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50th Year 20 Paget
Fight Against JPeroiro
Reported CoirDftDDnyiinig
Lucero Said Ready
To Seize Power in
Campaign for Order
Behind the Scenes
Struggle Indicated
Montevideo, Uruguay (U.R)
Officers who fled Argentina fol
lowing last week's revolution
aid today that the fight against
the government of President
Juan D. Peron is continuing. Dip
lomatic sources here said Peron
may be toppled from power in
the wake of the naval revolt.
Diplomatic observers here said
the evidence available indicates
Gen. Franklin Lucero as chief
of the "Forces of Repression"
either has or shortly may seize
the reins of power in his cam
paign to restore' order. .
The refugee revolutionary
leaders issued a communique to
day expressing confidence in the
triumph of their uprising, and
said "our comrades of the Argen
tine Navy, Air Force and Army
continue fighting for our com
mon ideals."
But the fight now, it was be
lieved, has passed from the stage
of bullets, clubs and the arena
of the street and has become a
power struggle behind the
scenes. Peron, it was " believed
here, may be eased out by Lu
cero in order to win support of
Ell branches of the Argentine
armed services.
A communique was issued in
L-uenos Aires today claiming
Uiat members of the armed
forces were at their assigned
bases and "loyal to the govern
ment of President Juan D.
Peron."
The communique said the total
force involved in the revolt was
558 officers and men of Marine
units, plus five squadrons to
talling 39 naval aircraft and two
companies of sailors at the Punta
Indio Naval Base.
United Press Vice President
for Latin America Thomas R
Curran reported by cable that
the Argentine capital had as
sumed at least the surface ap
pearance of calm and normalcy.
There was, he said, no evidence
in the Plaza de Mayo and other
centers of the city of the rule by
bayonet, which had been report
ed by sources outside Argentina.
The role which Lucero will
play in the future of Argentina
was expected to become more
clear in the next few days. He
is comparatively young, 52 years,
vigorous and staunchly Catholic
He has several times previously
had minor run-ins with Peron
U.S. Steel Slates
New Wage Offers
Pittsburgh (U.R) U. S. Steel
Corp. said today it will offer
the CIO United Steelworkers a
wage increase wich it hopes
ll result in a-'"speedy and ac
ceptable settlement" of the steel
industry contract negotiations.
John A. Stevens, chief negotia
tor for the company whose agree
ments customarily sets the pat
tern for the entire industry,
opened management's inning in
the crucial wage talks in a 90-
minute meeting with union nego
tiators and then recessed the
conferences until later this week.
Escapee Jailed
After Involved
Ashland -U.R) A 42-year-old
escaped Texas convict was
held here today after he attempt
ed to confuse Ashland police in
an involved car theft plot.
After weaving through a wad
of false identification, police
here finally determined that a
42-year-old man who claimed a
hitch-hiker had stolen his car
was Frank Lee Roberts, who
sawed his way out of the Neuces
County jail at Corpus Christi,
Texas, two months ago.
Police Chief Herb Hays said
Roberts apparently drove a stol
en car from Texas to eastern
Oregon, where he purchased an
other vehicle.
MEDFORD, OREGON,
Red Chinese Forced
Airman To Give Fake
Germ War Confession
Washington (U.R) The Red
Chinese wrung a false "confes
sion" of germ warfare from
Capt. Harold Fischer Jr., before
releasing the jet fighter ace from
prison, an Air Force spokesman
said today.
He said that Fischer and three
other American pilots released
three weeks ago also "confessed"
that they crossed the border be-
4,524 People See
19th Annual Catfish
Derby Here Sunday
A crowd estimated at 4,524 by
the sponsoring 20-30 club yes
terday attended the 19th annual
National Catfish derby, held at
TouVelle State Park.
Queen Betty Miller awarded
the grand champion sweep
stakes trophy to Jules Paudois,
Jacksonville. ..The award is for
the best all - around catfisher
man. Paudois, who is 80, also
was judged the oldest active con
testant in the derby.
Many Contests . ... ....... k......
A wide' variety of contests was
conducted during the afternoon,
with Kingfisher Frank DeSouza,
H. B. Shaw, and Master of Cere
monies Richard Schuchard as
judges. Prizes were donated by
Medford merchants.
In addition to the contests, en
tertainment was conducted dur
ing most of the day.
Results of the various con
tests, as reported by the 20
30ans, appear in a story on Page
6.
Irrigation Water
On Way to Valley
Drawing of stored water from
Fish lake into the canal system
of the Medford and Rogue Riv
er Valley Irrigation districts be
gan last night, according to Jack
Hoffbuhr, manager of the MID.
It will arrive on the valley
floor Wednesday morning, and
after then water deliveries will
be charged against water users'
allocations.
Combined storage of Fish and
Fourmile lakes this year totals
19,680 acre-feet, Hoffbuhr re
ported. But because of losses
due to evaporation and seepage,
only some 10,410 acre-feet is
expected to be available, and it
is hoped that, all this amount
will not be required for irriga
tion use.
Hoffbuhr said district direc
tors hope that, through conser
vation practices by water users,
10 inches of water on irrigated
land will be sufficient for the
season. ; ' . ;
Fourmile lake water was turn
ed in to Fish lake last week.
Washington (U.R) Some polio
vaccine makers are dropping the
use of penicillin in Salk shots
because of allergic reactions to
the penicillin, the government
I reports.
in Ashland
Plot Fails
Roberts persuaded a hitch
hiker to drive the second vehicle
to Ashland, with the convict fol
lowing in the stolen car. Hays
said Roberts apparently intend
'ed junking the stolen auto at
Ashland. - '
However, when the hitch
hiker became suspicious of Rob
erts' motives, Roberts told po
lice his car had been stolen in
an attempt to "beat the hitch
hiker to the draw," according to
Hays.
The convict was held in the
Jackson county - jail for Texas
authorities. Hays said Roberts
had not indicated whether or not
he would waive extradition pro
ceedings or not.
MONDAY, JUNE 20,
tween North Korea and Com
munist China during the Korean
War.
No Such Instructions
"All four signed statements
that they violated the border be
tween North Korea and Com
munist China and that they did
so at instructions of the U. S
government," the spokesman
said. "There were no such in
structions." -
One of the fliers, Lt. Roland
W. Parks of Omaha, Neb., was
quoted in an Omaha dispatch as
saying that he admitted crossing
the border but did not tell the
Red Chinese he was ordered to
do so.
The Air Force spokesman said
he had contacted Parks and the
pilot reported he only denied
that he had engaged in germ
warfare. He did not mean to
deny signing the statement said.
Landed at Port Arthur
It was reported that Parks be
came a prisoner of the Reds after
his compass was shot out during
an engagement near the Yalu
river. While attempting to fly
home, he went off course, land
ing in Port Arthur, Manchuria,
area. . ......... -...
The Defense Department main
tains that no airmen were or
dered to cross the Yalu River,
but has pointed out that inad
vertently some may have done
so when flying at extreme height
and high speed. -
The Air Force spokesman said
the Chinese Reds obtained the
"confessions' from Fischer after
"really putting the pressure on
him." But he said he did not
know all the details of the "pres
sure." Fischer, he said, was the
only one to sign "germ warfare
confession."
. The Reds have repeatedly
charged that the United States
engaged in germ warfare in the
Korean, conflict, and this nation
has repeatedly d e n i e d ' the
charges.
School Elections
In Districts Today
Polls will remain open until
8 p.m. in Jackson county's 23
school districts for annual elec
tions of board members.
In the Medford district, No.
49, the voting place is . in the
girls gymnasium of the Med
ford High school. The only can
didate is William A. (Bill) Bark
er, who is seeking election to
the post now held by Mrs. Moore
Hamilton, who is not seeking
election.
One director each will be
named in the three first class
districts of the county, Medford,
Ashland and 6C, which includes
Central Point, Gold Hill and
Sams Valley.
In the other districts, three
directors will be named, one to
fill two new board posts created
in all second and third class dis
tricts by new legislation.
Lengthy Total Eclipse
Of Sun Receives Study
Manila, P. I. (U.R) The
longest total eclipse, in 1238
years blacked out the sun in a
7,000-mile line stretching from
Ceylon to the Philippines today,
but clouds in many places foiled
efforts at scientific observations.
U.S. Air Force jet planes with
American scientists aboard raced
the shadow of the moon five
miles up today over the Philip
pines, stretching the unusually
long seven minute eclipse into
nearly 12 minutes. The planes
followed the eclipse at some 600
miles an hour.
A holiday was declared in Ma
nila. Filipinos, strong enthusiasts
of spectator sports, cheered the
moon onto the final full eclipse
as they would a football player
on his way to a goal. A roar of
approval welled up when the
stars came out.
(See story ea pat 5)
.BUNE
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No. 78
ARRIVING AT San Francisco Airport, Dr. George K. C. Yeh
(left) , Nationalist China's foreign minister, is met by T. F. Tsiang,
permanent Nationalist UN representative. Red China's desire to
enter UN is expected to be discussed at meeting. (International)
FELICITATIONS ARE EXCHANGED by Mayor Elmer Robinson
(right) and Dr. Eelco Van Kleffens, The Netherlands, president
Let UN General Assembly, at San FranciscaJUrport when he ar-.
rived for tenth anniversary meeting. Andrew Cordier (center),
Is executive assistant to secretary general. (International)
Compromise Military
Reserve Bill
Yearly, Report Says
Washington (U.R) The
Senate today approved a $31.
882,915.762 defense appropri
ation bill after dealing a sur
prise defeat to President Eis
enhower's plan to reduce the
Marine Corps strength.
By UNITED PRESS
Chairman Carl Vinson of the
House Armed Serviies Commit
tee today introduced a compro
mise bill to carry out President
Eisenhower's compulsory mili
tary reserve program.
The Georgia Democrat offered
the new legislation in response
to Mr. Eisenhower's plea last
week to enact a new reserve
plan at this session of Congress.
Vinson's bill, however, was not
cleared with administration
leaders.
The bill abandons the contro-
Rogue River Man Dies
While on Fishing Trip
Eugene '(U.R) A pack train
went into the Mink Lake area
of the high Cascades today to
bring out the body of an angler
who died at the Cliff Lake Shel
ter yesterday.
The dead man was Calvin Os
borne, 30, Box 273, Rogue River.
He apparently died of a heart
attack, but Lane County police
were investigating. Coroner
Harold Mathers was with the
pack train.
Word of the death came from
P. J. Giesen, who hiked the nine
miles out of the basin to notify
police. Giesen said he and Os
borne had been members of an
eight-man fishing party.
Former Community
Superintendent Dies
Miss Ruth Alfreda Nelson,
former superintendent of Com
munity hospital here, died June
16 in Stephenson, Mich., accord
ing to information received here
by friends. Funeral services
were held at St. Stephen's Luth
eran church in Stephenson.
Miss Nelson was superintend
ent of the hospital here from
1947 to 1952-
Bonn, Germany U.R) Chan
cellor Konrad Adenauer, assured
of support, from the Western
Big Three, began drafting today
an answer to Russia's bid for
i friendship.
Weather
FORECAST Partly cloudy
through Tuesday with in
creasing threat of thunder
showers in mountains. Low
tonight II. High Tuesday
near 95.
Temp.
Highest yesterday 9S
Lowest this morning 62
Offered
versial Universal Military Train
ing features of an earlier propos
al and is designed to avoid an
other fight over racial segrega
tion in the National Guard, the
issue on which the earlier meas
ure foundered.
Vinson's bill provides that
men completing their active mil
itary duty most serve for stated
periods in the reserves. This
would include weekly drills and
summer camps. Unlike the ear
lier bill, it makes no provision
for assignment of these men to
the National Guard. But they
could volunteer to serve their
reserve duty in the guard.
Vinson expressed confidence
that Congress would approve his
bill.
Other congressional news:
Pay Raise: The House ap
proved a 7.5 per cent pay raise
for the government's white col
lar civil service workers, retro
active to March "1. The House
measure now goes to the Senate
which previously approved a 10
per cent boost. The Senate is ex
pected to send the bill to a
House-Senate conference to iron
out differences between the two
versions.
Civil Defense: Civil Defense
Director Val Peterson told Con
gress that the Civil Defense test
last week showed the nation is
not how prepared to meet ah H
bomb attack. But he said the ex
ercise had one real benefit: It
would "force the people to sit
down and look the problem
squarely in the eye."
Don't Pick Up Fawns,
Police Officer Urges
State Police Sgt. Mark Sulli
van today again warned resi
dents of southern Oregon against
picking up fawns who appear
to be abandoned.
Sergeant Sullivan, in charge
of game enforcement work in
this area, pointed out that does
seldom abandon their fawns, but
occasionally leave them for per
iods of time, occasionally when
danger approaches.
. If a fawn is picked up by a
human, the doe usually will not
resume- care of her offspring.
But if the apparently abandoned
baby is left alone, the doe will
resume care of it. ,
There is a penalty for taking
wild animals out of the woods,
Sullivan said.
U.N. ANNIVERSARY SESSION
STARTS IN SAN FRANCISCO
Informal Meetings
Expected To Bring
Important Results
Western Big Three
Officials Confer
San Francisco (U.R) Diplo
mats of the world's great powers
met here today on the 10th
birthday of the United Nations,
hopeful they could ease the cold
war in the same spirit in which
they made plans to preserve
peace 10 years ago.
Hope for "Something Concrete"
The Western Big Three for
eign ministers unanimously ex
pressed the hope that their meet
ings with an unusually cordial
V. M. Molotov, Soviet foreign
minister, would produce "some
thing concrete." -
Top-level representatives from
nearly every major nation on the
globe were assembled for the
historic anniversary observance.
The series pf informal con
ferences which were expected to
produce the most important re
sults during the week-long meet
ing already were underway.
British Foreign Secretary Har
old MacMillan, French Foreign
Minister Antoine Pinay, Molotov
and Henry Cabot Lodge, United
States ambassador to the U.N.,
conferred at dinner Sunday
night.
The subject of their talks was
not disclosed but they presum
ably began laying the ground
work for the Big Four "summit"
meeting among heads of state
of the U.S., Britain, France and
the Soviet Union at Geneva next
month.
A similar session among Molo
tov, MacMillan, Pinay "and U.S.
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles was scheduled for tonight
Meanwhile, Molotov continued
to demonstrate an affability that
has never characterized the
poker-faced Russian in the past
He paid a surprise visit to U.N
General Secretary Dag Ham-
marskjold and later called on
Eelco van Kleffens, president
of the commemorative session.
House Passes O&C
For Access Road Fund
Washington (U,R) The
House passed and sent to the
Senate today a bill 'giving con
tinuing authority for appropri
ations to the Interior Depart
ment for timber access roads in
the O&C grant lands in Ore
gon. The authorization previously
was carried in appropriations
bills themselves and had to be
renewed each year. An interior
committee report on the bill said
it would "facilitate the perpet
ual sustained yield forest man
agement program of 2,000,000
acres of highly valuable forest
lands."
The lands originally were
granted to the Oregon and Cali
fornia railroad, but were return
ed to the government years ago.
Operation of New
Traffic Light Delayed
Operation of a, new traffic
light at the corner of Eighth st.
and Central ave., which was
scheduled to start today, has
been delayed until after state
highway commission and tele
phone company engineers in
spect installation and install an
interconnection system.
Public Works Director Ver
non Thorpe said a previous
agreement with the commission
was to put the light into oper
ation pending final approval, but
because of interconnections with
other downtown lights, starting
operation will be delayed until
telephone company engineers
connect the system with five
other new lights.
About 2,000 Persons Attend
Rock and Mineral Show Here
About 2,000 visitors attended
the third annual southern Ore
gon gem and mineral show held
Saturday and Sunday at the
boys' gymnasium in Medford
Junior High school under the
sponsorship of Roxy Ann Gem
and Mineral club of Medford.
Visitors and exhibitors came
from throughout Oregon and
northern California. In addition
to exhibits of rocks, minerals
and gems, slide and fluorescent
shows were held at intervals
during both days.
In addition to the sponsoring
club and local exhibitors-, those
exhibiting included Rogue Gem
and Geology club, Grants Pass,
Eugene Mineral club; Sweet
Molotov Snubbed
By Peggy Lee Fans
San Francisco (U.R) rThree
teen-age autograph hunters
turned down a chance to get
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M.
Molotov's signature Sunday
night.
"Molotov? Who's Molotov?"
they asked a Fairmont Hotel
doorman who pointed out. the
Communist dignitary to them.
"We're waiting for Peggy
Lee."
First and Second
Graders Receiving
Second Polio Shots
Jackson county first and sec
ond graders from 11 rural areas
received their second Salk anti
polio shots in the court house
health office today.
Health department 6ff icials
said those children who miss sec
ond shots because of illness or
other reasons may contact the
office . for arrangements for
make-up shots, many of which
will be given July 12.
20 Shots Friday
About 20 children received
their second shots Friday, offi
cials said, because families were
starting vacations. They said ar
rangements may be made to re
ceive shots early if families are
planning to start vacations later
this week.
More than 1,300 children are
eligible for the second shots,
which will continue this week.
Tomorrow, shots will be given at
Central Point grade school gym
nasium, at St. Mary's school, at
Briscoe school in Ashland, and
for Easlc Point. Lont Pine,
Shady Cove and Rogue River
academy pupils at the court
house. Storm Damage High
In Texas Panhandle
By UNITED PRESS
Flooding rains and ripping
winds killed three children,
ruined millions of dollars' worth
of crops, and then punched their
way eastward today.
The thunderstorms fell upon
15,000 square miles of country
in the Texas panhandle and the
south plains Sunday night and
kent eoine early today. They
spread eastward and southward
through Texas, hitting Ft. worm
and Waco in their later stages.
But the worst havoc was far
ther west. More than 50,000
acres of crops were destroyed,
flooded out families sought Red
Cross aid near Amarillo, four
major highways were under wa
ter, and rail traffic from Ft.
Worth to Denver, Colo., was
running up to three hours late.
Americans Said Held
In Siberian Prisons
Vienna, Austria (U.R) Aus
trian captives freed by the"Rus
sians today reported several
Americans are being held in Si
beria. Information reported by more
than 180 returning Austrians in
dicated the Americans have been
in captivity from 8 to 10 years.
- The freedom-train carrying
the latest batch of returnees
from Soviet slave camps crossed
the Hungarian frontier into Aus
tria this morning.
The most complete informa
tion was on a 1st Lt. Jerry Ford,
of Oklahoma, about 38, who was
reported to have been a member
of the counter intelligence corps
before the Russians seized him.
The Austrians said he was in
good health when last seen in
1950. '
Home Rock and Mineral society;
Humboldt County Gem and Min
eral club; Mrs. F. R. Brown,
Camas Valley; Martin Whan,
McCloud, Calif.; Umpqua Miner
al club, Roseburg; Stanley
Brown, Tigard; Dr. Paul Olson,
Shady Cove; John Covey, Al
bany; Arthur Johnson, Corvallis;
"Chuckawalla Slim," Cathedral
City, Calif.; Harry Keller, Bend;
A. W. Porter, Pepperwbod, alif.
and William McCormick, Boise,
Ida.
Chester Fitch and John Ross
took charge of the slide show,
and Earl Moore, Bruce Wilson,
E. C. Berry, Roy Reed and Trea-
vell Turpin arranged a display
oi xncuan aruzacts.
New Kind of Peace
Proposed by Ike in
Address Before UN
Atomic Development
For Peace Endorsed
San Francisco (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower today called on
East and West to still their guns
and dismantle "the terrible ap
paratus of fear and distrust and
weapons" erected since World
War II.
Mr. Eisenhower .appeared at
the start of a 10th anniversary
meeting of the United Nations
here where the. organization was
born in 1945.
The President's address also
was a prelude to the July meet
ing of the Big Four this coun
try. Great Britain, France and
Russia in Switzerland.
Mr. Eisenhower proposed as
man's objective for the next
decade a new kind of peace, a
new kind of world thinking.
"In that life the atom, dedi
cated once as man's slayer, will
become his most productive serv
ant," he said. "It will be a peace
to inspire confidence and faith
so that all peoples will be re
leased from the dread fear of
war. Scientists will be liberated
to work always for men, never
against them."
Molotov in Audience
In the President's audience in
the San Francisco Opera House
today was V. M- Molotov, tha
Russian foreign minister and a
long standing opponent of West
ern policies.
The President made no direct
reference to Russian policy, nor
did he refer to Communism. But
he said that the United States
and "a majority of all nations"
were united in the hope that
every government would abstain
from subversion, coercion, infil
tration or destruction of other
governments. .
."We, with the rest oi the
world, know that a nation's
vision of peace cannot be attain
ed through any race in arma
ments," Mr. Eisenhower said in
his prepared text. "The muni
tions of peace are Justice, hon
esty, mutual understanding and
respect for others."
Early in his speech, he pointed
out that within a month, there
would be a Big Four meeting.
"Whether or not we shall then
reach the initial decisions that
will start dismantling the ter
rible apparatus of fear and mis
trust and weapons erected since
the end of World War II, I do
not know," he said.
Promises Partnership
The President said that the
success of the conference would
require that "every, individual
fit tliaf tvi oafin rr' mnaf Va ImmI
to the sbirit of the United Na
tions. -
He said there was no choice .
for this country "because our
devotion to the U. N. charter was
the outgrowth of a faith deeply
rooted in our cultural, political,
spiritual traditions."
The President promised con
tinuance of domestic policies to
sustain economic prosperity and
a foreign policy of partnership
with other nations."
"Insofar as our technical, ma
terial and intellectual capacities
permit and wherever our aid.
including the peaceful use of
atomic energy, may be needed
and desired, we shall continue
to help others achieve constantly
rising economic levels," he said.
"We shall work with all oth
ers, especially through this great
organization, the United Nations,
so that peaceful and reasonable
negotiations may replace the
clash of the battlefield.
Help for Needy
"In this way, we can make
unnecessary the vast armaments
that, even when maintained
only for security, terrify the
world with their devastating pat
tentiaiity ana tax unbearably
the creative energies of man."
The President then reiterated
his theory that the savings from
disarmament could best be used
to finance technical and eco
nomic progress of the less fortu
nate areas of the world.
He also said that "no nation
has a right to employ force
aggressively against any other."
io,ao so, or to threaten to
do so, is to defy every moral
law that has guided man in his
long journey from darkness to
ward the light."
(See Story on Page 1. Section 2)
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for firing on at least 10 passing
automobiles on, the National
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others hurt.