Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 08, 1954, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text$mmm f lite '' : Mr MM 1 ' ...... ) - ----- ' V - . -. V .... - Medfor United Pren Full Leased Wir 49th Year 14 Pages ' - Soviet MIGs Down - , ' .-. . American B29 Over nese One Airman Killed; 10 Parachute To Safety Tokyo U.R) -The pilot of an American B29 plane, shot down by Soviet MIG fighters yesterday with the loss of one life, today ' was criticized by his command ing officer for not ordering his crew to return the Red fire. . In Washington, the Air Force identified the officer who lost his life as 2nd Lt. Sigfredo An- eulo, Los Angeles. Col. Albert Welch, Dalton City, 111., said the : Americans were under orders to "fire jf fired upon." He said "there must have been some misunderstand ing" and predicted a "different reaction" if the Russians repeat their offense. Captain's Reason Capt. Anthony F. Feith, Ches ter, Pa., told a press conference he withheld fire, .. "because I thought we might be able to finish" the plane's photo-recon-naissance mission. : "We (Welch and Feith) are going to have a talk," his com manding officer commented. Feith and his 10-man crew were on their first aerial map ping mission over northern" Ja pan when two Russian MIGs came out of the sun and sent the four-engine plane.downa,,.in flames. . :;'t "-".;' '. ' 7'r-'-. 10 Parachute Safely y ; Ten of the 11 crewmen aboard parachuted to safety. The lone casualty was the 36th American to die in unpro voked MIG attacks over north ern Japan in the past three years; Eight other lives were lost at almost the same spot in October, Ji1952, when.: Russian MIGs shot down another B29. Gen. John E. Hull, supreme American commander in the Far East, denounced Sunday's - MIG attack. Over Free Territory V f "Any claim by the Soviet at tackers that the plane was over what they consider their terri tory is completely negated by the fall of the plane and of the survivors who parachuted from it on Hokkaido soil," Hull said. The attack occurred ' shortly before Soviet Premier Georgi M Molotov, at a lavish reception for foreign diplomats in Moscow, spoke of peace and . of friend- . ship with the United States. , 5 Feith said he was "certain1 the MIGs flew into Japanese ter ritory to attack his plane. Copilot 1st Lt. David N. Oli ver, Corvallis, Ore., backed up Feith's statement He said at one time the MIGs were 15 miles from theif own territory. Radar trackings confirmed their Japa Territory f: charges. Airman "Lost Head' " Airman Second Class Walter K. Lentz, of New York City, first man to spot the MIGs, said he "lost" his head when the MIGs - opened fire without warning. "They were pulling up in an inverted dive," Lentz told news men. "They slid, under the plane and came back.' I saw the first I Ice Warned To Quiet Nixon To Get Demo Cooperation Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower has been told that the new Democratic Congress May not cooperate if Vice-President Richard M. Nixon doesn't stop claiming Democrats are soft on Communism. Democratic National Chairman Stephen A. Mitchell warned the President to halt the vice-president's "slanderous activities" if the administration wants good relations with the - Democratic majorities in the Senate ' and House come January. Apology Urged ' Mitchell Sunday night sharply attacked Nixon's "villifying" of Democrats during the recent elec tion campaign. He urged the vice-president to "retract and apologize" . for "this -damnable business" of calling Democrats "traitors." v But Republican National Chairman Leonard Hall immed MEDFORD, OkcGON, MONDAY,. NOVEMBER 8, 1954 . . . ; . . . IKE SAYS PEACE CHANCES GOOD United States Asks Soviet Reparation For Downing Plane Washington U.R) The United States today demanded that the Soviet Union "make all such moral and materal reparations" in its power for the shooting down of an American B29 bomber over Japan by two Soviet fighters ' In a brief protest note delivered in Moscow by U.S. Ambassa dor Charles E. Bohlen, the United States said the attack occurred over "Japanese territory in the Hokkaido area." "The U.S. government strongly protests this action," the note said. "It will expect the Soviet government to make all such moral and material reparations as lies within its power." ' State Department spokesman Henry Suydam said the language of the note meant the United States intends to file "a full and complete claim" against the Soviet Union ror the action. Suydam said further investigation will be required before such a claim can be made. Further Communication With Russia Promised Ten of the 11 crew members of the B29 . bomber parachuted to safety, but the 11th died. The plane went down in flames after being shot up while on a routine aerial ' mapping flight. - The U. S. note said, "The U. S. Government will communi cate further with the Soviet gov ernment when the facts regard ing human and material losses Moscow U.R) Soviet Rus sia today charged that the American plane shot down by Russian MIG fighters yesterday-5 had ; violated ' Soviet 'air r space. ' : Tht charge was contained in a protest note to the Uni ted States. are more fully known." In past similar cases, the United States has followed the practice of firing a brief initial protest to Russia and following it up with a more detailed pro test asking damages. Suydam said the phrase "mor al reparations can be taken to mean an apology," and disci plinary action against responsi ble members of the Sovief air force. Several members of Congress took a very serious view of the latest 'incident. Senate Republi can Leader William F. Know land urged drastic action to pre vent "hot trigger" Russian pilots from shooting more American planes from the skies. ; (See Story on Page 14) yellow' burst and then I lost my head and screamed, They're fir ing.'' " .Vi-.- Lentz switched his 50-caliber machine guns into firing posi tion and then waited for Feith's order to return the fire. But Feith said he did not or der his crew to fire because "we didn't complete our mission and someone was going to have to get those pictures. We thought that we might be able to finish the run." " Salem (U.R) More than 100 hospital administrators and executives are here for. a meet ing of the Oregon Association of Hospitals. ' iately challenged Mitchell to "name the time, place and cir cumstance" of any villification by Nixon. Hall insisted Nixon, in the campaign only "correctly sought to inform the American people concerning the vital issue of internal security and the re lentless threat of Communist in filtration and subversion.'' While House Sends Feelers president Jcjsennower mean while was reported pouring oil on the troubled waters. It; was learned the White House already has sent out "peace feelers" to get the views of Democratic con gressional leaders on what form the President's "consultations" with them should take. -- The harmony moves were made quietly through key ' Re publicans shortly after Mr. Eis enhower invited congressional leaders of both parties to a White House conference on foreign af fairs Nov. 17. &Tribune United ', . Rogue River City Officials Named In $10,500 Suit A civil damage suit seeking $10,500 and costs has been filed in circuit court against nine Rogue River city officials by Edwin Friedenthal of . Rogue River, according to court rec ords.';,' - - , , Mayor Named -V; VHV''. Named - as'7 -defendants :: are' Mayor Fred Dengler, Police Chief William J. Peters, Police Judge Raymond Greenhill, and wounciimen Harold Sanders, C. B. Willoughby, V. Raymond Fauley, Al O. Babcock, Agnes Magerle and Philip B. Engle. The complaint alleges that the defendants ,. acted "maliciously and without probable cause" when an action , was taken against the plaintiff for violation of the city's outdoor toilet ordi nance on Nov. 4, 1953 which was subsequently dismissed on Dec. 11 of the same year. Says Reputation Hurt Friedenthal contended in the complaint that he was prevented from attending to his employ ment and incurred legal expense of $500 and had his reputation "injured." " ; . The ordinance involved out laws all " "outhouses" and the city council had announced their intentions of enforcement in May, 1953. One other person was ordered into court on the same charge and he pleaded guilty to the offense. City offi cials said today that the city will obtain the services of a private attorney in the case. Friedenthal is represented by Attorney Elbert L. Mikesell, Grants Pass. - : L Case Shown Winner In Official Returns Newark, N.J. U.R Republi can Clifford P. Case was elect ed to the U.S. Senate from New Jersey , in last Tuesday's disput ed election, complete official re turns showed today. , Case's pularality on the basis of returns submitted for certifi cation from the 21 counties was 3502 over his Democratic oppo nent, Rep. Charles R. Howell. The complete vote was 861,583 for Case and 858,081 for HowelL Work Scheduled on Annex Third Floor Steel work on the third floor and roof of the new courthouse annex is expected to begin on Thursday, according to the con struction foreman. Steel for the sections s now on hand, but obtaining a high enough crane is now holding up the job. A crew from Portland will do the installing from the Portland Wire and Iron com pany, a sub-contractor. H. G. Carl ' Construction company, Salem, is general contractor -After this is done, wall and floor work will be completed. , Portland 4- U.R) Some 700 delegates from 17 Western states are here for the 23rd annual convention of the National Rec lamation association. "i "" Pre Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 199 Chief Executive Sees Opportunity As Best in Years Talk Acknowledges Shooting of Plane ? Boston (U.R) President Eisenhower said today that the chances for permanent peace were "more promising than at any time in recent years" despite Rusisan provocation such as the shooting down yesterday of an American bomber off Japan. ,: This was the first public acknowledgement by the Presi dent of the incident in which two Russian MIG fighters shot down an American B29 photo mapping plane off Northern Japan. J The President's prepared text, for delivery in Symphony Hall here before the National Coun cil of Catholic Women, was com pleted before the rjlane incident Less Danger of War As he delivered the address, however, Mr. Eisenhower in terpolated a reference to the newest source of tension be tween this country and the So viet Union. - '..' ;, "Despite. 1 such . instances ,of provocation as 'occurred yester day off the coast of Japan," he said, "all : of us are profoundly thankful that the terrible spec ter of war looms less threaten ingly over mankind." The, chief executive said he belicved-American parents were grateful for, the end of blood shed in Korea ,, and . Southeast Asia, the repulse of Communism in Guatemala, easing of tensions in Iran, Suez and Trieste and the promise of new and strong understanding with Western Eu rope and the Pacific nations. , Armistice Conceded Uneasy He conceded that the present global armistice was "uneasy" but he said that the translation of ihe armistice into honorable peace 'must ever be the over riding ' goal of our foreign policy." "Without exciting fears or false hopes," he said, "without magnifying difficulties of dwell ing upon the mistakes of the past, we " must squarely --face, every obstacle. ' and attempt to overcome it with patience, with confidence in the common yearn ings of the people of the world." Aide To McCarthy In Money Probe Told '. t Washington U.R) Harvey Matusow, former aide ; to Sen. Joseph R .McCarthy, said in an interview last night with col umnist Drew Pearson that he once spirited his former wife out of the country so she could not testify regarding McCarthy's fi nances in 1952. Matusow is a former FBI un dercover informant in the Com munist party.- , He said he took the woman, Mrs. Arvilla Bentley, to Nassau because McCarthy wanted her. out of the country while his fi nances were under investigation before a Senate Elections sub committee. ... - . McCarthy declined to com ment in any way on Matusow's statement. Three Arrested 6n Liquor Violations 1 -Two minors and a 21-year-old man were arrested by Medford police and an . Oregon Liquor Control, commisison representa tive Saturday night at the Rogue Valley ballroom on charges of violation of liquor laws. Bobby Wayne Edwards, 21, Grants Pass, was charged with purchasing and giving beer to minors and was released on $50 bail from the county jail. The minors,' 15 and 17 years, were charged with illegal, possession of intoxicating liquor and re leased to their parents.' : The three are to appear in dis trict court at 10 ajn. tomorrow. ymoire Weather FORECAST: Cloudy and windy tonight with occasional light - rain in valleys. Light to mod erate rain in mountains turn ing to snow above 5.000 feet. 'Tuesday occasional sunshine between showers. Low tonight : 48. High Tuesday 58. Highest Yesterday . i..66 Lowest this Morning 6 Supreme Court To Settle Arguments To Be i Scheduled Soon Washington U.R) The Su preme Court today agreed to set tie a dispute between the state of Oregon and the federal gov ernment over construction of a dam at the Pelton site on the Deschutes river in . Jefferson county, Ore. - '.' - . . ... : A lower court has upheld Ore gon's objections to the project. The Supreme Court will soon schedule arguments on the case and later hand down an opinion. License Protested The Federal , Power Commis sion in 1951 granted a license to the Portland General Electric Company to build a 205-foot high hydro-electric .dam on the non navigable stream at a site owned by the government. , However, Oregon protested the project would seriously cur tail the region's fish supply by preventing salmon and steelhead trout from going upstream, to spawning grounds. : The U. S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals last February upheld the state, ruling, that ownership of the site did not give the gov ernment power to use the river's waters "contrary to the Oregon State law." Based on Land Act The court based part of its decision on the Desert Land Act of 1877 which gave the states power over non - navigable streams ; and rivers flowing through arid or semi-arid federally-owned land. - . The government contended construction of the dam would help alleviate the power short age in the Northwest and that the project included facilities for le conservation- and. ."possible enhancement"- . of the stream's fish resources. Investigate Four Small Thefts Four small thefts were re ported to city police over, the weekend. , The largest involved about $80 worth of items and currency from the room of ' Theodore Frank Wallace, Allen hotel, some time "last night. Included wej-e a .22 caliber pistol, box of shells, pair of boots and $7 in currency, police said. - Roy Albert Brown, Fort Dick, Calif., told police , that a $40 compass and $4 hunting knife were taken from his car while parked on Bartlett st. last night. A package containing two wool sweaters valued at $17 was reported missing from the coun ter at Mann's, 14 North Central ave. It belonged to Inez Lanora Thorndike, 55 South Berkeley Way. -:v;v , Alden A. Marrs, 420 Park st., told police that a $30 coat was taken from his parked car on Edwards st. last night. Morse, Rayburo See oration I New York U.R) Rep. Sam Rayburn (D-Tex.) who will be come speaker of the House in January, said yesterday the Dem ocrats will conduct "some in vestigations" but will try to co operate with President Eisen hower. ' '.-;-;.;..: ":. J Rayburn said the investiga tions would include "Nixon-Dix-on-Yates" power contract. Sen. Wayne Morse (Ind.-Ore.), also said he was convinced Pres ident Eisenhower would receive "complete cooperation" from a majority of the Senate members "on any program he can demon strate is in the public interest." 'V- - ' - r , s. Youth Pleads Innocent To Murdering Girl, 15 Dedham, Mass. (U.R) A gangling teen-age boy pleaded in nocent today to charges of mur dering a former girl friend whose nude body was found last week. ? - Pete Makarewicz, 15, appeared outwardly calm at his arraign ment .in" the' murder of pretty Geraldine -; Annese who was strangled Thursday night. : , The' spindly altar boy was or dered held without bail and his case was continued a week by District Judge Gilbert W. Fox. Peter, a ninth grade student, is accused of killing his 15-year-old former girl friend in a fit of passion. Her body, clad only in socks and loafers, was found in a neighbor'! garage , . - Agrees Dispute XL iiv LENGTHY DEBATE is aticipated as Senate convenes to consider report of committee which recommended censure of Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (right). Sen. Ralph Flanders (left), Vermont Rer publican, started proceedings with demand in Senate for action against Wisconsin solon on variety of charges. - (International) Dixon-Yates Left Unsigned Two-Hour' , Washington (U.R) The Atomic Energy Commission met for two hours todav to discuss signing the .Dixon-Yates power contract but the secret meeting ended wih the controversial pact still unsigned. . . Egdar H. Dixon anc Eugene A. Yates, -utility executives who represent the private power com bine involved in the contract, told a reporter after the meeting that the contract had not been signed. -, AEC , Chairman Lewis v L. Strauss, who called the meeting in the announced hope of t get ting the contract finally execut ed, refused to tell reporters what took place behind the closed doors of the meeting room. : Strauss said he would have nothing to say until he had re ported to the Joint Congression al Atomic Energy Committee later today. It was at the com mittee's urging that he tried to get the contract signed today. :.VTbexewjU'-TrsDeca'tlQnr.tiiat Straus-nao: -oeettTmanie to mus ter immediately a majority of the five-member . commission to authorize signature of the con tract. Commissioner Thomas E, Murry criticized it ' Saturday in testimony before the atomic com mittee as a "political" affair that No More Mistakes in As of this morning, no more millage rate mistakes have been discovered in , Jackson county school district assessments, al though a check of all districts is now being made by county of ficials, according to County Judge J. Rodney Keating. ? - Taxpayers in. four school dis tricts will have refunds coming as a result of the errors for, Oak Grove, Shady Cove, Jacksonville and Talent school districts The . mistakes involve comput ing the bond interest" for the dis tricts. Refunding in the involved districts will be automatic and no application is necessary. How ever, taxpayers wishing to ob tain discounts by . the Nov. 15 deadline must pay the incorrect billings, subject to the subse quent refund. ;'- ; i' DOW-JONES AVERAGE. New York U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 369.46 up 3.46; 20 rail roads 424.15 up 2.56; 15 utilities 59.76 up 0.41," and 65 ; stocks 135.61 up 1.62. Sales today were about 3,180,000 shares, compared with 2,950,000 shares traded Friday. . .. ? -v :;':. SalemU.R) Walter Norblad of Stayton spent $750 in his suc cessful campaign for - reelection as congressman from the 1st dis district. He is a Republican. Millages Cohd ition of Eiig I ish Girl I Mother Arrives; Friendship Jean Thompson, ; 22-year-old English girl who became serious ly ill shortly . after arriving in the Rogue valley for a visit with her sister, received good news twice. Saturday. J .i; ' First, was ' the arrival of her mother by" plane , from Hanley, England, Saturday morning. Sec end, a fever which had plagued Miss Thompson for several days broke, and her. temperature be came normal, -y-1 : r -Miss Thompson became criti calyl ill about two weeks ago, just two weeks after she had ar rived from England for a long planned-for visit with her sister, Mrs. Harold Boss,' Hartley lane, and her family. . Mrs. Ross reported this morn Conference had diverted AEC attention from the primary attack cf building atomic weapons. ; ; Tentatively Approved .;; The AEC tentatively "approv ed" the contract last month at a meeting attended only by Strauss, Murray and Commis sioner Joseph Campbell. Strauss and Campbell voted for it, and Murray abstained. Newly ap pointed : commissioners Dr. W. F. Libby and John Von Neu mann had never- taken a public stand on the contract Three Forest Fires Reported in County State forest patrolmen report ed three wind-whiped blazes last night and this morning, two in the Emigrant lake vicinity and one in the Little . Butte creek area. ; v-.-hrk'; ;' ; t Loggers with tread tractor and pumper equipment, and two patrolmen were still on a blaze in felled and bucked timber of the Skeeters logging operation on Little Butte creek this morn ing. The fire was reported early today and reportedly covered several acres. - Exact size was not learned.- Patrolmen said that the blaze had "escaped" from a Skeeters slashing fire., ; . One fire in the Emigrant lake area last night spread oyer, six or seven acres and the cause had not yet been determined. The other in the same general area was smaller but its exact size had not been reported. . District Warden Ted Maul of the state forestry department said that the problem of fire is "still a very dangerous situation espe cially in the Cascades." He said that the weather bureau reports that the current storm conditions are not going to give us any thing in this area." Mundroff To Hear Trial of Dressier A circuit court trial involving a grand jury indictment of as sault with a dangerous weapon against Jesse Floyd Dressier, 52, route 2 box 465, has been set tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock, according to Judge H. K. Hanna. "'.'V "--'v- ' Judge Lowell Mundorff, Port land, will preside during the case as both circuit judges in this district have disqualified them selves to hear the case. Mundorff will hear both civil and criminal cases here for' the ; next two weeks. - - . Dressier pleaded innocent to the indictment on. Oct. 22. Wil liam Kellington was appointed defense counsel. The defendant is now out on $2,500 bail.' , ing that Miss Thompson may be released from the hospital to day. " .r:-Jyr-:i- : ,;,,:'-,' I A Friendship fund has been started in Ashland to help ease the financial burden which the young English woman faces. Sat urday the . contributions, had reached $297, and " Mrs.' Ross said today that at least $100 has been donated since that time. The Ashland Daily Tidings has been designated as a receiving office for contributions which1 are arriving there both by mail and personal calls. The Ashland First National bank has charge of the funds and disbursements which are to go for nursing and hospital care. - ? ' - 1 The total cost for nursing and hospital ; care will reach about McCarthy Objects To Making Changes In Censure Report : Senate: Recessed ' ; . ; Until Tomorrow Washington (U.R) Sen. . Joseph R. McCarthy plunged the Senate into bitter debate today at the very outset , of its special session to act on censure charges against hira. . What had-been billed as a brief, routine opening session turned into -a stormy quarrel when McCarthy challenged ef- forts by Sen. Arthur V. Watkins (R-Utah) to file a .''corrected" . copy of the censure report. The unanimous report by. a six-man committee headed by Watkiris recommended, that Mc- - Car thy be formally rebuked on two counts. : McCarthy N objected that it . would be "completely unfair", to . allow the Watkins committee to make last 4 minute . changes in what he called - its . 'imbecilic" report. . ;' . -; '.::-'.' ':"? ; Peace Restored - 4 : ' - Watkins snapped ; back that . the changes were all minor, and mainly ; involved corrections of w typographical errors and the deletion of four or five lines containing an ."obvious error.'' The - give : and take between McCarthy and Watkins, . with other senators coming in from time to time, ended only when the Senate unanimously adopted a motion by Sen. Homer E. Cape hart (R-Ind.) to have copies of the revised report printed in a form that would clearly show -where changes had been made from the original version. Wat-, kins said he strongly favored this procedure. : After the report was f iled, the hotly disputed change was" re vealed to concern only, the Cen- , sure Committee's interpretation cf a Senate rule, and McCarthy called it "minor." Senate Republican Leader Wil liam F. Knowland of California, who had hoped when the; ses sion began at noon that it would last only a few minutes; finally recessed the Senate at 1:20 p.m. (EST) until 10 a.nv tomorrow. Dailv Worker Stories The . McCarthy forces . placed on each senator's desk before the session a stack of editorials and : news stories photostated from the . Communist Daily Worker. The top sheet, printed on pink paper, carried, a big Daily Worker headline, ,?Throw The Bum Out." . . McCarthy, who has conceded in advance that he will be cen-; sured,, told the Senate he had prepared his defense on the basis . of the committee's original re port, and "I think it would be highly improper to change the report at. this time.' . " Victim of Accident In Fair Condition Charles Henry Blackshear, 29, Bend, an Oregon state highway , worker, whose legs were ampu tated as the result of an auto mobile accident Friday on North . Pacific highway, is still reported in "fair" condition at Communi ty hospital. He was taken there by ambulance immediately after the accident, accompanied by his father, Ernest Blackshear, who was working on the same job. ' Mrs, Blackshear arrived last . week end from Bend. ' The truck on which young Blackshear was working was struck by a car driven by James Norbert Frank, 18, Coquille, " who was accompanied by Daniel Eugene Schneider, 17, also of ' , Coquille. Both are students at Oregon Technicarinstitute. They were reieasea bauuraay : aner being hospitalized at Community ' hospital over night for treatment of facial lacerations. - - Young Blackshear was spread ing liquid asphaltic material on the "highway to prepare it for x seal coating. He was sitting on . , the rear of the truck, with his legs hanging over the rear, when - the collision occurred. ' m proves as Fund .Grows .tl .1000. it is now estimated. ' The visit of Mrs,. Thompson in this country is a reunion not only with her daughter, Mrs. Harold Ross, and her husband, but with . the Rosses' 9-year-old daughter, Annette, who was born in Eng land. Mrs. Thompson had not seen ' her granddaughter since the child was three months old. The Rosses were - married in England while Ross was serving there with the Air Force. Mrs Thompson also is seeing for the : first - time ' the r Rosses' ' other -daughter, Sharon, 5, and their son. Rusty, 1L .v The ill girl will stay at the Ross home during her convales cence.' She and her mother will ; stay here until after Christmas, according to the present plan."-: