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JOHN GILMORE GORE
Pioneer Resident Passes
John G. Goref 88,
Passes At Home;
Was Pioneer Here
Well Known Resident
Born On Old Land Claim
John Gilinore Gore, member of
a pioneer Jackson county family,
passed away at his home Thurs
day afternoon. Private funeral
services will be conducted from
the Perl funeral home Monday
at 2 p. m.
Mr. Gore, who was 88 years of
age. was born on the Gore dona
tion land claim farm of the fam
ily, located between Medford
and Phoenix, on October 30,
1861, and had lived here his en
tire life. Ho was a son of Emerson
Elijah Gore and Mary Elizabeth
Gilmore Gore, who came to the
county in September of 1852
from Iowa, and after spending a
few months in Jacksonville,
moved to the land claim.
One Of 10 Children
The deceased was one of 10
children, all of whom, with their
parents, were active in the re
ligious and musical life of the
valley. The Gores helped to es
tablish both the Phoenix and
Medford Presbyterian churches,
and John Gore taught Sunday
school classes and sang in church
choirs. With his three brothers.
Will. Walter and Ed, a quartet
was formed which sang at many
early day events.
Mr. Gore attended valley
schools and the University, of
Oregon and was one of the coun
ty's pioneer orchardists, having
planted one of the first commer
cial orchards. He pioneered many
orchard practices now in com
mon use and was the first or
chardist to use smudging.
Married In 1899
He was married to Robin L.
Warner Sept. 27, 1899, the serv
ice being held in the Warner
family home at 519 South Oak
dale avenue, and last September
the couple celebrated their gold
en wedding anniversary.
Survivors include the widow
at the family residence, 809 East
Ninth street: four daughters. Mrs.
George C. Hcnny. Philadelphia:
Mrs. Ray Lenox. Medford: Mr.
Stewart Jones, Babylon, N. Y.,
and Mrs. Marvin Person, Bur
bank, Cal.; his one remaining
brother, E. E. Gore. Medford;
four grandsons, four granddaugh
ters and several nieces and
rcphews.
Douglas County Gets
New 4-H Club Leader
Roseburg. Ore., Mar. 24 (U.R)
Wilbert Anderson, Canby. today
replaced Frank von Borstel as
Douglas county's 4-H club leader.
Anderson, who finished this
month at Oregon State college in
the school of agriculture, is a
former Coos Bay resident. Van
Borstel, also an OSC graduate,
left for San Francisco to fly to
New Zealand where he will study
genetics and nutrition in the field
of animal husbandry at Massey
college.
His trip is part of a program'
of the U. S. state department's
Institute of international educa-
.on authorized under the Full-
ight act.
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Shelly Cross, 20 Months, .
Dies Of Infantile Paralysis
Shelley Cross, 20-month-old
Medford boy who was stricken
with infantile paralysis last
Christmas eve. died at the Sacred
Heart hospital in Eugene at 9
p. m. yesterday.
The youngster, whose picture,
taken as he was lying in an iron
lung, has appeared in a number
ol Oregon newspapers, has been
cared lor at the Eugene hospital
under the auspices of the Jack
ton county chapter of the Na
tional Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis.
He was believed to be one of
the youngest patients ever placed
in an iron lung as a polio victim.
His parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Edwin Cross. 624 Victory street.
They also are the parents ot three
other children.
Articles Printed
In an article written by a staff
member of the Eugene Register
Guard and reprinted in The Mail
Tribune laot January, the story
of Shelley's illness was told, Bnd
hope was given for his tuture
with the aid of expert treatment
and care. A later issue of the
Tribune carried a story written
by the youngster's father, de
scribing the sensations of a fam
U stricken with polio. He said:
We know we have reason to
be thankful for such things rs
respirators, hot packs, tncrapy
and skills that, God willing, will
Medford
44th Year 16 Pages
Eastern i?egoim Faime Souaglhitt
4 People Missing
In Craft Returning
From Havana Flight
Believed In Lakeview
Area Due To Weather
Klamath Falls, Ore., Mar. 24
(U.R) Pilots circled a 350-mile
search area from Lakeview to
Hood River today in a hunt for
a Beechcraft biplane missing
with four persons on the return
flight from Havana, Cuba, to
home base at Portland.
The plane disappeared Tues
day after taking off from Lake
view, 90 miles east of Klamath
Falls, for Portland. Aboard the
Diane were Lee Blakkolb, pilot
47, owner of the Western Forest
Products company; nis wiie,
Thelma. 39: and Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Lundslrom, 39 and 31.
Believed Near Lakeview
Capt. Billie R. Wise, laison of
ficer for the civil air patrol in
Oregon, said the CAP believed
the plan would be found within
50 miles of L,aKeview.
"One pilot tried to make it
through from Lakeview to Bend
and was forced back," he said.
Three planes headed by Henry
Troh, Portland airport operator.
took off for tne iaKeview him
todav to loin seven planes of the
Lakeview CAP squadron cover
ing the area between i,aKeview
and Bend.
Six More Join In
From three to six CAP planes
from Hood River were scheduled
to work toward Bend. Seven
more planes of the Portland
squadron prepared to Join the
search.
Two air-sea rescue planes, a C
82 flying boxcar and a B-17 fly
ing fortress, flew here from Mc
Chord air force base. Wash., to
spearhead the search.
Blakkolb did not file a flight
plan but it was believed he plan
ned to fly to Portland via Prine-
ville and Hood River.
Blakkolb landed at Lakeview
last Tuesday morning for ga,s aft
er flying north from the Furnace
Creek Ranch in Death Valley,
Cal. The group flew to Havana
in what was believed to be one
of the longest mass flights un
dertaken by private pilots,
Eighty-five planes were in the
flight.
The BlakKoid-Lunastrom party
was the second Havana-portiann
group to meet with apparent mis
hap this week. Wednesday Mr
and Mrs. Roe Sayles. 60 and 62.
crashed to their deaths on an un
improved state highway 30 miles
north of Price, Utah.
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Special Scout Program
To Be Heard On KYJC
An unusual Boy Scout of
America radio program, 'Tribe
1260," will be re-broadcast over
radio station KYJC at 3:30 p. m.
tomorrow. Tribe 1260 is a group
of handicapped boys, and is the
only Boy scout organization of
its kind.
All phases of the scouting pro
gram are included in the organ
ization, and members "meet"
once a week via this radio pro
gram. There are nearly 200 mem
bers who listen each week, in ad
dition to the rest of the radio
audience.
The program is divided be
tween scouting instruction and
entertainment. Writers of the
program are William Tunburg
and his wife. Jacqueline, now
residents of Trail, Ore., and their
two sons belong to Boy scout
Troop 46 at Shady Cove. Many
noted radio actors appear over
the unique broadcast.
speed the return home of our
little Shelley."
But they were not enough to
save the little boy. His body will
be returned here by Conger
Morris funeral home, and an an
nouncement will be made later
of funeral services.
SHELLEY CROSS
Diet In Eugont Hospital
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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 24,
Record Fall Of Snow
Reported From Park
Yesterday'! storm brought
an additional 16 inches of snow
to Crater Lake national park,
making a total pack on the
ground more than 14Va feet
deep the deepest snow depth
on the ground there since 1938
when there were 186 inches.
Park headquarters reported
30 Inches of powder snow over
a wet pack at 8:30 a.m. today.
Skiing should be good as soon
as the snow becomes packed,
but it was snowing lightly at
the park this morning.
Entrance to the park can be
made only from Medford to
day, through the west en
trance, since all other roads
are temporarily closed. Chains
are required for all park
travel.
North Oregon Farm
Yields Long-Sought
Man, Officers Say
Portland, Ore., March 24 (U.R)
Orba Elmer Jackson, 43, listed
by the Federal Bureau of Inves
tigation as one of the 10 most
wanted criminals in the United
c. v l . 1 n
a. ..a, uaa utii I oil t.MMl ai ai
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tiiim near iuna, ure., aumuri
ties announced today.
Jackson escaped from a branch
of Leavenworth federal peniten
tiary "honor fafm" in Platte
county Missouri, September 18.
1947, while serving a 25-year
sentence for the armed robbery
of a Missouri post office.
The Federal Bureau of Inves
tigation said four state police
agents and a Washington county
deputy sheriff took Jackson in
to custody on a tip from an un
identified source after Jackson's
picture had been published
locally with those of other
"most wanted" criminals.
Jackson had been working at
the farm under the alias of
"Kenneth James Van Kampen."
When the agents arrived at the
farm, Van Kampen was in town.
They waited for him, and he
surrendered without resistance.
At first he denied he was Jack
son but admitted his Identity
when officers prepared to take
his fingerprints.
Multnomah Officials
Ponder Sale Of Bars
Portland, Ore., Mar. 24 (U.R)
Multnomah county commission
ers were wondering today if they
could buy back the jail cell doors
they sold the city of Springfield,
Ore., three months ago, and
Springfield pokey prisoners prob
ably were hoping such a sale
could be arranged.
Back in 1946, some old county
jail cell blocks here were sold
to the city of Eugene, which was
planning to build a new city jail.
Although Eugene Police Chief
Keith Jones paid $1,000 for the
blocks, which included cell
doors, he was not able to take
immediate delivery.
County commissioners here
were wondering how to treat the
Eugene request that their cell
blocks, including doors, be
shipped to that city. The doors
were sold to Springfield for $300.
Oregon Beach Towns
Expected To Require
Sewage Plants Soon
Astoria, Ore.. Mar. 24 (U.R)
Oregon's beach communities
might someday have to put in
sewage disposal plants to pre
vent pollution of the Pacific
ocean, municipal sanitation ex
perts told a district meeting of
the League of Oregon Cities here.
Deane Seeger of Eugere,
League of Oregon Cities consult
ant, and Buckley Vaugh, Clatsop
county sanitarian, agreed that
the problem of stream pollution
would someday face cities along
the oceanfront.
They said heavy pollution
along the coast could destroy fish
and marine life.
Crescent City Phone
Circuits Knocked Out
Crescent City, Cal., Mar. 24
U.R) High winds knocked out
many telephone circuits here
yesterday and an explosion felt
through much of the city Wednes
day night was at first believed
responsible, but city officials ex
pressed bcuei the mast was a
dynamite explosion.
The blast was believed to have
been in connection with harbor
development work or logging
operations.
Dr. R. R. Yourlce New
State Of Oregon Vet
Salem, Ore.. Mar. 24 (U.R)
Director E. L. Peterson of the
Oregon state department of ag
riculture today appointed Dr. R.
R. Younce of Battleground,
Wash., to the position of Oregon
state veterinarian.
The appointment of Dr.
Younce was recommended to
Petcr.-on by the Oregon Veter
inary Medical association.
Anothe am-Heavy
Storm Nearing N.W.;
Gales Along Coast
By United Press
A soggy Pacific northwest
was in the path of another rain-
heavy Alaska storm Friday, fol
lowing gales that sent small craft
scurrying for safety and drench
ed most of Washington and Ore
gon.
Snow fell in the higher eleva
tions. The Queen Charlotte islands
and Vancouver island off the
coast of British Columbia took
the brunt of Thursday's blow
Winds gusting to 90-miles-an-hour
raked the islands but abat
ed as the storm moved south
ward. There were no reports of
severe damage.
Distress Calls Hoard
Coast guard stations received
a flurry of distress calls off the
Washington and Oregon coast
but only one craft required as-
President Accepts
Resignation Army
Undersecretary
Key West. Fla., Mar. 24 (U.R)
President Truman, with "particu
lar reluctance " today accepted
the resignation of Tracy S. Voor
hees as undersecretary of the
army.
Voorhees in a letter of resigna
tion dated February 14 asked to
be relieved of his duties not later
than June 30.
Gordon Gray, the army secre
tary, previously had notified Mr.
Truman that he would leave the
government in the late summer
to become president of the Uni
versity of North Carolina.
Letter Received
With Voorhees and Gray both
departing, Mr. Truman faces the
necessity of putting together a
new top-level army team.
Meanwhile, the winter White
House acknowledged receipt of a
request from Senator Millard E.
Tydings (D., Md.) that the Presi
dent turn over government loy
alty files to a senate subcommit
tee investigating charges of sub
versive influences in the state
department.
White House Press Secretary
Charles Ross said the President
had taken the request under con
sideration, but he did not know
when a decision would be made.
Chrysler Offers Fund
For Worker Pensions
Detroit, Mar. 24 (U.R) Chry
sler Corporation today offered to
deposit $30,000,000 in a fund to
pay pensions to its 89,000 strik
ing employes. The proposal was
immediately rejected by the CIO
United Auto Workers.
UAW President Walter P.
Routher said the proposal "still
tails short of the pattern estab
lished by other Chrysler com
petitors." The huge fund would be used
to pay $100 pensions to. workers
as they become eligible for re
tirement during a proposed five
year contract.
The offer was the first real
break In the nine-week walkout
that has idled more than 150,000
workers across the nation and
cost production of more than
300,000 vehicles.
New Buildings Okayed
At Oregon Colleges
Salem, Ore.. Mar. 24 U.R
Funds to build new structures for
higher education Institutions at
La Grande. Monmouth. Corval
lis and Eugene were released to
day by unanimous approval of
the state emergency board and
the state board of control, in
joint session here late today.
The two boards authorized the
release of funds, already allocat
ed, for construction of a library
at Eastern Oregon College of Ed
ucation, La Grande. The amount
released was $274,819.49, the full
amount requested.
Also released, in full as re
quested, were:
For the new science laboratory
and classroom building at Uni
versity of Oregon, Eugene, $1,.
444,000.
Library for Oregon College of
Education, Monmouth, $278,
001.56. To convert museum Into little
theater and drama laboratory at
Oregon State college, $18,475.
Road Conditions
Stale police and United
Press reported packed snow
on Siskiyou and Gretniprinqt
mountain passes this morning
but said that the roads were
well sanded. They indicated
that chains were not required.
Chains were advised on Sin
tiam end Willamette passes
and at Klamath Filli.
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sistance. The others weathered
the gale and reached safe an
chorages. The weather forecaster fore
cast rain "for several days" as
the new storm, moving out of
the Aleutian islands, headed in
to the low pressure area along
the Pacific northwest seaboard.
Its arrival was expected late
Saturday.
Meanwhile, the gale force
storm that lashed the region
Thursday had moved across the
Cascades Friday with winds dy
ing down to 20 - mile - an hour
velocity. ,
Cutters Sent Out
A coast guard cutter was sent
from Astoria, Ore., to aid the
tug Klihyam near Cape Falcon
when it radioed that two 140
foot barges it was towing had
broken loose. The Balsam was
to take the barges in tow Friday.
Inland, motorists traveling
Washington's Snoqualmie pass
found chains were required after
four inches of new snow .covered
the highway.
Chains also were required In
Oregon's Santiam pass where 12
inches fell, and on the Ochoco
and Mt. Hood highways. Ten
inches snarled traffic in Willam
ette pass.
Six inches of snow covered
the Sunset highway northeast of
Astoria.
Assassination Denied
By Prague Spokesman
Prague, Mar. 24 (U.R) A for
eign office press officer said to
day that London reports of the
assassination of Deputy Premier
Zdenek Fierlinger and an attack
on Rudolf Slansky, communist
party secretary, gave him "a big
laugh."
(The London Evening News
published the report. It gave no
source. While a spokesman for
the paper said it came from "of
ficial quarters," the published
account said it lacked coniirma
tion by official quarters in
London.)
A spokesman in the office of
Fierlinger said he wan in Prague
and "in the best of health." Calls
at the offices of Slansky went un
answered. No assassination or attempted
assassination had been reported
here.
Lora Lee Case Goes
To California Jury
Hollywood, Mar. 24 (U.R) A
defense attorney claimed today
that charges that nine-year-old
Lora Lee Michel was starved by
her foster mother to keep her
tiny for $100-a-day film roles
was part of a "conspiracy to
steal" the child actress.
The ease was given to the jury
at 12:25 p.m.
Defense Attorney Oscar Cum
mins, in final arguments before
a jury trying Mrs. Lorraine
Michel, 55, on charges of cruelty
to the film moppet, claimed that
the case was brought because
the Rev. Elford Sundstrom and
Oga Wargen, Lora Lee's drama
tic coach, wanted to gain posses
sion of the child.
"Mr. Wargen'a hope was that
she could get the child and pro
fit by her," Cummins claimed,
and he described Sundstrom as
a "duper sucker" who was taken
in. The two were instrumental
in having juvenile authorities
bring action against Mrs. Michel.
H. Allen McCurdy, deputy dis
trict attorney, countered in his
final arguments that Lora Lee
"didn't get enough to eat at
home" and was punished "unjus
tifiably" bv Mrs. Michel In the
attempt to starve the actress and
keep her small.
PortlandliYillighf
Ordinance Petitions
Portland, Ore.. Mar. 24 (U.R)
The civil freedom committee
has filed a total or 32.211 sig
natures against Portland's new
civil rights ordinance, virtually
assuring a vote test of tne or
dinance at the November elec
tion. The fight against the anti
discrimination law was spear
headed by tavern, and restaurant
owners.
Only 13,292 valid petition
names were required to hold the
ordinance In abeyance. The city
auditor's office has checked al
most 7.000 of the names and
found 5.075, or 74 88 per cent, to
be those of registered city voters.
Aircraft Carrier, Four
Destroyers For Fleet
Washington, Mar. 24 !U.R
The small aircraft carrier Ba
taan and four more destroyers
will be added to the Pacific fleet
this summer, the navy said todav.
The 11.800 ton Bataan now is
being converted for anti-submarine
work at the Philadelphia t
naval shipyard.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Snow howeri In
mountains; a fw rain ihow
ri In vilify tonight and Sat.
urday. Cooler tonight.
Tmp.
Htchrst Ytsttrdav hi
l.ouett thti Mornlnr ... 34
Prec. to 4:JQ A.M. today .16
Brussels' Students
Riot, Wrecking 200
Cars, Rap Leopold
Long General Strike
Staged By Socialists
Brussels, Belgium, Mar 24
!U.R) Rioting mobs of students
wrecked 200 street cars in Brus
sels today as part of a 24-hour
general strike by 500,000 social
ist workers against the proposed
return of King Leopold.
Shouting anti-Leopold slogans,
six groups of about 200 students
each roamed the downtown
streets and attacked any street
car that attempted to operate in
defiance of the socialist-called
strike.
Conductors Beaten
About 200 of the capital's 1.500
street cars attempted to oper
ate. They were quickly wrecked
and left in streets throughout
the city. In some cases conduct
ors and ticket collectors were
beaten.
The 200-man gendarmerie riot
squad was Inadequate to stop the
students. In some cases the po
lice stood by and did not attempt
to interfere.
Other violence in the form of
a pitched battle between strik
ers and non-strikers broke out
in a large downtown department
store.
Strikers Attacked
About a dozen .strikers out of
more than 500 store employees
attempted to stop customers
from buying. Working employees
attacked the strikers and drove
them into a refuge In the crock
cry section.
Reports from the south of Bel
gium, where the socialists are
strongest, said the main indus
trial centers there were para
lyzed by the strike.
The strike started at mid
night and its effect was imme
diately apparent in Brussels,
where transportation virtually
disappeared.
3 Planes Of Czechs
Land American Zone
Frankfurt, Germany, Mar. 24
(U.R) Three planeloads of about
85 Czechs, described unofficial
ly as refugees fleeing their communist-dominated
homeland,
landed in the American zone of
Germany today.
Czech refugee sources, the first
to report the arrival of the
planes jn Germany, said some
"very important Czechs" were
among the passengers.
U. S. military authorities kept
secret the Czechs' whereabouts,
but army officers indicated they
were being questioned Intensely.
U. S. air force headquarters
confirmed the arrival of the
three C-47s at the Erding air
base near Munich. A brief for
mal statement said nothing be
yond the arrival was known for
the time being at the Wiesbaden
headquarters.
Gebhard Trial Opens
Monday At Enterprise
Enterprise, Ore., Mar. 24
(U.R) Allen Gebhard of Medford
goes on trial in circuit court here
Monday for involuntary man
slaughter. Gebhard Is charged with the
accidental shooting of Reed Wade
of Lostine during the elk hunt
ing season last fall in the Grande
Ronde basin.
Gebhard at his arraignment
pleaded innocent.
Circuit Judge Homer Watts of
Pendleton will preside over the
trial.
Lakeview Man Listed
Dead On Bus Arrival
Redding. Cal., Mar. 24 (U.R)
Harry H. Marsh, 57, Lakeview,
Ore., a passenger on a Grey
hound bus traveling here from
Quincy, Cal., was dead on ar
rival at the bus depot, Coroner
Claude B. Whiteman said today.
Whiteman said he believed
Marsh died of a heart attack.
Air Search for Distress
Signal Proves Fruitless
Vancouver, B. C, Mar, 24
(U.R) An aerial search for a
ground distress signal, reported
stamped In snow near Fort St.
John, B. C, proved fruitless to
day and a ground party prepared
to trek to the scene.
The reported signal had raised
hopes there were some survivors
of an American C.-54 transport
that disappeared January 26
while on a flight from Alaska to
Great Fall. Mont., with 44 per
sons aboard.
A plane zig-zagged across the
rugged terrain for two hours but
was unable to find the distress
message reported to have been
seen by crewmen of a U. S. air
force C-47 plane yesterday.
The C-47 crew aald the are
Auto Accident
Claims Life Of
David Holmes
DAVID HOLMES
Killed In Accident
(Shansle
Compromise Farm
Bill Passed By
Senate And House
Washington. Mar. 24 (U.R)
The senate today completed con
gressional action on a compro
mise farm bill and sent the meas
ure to the White House.
The showdown came on a mo
tion to reconsider yesterday's
tentative vote of approval for the
farm bill. The reconsideration
move was be'aten, 38 to 31, send
ing the legislation to President
Truman for enactment.
The action came almost 24
hours after the senate bogged
down in a parliamentary snarl
over the measure, after voting
tentative approval by a 37-33
margin yesterday.
Only three Democrats joined
an almost solid bloc of 28 Repub
licans in opposing the measure,
which was worked out in a
house-senate conference after the
two chambers had passed differ
ent versions.
Only three GOP senators voted
with 35 Democrats for the farm
bill on the final showdown.
The house approved the con
ference report yesterday by a 196
to 156 vote.
Scattered Violence
Reported In Italy
Rome, Mar. 24 (U.R) Scat
tered but short-lived violence
broke out anew in northern Italy
today.
A communist-led mob seized
and beat a group of 50 women
tobacco factory employes in
Genoa for refusing to join the
communist general strike
Wednesday and Thursday. Police
were called out to protect other
workers.
Meanwhile, authorities in riot
torn San Scvero In southern
Italy, estimated that 10,000 per
sons out of the city's 50.000 pop
ulation Joined the uprising yes
terday which resulted in a
pitched battle between commu
nists and police aided by regular
army troops.
The situation, in San Scvero
was reported "normal" this
morning.
Bergman's Attorney
Asks About Records
Hollywood, Mar. 24 (U.R)
Ingrid Bergman's attorney
agreed to postpone further con
ferences and a deposition hear
ing in her battle with her hus
band today but said "we still
want to know what happened to
all that money and where the
records of It are."
Miss Bergman's lawyer, Greg
TVutzpr, referred to approxim
ately $250,000 in cash and prop
erty which the blonde Swedish
actress says her husband, Dr.
Peter Lindstrom holds and of
which she demands an account
ing. looked deserted. But officers be
lieved the sign must have been
made recently In view of heavy
drifting of snow.
Officers at Fort St. John said
there were no persons or planes
missing "lately" in the area
where the signal was seen.
The sign formed the letters
"IF" which, according to the in
ternational air rescue manual,
stands for "serious injuries, doc
tor required, food and water
needed." The American fliers
reported the signal was tramped
out in the snow and lined with
brush and branches.
The airmen said they spotted
the snow signal a few miles
southeast of the Peace river and
only two miles from the Alaska
David Holmes, president ot
the Harry and David firm at
Bear Creek orchards, was fatally
injured in an automobile acci
dent near Woodland, Cal., yester
day afternoon,
Mr. Holmes, who was 60, was
known throughout the nation
and much of the world through
the extensive advertisements
placed in magazines by the firm,
largest gift fruit packers and
shippers in the United States.
Car Skids
1 No other car was Involved In
the fatal accident, which occur
red at 3 p.m. Holmes was driv
ing to San Francisco with N. B.
"Nat" Bender, office manager at
Bear Creek orchards. He was
traveling only about 45 miles an
hour, according to word from
the California town, because of
the slippery and lev conrii
of the road. The car skidded.
however, and turned over twice.
Both men were thrown from the
car, but the automobile rolled
over Mr. Holmes, breaking a le
and a shoulder, and injuring him
lmernany. uencter was not hurt.
An ambulance took Mr.
Holmes to the Woodland clinic
where he died at about 6 p.m.
Mr. David, as he was known
to the many employees at the
big packing plant on the high
way south of Medford, was born
in Seattle, Wash, on Aug. 22,
1889. He was educated in Seattle
schools, and was graduated from
Cornell university in Ithaca,
N. in 1915.
Settled Her In 1916
He first came to the Rogue
River valley in 1911, and spent
many summer vacations here
after that date. It was in 1916
that he entered the stock busi
ness in the valley with his broth
er Harry. In 1920 the two ac
quired Bear Creek orchards and
packing house, and since that
time have gradually added oth
er properties and improvements
to the original establishment. -
The story of the brothers' suc
cess in the gift fruit business has
been told many times, one of
the most recent in the Readers
Digest magazine In 1948. They
originated the idea In the depres
sion year of 1932. and begin de
veloping it in 1933. It has Qrown
to be the largest such enterprise
in the nation and probably in
the world, and now does an an
nual gross business of some $5
million.
Incorporate
Four years ago the brothers,
than operating as a partnership,
incorporated the firm as Harry
and David. Their advertising,
featuring pictures of the broth
ers, and of Cubby, the Bear
Creek bear, has appeared In
most of the high quality national
publications. The brothers orig
inated the "Fruit of the Month"
club.
Many community leaders ex
pressed shock at Mr. Holmes
death. He has been acknowledg
ed as a business genius, and as
the artistic brains behind the
universally high quality of Bear
Creek's products and advertis
ing. Each design for a product,
including the famed fruit bas
kets. "Tower of Treats," and
newer and more varied prod
ucts, bore his touch of artistic
aclvevcment.
Open Store
Most recent project of the
firm was opening a retail store
In San Francisco, featuring prod
ucts of the company.
Mr. David is survived by his
son David Holmes Jr., by a
daughter. Mrs. Nanette Osgood,
San Francisco, Cal.: his mother,
Mrs. J. R. Holmes, Medford, and
by his brother, Harry L, Holmes.
His son and brother left for
Woodland last night, and a Perl
conveyance has been sent south
to bring back Mr. Holmes body.
Funeral arrangement! are being
handled by Perl funeral home,
and details of the services will
be announced later.
Eagle Point Dog Ban
Effective On April 1
Eagle Point, Mar. 24 Doga
will not be permitted to run at
large within the city limits of
Eagle Point on and after April 1,
it was announced today by City
Recorder Sam F. Coy.
The recorder stated that the
city ordinance covering the mat
ter would be enforced and that
owners whose dogs violate tht
law will be fined $1 and costs on
the first offense and $1 will be
added for each subsequent
offense.
highway. Their plane was flying
at 9,000 feet when the message
was sighted and the pilot
swooped low over the area so the
crew could double check the
sign.
The C-54, loaded with Alaska
based servicemen being returned
to the States, was reported miss
ing January 26 on a flight from
Anchorage, Alaska, to Great
Falls. Its disappearance touched
off one of the greatest air search
es in the Canadian sub-Arctic
hitsory.
An average of between 30 and
40 planes a day roared off frozen
runways for more than two
weeks as the gigantic "Operation
Mike" reached over the barren,
snow-covered, mountainous ter
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