment against the
union.
The order, by Judge Louis
Goodman, extended to all rec
ords of the Independent Interna
tional Longshoremen's and
Warehousemen's Union head
quarters "here from 1948 to the
present.
U. S. marshals began freez
ing known assets of the union
two weeks ago in an attemnt
by the Juneau Spruce Corp.,
Juneau, Alaska, to collect a
judgment it was awarded in
federal-court May 20, 1949.
The company was given' $750,-
000 damages because of long
shoremen s tactics which caused
the shutdown of the Juneau mill
for a year. The amount has in
creased since 1949 by attorney
fees and interest.
Brief Delays Listed
On State's Highways
; Salem . (U.R) Motorists
may meet with minor delay from
Big Eddy four miles east of The
Dalls to Rufus because of con
struction, the State Highway de
partment said today.
: Brief delays may also be ex
pected on the Willamette high
way 7 miles east of Oakridge;
The Dalles-California highway
12 miles north of Klamath.Falls;
the Pacific highway from Myr
tle Creek four miles. north;, the
Oregon coast highway 2 to 14
miles south of Port Orford, and
the Umpqua highway from
Reedsport to -1.36 miles east.
21ST FATALITY. -
;.' Salem (U.R) Oscar Mar
tin Olsen, 70, of Keizer, who
had been unconscious in a local
hospital for 103 days after being
injured in an automobile acci
dent; died Sunday. It was Mar
ion county's 21st traffic fatality
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The last big local to anDrove
the increase was Local 10 of the
International Longshoremen'
and Warehousemen's Union in
San Francisco. The local's 6000
members unanimously approved
the increase at a meeting last
night. "J
Other hie locals that ratified
the past were Wilmington, Eur-
eica and Stockton, Calif., tand
Aberdeen and Seattle. Wash -
The agreement calls for an
uuuieuuiie o cent nouriy wage
increase, 6 cents more June
13, plus 3 cents an hour in wel-
tare benefits.
Meanwhile, American Presi
dent . Lines' liner President
Cleveland and Matson's Lurline
were both scheduled to sail from
ban Francisco today on their an
nual Christmas cruises. Comi
any spokesmen said they, knew
of no labor development likely
to delay the sailings.
Robert Lee Elected
Engineers' President
Robert Lee, superintendent of
the Medford city water depart
ment, last night was elected
president of the Rogue Valley
section, Professional Engineers
of Oregon. Lee succeeds Willis
Ausland, Grants Pass.
Others elected at last nieht's
meet, held at the Jackson hotel,
were Robert Larson. Grants Pass
city engineer, who was named
vice-president; Les Stinson, Cal
ifornia Oregon "Power company.
secretary-treasurer, and Vern
Thorpe, Medford superintendent
of public works, trustee. .
Speaker at last night's meet
ing was Jack Wood, superin
tendent of Rogue River Nation
al forest. Wood discussed the
role -of the- engineer in forest
service work. '
Communists Use Ike's
Grandson forPropaganda
Vienna (U.R) The Com
munists seized on President Eis
enhower's erandson. David, to
day as their latest propaganda
target on .the. strength of a re
cent picture showing the child
carrying, a. toy six-shooter.
The Red organ Volksstimme
said "The revolver in the hand
of Eisenhower's six-year-old
grandson is the image of the
group ruling America, which
wants to plunge the country into
an orgy of war.
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Tuesday, December 21, 1954
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVElf
Governor Announces Two Reappointments
Salem, (U.R) Gov. Paul
L. Patterson said today he has
reappointed B. A. McPhillips of
McMinnville as a member "of
the Oregon State Sanitary Au
thority,
He i also has" reappointed
Charles YW. Huggins of Salem
as. a member of the State Board
of Parole and Probation.
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BANK TO MOVE Shown above is an bid-time
view of, the Medford branch of the First Na
tionil Bank of Portland, which will move into
its new building sometime early in January.
When the picture above. was made, the bank
was a Medford institution, and later affiliated
with the Portland organization. The clothing
styles on the people in, the picture show the age
of the institution which will soon move into its
new home. The building has been purchased by
Ben Diercks, Grants Pass lumberman for invest
ment purposes.
Hold-Up Man Jells About Wedding Plans
Chicago (U.R) A handsome
young man entered a dress store
Monday and asked Mrs. Celia
Friedkin to help him select a
trousseau for his "gorgeous" fiancee.
As Mrs. Friedkin. 38, care
fully wrapped a coat, three
dresses and some dainty ling
erie the young man told her of
his plans for a "beautiful, candle
light" marriage;' Y
Then he pulled out a gun and
escaped with the $200 trousseau.
California has more different
flowering plants than any oth
er state. Of some 30,000 in the
entire United States,' about a
sixth ' are ; found in California.
Only Texas and 'Florida boast
comparable concentrations.
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