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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
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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.