, A
iMarag dpi.
nn ' x no , I
DCS 7DeVx7S
Iscir4 Weed
Washington 0J.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower said today the
United States should provide
fighter escorts to protect Ameri
can military . planes on proper
missions near, risky areas.
: Mr. Eisenhower told his news
conference that he personally
. approved the stiff American pro
test to Moscow on the shooting
down of an American B29- off
Northern Japan by two Russian
fighter planes.
He said the United States be
lieves the plant; had a right to
fly in the area. . : . .
Calm Altitud Shown
Asked about fighter escorts,
Mr., Eisenhower said that when
they are necessary and when
American planes are where they
. have a right to go then we should
use fighter escorts.
- The President s v attitude on
the latest plane incident in which
10 American airmen survived
and one died was very calm.
The' President said -there- was
a dispute between .Russia and
the United States oyer the .area
where the plane was attacked.
The plane was on a mapping
mission over the northernmost
' Japanese island of Hokkaido.
The plane was near Hanasaki
peninsula. The Russians occupy
the . Hoabomai . island group
which is only three miles from
the tip of the peninsula and is in
the southern end of the Kurile
island chain.
Russia Conciliatory ,-
Mr. Eisenhower said a war-
. time agreement gave' the Kurile
islands to Russia, but did not
definitely define the Habomai
island group.
i The President also said the
general Soviet attitude on this
incident seems to be more con
ciliatory than in some other in
stances in the past He indicat
ed that the Russians may have
sent, a new note. Russia's first
note said . the B29 opened fire
first. '-x;v-Sr j V.
" Other news conference re?
marks: -Vr f--.-.-.---,
1. He said he was not going
to say that Charles E. Bohlen,
'U. S. ambassador to Moscow,
was wrong for attending a. Sov
iet reception just after he had
received , preliminary " reports
Vets' Breakfasts,
Parade, Scheduled
During
v Two breakfasts for veterans
and a parade at 11 a.m. will be
the principal observances of vet
erans day tomorrow.
The day, designated by con
gress last year in place of Armis
tice day and proclaimed as a le
gal holiday, is in honor ox vet
erans of all wars in which
America has participated.
1 The American Legion is spon
soring a breakfast at its club for
all veterans, Legionnaires or
not, from 8 to 10 ajn. The other
breakfast for veterans, at the
. Veterans of Foreign Wars club,
also will start at 8 a.m.
Most Medford merchants plan
to open their stores tomorrow,
except during the parade, which
will start at 11 and be over by
about 11:30 a.m. All federal,
state, city and county offices,
barbershops, both banks and the
schools will be closed. The Mail
Tribune will publish an early
edition. '
- Parade marchers are "asked to
assemble on Main st. between
Hollv st. and Oakdale ave. at
10:30 ajn. Participating will be
veterans organizations, Scouts
and others. The parade will go
east on Main st., north on Bart-
lett and west on Sixth to Holly,
where it will disband.
Holiday
Viet Minh Rush to Cut Off
Fleeing Religious Refugees
Saigon, Indochina 4J.R) The
Communist Viet Minh has rushr
; ed two regiments to the North
'.Viet Nam coast to cut off 20,000
"to 40,000 Catholic and Buddist
refugees seeking to flee by sea
from Communist terror,' it was
reported here today.
; The Red move was, reported
shortly after India joined Cana
da against Communist Poland in
rejecting ; Viet Minh protests
against French naval aid being
rushed to the panicky refugees
who are fleeing by sea in make
Sunday evening about the plane
incident. The President said
Bohlen got the bare news of the
incident 30 minutes before the
reception and he had to make
up his mind on the spur of the
moment. :
2. He denied reports that the
United States had ordered Gen
eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek to
bar Nationalist attacks on the
Chinese mainland. He said the
United States does not give ord
ers to its partners.
Meanwhile, military sources
indicated U. t S. reconnaissance
flights will continue. to operate
off Communist Asia's borders
end will be quick on the trig
ger if jumped again by Russian
jets. . : '.-;-.
Milk Prices Here
Generally Down
At Retail Level
. Whole milk prices at the retail
store level appeared to , have
dropped generally in Medford to
day, with wholesale reductions
by the two major dairies. Whole
milk was down by one cent and
non-fat by two cents.
Jorgensen's dairy reported
that it had dropped its whole
sale prices. Retail outlets in gen
eral were passing the reduction
on to the consumer. " ' r
John Snider of Snider's dairy
stated today that Snider's prices
"will i be consistent with the
prices of other dairies and it is
our endeavor to ma in tarn a price
structure equitable for both the
dairy farmers and consumers."
Plan Reduction ; ; ;? ' ' v
Les Gilmaa of Oilman's dairy,'
whose business is confined to
retail route sales, . announced
that his firm is working out a
scale reduction plan based on the
amount of consumption. It will
be announced within a few days.
William Auel, manager of the
Milk . Producers league, was in
Klamath Falls .today and un
available for comment.
-The Groceteria Super Food
market joined those reducing re
tail prices yesterday afternoon,
according to Manager Melvin
Hall. : :i . ' 1
Medford oateway stores re
ported this morning that there
has been no change as yet in
their milk prices.
La Grande &J.P.) The price
of milk in Union county dropped
from 22 to 21 cents a quart at re
tail outlets today.
Home delivered prices also
were reduced to 22 cents from
one to 30 quarts per month; 21
cents for 31 to 60 quarts, and 21
cents for 61 quarts and above.
Irrigation Districts
Name Hew Directors
. Leonard Freeman was elect
ed to a three-year term on the
board of directors of the Rogue
River Valley Irrigation district
in an election yesterday. In an
other election, Albert Ei Hue-
ners was named to the board of
the Medford district.
No election was necessary in
the Talent district, for the in
cumbent and nominee for re
election, Henry Owen, had no
opposition for the post.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York 01.PJ Dow-
Jones final stock averages: 30
industrials 371.88 ud 0.81: 20
railroads 124.95 up - 0.94. 15
utilities 60.31 up 0.45, and 65
stocks 136.57, up 0.64: Sales to
day .were about 3,070,000 shares,
compared with 3,240,000 shares
traded yesterday.,
shift boats. The three nations
are members of the interna
tional armistice control commis
sion overseeing ; the truce in
Indochina. Today's vote marked
the first lime India backed Can
ada . against the Communists
since the commission began its
duties. .; v
Seven French warships are
steaming to pick up natices re
ported fleeing seaward from
Communist-controlled ; North
Viet Nam in the second mass mi
gration from ' northern Indo
china.
Medford
United Prcaa Full Leased Wii - V .
49th Year
18 Pages
Work by Firemen
ited; Other
Buildings Saved
L E. Edmonds Unsure .
Of Rebuilding Plans
The L. E. Edmonds Lumber
company sawmill on the south
Pacific highway burned to the
ground last night in one of the
most spectacular blazes in s the
valley in years. .
There was no firm estimate
this morning of the amount of
damage done, but Owner L. E.
Edmonds said a "good guess"
would be somewhere between
$250,000 and $300,000. About 50
mill " employees and ; 20 men
working for the company in the
woods were thrown out of their
jobs by the fire. . . :
Spectators Attracted
The blaze, which was visible
for miles, attracted swarms of
spectators who hampered fire
men in getting to the scene of
the fire, and kept state police
and sheriffs officers busy keep
ing the traffic moving. Hundreds,
perhaps thousands, of cars con
verged on the area.
. Edmonds and cither witnesses
said the job of firefighting done
by the Medford and Central
Point Rural fire departments
was . "superb." The fire, which
was blazing throughout the en
tire mill structure when firemen
arrived, was prevented - from
spreading, and the mill's green
chain, office buildings, lumber
piles and log deck were saved.
Five Trucks Used v
Nearby Bear Creek Orchard
packing houses and warehouses
would have been threatend by
the flames if they had not been
rapidly "surrounded" by the 21
Medford. and 15 Central Point
firemen, who used five pieces of
equipment. .
The Central Point rural fire
men, all of them volunteers, re
sponded to the alarm under the
mutual aid agreement, and were
escorted through Medford by
city police. Standby protection
for, their district was provided
by the Central Point department.
Had it been necessary, Ashland
could have been called upon for
aid, also. r ' V ' .
First alarm was, given at 6:50
p.m. by a city police car driver,
who saw the glow south of town,
and within seconds after that, 15
other alarms had been called in.
Cause of the fire is unknown,
but 'Fire Chief Gordon Barker
said today that it probably was
a spark from the mill burner
which stood nearby. The wind
was in. the right direction, he
said. ; - , - . -Firemen
Delayed
Off-duty firemen who were
called to the blaze had consider
able difficulty getting there be
cause of the heavy traffic, which
also hampered the trucks arriv
ing later. Both the highway and
other roads in the area were
jammed with the cars of spectators.-
' .
Edmonds was conferring today
with an, insurance adjuster, to
prepare estimates of the loss and
to -see how much of it will be
covered by insurance. He said
he does not yet know whether
he will be able to rebuild and
resume operations. Office equip
ment, which was moved last
night to Bear Creek, was being
replaced this morning.
Building Burns
Firemen also responded to an
alarm at 2417 Springbrook rd.
at 4:48 a.m. today, where a large
chicken dressing building on the
Wayne Higginbtttham farm burn
ed to the ground. The alarm was
not given until the fire was well
advanced, firemen said. Another
building on the same foundation
burned three years ago. Cause
was thought to have been faulty
wiring.
A fire reported by James M.
Anders, 57, Quince st, at 6:20
p.m., was extinguished by An
ders before firemen arrived. It
was caused by a leak in a gas
pipe connection. Little damage,
was reported.
Salem U.R) This week
is Optimist Week in Oregon, so
designated by Gov. Paul L. Patterson.
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1954
&&-im&jL - 1 i t ,
v. Who
SPECTACULAR MILL BLAZE Shown above is the L.' E. Ed monds Lumber company mill, near Bear Creek orchards on the .
South Pacific Highway, during the early stages of the fire which last evening burned the mill to the ground.' The millpond is
in the foreground, and to the right are lumber piles and other buildings which were saved by firemen of the Central Point -and
Medford fire departaent. - :. ; , .: ' . ' - (Brainerd photo)
FIREMAN BATTLES' BLAZE A fireman' in the foreground is
shown fighting the fire which last night destroyed the Edmonds
sawmill. The fire in the picture above is, in .the later stages, after
firemen succeeded in saving nearby buildings and lumber piles,
and .concentrated .in putting, out the mill blaze, 'Central Point
and Medford firemen drew high praise for their work, although
some were delayed in their arrival on the scene by heavy, traffic ;
caused by spectators." ; ' S ' v " -r- (Brainerd photo) ,,v
Two
Crash Near
Two women ' were fatally in
jured in a twonar collision on
Highway 99 about seven miles
south of Ashland at about 10:20
p.m. , yesterday; ;. '
The dead are Mrs. ; Ardith Off
ill, 42, of 1246 Northeast Sev
enth st., Grants Pass, wife of one
of the drivers, and; Anna Kath
erine Person, 44, of . 54 West
bound st., Astoria, a passenger in
the other car..;
Lights Went Out -
- The. investigating state police
officer said that a coach driven
by , John . Vincent McKivergan,
46, of the same Astoria address,
was driving south towing a two
wheel trailer when it passed a
truck and trailer.; As it did so,
the driver apparently blinked
his - lights. He either left .them
off or they went out,, witnesses
said.- ' ." . ;
While he was in the passing
lane, the - other . car, a station
wagon driven by- Glen Mason
Offill, 47, of the Grants Pass
address, came from the other di
rection, and the two cars crashed
headon. . " ,
Taken To Hospital
Those involved were" taken to
Ashland General .'hospital. -In
jured were Offill who suffered
a broken jaw and left arm, lost
a number of teeth, and had bad
cuts and gruises; McKivergan,
who had bad bruises on his legs,
loosened - teeth, and cuts, and
two passengers in the Offill car,
Barbara Helen Offill, 17, bad
bruises, and Roberta' Singer,. 28,
of 1869 East N. st., Grants Pass,
CANVASS DUE FRIDAY :.
: County Clerk Bereth Hopkins
reported today that the official
canvass of Jackson county's Vote
should be completed by Friday.
Deputy clerks are working now
to speed, up the counting in an
effort to obtain the official count
as soon as, possible. V, -
Wome
Catted
- ?
;0
n
in
Ash la nd
who suffered bad cuts and bruis
es! OffiU's - condition was de
scribed as criticaL r
Litwiller and Perl ambulances
were called; and are handling
arrangements for shipping of the
bodies . of the dead women - to
their' home communities. .
er Picks Up
in
Portland 0J.R)-Official elec
tion counts from Multnomah
county today ''gave - Democrat
Richard L. Neuberger a gain of
210 votes" over :Republican Guy
Cordon in last week's senatorial
election.' - i ' ' - - - , ,
The official county gave Neu
berger 107,672 votes !- to 90,884
for ; Cordon. This was 13 more
for Cordon ' and 223 more' for
Neuberger than the unofficial
tally. - sh
: The ' official count ; ; for - MrsJ
Edith Green, -Democrat elected
to the House of Representatives,
was 103,976, compared to 94,368
for Tom Lawson McCalL' '.
Si ate Completes Case
In Trial for Assault .
.The -state this morning rested
its case in- the trial- of Jesse
Floyd Dressier, 52, route 2, box
465, on a charge of assault with
a dangerous weapon. : .. A?-J
- Members .of the: neighboring
Nate Smith' family .appeared as
state's witnesses this morning.
Mrs. Smith signed the "original
complaint against Dressier.. The
defense began its case late this '
morning, and Dressier -was on
theJstand at the noon recess.. ;
Portland. (U.FD The board
of directors of the Press Club of
Oregon has announced .suspen
sion of operations of the club at
its present" location.'
A :
O' ' i ,
. RIBUNE
Press Tull UmatA Wire
Price 5c No. 201
' -r
Postal Pay
ers
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington Federal em
ployee and postal worker rep
resentatives are revising their
strategy for making another
driye on Capitol Hill for a pay
raise during the forthcoming
84th Congress. . ; 1
The outlook Is . regarded as
anything but clear, as they sur
vey, the results of the Nov: 2
election. ":':t;-'--:
: The pay raise legislation that
won shouting ' approval in the
last hours of the 83rd Congress
was killed by a pocket veto ad
ministered by President Eisen
hower. Since the lawmakers had
adjourned for the year, they had
no opportunity to attempt to
muster the . twoi-thirds vote by
which a veto 'can be overridden.
: . Here are factors that loom
largest ' in the outlook for pay
bills: - ; l" :; -
There js expected : to be
heavy turnover in the member
ship of both House and ' Senate
Civil Service committees, .for
generally speaking this is an as
signment of lesser rank which
usually goes to newcomers to
Congress. When openings occur
on other committees of higher
rank, they, usually seek a trans
fer.. The makeup of the new com
mittees and the attitudes of the
new members could largely de
termine the chances of positive
action on bills to increase wages
and classified - and postal em
ployees. ' i 1 . '
: 2. While the rank and file
membership is still in doubt, the
new House chairman is expected
to be Rep. Tom Murray (D-Tenn),
of whom one . authoritative ob
served said: 'He won't be in a
hurry to have the committee act
on a pay t raise bill ..for. either
postal or classified "employees."
Murray supported the - 5 per
cent pay boost proposal in the
last session on the basis of his
belief that it was justified by liv
ing cost increases since the last
pay raise of 1951. But he is also
firm in agreement with the Eis
enhower administration in think
ing that postal rates should be
jacked up to offset the increased
cost of salary rates in the postal
service.. Failure of Congress to
increase postal rates was one of
the reasons cited by the Presi
dent for his recent Veto. "
"- 3. If the price of approval of a
pay boost is to raise the charge
for postage stamps from S cents
to 4 cents tat, first class and
from 6 cents to 7 cents for air
mail, as has been suggested,' no
one knows what to expect from
the 84th Congress! : i ,:
Politically speaking, this kind
of package isn't very attractive
to most members ; of : Congress
who don't have a large govern
ment installation in their areas,
for. while satisfying a relatively
small number of . constituents
with the pay raise-they would
be voting for higher postal rates '
SuDDorf
-
Cambai
Weather
FORECAST: Thickening clouds -
thii evening with occasional
, light rain beginning about
midnight. Shower Thursdays
Warmer tonight. Low tonight
42. High Thursday 44.
Temp. -
Highest Yesterday . 58 .
Lowest this Horning 27
Prec. to 4:3i un. Today, Trace
DLL
Raise
that would hit everybody .who
uses the mails. The House turn
ed down such a package this
past session - before - approving
the separate pay bilL
; 4. The legislator who had been
counted on by employee groups
to carry the fight for. the pay
raise, .v Rep. Harold Hagen (R.
Minn.) was defeated for reelec
tion. He was the second ranking
.Republican on the committee.
Medical Plan Readied .
i . Among ' the other legislative
proposals expected., to. come up
during the next Congress, a hos-pitalization-medical
plan for fed
eral workers is being readied by
the administration to send . to the
Hill. It is expected to follow the
pattern of the low-cost life in
surance program wmcn was
started this fall for government
employees. v :'
Also ' retirement'. legislation
that died In the 83rd Congress
is in f orurther study, now that
a special administration commu
te : has completed a review- of
this problem. . That committee
has recommended in effect that
the civil service' retirement sys
tem be coordinated 'with the so
cial security old-age and survi
vors insurance. The administra
tion hasn't deckled yet whether
to go for this or not.
France,; Russia Sign
ilew Commercial Pad
Paris (U.R)' Frsnpp tririav
signed a new commercial tmitv
with Russia, designed" to in
crease trade .between the two
countries. ., -
The agreement provides for
some. - $154,000,000- worth of
trade in shins, railway eauin-
ment, caviar and other items be
tween Russia and France up to
the end of 1955. - ;
French and Soviet reoresenta-
tives sisned the trade nart st
the Quai d'Orsay. . : . - ;
; France will export some 26,
000.000.000 k francs - worth of
ships, railway equipment, metal
products and textiles to Russia.
' In exchanse. Russia will ex-
port to France such products as
caviar, rurs, canned crab and
salmon in the value -of some
28,000,000.000 francs ($80,000,-
000,000).
The 18-month agreement re
places a previous pact that ex-
r V " "
Rifle of Missing
Coos Bay Youth Found
H Coos Bay U.R) A'search
party yesterday found a 3.2 cal
iber, rifle belonging to 13-year-old
Robert Crothers of Coos Bay
who has been missing on the
Oregon coast since Monday.
The Coast Guard said the wea
pon was found in mud about 30
feet from a trail leading down
the face of a cliff to the beach at
small cove north of Shore-
acres. -.., ' ' :
Revising
Strategy
Failure To Uphold
Oath Charged To
WatkinsSaid Guilty
Of Misstating Facts '
Washington :flJ.R) : Sea.' '
Arthur V. Watklns (R-Utah), ac
cused Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy
today of failing to uphold his
oath of office. '. - . -
The Wisconsin Republican ac
cused Watkins of "misstating
facts."
Thus began, in anger and heat,'
the Senate's historic debate of.
a resolution to censure McCarthy
on two counts, contempt of a -
Senate subcommittee and abuse
of an. Army general.
Watkins, chairman of a special
six-man committee wlncn
unanimously recommended that
the Senate reprimand McCarthy,
had introduced the formal reso
lution of censure yesterday. Mc- .
Carthy had released m advance
of delivery a speech accusing the
committee of making -itself the
unwitting handmaiden ' of the .
Communist party.
Yields' For Question'
Today Watkins, in a prepared
speech, said the committee would .
leave it up to the Senate whether
to accept its recommendations.
But he said the committee's find
ings .were based "for the most -part
upon uncontroverted evi-
dence. - -
V At the end of his speech, Wat
kins yielded - for a McCarthy
question and the battle was on.
McCarthy hammered away at
Watkins conduct - of the hear
ings frdm which came the cen
sure recommendations.' He con
centrated at; the outset bn the
Watkins committee's criticism of
his conduct toward a, 1951-52
Senate Elections Subcommittee
headed by Sen. Guy M. Gillette
(D-Iowa), which investigated Me-
Carthy's finances. .
Watkins Flares Up :
Watkins told . McCarthy the
Censure Committee felt he
"should have cooperated" -with .;
the Gillette group and "that you
could not fulfill your oath to de
fend the Constitution by damn
ing the Gillettee committee from
the.y.ery.first;day.?Au'ISS' Vr;
The J usually calm Watkins'
flared up at one point when Mc
Carthy referred to aides of the
Censure Committee as "prose
cuting attorneys.'
"Just a minute, Sir, snapped
Watkins. "I yielded for a ques
tion. I did not yield for you to
abuse the committee staff who
cannot reply.". . :
Sen. Herman Welker. (R-Ida.)f
one of McCarthy's backers, broke
in to ask Watkins if he thought
the people of Wisconsin did not
know McCarthy's record when
they reelected him in 1952.; :
Questions Impartiality
' .Watkins said,-'The people of
Wisconsin apparently didn't have -all
the facts." v u
McCarthy7 questioned the im
partiality of two members of the
Censure Committee, Watkins and
Sam J. Ervin Jr., CD-N.C). ; -
He charged that Watkins, after
shaking Jiands with him early
this year, told a newspaper col
umnist afterwards he hoped pho
tographers had not taken a pic
ture of the Incident because "I'd
never be able to) explain it to
newspapers in my state." ;
McCarthy identified the col
umnist as Cbnstantine Brown of
the Washington Star. He said the -handshaking
occurred in a Sen
ate corridor during the Army-:
McCarthy hearings.
Says Committee Fair: V ;
f'l don't recall any such inci
dent iiJ. any statement of that
kind," Watkins said. A moment
later he flatly denied that he
had made such a statement to
Brown.: -- f - ;:. :v ;-
Watkins told McCarthy that
despite all . your charges" he
had never served with a com
mittee that had been "more
fair" than the one that recom
mended his censure.
President To Dedicate
Additions at Museum
Washington U.R) Presi
dent and Mrs. Eisenhower made
a pilgrimage today to the chief
executive's boyhood home at
Abilene, Kan.
At Abilene, the President will
dedicate new additions' to a mu
seum housing trophies and sou
venirs of his military and polit
ical career. , - -
Grange Master Asks
Price Reendorsement
Spokane, Wash (U.R) Na
tional Grange Master Herschel -D.
Newsom today asked his or
ganization to reendorse its two-
price plan for wheat and said
any "flexing" downward . ia
prices "is unacceptable to us.'
Stonrffll
l mu ifeir I
iieipliie
ITU