6:3
el
So
C-.3
IM
3
f s
O
O
O
O
Patterson Clashes
With Thornton on
OLCC Probe Details
Attorney General
Wants More Data
So
Salem (U.R) A clash that
sounded on the political side
cbroke out between Gov. Paul
GL. Patterson, Republican, and
rAttorney General Robert Y.
Thornton, Democrat, today over
a. recent Oregon Liquor Control
Commission investigation into
charges of bribery and corrup
tion on the part of a few of its
personnel.
(-Ask for Details
" Thornton formally asked the
governor for details of the re
port Howard Bobbitt and Rob
ert MaGuire made for the Liquor
tCortrol Commission.
Gov. Patterson renlied todav
Ci
that Thornton has all the infor
mation that he or the 'Mult
nomah county district attorney
has in the investigations.
Marion County Circuit Judge
George Duncan ruled yesterday
tftst the OLCC cannot be com
pelled to disclose the contents
p the MaGuire investigation
mto recent charges of alleged
bribery and pay-offs Inside the
liquor commission.
Thornton said: "Since Gov
Patterson and the attorney for
i the liquor commission have
made statements to the press
concerning the court's decision
(J wish to reply by pointing out
.(that this decision does not settle
(he broader Dublic question, and
Jt is this: Why have the liquor
commission and Gov. Patterson
(teen fit to- keep what is properly
public information away from
both the attorney general and
tho public?"
Patterson's Reply
G To this Gov. Patterson replied:
The attorney general has all
the information that this office
it the Oregon Liquor Control
Commission has. He has a copy
O ofthe report this office received.
Apparently what he wants is
the work sheets from which the
iri$estigators made their re
ports. That , would be like de
manding of a reporter to see
the notes upon which he has
based the story he writes for his
newspaper."
The governor added strongly:
"The attorney general has not
presented any evidence that the
district attorney of Multnomah
county has been derelict in his
' duties. Until he does, the juris
diction in these matters is in the
hands of the district attorney."
Gov. Patterson added: "I have
no information, secret or other
wise, that the district attorney of
Multnomah county or the attor
ney general does not have."
Governor Refuse Comment
Asked if this was a? matter of
politics Democrat against Re-
ublian Gov. Patterson said
5!'I have no comment.'
o The3 governor said "the de
cision of Judge Duncan clearly
holds tlttt the power of sub-
poena to obtain information lies
Cin the hands of the constituted
authorities and this office and
'-he liquor control commission
fare anxio&s to cooperate. The
decision simply hold that the
attorney general hasn't the pow
der by mandamus to make his
own or different investigation
than is provided for by law
G) Thornton said, -when asked
the same question, "there is' no
politics as far as I am concern
ed."
He added that in his statement
asking the governor for added
information: "I have spoken my
ptece and there it stands as far
asr- I am concerned
Gov. Langlie Sticks
With Prison Officials
0
Olympia (U.R) Gov. Ar
thur B. Langlie stuck behind his
(T-iinstitions director and prison
warden today as "competent
men" he will not fire, and at
the same time authorized the
warden to "deal forcefully with
disturbers and insurrectionists
even by extreme means if
necessary.
The governor issued the state
ment today in the wake of the
second riot at the prison in Wal
la Walla in six weeks. The Wal
la Walla Union-Bulletin had ask
ed the governor to fire Dr.
Thomas Harris, director of state
institutions as a means for clear
ing up a bad situation at .the
; prison.
Weather
FORECAST: Fair and hot
through Fridav. Low tonight
55. Hieh Friday 95-98.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday "
Lowest this Morning 52
MOB TACTICS South Koreans jeer at U. S. Army troops at Hileah Compound in
Pusan during demonstrations against the protection of Communist members of the
Neutral Nations Truce Team. The troops, with the aid of tear gas and fire hoses, kept
the Koreans out of the compound. New violence flared as some 100 demonstrators
stoned American guards at the 5th Air Force Compound in Kunsan. .
ROK Reveals Trade
Ban With
Seoul, Korea '(U.R) The Republic of Korea said today it had
severed all trade relations with Japan in a move that plunged
diplomatic relations between the two nations into deeper crisis.
In Washington, American officials said the trade ban apparently
violates part of the 1954 U. S. agreement with the Republic of
Korea.
That agreement provided that
Korea would buy supplies
"wherever in non - Communist
countries goods of required qual
ity can be obtained at the best
price." The provision was de
signed to make Korea buy some
of its supplies from nearby Jap
an. A spokesman for the Korean
Office . of -Informatiocu.said..,.the
trade ban was included in a
formal action banning travel by
Koreans between the two na
tions and declaring that rela
tions with Japan were "reaching
the breaking point."
Japanese business circles and
government officials in Tokyo
said they were not surprised by
the trade ban but they refused
to comment until officially noti
fied. The Foreign office planned
to send a represtative to the ROK,
Diplomatic Mission Friday seek
ing clarification.
Washington Canners
Reject Pear Offer
Wenatchee, Wash. (U.P)
The board of directors of the
Washington Canning Pear assoc
iation yesterday turned down a
cannery offer of $67.50 per ton
for Bartlett pears.
Director Desmond Shearer
said the vote was "almost unani
mous" to hold out for the $70
ton price agreed on by the as
sociation members earlier.
The group originally had ask
ed $75 a ton but dropped the
price when canneries refused to
buy. Shearer said any drop be
low $70 would "disturb normal
levels" between California and
Washington. The California
growers are getting $75 a ton.
This year's pear crop has been
estimated to be better than those
of the past several years.
Yreka Girl, 15f Gets
Three-Year Probation
Yreka (U.R) A 15-year-old
Weed, Calif., girl today was
under a 60-day suspended jail
sentence and a three-year pro
bation for driving while unli
censed. The girl was previously
charged with manslaughter in
connection wjth the auto acci
dent death of Mrs. Beatrice
Deuel, Tulelake, Calif., last
April. Judge Kenneth Stone dis
missed the manslaughter charge
and sentenced the young defend
ant on the license count.
Coastguardsman Waits
Commission Clearance
Washington (U.R) Seaman
Apprentice N. Pierre Gaston
said today he feels sure the
Coast Guard will clear him for
his ensign's commission despite
his mother's past associations
with groups alleged to be sub
versive. Gaston said in an interview,
he is "waiting patiently" as a file
clerk and typist in Washington
Coast Guard headquarters. He
said he harbors no grudge for
the delay.
(St story on Pag 12)
Japanese
Sunbather Killed
By Passing Auto
Eugene (U.R) Mrs. Mary
Wilberg. 39. Eugene, was
fatally injured in the Fall
Cieek recreation area yester
day when a car drove over
her as s.he was sunbathing.
She died in a Eugene hospital.
Driver of the car, Mrs, Lois
Huffman 20,- Eugene, ---war
hospitalized for treatment of
shock.
Southern Pacific
Orders Freight Cars
Portland (U.R) Southern
Pacific railroad today announced
plans to acquire 2725 new freight
cars costing more than $23,000,
000. An announcement by D. J.
Russell, president of the rail
road, said it was the second
large order within seven weeks.
Boxcars will number 2350,
augmenting 950 ordered last
July 1, Russell said. The rest of
the new order is for 275 hopper
cars and 100 flatcars for pulp
wood. Russell said the new order
raises the number of freight cars
acquired or " on order by SP
since World War II to about
47.000, of which some '28,350
are box cars.
Deliveries of the new cars in
the order announced today are
expected to start this fall and
continue through 1956. The SP
shops in Sacramento will build
the box cars in the new order.
Train Plunges Into
Rain-Swollen River
Russell, Mass. (U.R) Both
locomotives and three cars of
the Lake Shore -Limited were
derailed and plunged into rain
swollen Westfield river today.
Several persons were injured.
The Chicago to Boston passen
ger train of the Boston & Albany
Railroad ran ito a washout.
The train carried 78 passen
gers and five crew members.
Two diesel engines and the
baggage, mail and Railway Ex
press cars toppled into the river.
A passenger car dangled half
way into the water. Four other
cars, including two sleepers and
a diner, remained on the tracks.
Harlow Bound Over
To County Grand Jury
William Boyd Harlow, 64, of
329 Apple st., Medford, was
bound over to a grand jury in
district court yesterday when -he
waived counsel and preliminary
hearing on charges of contrib
uting to the delinquency of a
minor.
The charge involved a nine-year-old
girl. Harlow's bond was
set at $1,500.
Portland" U.R) Plans for
construction of a new Catholic
high school to replace Columbia
Preparatory School have been
revealed hers.
United Press Full '
Rioting Flares in
Casablanca Over
Return of Sultan
Casablanca, Morocco (U.R)
Rioting flared in Casablanca to
day in a bloody prelude to the
country wide demonstrations
called for Saturday to force the
return of exiled Sultan Sidi Mo
hammed Ben Youssef.
French Premier Edgar Faure
met urgently with his cabinet
in Pafis to study the situation,
but critics said the fresh blood
being spilled in the protectorate
meant a compromise offer had
come too late.
Summoned To Meeting
' ; Resident General Gilbert
Grandval: was .reported . sum-j
moned to Paris to meet with
Faure Friday afternoon in a last
minute effort to avert the ex
pected street fighting between
terrorists and French troops who
have poured into the protector
ate all week.
In Casablanca, focal, point for
the anti-French terrorism, "ex
tremely violent" tracts were be
ing circulated by "The Black
Crescent" terror organization
calling for a 24-hour general
strike and uprising on Saturday.
The rioting began about mid
night when Moroccans attacked
a car driven by a European,
Seraphim Zimmermann, and
tried to lynch him. They over
turned his car and set it afire
but a grenade-throwing French
patrol saved him and took him
to a hospital.
Ike Concentrates
On Oil Painting
Fraser, Colo. (U.R) President
Eisenhower put in two hours of
concentration on his latest oil
painting today before heading
for his favorite trout stream in
a determined effort to better his
own record catch for the year.
Meanwhile, his seven-year-old
grandson, David, wearing a
Davy Crockett coonskin cap,
played catch with a Softball and
sat on the corral fence with
ranch hands just like a grown
up cowboy.
Mr. Eisenhower landed a two
pound 17-inch trout on his first
effort yesterday and apparently
was trying to top it today.
Linda Malloroy, David Wo
Champion Showman Honors
Champion showman honors in
the annual Jackson county 4-H
and FFA fair have been taken
by Linda Malloroy and David
Wolfolk, both of Antelope.
Miss Malloroy was named
champion heifer showman, and
Wolfolk received champion steer
showman honors.
Other placings in showman
ship contests included:
Advanced Hereford 1. David
Wolfolk. 2. Tessie Ragsdale,
Antelope. 3. Martin Heitkamp,
Antelope.
Advanced Other Breeds 1.
Lfcida Malloroy. 2. Bob Hayes,
Antelope. 3. Lucy Gardner, An
telope. Intermediate Herefords 1.
Judy Bradshaw, Antelope. 2.
Leon Small, Valley View. 3. Bill
Anhorn, Central Point.
Intermediate Other Breeds
2. JoAnna Malloroy, Antelope.
1. Dave Christianson, Applegate.
3. Gary Smith, Applegate.
Beginning Herefords 1. John
James, Valley View. 2. Mary
Sue Chittock, Applegate. 3.
ORD, OREGON,
.uberger Claims
Misrepresentation
By Rep. Sam Coon
Support for John Day
Dam Declared Wrong
Washington (U.R) Sen.
Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.),
today accused Rep. Sam Coon
(R-Ore.), of misrepresenting the
position of some Oregon organi
zations in testimony about the
John Day dam project.
Neuberger made the charge in
a letter to Chairman Clifford
Davis (D-Tenn.), of a house sub
committee on flood control. Coon
testified before the subcommit
tee on July 26.
Favors Federal Operation
- Neuberger favors federal op
eration of the dam which has
been authorized by Congress.
Coon favors legislation which
would put the project under the
administration's "partnership
program" for joint development
by the government and private
utility companies.
Neuberger said Coon told the
Davis subcommittee that he had
"quite" a list of organizations
favoring his "partnership" bill.
He said Coon listed, among 53
groups favoring the partnership
construction, the Port of Umatil
la, Ore. and the Portland Com
mission of Public docks.
Letters Deny Stand
Neuberger told Davis he has
letters from Rear Adm. Gordon
Rowe, manager of the Port of
Umatilla, and Thomas P. Guer
in, manager of the Portland Dock
Commission, denying that their
-organizations - h&ve- taken --any
stand in the controversy.
"It is obvious," Neuberger told
Davis, "that these emphatic cor
rections by Adm. Rowe and by
Mr. Guerin throw doubt over
the 'relevance of the whole list
of organizations read by Mr.
Coon before your subcommittee
as ostensibly supporting his bill-"
Neuberger asked that the sub
committee "scrutinize" the posi
tion of other groups listed by
Coon as favoring partnership de
velopment. Ex-Radio-TV Official
Defies Red Probers
New York (U.R) A former
top echelon radio and television
executive defied attempts of a
House Un-American Activities
Subcommittee today to probe
into his alleged Communist past.
The balky witness, Tony Kra-
ber, 50, was formerly program
director of Dumont television
network and was director of spe
cial events for the Columbia
Broadcasting System in 1951, ac
cording to his testimony.
He was the 19th show business
personality to appear before the
investigating group, headed by
Rep. Francis E. Walter (D-Pa.),
during a four-day series of hear
ings at the federal courthouse.
Walter said he expects to wind
up the hearings today.
Salem '(U.R) The first com
pleted section of the new San
tiam highway at Salem is open,
acording to the State Highway
Department. ,
Nancy Lusk, Bellview.
Beginning Other Breeds 1.
Jim Chrjstianson, Applegate. 2.
Ken Steward, Bellview. 3. Judy
Lee Key, Upper Rogue.
Top rating in the advanced
beef fitting contest went to Tes
sie Ragsdale, Antelope. Second
was Dave Wolfolk, Antelope.
Lucy Gardner, Antelope, was
third, and Mildred Gail, Gold
Hill, fourth.
In intermediate beef fitting,
the top four were Dave Chris
tianson, Applegate; Judy Brad
shaw, Antelope; Annette Drager,
Bellview, and Vernon Harper,
Antelope.
The top four in beginning
beef fitting were Nancy Lusk,
Bellview; Carol von der Helen,
Central Point; Mary, Lee Key,
Upper Rogue, and Mary Sue
Chittock, Applegate.
In the hobby division of the
fair, winners included:
Stamp Album first, John
Foley, West Side. Honey first,
Norman Barnes, West Side.
Field Crop (Hay first, John
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1955 Price 5c No. 127
Joseph IP. lRyain
Indicted by Jury
For Tax Evasion!
New York i(U.R) Joseph P. Ryan, 71, retired president of the
International Longshoremen's Association, was indicted by a fed
eral Grand Jury today on charges of evading more than $32,000
in income taxes over a four-year period.
The indictment claimed Ryan failed to report $81,000 income
for the years 1949 through 1952.
The Longshore leader was charged also with falsely claiming
as dependents in 1949 and 1950 a sister and sister-in-law who had
actually died before the claim was made.
Ryan resigned his 26 - year - pres -
idency of the ILA after the union
was kicked out of the AFL in
1953 for corrupt operations. He
was promptly elected president
emeritus at a salary of $10,000
a year.
The aging union leader would
be subject to a possible sentence
of 20 years in prison and fines
totaling $40,000 if convicted on
the tax indictment?
The case is the third major
one brought against him as a
result of financial disclosures
made in 1952y and 1953 during
public hearings of the New York
State Crime Committee into the
union's activities.
A grand larceny trial in which
Ryan was charged with stealing
union funds for his personal use
ended last year in a hung jury.
LAUSMANN QUITS A. A.
Lausmann, above, Medford lum
berman, has resigned as presi
dent of the Oregon Republican
clubs. Laussman said his doctor
had ordered him to rest. A
meeting has been called for Sat
urday to select a successor.
Temporary 'No Parking'
Signs on Fir Street
Medford street department
workmen today placed tempor
ary "No Parking" signs onSouth
Fir st. between Eighth and 13th
sts., according to Vernon Thorpe,
city public works director.
The signs are being placed on
the street to relieve congestion
due to incoming and outgoing
pear trucks, Thorpe said. The
signs, which are used almost
every year, will be removed
from the area after the end of
the fruit season, he added.
If oik Receive
at County Fair
Foley, West Side. Fishing first,
PiiIIiiii. .i if
David Wolfolk, Antelope; Alice
Wolfolk, Antelope, and James
Cochran, Antelope.
Electricity first, Jerome
Peterson, Jacksonville. Farm
Woodworking first, David
Daniels, Central Point. Home
Woodworking first, Allen
Barnes, Medford.
Forestry I champion, James
Scott, Medford. first, Larry
Meyer, Eagle Point; Joan Do
brot, Central Point; Sharon Coff
man, Central Point; Lottie Mae
Combs, Medford; Daryl Stock
ton, Central Point; Margaret
Taylor, Central Point.
Forestry II first, Charles
Elmore, Applegate; John James,
Talent.
Forestry III first, Bruce
Boldenow, Medford; Stephen
Smith, Medford.
Tractor first, . Henry Scott,
Medford; Don Kucera, Apple
gate; Francis Krouse, Murphy;
Raymond Swingle, Medford;
Gary Krouse, Murphy.
(Sn story en Page 10)
1
Tribune
United Press Full Leased Wire
1 Z 77Z "1 I
laiitornia loupie,
Baby Uninjured in
Foots Creek Mishap
A young Red Bluff, .Calif.,
couple and their 17-months-old
daughter escaped injury Wednes
day -afternoon when their car
rolled after being involved in
a collision with another vehicle,
according to state police.
The accident occurred at Foots
Creek bridge, on Highway, 99
near Rogue River, shortly after
4 p.m.
Police said the California car,
driven by Kathryn Mae Knight,
17, of Red Bluff, collided with
a sedan operated by Merlin H.
Jorgensen, 39, of route 1, box
372, Gold Hill. Passengers in
the. Knight car were the driver's
husband, Robert, and their 17-
months-old daughter.
Jorgensen also was uninjured,
according to investigating of
Ticers. They reported severe
damage to the Knight car.
- The accident was the second
at Foots Creek within a period
of about half an hour. Earlier,
at about 3:30 p.m., cars driven
by Gladys Mae Sutton, 28, of
route 1, box 542, Gold Hill, and
R. C. Antonissen, Hempstead,
N. Y., were involved in a colli
sion. Damage to both cars was
reported and there were no in
juries.
Three vehicles," one of them
parked, were involved in an ac
cident at about 3:20 p.m. on
Highway 99 at Talent.
Police said cars driven by
Levi D. Hicks, 57, El Monte,
Calif., and Charles F. Casey, 65,
of route 1, box 448, Talent,
collided on the highway. They
reported that the Casey vehicle
then collided with a parked
truck, in the custody of Keith
Thoreson, Talent, in the parking
lot of Tally Ho restaurant, push
ins it into a planter box in front
of the restaurant. There were no
injuries, and damage to all
three vehicles was listed.
Massachusetts Lists
Polio Death Increase
Boston (U.R) A sharp rise
in polio deaths in the Massachu
setts' epidemic was reported to
day as the cases continued to
increase.
There were eight deaths in
the state yesterday for a total
this year of 52. Two of the latest
victims were in the same family.
The 93 polio cases yesterday
boosted the year's total to 1464,
some 10 times greater than dur
ing the.corresponding period last
year.
.The steady increase in cases
apparently meant the state was
headed" for another record week.
During the first three days last
week 290 cases were reported
compared with 306 so far this
week. Last week was the sea
son's record with 411 cases.
Farm Labor Office
Hours Announced
The Oregon State Employ
ment service farm labor office
will be open Monday through
Friday from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.;
it was announced today. The
office is located at 1100 South
Riverside ave.
Hours on Saturdays will be
from 6 a.m. until noon.
Former West Salem
Mayor Dies in Hospital
Salem (U.R) Walter C.
Musgrave, West Salem realtor
and mayor of West Salem before
that community was incorporat
ed with Salem, died yesterday
in a Salem hospital where he
was being treated for polio. He
was 43 years old.
'Trigger Happyr
Reds Accused
By UN Command
Incident Occurs Over
Demilitarized Zone
Munsan, Korea (U.R) The U.
N. Command today accused
"trigger happy" Communists of
wilfully shooting down an un
armed U.S. Air Force plane
over the demilitarized zone that
separates North and South Ko
rea. A second American plane,
searching for the wreckage and
possible survivors from the
downed plane, was fired upon
well inside U. N. territory, pre
sumably by "friendly" guns.
The T6 training plane, un
armed and with two Americans
aboard, was knocked down yes
terday by Communist guns near
the Korean truce lines. The fate
of the Americans, a captain and
a lieutenant, .was not known.
U. S. Maj. Gen. Harlan C.
Parks charged in a letter de
livered to the Communist side
of the Military Armistice Com
mission that the incident repre- O
sented a "barberous" Commun
ist attack.
Plena Strayed
The plane was fired unon. the
U. N. protest said, when it in-
advertently strayed into the de
militarized zone. It never en
tered Communist air, the U. N.
Command said.
The plane was subiected' to
continuous, murderous and dev
astating ground fire" until it
finally crashed in Communist
North Korean territory.
No parachutes were seen to
leave the training plane before
me crasn.
In Tokyo, the U. S. Far East
ern Air Force said a C-47 trans
port plane, searching for wreck
age and possible survivors "was
fired upon this morning approx-
imately 50 miles northeast of
Seoul." 0 r..
One Wing Hit g r.
The brief Tokyo announce
ment did not say who shot at
the cargo . plane.. But .the loca
tion given is approximately 13
miles south of the demarcation
line separating North and Smith
Korea, indicated it was fired up
on over U.N. controlled territory
and presumably bv "friendlv"
forces.
The Air Force said the sec
ond incident is being investieat- O,
ed.
The C-47 was struck bv nn
bullet which punctured a wine.
but it returned safely to its base.
The U.N. Drotest said thpre hud
been nine instances durins the
last 10 months of the Commun
ists firing on unarmed aircraft
and said the "trigger haDDv"
Red gunners "seem to derive a
fiendish delight" in the action.
Carolina Coast
Counts Storm Damage
Raleigh. N.C. (U.R) The
storm battered coast of the Caro-
linas today counted millions of
dollars in damage from Hurri
cane Diane, the second great
storm to pass over the area with
in two weeks.
The howler, the second with
hurricane-force winds to mater
ialize in the Atlantic this season,
dissipated into heavy rains and
weak winds of 20 to 35 miles
an hour over Virginia Wednes
day night after smashing into
the North Carolina coast.
Gov. Luther H. Hodees and a
hurricane "task force" of top
state officials met oday to sur
vey damage caused by Diane
and its predecessor Connie.
The once-powerful Diane lost
its killing punch by the time it
hit heavily populated areas alon?
the coast Wednesday. Only one
death was attributed directly to
Diane.
Case Continuing
In Federal Court G
Testimony in a fire damage
suit in federal district court here
continued today.
The case. Pacific Engine and
Machine Works vs. John C. and
Ruth V. Rogers of Del Norte
Laundry, started late Monday
before Federal Judge James
Alger Fee.
Baseball
NATIONAL e
Brooklyn 8 13 2
New York 5 6 1
Spooner, Bessent (4) and
Campanella; Hearn, Giel (1),
Wilhelm (4), McCall (7). Liddle
(9) and Katt.
Chicago 1 6 -0
Cincinnati 2 9 0
Minner, Treml (9) and Coop
er, Chili (9); Fowler and Burgess.
0
0
O
O
o