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I L Jip-D - e ! : - t' .,J -r,.' ; ', DREAD OF THE TANKER SEAMEN Two loaded oil tankers, the 7256-ton Panamanian tanker Buccaneer and the 10,788-ton Swedish tanker Johannishus, collided and burned in a fiery holocaust in the North Sea out of Amster dam, Holland. Twenty-one are feared dead. The Buccaneer reported it had brought its fire under control and was Eicking up survivors of the Johannishus which is shown above burning as water pours into hole in side caused by le collision. IKIST Mopes To See Stevenson As ft 956 (Democratic Nominee Portland U.R) Ex-President Harry Truman said Satur day he hoped to see Adlai Stvenson as the 1956 Democratic candidate for president. Democratic national chairman Paul Butler declared he believes that Stevenson can have the nomination. However, he said Stevenson "must seek" the nom ination if he wants' it. Would Back Candidal Butler declared that he has no choice of his own for presi dent. And Mr. Truman empha sized that he would support any candidate nominated by the Democratic party. Butler said Mr. Truman would return to the coast in September for major speeches in Los An geles and San Francisco. He said the former president also would appear in Michigan in August in behalf of the Democratic cam paign. Mr. Truman, asked if he would serve as a convention del egate from Missouri, said he would be happy to do so, but that was up to the party chairman of the state. Would Address UN He also said he would be happy to address the impending United Nations anniversary meeting in San Francisco if it Motorcyclist Dies In Crash With Truck Roseburg (U.R) George Jo seph Batinovich, 19, of Aberdeen, Wash., was killed Friday night When his motorcycle struck an oncoming logging truck on high way 99 4Vi miles north of here. Coroner Jim Powers said the youth was dead on arrival at a local hospital. He said Batino vich apparently tried to pass a loaded truck and trailer when he was hit by the oncoming vehicle. PIANO TUNING and REPAIRING Key Ivories Recovered Action Regulating Hammer Toning Precision Work Guaranteed! Walter Olson 1351 Kings Highway Phone 3-3833 or Call Purucktr's-2-5702 fl could be arranged without em barrassing anyone, "but that doesn't" include me because 1 can't be embarrassed." Truman said he was encour aged by recent signs of easing cold war tension, and was hope ful for further improvements in international affairs at the Big Four conference. He said he said little essen tial difference between his and President Eisenhower's foreign policies and declared the Repub licans had had to return in many instances to the so-called Tru-man-Acheson policies. (See Story on Page 1) Patterson Opposes State Property Tax Portland (U.R) If a referen dum holds up a bill providing for a surcharge on income taxes, a state property tax will be in evitable, Gov. Paul Patterson said here Friday. He told members of the City Club that Oregon tax rates had not been increased since 1939 and that the last session of the legislature did about the only thing it could to get additional revenue. "If the referendum is applied," the governor said, "the state tax commission would be obliged to levy the property tax. I hope and pray that doesn't happen." He added that a referendum on the cigarette tax would not mean a property tax. Church Vies With Peron Government For Public Support Buenos Aires (U.R) The government and the Roman Catholic Church vied for public attention in their tense struggle Saturday by holding separate rallies simultaneously. The two gatherings were ex pected to attract thousands of citizens, and authorities feared the spotlighting of the state church friction may lead to dem onstrations and disorder. -Religious Procession , The Catholics planned a Cor pus Christi, religious holiday procession inside the Metropol itan Cathedral on Central Plaza de Mayo, overlooking President Juan Peron's official residence. The government specifically banned the procession in the streets, but the church apparent ly sought to circumvent the or der by holding the ceremony in side. In a counter move for public attention, the government sched uled for precisely the same hour an appearance of Pascual Perez, the world's flyweight boxing champion. The confusion surrounding the celebration of the Corpus Christi holiday added to the ex plosive potentialities. The gov ernment said church authorities were mistaken when they "as sumed they were authorized" to hold the procession today. Corpus Christi Day actually was Thursday. But the church postponed the traditional street Widespread Region Of Nation Pelted By Weeklong Rain By UNITED PRESS Week-long rains continued to pelt widespread sections of the nation early Saturday. They told a story of death and near-death on land and sea and in the air. The rains extended from the Dakotas to Virginia and from Southeast Colorado to North ern Minnesota. Rain and fog which impaired driving visibility were partly blamed Friday night for the death of a father and his two young sons whose panel truck was sheared in two by a New York Central passenger train at Clermont, Ind. The victims, Lewis Jones, 25, of Clermont, and his sons, Theo dore, 6, and Perry, 3, were thrown about 100 feet from the crossing. State police said Jones ap parently was also distracted momentarily by the children. A Brewster, N. Y., couple and their tiny baby escaped injury earlier when fog and light rain forced their light plane to crash land on a farm near Hobart, Indj The single-engine Cessna, car rying James Leland, his wife, Muriel, and the baby, nosed over after making a rough landing on a freshly-plowed field, ac cording to the Civil Aeronautics Authority. At Panama City, Fla., mean while, puzzled officials contin ued their investigation Satur day into "apparently false re ports" that squalls in the Gulf of Mexico had capsized a plea sure fishing boat with four or five persons aboard. The Red Cross chapter of Panama City said that a mes sage from the cutter Cartigan reported picking up survivors. But the Coast Guard at New Orleans reported that the Cart igan reached the scene 15 miles west of Panama City and a mile offshore and failed to find any thing. . " Early morning temperatures were in the 50s from the Rock ies to the Appalachians and Northern Texas to New England. Florida reported readings in the 70s and 80s. But the nation's hot-spot once again was the Southern Califor nia desert, where temperatures were expected to reach 100 de grees or more for the ninth straight day. . Sunday, .June. 12, 19SS. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL ..TRIBUNE TREK Onetime POW at Camp White, Now German Radio Man, Visits Medford on Tour Across U.S. procession until Saturday be cause Peron recently declared the holiday a regular working day. Church authorities refused to conduct the religious , cere monies during a regular work ing day. 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Arriving by plane Friday mor ning, he was met by Mark Goldy who as chairman of the World Affairs Council here, acted as his host. During the two days he visited Camp White, was en tertained by several groups, and toured some of the valley areas where he worked as' a POW. He was interviewed by James Dunlevy for a KYJC radio broadcast. During conversations Satur day, Baecker expressed himself in fluent English, on a variety of subjects. He displayed a wrist watch, which he purchased in Medford as a prisoner and still wears. Ke mentioned' that a ra dio broadcast from Camp White which he watched in 1945 was the first he ever saw, and that this and a correspondence course in journalism from the Univer sity of Oregon, led him into a highly successful career in ra dio journalism in Europe. Baecker was enthuslatic about the type of exchange program which brought him to this coun try, saying that it was one of the most effective methods of-cem enting international friendships. He said he hopes that it can be broadened so that young Am ericans in greater numbers can go abroad, as well as residents of - other countries visiting - the United States. Since Germany is right next to the Red army, and there is a constant stream of refugees en tering the Federal Republic of Germany- from - the east. Baeck er said there is no danger of the West Germans being taken in by Communist propaganda. "The tanks of the Red army are only 30 miles ' from my home," Baecker, who lives . in Hamburg,, explained. . He added that a majority of Germans seem to. be in favor of rearming their nation because they know that the freedom, of the west must be protected, and can be protected only, by strength. It is only the younger generation, which has grown up since the war, that is dubious about army sei ice, he said. He added that they lack the realiz ation of what they have to lose. Sees" Democratic Army Baecker at one time proposed that theVnew German army be trained in the United States, where it would have the influ ence of democratic procedures, and might better get away from the old Prussian tendencies so long identified with German militarism. - While this proposal appears impossible, he said, he still hopes that the new army Can be built along democratic lines, with civilians in control at the top, as in the United States. . "Virtually all West Germans give at, least lip service to the ideal of unification with East Germany, he said, but he doubts that the Russians will ever per mit unification on acceptable terms. There is a. strong but largely unspoken sentiment against unification too soon, he said, for it would have a serious impact on the booming economy of West Germany. "Say you are living comfort ably irr your own home, and suddenly seven poor relatives came to live with you," he said, giving this as a simile of what might happen if Germany were unified overnight. Mutual Attraction Germans and Americans seem to be attracted to each other by an attraction for efficiency, and a certain materialism, Baecker indicated, saying that the two nations had much in common. The involvement of Germany in the North Atlantic Treaty Or ganization and the European Steel and Coal community lays the groundwork for the possible eventual fulfillment of the ideal of a United States of Europe, Baecker said. But he added that something in the realm of com mon ideals and understanding must be added to the military and economic alliances before greater real unity can be ach ieved. " ' ; During his tour he is writing articles for the North West Ger man radio, which are mailed back and broadcast several times each week. ' His radio organization, Baeck er said, usually broadcasts all night long, for residents of East Germany can more easily listen to banned radio broadcasts at that time. News broadcasts are made at different times of the night to avoid jamming by Com munist radio technicians. Baecker left for Portland by train Saturday night. CAA Gets Requests for Removal of Old Wreck Klamath Falls (U.R) A re quest was filed with the Civil Aeronautics administration nere Friday asking permission to re move the wreckage of an oia plane crash in the Deep Crater area of northern California. Investigation by the Klamath air search rescue unit showed the plane was forced down May 22 and that the pilot had walked to safety. Local officials were not noti' fied of the downed plane until inquiries were made Thursday. At first it was thought the crash was recent and an investigation was started. ' ' ITiisllft ROYAL-T HEARING AID Mo need to pay high prices to get fu quality hearing aid. 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