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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.
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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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$50 discount for any customer
brave enough to show up wear
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pair of shorts for anyone who
bought an automobile while
wearing long trousers.
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Werner Baecker, a 36-year-
and commentator, spent most of
Friday and Saturday in and
around Medford,- visiting the
area where he was a prisoner of
war just 11 years ago.
On a tour of the United States
under the sponsorship of the
Governmental Affairs Institute,
Washington, D.C., Baecker has
visited New York, Washington
and San Francisco so far on his
trip, but Medford is the only
"small city" ' on his itinerary.
He had expressed a specific de
sire to see the Camp White area
where he spent a number- of
months as a POW.
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. '
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