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Subscribers To report improper or non-delivery of The Mall Tribune phone 2-6141 before '6:45 pjn. dally and 10:30 a.m. Sunday. II regular delivery arrives short ly after you call please notify of fice thus eliminating special mes senger service. FORECAST Mostly cloudy today and Monday with mild temperatures. Rain late to night. High today 58. low 40. High Monday 54. Temp. Highest yesterday 56 Lowest yesterday 38 United Press Full Leased Wire 49th Year 28 Pages ; OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1954 Price 5c No. 198 Weather z MJkXl M , j . Jrl?" EDFORDf lilMTRIBUNE unitea rress run -eased wire -3 , f .AWQ.BAWK1NO' -.El D 4lLjfl If BANK REMODELING SHOWN The Medford branch of the U.S. National bank Saturday an nounced plans for a remodeling and expansion program which will provide sidewalk walk-up and alley drive-in banking facilities. . The present Singer Sewing Machine co. store will 4)rive-In Banking To Be Featured in U. S. National Plan Drive-in banking from auto mobiles and sidewalk walk-up windows will be featured by the U. S. National bank's Medford branch when an expansion pro ject, to start soon, is completed The bank announced Saturday that banking until 5:30 p.m. weekdays and 3 p.m. Saturdays will be provided by the drive-in and walk-up teller windows. The new features will be in stalled in the space adjacent to the bank, now occupied by the Singer Sewing Machine com pany on Main st. The Singer firm is moving soon to a loca tion in the new Wainscott's building on East Main st. The present Singer building will be remodeled, with the walk-up teller windows on the sidewalk in front, and the drive in window justoff the alley beside the building. The drive-in win dow will be in operation from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays, and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sat urdays. The sidewalk windows will be open from 3 to 5:30 p.m. weekdays, and noon to 3 p.m. Saturday. Allan F Perry, branch mana ger, said "Our remodeling and expansion project is scheduled for completion early in 1955. We are planning up-to-the-minute banking facilities, tailored to meet the needs of the people of Medford and surrounding . com munity." Ben H. Todd is the architect SATURDAY SCORES WEST UCLA 41, Oregon 0. Southern C a 1 i f o rnia 21. Stanford 7. California 27, Washington 6. Denver 20, Brighani Young 0. Colorado A&M 14, Utah 13. Wyoming 21. Utah State 12. Lewis & Clark 27, Whitman 8. SOUTHWEST Arkansas 28, Rice 15. Oklahoma A&M 34, Detroit 19. Baylor 13, Texas 7. Southern Methodist 6. Texas A&M 3. New Mexico 20, Montana 14. MIDWEST ' Minnesota 44. Oregon Stat 6. Michigan State 54, Wash ington State 6. Michigan 14, Illinois 7. Ohio State 26, Pittsburgh 0. Miami (O) 6, Indiana 0. Wisconsin 34. Northwestern 13. Iowa 25. Purdue 14. Oklahoma 40. Iowa Stale 0. Missouri 19. Colorado 19. Nebraska 41, Kansas 20. SOUTH Clemson 27, Furman 6. Maryland 42, North Carolina State 14. ' Georgia Tech 28, Tennessee 7. Georgia 14. Florida 13. Navy 40, Duke 7. VMI 21, William and Mary Richmond 13, Wake Forest 0. Mississipi State 48. North Texas Stale 26. Auburn 14. Miami (Fla.) 13. Mississippi 51. Memphis State 0. Kentucky 19. Vanderbilt 7. Tulane 0, Alabama 0. EAST Harvard 14, Princeton 9. Notre Dame 42. Pennsyl vania 7. Temple 27. Brandeis 0. Cornell 14, Syracuse 6. Dartmouth 26. Columbia 0. West Virginia 39. Fordham 9. Brown 40. Springfield 8. Army 48. Yale 7. Colgate 20, Bucknell 14. Boston U. 28, Villanova 6. Fenn Slate 39, Holy Crow 7. Young Road Worker Loses Legs Collides With Truck A young highway worker lost parts of both legs in an automo bile accident Friday afternoon Charles Henry Blackshear, 20, Bend, lost one leg at the ankle when a car smashed into the rear of a truck on which he was working. The other leg had to be amputated later at the hos pital. He was in "fair" condi tion Saturday. . Sitting on Truck Stat police reported the acci dent happened at about 2:22 p.m. on the Pacific highway just north of state police headquar ters. Blackshear was on a War ren Northwest company truck, spreading a liquid asphaltic ma- County Employment Generally High in October, OES Says There was generally high em ployment in Jackson county dur ing October, and good weather permitted outside work to con tinue without interruption, the Medford office of the State Em ployment service reported Sat urday. , . Unemployment as of Oct. 31 was estimated at 1,065, includ ing 250 women. This was 36 per cent of the September total, and 1 6 per cent higher than the same date in 1953. The number of weeks of unemployment claimed at the office during October was 4 per cent higher than in 1953, indicating an increase in the working population of the area, the monthly report of the office said. Lumber at High Level The lumber industry was re ported to be operating at a high level, with the market strong. Sawmills contacted during the month reported they expected to operate throughout the winter, with possible brief repair shut downs. Construction generally profit ed by good weather, the report stated, and remained "at an un usual high level for this time of year." Agricultural hiring decreased early in the month, with the end of the pear harvest, and pruning hiring was delayed by the lack of frost to take leaves off the trees. Other farm work, such as plowing, seeding and, fence build ing continued at a good pace. . Increase Seen The report said the next 60 days should show an increase in orchard hiring, due to the need tor pruners, though other farm work will show a decline in hiring. There was little personnel turn-over, or "job jumping," dur ing the month, the report stated, with employees generally stay ing on their jobs. The employment office is now conducting its annual .program of aptitude testing for the senior classes of the couuty's high schools, and said that by the time school is out next spring, the office will be able to put employers in touch with a con siderable number of promising young job seekers. The report concluded by say ing that, weather permitting, the outlet for jobs is good during the next two months, and that weather will be the controlling factor in any major lay-off move ment, rather than economic de velopments. Sports Bulletin , Marshfield Coquille de feated Ashland 39 to 19 last night to gain the District 6 A-2 championship. be used, and the picture shows, in a cut-away view, the architect's drawing of how it will look. - At left is the drive-in section, off the alley, and on the street front will be the walk up window, designated by arrow. The project is planned for completion early in 1955. When Car terial on the highway to prepare it for seal coating. He was sitting on the rear of the truck with his legs hanging over the rear. Officers said the truck was going about three miles per hour. The other car, driven by James Norbert' Frank, 18, Co quille, crashed into the rear of the truck at a speed which Frank told police was about 50 miles per hour. All To Hospital Blackshear, Frank and Dan iel Eugene Schneider, 17, also Coquille, a passenger in the car, all were taken to Community hospital by Perl ambulance. Frank and Schneider are stu dents at Oregon Technical Insti tute, Klamath Falls. The investigating officers re ported that the truck was in the northbound center lane of the highway; that it had red warn ing flags on front and rear, and that construction warning signs were posted frequently along the right of way, including one in me miacue oi tne nignway. , Young Frank told officers the accident was caused by faulty brakes and steering gear on his car. Neither he nor Schneider was seriously hurt. The front of the car was smashed in, police said, and the heavy steel bed of the truck was bent upward by the impact. Blackshear's father, Ernest, also Bend, was working on the same job and accompanied his son to the hospital. Several Accidents There have been a number of accidents on that stretch of highway in recent months, and state police said there were nine accidents involving 22 automo biles during August alone be tween Medford and Beall lane. Another accident at 7:45 p.m. on the Pacific highway just north of Phoenix, resulted in the hospitalization of Fred Ad dison Petrie, 64, Portland, driv er of a sedan delivery truck. Petrie was taken to Community hospital by Perl ambulance, then transfered to Sacred Heart -hospital. He suffered a heart at tack following the accident, and may be moved to the Veterans Administration hospital in Port land. Hit In Rear A state police report on the crash indicated that the truck Petrie was driving struck the rear of a' pickup truck driven by Joseph Francis Dentsman, 4030 South Pacific highway, Medford, at a speed of about 60 miles per hour. The Dentsman vehicle entered the four - lane highway, and had traveled some 200 feet when the other vehicle struck it, officers said. Petrie told officers he didn't see the other vehicle. Police are continuing their in vestigation of both accidents. MORSE EXPECTED TO Washington (U.R) Sen ate Democratic Leader Lyn don B. Johnson said here Sat urday the Democrats will give important committee assign ments to Sen. Wayne L. Morse, Oregon Independent, whose promised vote will enable them to control the senate. The Republicans stripped Morse of his seats on two major committees and gave him minor committee assign ments when, he bolted the GOP. By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington Senator Wayne Morse is regarded here as certain to gain renewed prestige in the 84th Congress, bouncing back from the political drubbing he took during the 83rd GOP-controlled Congress o Start Mela i my Censure Session Tomorrow Wisconsin Republican Ready To Wage Fight Washington (U.R) Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy goes on "trial" before the u... S. Senate Monday with all signs indicating he will become the fourth sen ator in history to suffer the re buke of formal censure by his colleagues. Concedes Censure McCarthy himself conceded that a majority of the senate probably will accept the unani mous recommendation of a six man special committee that he be censured on two counts that his conduct toward " an Army general was "reprehen sible" and that his conduct to ward a senate elections subcom mittee was "contemptuous." But the Wisconsin Republican was ready to wage a battle against the charges ' in the special session. His friends esti mated that he would have the support of about 19 senators not enough to ward off a final vote of censure, but more than enough to make & pitched battle over the issue. All Day Sessions Senate Republican Leader William F. Knowland (Calif.), and Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson (Tex.), announced after a meeting Saturday that the Senate will hold all - day sessions from 10 a.m. to about 5 p.m. daily once full-fledged debate gets underway an midweek. By sticking to that schedule' and avoiding side issues they hoped to wind up the spec ial session by Thanksgiving. Neuberger Plans To Seek Forestry, Agriculture Posts Portland (U.R) Richard L. Neuberger said Saturday he would seek a seat on the Senate Agriculture and Forestry Com mittee when he assumes office next January. Neuberger also said he fav ored restoring the committee posts which were taken away from Independent Sen?tor Wayne Morse in the 1953 ses sion. Seeks Two Jobs Neuberger said he would first try for a place on the Agricul ture and Forestry committee and that his second choice would be labor and education. He added that if Morse wanted to return to the latter, he would select Interior and Insular Affairs as a third choice. Sen. Guy Cordon, who was edged by Neuberger in the un official Oregon tally, is now chairman of the Interior and Insular , Affairs Committee. McNary Lost from Oregon - Neuberger said Oregon had not been represented on an agri culture committee since the death of Sen. Charles L. Mc Nary. "Agriculture and forestry are our two basic industries," he said. '.'National forests con stitute 15 per cent of the state's area. The Rural Electrification Administration, Soil Conserva tion Service and other agencies are of significance to Oregon." Neuberger said he would co operate with President Eisen hower in the best interest of the country and that "I have never had the slightest intention of playing partisan politics at the expense of public welfare. . after his break with the party in 1952. This at least is the general sentiment among Capitol Hill sages who are still somewhat in awe of the seemingly pattern less election returns. What tangible form Morse's new eminence may take is still not clear but the prospect of it is regarded as strong as a con sequence of his hard-hitting cam paign for Democratic candidates from coast to coast, but parti cularly the aid he gave to Ore gon's new Senator-elect Richard L. Neuberger, whose victory over GOP Sen. Guy Cordon ap parently assures Democrats con trol over the upper chamber re gardless of the outcome of the still hazy New Jersey senatorial race. It is thought Morse at least will not be assigned to the Sea s Backst Explode harhidg Moscow (U.R) The Soviet Union warned the United States Saturday that Communist China, the most powerful nation in Asia, stands with Russia. "Soviet people in the event of necessity know how to defend themselves with arms against any aggressor,'! deputy Premier Maxim Saburov said in a major Soviet policy statement. Posilion Strange "In this, connection the at tempts of certain leaders of the U.S.A. to talk with the Soviet Union from the so-called 'posi tion of strength' appears strange to say the least," he added. "Such language has never led to success in relations with the Soviet Union. It is all the more out of place at the present time when the USSR has multiplied its forces still further and when together with the Soviet Union in the struggle for peace ma rches the greatest state in Asia, the Chinese Peoples Republic and all the peoples ' Democratic coun tries." "Defiance of Obligations" He charged that the United States and other Western powers agreed to rearm Germany "in defiance of the obligations to which they have committed themselves with the Soviet Un ion not to allow a revival of Use of Radar for Controlling City Traffic Gets Study ' A committee of the Medford Safety council is investigating the use of radar in controlling traffic speeds for possible use in Medford, it was reported last veek. Several Oregon cities have such radar installations includ ing Portland, Eugene and Salem and the committee is gather ing data on how radar works from them. A personal visit and inspection will be made later. It i? the thought of the Safety council that, if the committee recommends the : use of radar here, it will conduct a program to promote acquisition of radar equipment. This could be done through service clubs and other organizations, and the equipment could be purchased and donated to the city, the report indicated. Vern Thorpe, Medford director of public works and a member of the Safety council! was ap pointed chairman of the com mittee. He recently attended a meeting of the National Safety council in Chicago, at which reports were given on the use of radar for this purpose through out the country. Other members of the com mittee are Al Cameron, Clyde Fitchner and R. L. Palmer. In Eugene and Salem, the radar units have been mounted in police cars, which are parked on main-traveled streets. Cars approaching from behind the police car come in to the radar field, which then measures their speed within one ' or two miles per hour. If the car is going too fast, 1he information is radioed ahead to another police car, which halts the speeder. Use of radar speeding evidence in prosecuting speeders has been upheld in a number of court tests. GAIN RENEWED PRESTIGE IN 84th ate District of Columbia Com mittee, where he served as an "alderman" for Washington, D.C. during 1953-54 after his unsuc cesssf ul effort to retain his form er posts on the Armed Services and the Labor committees. The senator lost all chance of holding these seats when he insisted on being assigned as a member of a formal third party, whereas Sen ate custom provides only for two party division of committee seats. If Morse takes his assignments from the controlling Democratic party, speculation holds that he will return to the Labor Com mittee, where it is likely the Taft-Hartley act will get a going over during the 84th Congress. Labor problems have always been one of Morse's specialties in legislative work. Moreover, with his own re election battle just two years :age Feu d S DREG) issues German militarism." Saburov said that "Hitlerite Generals" and others who plot ted "Hitler's aggression against France, Poland, Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union and other peace loving countries," were again gaining power in Ger many. He said "the arming of West ern Germany represents the Taxpayers in Four School Districts To Receive Refunds Taxpayers in four Jackson county school districts will have refunds coming as a result of mistakes in millage rates made in the office of the county treas urer, it was announced yesterday morning after a special meeting of the county court and other county officials. The mistakes involve Oak Grove, Shady Cove, Jacksonville and Talent school districts. A check on millage for other school districts, now under way, will be completed Monday, and if other mistakes are discovered, they will be announced and rec tified immediately, County Judge Rodney. Keating said. County Treasurer Ralph Sweeney said Saturday morning that milla'ges for all school dis tricts are being refigured in an effort to remove the possibility of any other errors. 1 The mistakes are all on bond interest in the various school districts, Sweeney stated. The county court will issue orders to the treasurer's office for the refunds. The refunds will be automatic, and it will not be necessary for taxpayers to make applications for them. To Make Payments In order to receive discounts for full, three-fourths, or half payment 'of taxes in advance, it will be necessary for taxpayers in the district involved to pay taxes on the incorrect billing by Nov. 15. By doing this, they will receive a discount on the total incorrect payment. When the correction is made, the per centage on the refund will also be discounted. Those paying their full tax in advance by Nov. 15 will receive a three per cent refund on the incorrect tax, as well as on the corrected tax. The same will apply for those paying three fourths in advance, who will get a two per cent refund, and those paying one-half in advance, who will get a one per cent refund. The plans for refunding taxes in excess bf the corrected . bill ings are based on an attorney general's opinion of 1950-1952 in an eastern Oregon county, ac cording to Deputy District Attor ney Gene Piazza, who advised the county court in the matter. County officials pointed out that all books are now in the county tax department, and they must be left there until Nov. 15, the tax deadline. The books will be taken from the tax de partment as soon as possible after Nov. 15 to allow county of ficials to start checking for re funds on the corrected billines It will take about three months to complete payment of these refunds, according to away, the Oregon Independent senator looks to organized labor and working men generally for a sizeable share of his ballot-box strength and his personal at tention to redrafting the nation's labor laws cannot help but bols ter his appeal to this broad seg ment of the voting public, as well as the organized unions that can, be counted upon to lend Morse financial support in his campaign. Morse's other committee as signment by what he termed the "garbage can" method (he got the left-overs) is Senate Public Works, which it is quite possible he will care to retain because of its strategic importance in the fight over electric power policy. All legislation authorizing new river projects must pass through this committee, unless they have a reclamation angle. That meant - ---- over! ixen-Yate to u. s. greatest danger to the peoples of Europe and the whole of man kind." The West Germany army was being given ' the chance of hav ing atomic weapons among its armaments," Saburov charged. He warned that West Ger many probably would use these new powers and weapons for revenge. County Assessor R. G. Fowler. It is expected that the correction will be completed in time to al low those making payments on a quarterly basis to make their second quarter payment on the corrected billing." "These corrections will in volve a tremendous amount of work, but they will be made with .all possible dispatch with the personnel available," Fowler said. , Those taking part in the meet ing yesterday morning, in addi tion to Judge Keating, Sweeney, Fowler, and Piazza, were County Commissioners Robert Lytle and L. G. Morthland. Countv SuDer- lintendent of Schools Alf Mek void, Sheriff Howard Gault, and other representatives of the de partments involved. Morning Parade in Medford Scheduled For Veterans Day Plans for a morning parade on Veterans day Nov. 11 (formerly Armistice day) have been com pleted, according to members of the committee of the Veterans Allied council, which is spon soring the event. The parade will start at 11 a.m. and I those participating are asked to assemble on Main st. between Holly st. and Oakdale ave. at 10:30 a.m. The line of march will be east on Main st. to Bartlett st.; north on Bartlett to Sixth st., and west on Sixth to Holly, where it will disband. All veterans, civic and other organizations are invited to join in Hie march, the committee said, and to provide a marching unit with colors and as many mem bers as possible. For the first time this year the day is known as Veterans day, and instead of honoring only veterans of World War I, is, by presidential proclamation, in honor of American veterans of all wars. The day is a legal holiday, proclaimed by President Eisen hower and Mayor D. L. Flynn, and public offices will be closed. It also will be a school holiday, and the banks will be closed. The Medford Retail Merchants association Friday voted to rec ommend the closure of all stores during the morning hours, until alter the parade. Most of tnem will reopen in the afternoon. A veterans breakfast will be held at 8 a.m. that day. the various proposals for im plementing the Eisenhower ad ministration's "partners hip" power policy such as Cougar dam, John Day dam, Priest Rapids dam were sent to this unit for study. - With the extra leverage he could apply against these bills by being a committee member, Morse single-handedly blocked the Cougar "partnership" bill this year, even though Sen. Cor don was using every device at his command to get it through. In short, by retaining this seat Morse can, with the aid of its prospective Democratic chair man, Sen. Dennis Chavez (N. Mex.), virtually handcuff Secre tary of Interior Douglas McKay in efforts to promote the "part nership" scheme, which is de signed to encourage local utili Strauss Accused of Usurping Authority In Handling Pact Democratic Appointee Denounces Contract Washington (U.R) A long- smouldering backstage feud in the Atomic Energy commission over the controversial Dixon Yates power contract exploded info the open Saturday. AEC member Thomas E. Murray accused Chairman Lewis L. Strauss of usurping authority in the handling of the contract. The flare-up came when both officials appeared before the House-Senate Atomic Energy committee, which is holding public hearings on the contract. Blunt Challenges Sitting side by side at the witness table, they challenged each other's statements about the history of the contract with a bluntness that charged the air in the hearing room. Murray, the only Democratic appointee still serving on the five-member Atomic commission. denounced the Dixon-Yates con tract as a "political" affair that has diverted the attention of top AEC officials from their "urgent" business of Keeping ahead of Russia in the H-bomb race. He quoted, and directly contradicted, Strauss" statement that the contract was "in the public interest." Murray told the .committee that he did not know about ne gotiations for the contract until a month after thev hed begun. As one of the f i v e co-equal commissioners, .he unsaid, r should have been informed of what was going on. Chairman W. Sterling Cole (R-N. Y.) recessed the hearing after Murray testified,1 but Strauss rose to ask if he could be heard for five minutes. Cole called him to the witness stand. Strauss said Murray had rep resented that he first heard of the Dixon-Yates negotiations last Feb. 25 but that he "must have been aware" . of them at least as early as Jan. 28. Strauss said he based this contention on memorandum from Murray which he found in his files. Dated Jan. 28, it asked for. a chronology of "discussions with private power interests." - Murray, who had started to leave the room, returned to the witness table and sat down be side Strauss. Apparently mis understanding Strauss' point, Murray said he had corrected a phrase in his prepared testimony in which he referred to "months" instead of "a month" passing before he learned of the nego tiations. That clears it up," he said. Two Disagree It doesn't quite," rejoined Strauss, "because you knew it a month earlier, not a month later." r . , I am a member of the Atomic Energy commission," Murray began, looking hard at Strauss barely two feet away," "... a member with full authority and full access (to information). "You asi chairman took on ( yourself authority even to con sider changing o u r contracts with TVA without consulting your associates." Earlier, Strauss had promised the committee that he would call a meeting of the commission early Monday to see if he could get the contract formally exe cuted. CONGRESS ties to . develop power dams under arrangements with the government whereby Congress would put up the money for the flood control and navigation ex penses. - Morse's allies in the fight over resource policy he has been waging with the administration are currently -deployed to strategic posts on the commit tee firing line Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (D-Wash.), on Senate Appropriations Committee, which controls funds for all fed eral programs; Sen. James Mur ray (D.-Mont.), expects to take chairmanship from . Cordon of Senate. Interior Committee, which handles legislation affect ing Interior . Department activi ties; Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D Wash.), a member of that same committee.
