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In Tachen Defense Untold
Washington (U.R) Secretary
of State John Foster Dull?s said
today that any moves by Red
China to carry out its professed
i . a t-r
t aienuon to . conquer r ormosa
would involve hostilities with
the United States.
Dulles also told a news con
ference that the Tachen Islands,
where Chinese Reds sank a Na
tionalist China destroyer escort,
conceivably could be involved
Southern Pacific
Engineers Vote To
Authorize Strike
" San Francisco l!.R) Locomo
tive engineers on the Southern
Pacific . Railroad have voted
overwhelmingly to authorize a
strike in support of their de
mands for changes in 27 work
ing rules. '
The Brotherhood of Locomo
tive Engineers announced in
Cleveland last night that 2800
engineers of the SP have voted
97 per cent in favor of the walk--out.
No strike date has been set.
" Among the points affected by
n SP strike would be El Paso,
Tex.; Tucumcari, N.M.; Ogden,
' Utah; Portland, Ore.; San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles.
: A Southern Pacific spokes
man said the strike vote was
merely a "preliminary step" re
. quired by the Railway Labor
Act before mediation. " V "
The spokesman said the Fed
eral Mediation Board in Wash
ington, D.C., has docketed the
matter, but so far has not as
signed a mediator.
Before a strike can take place,
the dispute must go through
three phases: mediation, an offer
to arbitrate and a final 30-day
cooling off period.
-The SP spokesman said the
rules dispute was "similar in
some respects'' to that which has
tied up Northwestern Pacific?,
but was much more extensive in
the case of Southern Pacific.
Solid Front Seen
Against Red Proposal
Washington U.R) -r Ameri
can officials today predicted a
solid Western front against Rus
sia's new proposal for a 25-na-
tion conference on European se
curity latevthis month.
They exphasized that no de
cision has been made yet by all
the Western' allies to reject the
Soviet maneuver. But officials
said they expect every Western
power to turn down the bid after
completing consultations on the
matter.
' Council Sets Meeting;
Officials in Portland
Medford's city council will
hold its regular bi-monthly meet
ing tonight at 7:30 o'clock in
the city -kail, according to city
officials.
City Supt. Robert Duff and
Council President Earl Miller
are returning this afternoon
from Portland to attend the
meeting. Mayor D. L. Flynn and
other city officials are attending
the League of Oregon cities state
convention which ends Wednesday.
irst Class Letter-Mail To
Starting Monday, Post Off ice Announces
All first class letter-mail along
the Pacific Coast will be carried
by air when space is available
starting next Monday, it was
announced here today. .
D. D. McCort, Seattle, re
search assistant in the Postal
Transportation service, was in
Medford today, briefing postal
employees on the new system.
He said it will result in virtual
ly all first class letter mail mov
ing by air, except where airlin
er space is unavailable, or when
weather has caused flights to be
cancelled. '
' Thfe present experiment will
involve United, Western - and
Northwest airlines, and will
move mail addressed to Oregon,
Washington, California and
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1954
Ked China
Involve U.S.
Would
in the defense of Formosa.
Dulles would not say outright
that the U.S. Seventh Fleet
should participate in the defense
of the Tachen Islands where
naval action has flared. He said
he would not say under what
circumstances the United States
would participate in the defense
of the Tachen Islands.
Conflicting Reports
While the islands are 200 miles
from Formosa, he said they em
braced an early warning system
which would detect air raids
from the Red China mainland.
Dulles was questioned closely
about a private lunch meeting
he held in New York yesterday
with Latin American delegates
to the United Nations. Asked
about conflicting reports on what
he said, Dulles denied that he
had predicted any increasing
hostile action in the area.
Dulles said he had said that
the Chinese Communist profes
sion of intentions to conquer
Formosa, constituted a serious
cloud on the horizon. He said
this was. true because, if the
threats were carried out, they
would involve hostilities with
the United States.
Dulles also: :
1. Said all signs indicate that
Russia is supplying Red China
with naval craft of the type
which destroyed the Nationalist
destroyer escort. V
Berlin Blockade
2. Said that any Soviet effort
to impose a new blockade on Ber
lin could have serious conse
quences; ' Dulles said J he; had
heard no such threats. But in
answer to a question, he pointed
out that the United States, Brit
ain and France have made it
clear they intend to - continue
their present position in Berlin.
3. Said the United States "can
not be safe unless there is sub
stantial unity" on fundamentals
of foreign policy. In a prepared
statement, he said that the Eisen
hower administration has been
prompting bipartisanship on for
eign policy and both the Presi
dent and he "welcome any pro
cedures which will facilitate the
practice of that principle.
;4. Asserted that the Soviet
proposal for a 25-nation confer
ence on European security Nov.
29 could not be physically set .up
by that date. He said, therefore,
Russia did not expect that its
proposal would be accepted.
Vancouver Hotel
Destroyed by Fire
Vancouver, Wash. (U.PJ -Fire
starting in the basement of the
two-story Clark hotel in down
town Vancouver today virtually
destroyed the building and re
sulted in damage to five business
establishments on the ground
floor. (
Despite a brisk southwest
wind, firemen from Vancouver
and Portland succeeded in pre
venting the flames from spread
ing to nearby buildings. The
shell of the hotel building was
saved. 1
About 30 guests were removed
safely from the hotel after the
fire was discovered about 10 a.m.
Fred F, Peters, who said he had
recently leased the building, said
the . blaze started when an oil
furnace in the basement back
fired, causing a flareup.
British Columbia point, McCort
explained. In Oregon, cities get
ting the new service will be
Portland, Salem, Eugene, Med
ford, Redmond-Bend, and Klam
ath Falls.
A similar current experiment
in moving mail from Medford
addressed to northern California
points by , Southwest airways
will continue, McCort said.
The only exceptions under the
new plan will be those caused by
space lack and weather, and
where mail is addressed to
points so nearby that nothing
would be gained in using air
transport rather than ground
transport, McCort said.
For instance, a letter mailed
in Medford to Eugene, which
Unit-
LIONEL BARRYMORE
Veteran Actor Dies
more
Dies at Age of 76
From Heart Attack
Hollywood (U.R) Lionel
Barrymore, 76, the crotchety and
lovable head of the theater's
"Royal Family", died Monday
night of a heart attack. His last
words were Shakespar's , im
mortal lines about "the way to
dusty death."
The gruff-voiced old man
known to millions through mo
tion pictures, radio and : the
theater for half a century was
stricken at ' his home Sunday
night as he sat in his favorite
Shakespeare soliloquy-In it Mac
beth says:
And all our yesterdays
have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out,
out, brief candle,
Life's but a walking shadow,
a poor player
That struts and frets his hour
upon the stage
And then is heard no more. .
The patriarch of American ac
tors suddenly could not catch
his breath. Mrs. J. E. Wheeler
and her family, with whom
Barrymoore had lived since his
second wife died 18 years ago,
helped him to the door for fresh
air.
. When he continued to gasp,
they called his doctor, John
Ewing, who rushed the veteran
actor to Valley Hospital. At mid
night he sank into a coma. Then
he suffered a second heart at
tack. He died Monday night with
the Wheeler family and his doc
tor at his bedside.
His sister, Ethel Barrymore,
was too shocked to comment im
mediately .and withdrew into
seclusion.
. Barrymore's last , appearance
before the public , was on his
regular CBS radio show, "The
Hallmark Hall of Fame," last
Sunday. His friend, Edward Ar
nold, will substitute for him next
Sunday.
Famous as 'Scrooge'
Radio fans remember him best
for his annual portrayal of the
grumpy Scrooge on the CBS
Yuletide version of Dickens' "A
Christmas Carol." To movie
goers he was the great star of the
recent "Dr. Kildare" series and
of such film classics as "Grand
Hotel", "Dinner at Eight", "Ca
mille" and ''Captains Courage
ous". He won an Academy
Award in 1931 for his perform
ance in "A Free Soul."
(See Story on Pag 12)
Go By Air
can go up over night by ground
transport, would not go by air.
But a similar letter to Seattle,
where ground transport would
take probably two days, would
go by air. . ,
In the past, McCort said,' two
types of airmail experimentation-
had been conducted, the
first for major points in the east,
and the second with local feeder
lines throughout the country,
such as the Southwest experi
ment. The new plan is in effect
a combination of the two types
of experiment.
First flight cachets will b av
ailable, and those desiring them
should send their envelopes , to
the postmaster, asking them to
be held for the first flight
Lionel Barry
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No. 206
Safeway Stores To
Sell Local Milk
At Reduced Prices
Price to Producers
Unchanged, Firm Says
Safeway Stores Inc. today
started offering milk purchased
from the Jackson County Milk
Producers league at reduced
prices to consumers, but at no
reduction in payment to produ
cers, according to George M.
Mangan, Portland, Oregon divi
sion manager.
The reduced consumer prices
are 22 cents for whole milk and
16 cents for skim milk, the same
as those offered by other retail
grocery outlets in the Medford
area since repeal of Oregon's
Milk Control law in the Nov. 2
general election.
Under Lucerne Label
Safeway is selling the locally
produced milk under Safeway's
Lucerne label. The milk is pur
chased in Jackson county, and
is shipped to Portland for pack
aging before being returned
here for sale.
"Safeway publicly has pledg
ed its customers that it would
resist selling them milk at the
new lower store prices where
such reductions are obtained
simply by lowering producer
prices," Mangan explained.
"Lucerne is paying its Jack
son county producers the pre-
repeal producer price of 78
cents per pound butterfat, plus
$3.16 per hundredweight. Neith
er these new lower milk prices,
resulting from store delivery
economies, nor the repeal of
milk control, need cause any re
ductions to Jackson county pro
ducers," Mangan said.
Pledge Published ' .
Safeway pledged in a state
ment published Thursday in The
Mail Tribune it would not "sell
at reduced prices any brand of
milk whose distributor purp6se
ly disrupts prices by squeezing'
reductions: out. of producers'
pocketbooks."
As a result the store will now
handle only milk from dairies
which have not lowered pay
ments to producers, he stated.
Roy DeAutremont
In Mental Hospital
Salem U.R) Roy DeAutre,
mont, one of the notorious De
Autremont brothers rwho dyna
mited a passenger train and
slaughtered members of . the
crew while robbing the mails in
1923, has been permanently
transferred to the Oregon state
hosoital as a mental case.
The transfer will remove De
Autremont from contrql of Ore
gon State Prison where he and
two brothers have been serving
life sentences since their Jack
son county conviction in one of
the West's most publicized crim
inal trials.
DeAutremont and his twin
brother, Ray, are now 54. A
younger brother, Hugh, 51,
works in the prison print shop.
If the brothers should ever be
paroled from their life terms,
they would face more Jackson
county murder charges as well
as a federal charge of mail
robbery.:
Control Board Names
Ireland as Secretary
i
, Salem (U.R) The State Board
of Control today named E. J.
(Bill) Ireland, Molalla merchant
and former legislator, as its new
secretary.
Ireland will succeed Roy Mills,
who is retiring at the end of this
month after serving as secretary
of the Board of Control since
Feb. 1, 1942.
The Board of Control is made
up of the state's three top elec
tive officials governor, secre
tary of state and state treasurer,
and it directs the vast work of
the state's several institutions.
SNOW AT CRATER LAKE
It was snowing hard at Crater
Lake National park at 11 a.m.,
today, according to a report to
state police. The road from Gov
ernment Camp to the rim was
temporarily closed, and plows
were at work on the road, the
re port said.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New' York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 379,39 .up 2.65; 20 rail
roads 127.09 up 0.21; 15 utilities
60.33 up 0.09, and 65 stocks
138.70 up 0.62. Sales today, were
about 3,260,000 shares compared
with 3,080,000 shares. yesterday.
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COUNTY FARM BUREAU OFFICERS Pic
tured above are officers of the Jackson Coun
ty Farm Bureau, host organization for the
23rd annual meeting of the Oregon Farm Bu
. reah Federation, which opened here today.
They are, left to right, rear, Al Lemley, past
president (shown holding his smalT daughter)
New Trial Motion
Answered by DA in
Stabbing Case Here
' District Attorney Walter Nun
ley this morning filed a brief on
a defense motion for a new trial
for LeRoy (Bud) Starkey Jr., 20,
Eagle Point. Judge H. K. Hanna
indicated that he will reach a
decision on the onotion "not later
than tomorrow."
Starkey was sentenced to 10
years in the state prison after
being found guilty of assault and
robbery while armed with a
dangerous weapon in the stab
bing of Jacksonville artist Philip
Henselman. His attorneys, Ed
ward and Bernard Kelly, filed
the motion for the new trial
shortly after the verdict.
Oiher Brief Due Soon
Nunley indicated that Re will
file a brief to a similar motion
in the case of James Norman
Jensen, 25, Larkspur, Calif.,
within the next two days. Jen
sen, who also is represented by
Kelly and Kelly, was found
guilty of first degree murder in
the hatchet slaying of Mrs. Fern
Hile. He has been sentenced to
die Jan. 7 in the state gas cham
ber at Salem.
Judge Hanna said this morn
ing that he will reach a decision
on the motion for a new trial for
Jensen as soon as possible after
the state's brief is received. ,
In two other cases pending
here, governor's warrants for
extradition were received here
today for Sidney Paul Howell,
38, -of 1109 Niantic st., and for
Jesus Rodriguez, 27, Ashland.
Howell is wanted in Del Norte
county, Calif., on an embezzle
ment charge, and Rodriguez faces
a non-support charge in Contra
Costa county, Calif.
Four men were arrested in
Jackson county yesterday, and
two of them have appeared in
court. The four are:
Four Arrested
Clark D." Freeman, 22, Okla
homa City, Okla., arrested and
jailed yesterday by state police
on a charge of burglarizing a
house in the' Copper area.
Neil Arlen Robbins, 20, route
1, box 479, Gold Hill, arrested
and jailed by the sheriff's office
on a charge of illegal possession
of beer. Robbins appeared in dis
trict court, where, he pleaded
guilty and was fined $20 and
court costs of $5.
Robert Gibson Briscoe, - 36,
Trail, jailed by state police on a
charge of driving while under
the influence of intoxicating liq
uor. Briscoe appeared in district
court, and was fined $250 and
court costs of $5. He- received a
suspended 30-day jail sentence
and his operator's license was
suspended for 90 days. j
Fred David Prettyman, 27,
route 1, box 66, Ashland, jailed
by state police on a charge of no
operator's license. . He ; was ar
rested for failure to pay a fine on
a commitment issued by Ashland
justice court. "
Hit and Run Auto
Leaves Clue at Scene
An automobile struck the
rear of a parked car at 324
North Front si. at about 6:30
o'clock last night, according to
city police. '
Rita LaVonne Hout, who re
sides at the address, told po
lice there - was a loud crash
and then she heard a' car pull-
ing away. No description .was
obtained of the hit and run
vehicle. y
However, police think may
be they can find the missing
driver. He left a license plate
at the scene of the collision.
Farm Bureau Session
Delegates Arriving;
Some 400
The first of an estimated 400
delegates to the 23rd annual
meeting of the Oregon Farm
Bureau Federation began arriv
ing in Medford foday for the
four-day convention. Headquar
ters for the session in the Med
ford hotel.
The first full day of activities
starts at 9 a.m. Wednesday with
the seating of delegates in the
social room of the Medford
YMCA.
Meetings of two , Farm Bur
eau organizations were held this
morning. Farm Bureau insur
ance agents and the resolutions
committee met at the Medford
hoteL... -
' Only other item on today's
agenda is a vesper service, plan
ned for 8 p.m. at the First Pres
byterian church.
Conferences Tommcrw
Commodity conferences are
planned tomorrow, following the
ODenine general session. These
conferences, and meeting places,
include dairy department,
YMCA; field crops department,
Rogue room, Medford hotel;
livestock department, court
house; fruit and vegetable de
partment, mezzanine floor, Med
ford hotel, and Farm Bureau wo
men, basement, Medford hotel.
These conferences will be in ses
sion from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
. A social mixer, with the Jack
son and Josephine County Farm
Bureaus acting as hosts, is plan
ned for 8 p.m. tomorrow at the
YMCA. - -.
Thursday's program includes
an organization breakfast at 7
a.m., in . the social room of the
YMCA, a general session at 10:15
a.m. in the Holly theater with
the annual report by Executive
Secretary George Dewey, Sal
em, and an address by President
Ben L. Robinson. . - -' "
Short Will Talk
A general session is planned,
for 1:30 p.m. Thursday -at tne
Holly theater, with talks by Jim
Short, director of the state de
partment of - agriculture; -E. W.
Tiedman, director of the Ameri
can Farm Bureau dairy depart
ment, and Dr. Elmo Stevenson,
president of Southern Oregon
college.
The annual banquet will be
held Thursday-at 6:30' p.m.- in
the Ashland Elks building, with
the address by; George Wilson,
president of the California
Farm Bureau Federation. Jen
nings; Pierce will act as toast
master. Johnny Lusk and his
orchestra will provide music for
the annual dance. . . ;
;- Friday's program includes the
annual 'meeting of the house of
delegates at 8:30 a.m. in the
banquet room of, the Medford
hotel. On" the agenda at that
time will be considerations of
resolutions, and election of two
vice presidents.' t -y. : j, , ,T
Tours Planned '
Arrangements have been
made for buses .to take delegates
to Jacksonville Thursday after
noon for a tour of the historic
town. Buses also will be provid
ed to take delegates to the an-
Weather
FORECAST: Few patches of
tog Wednesday morning, oth
erwise partly coludy tonight
and Wednesday. Low tonight
36; high Wednesday 58.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 59
Lowest this Morning 40
Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today 13
and Chet Zediker, delegate to the annual
meeting. Left to right in the front row, are
Mrs. Lemley, county . secretary; David S.
Blair, county president, and Mrs. Blair, coun
ty women's chairman. John Kessler, county
vice-president, was absent when the picture
was taken. Brainerd photo)
Expected
nual banquet and dance in Ash
land. The host Jackson county Farm
Bureau was organized in Octob
er, 1951. Tne county member
ship now includes 176 families,
with centers in Talent, Evans
Valley and Eagle Point. The
Farm Bureau is a family organ
ization made up of people who
make most of their living from
farming.
Destroyed Sawmill
Won't Be Rebuilt
. The L. E. Edmonds Lumber
company mill, destroyed in
spectacular fire last week, .will
not be rebuilt, owner L. E. Ed
monds said this morning.
He said his log inventory, to
taling some 3,000,000 board feet,
and stacked lumber, more than
1,000,000 feet, will be sold.
The loss amounted to about
$225,000, he reported. He said
that he had received a "good
settlement" from the insurance
adjuster, but that he did not
feel it possible to rebuild and
resume operations.
About 50 mill employees, plus
about . 20 men working in . the
woods, have been employed by
the Edmonds firm.
Students Protest
Ousting ofllaguib
Cairo, Egypt--XU.R) -Students
in the neighboring Sudan staged
a wild demonstration today in
protest over the ouster of Major
Gen. Mohammed Naguib as pres
ident of Egypt.
Sudanese police had to use
tear gas to disperse . the mob
which screamed "Long . Live
Naguib."
.The demonstration took place
in Khartoum only a few hours
before the Sudanese Parliament
opened its new session. . i
Egypt's ruling revolutionary
council fired Naguib i Sunday
after he had been linked to an
abortive assassination attempt
against Premier Gamal : Abdel
Nasser." " ' ' . ' v "
Told; Copco Tops All Others
California Oregon Power com
pany paid $423,126.84 in county
property taxes this year, Sher
iff Howard 'Gault reported this
morning. It was the biggest
county ; tax payment received,
the sheriff said.
' Copifco's ' total tax bill was
$436,213.49. -The firm received a
discount of ' $13,086.65 for full
payment in advance. .
Second biggest payment re
ceived by the county this year
came from Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph company, which
paid $161,085.62, up $6,000.26
from, last year. The firm receiv
ed a discount of $4,981.99 for full
payment on a bill of $166,067.61.
' The third tax payment to top
the $100,000 mark was that paid
by Medford Corporation. It came
to $115,571.75, with a discount
of $3,572.78 on a total bill of
$119,144.53. '
Seven other companies have
made payments of more than
$20,000. The firms with pay-
ment, discount, and total bill.
Utah Solon Smarts
Under McCarthy's
Cowardice Charge
Watkins Would Offer
New Censure Charge
Washington U.R) Sen. Ar
thur V. Watkins (R.-Utah) asked
senators today, for the good
name of the Senate, to censure.
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy for
"hit and run"attacks against his
Censure committee "in your,
presence." , '
Watkins, smarting from Mc
Carthy: calling him a coward.
bristled with anger and told the .
en.ue.that if nobody else offers
a nev censure charge against
McCarthy, he will do it himself.
Ii nobody else does it, the
man who has been railed s
coward. from Utah will dn if
Watkins told his colleagues. ;
, "What are you going to do
about it?" 'Watkins challenged
we nave UB
manhood in the Senate to stand
up to this? .
I may be a cowarrf mt i
don't compromise with this kind
of attack and the indecency in
volved." - -.
The chairman of iho Smut.
Censure committee accused Mc
Carthy of piling "abuse hip
deep upon abuse" against the
committee.
Unless the Senate
him, Watkins said, "How can it
hold lis head up in the free de-
uoerauve bodies of the worlds"'
iins spoKe out after Sen.
Herman Welker (R.-Ida.) con
tended that there is no basis in
the Constitution for the censure
charges against McCarthy.
narge Said Not Covered
-P?e defense of Mc
Carthy, Welker emphasized that
arble I of the Constitution spe
cifies that each house of Con
gress may "punish its members
lor disorderly behavior" a
charge which he saM i
eled against McCarthy in the
censure resolution intmrf,,,,
1 ...
Dy watKins.
Watkins accused McCarthy of
firing off letters "from the safe
ty of his office" instead of testi
fying before a 1951-52 Elections
subcommittee which wanted to
know what happened to funds
given him to fight Communism.
, v"" "cpuuucan iaunchv
i"1 of Sente n-
by decIeiig that he
wanted to be dispassionate about
JfS? 55 I!1 y e r!
HffiT'u ia'" 11 1 exercise a
iitue human inHionot;-
McCarthy's chariesTgatSnt
Watkins had hardly launched
wnat he said would h a
speech when the Senate recessed
for lunch. Earlier, Senate Re
publican Leader Wiii,-. w -
Knowland had said as many as
ufciu&eu cnoices on the
Ce2ff n5??? aw beinS drafted.
.But Watkins told nmcm u
fore his speech that any compro
mise which does not
. w - MMIIQUU
outright censure of MrTrfh.
will be a compromise with in
decency." Watkins told the Sennt --.
he is "more sorrowful than
angry" at McCarthy's blast, be
cause he said it "reveals the at
titude charged against Sen. Mc- -Carthy
for some time."
"To be called a coward." Wat.
kins said, "is a stigma that no
real man relishes.". ;
Reviews Record
In answer, he began reviewing
the record of the Elections Sub
committee. One of the censure
counts against McCarthy
charges that he declined rerjeat-
ed invitations to testify before '
the elections group about his fi
nances, but . instead abused the
subcommittee and its members.
"The charges made against
that committee were even worse
than being called a .coward."
Watkins told the Senate, recall
ing that McCarthy called the
onhPAmmiftaA - J,(.l.ATI.t)il !
said it was "serving the Commu
nist cause.
's Biggest Taxpayers
are: Southern Pacific, $93,
371.17, $2,887.77, and $96,258.94;
Timber Products company, $64,
568.73, $1,987.93 and $66,556.66;
Elk Lumber company, $57,
391.69, $l,776.90,nd $59,168.59;
Bear Creek Orchards
$36,104.49, $1,133.40, and $37,
237.89; Rogue River Orchard,
$23,714.20, $694.57, and $24,
408.77; California-Pacific Utili
ties, $22,922.12, $711.10, and
$23,703,22 and Pinnacle Packing
company, $22,849.34, $613.13,
arid $23,462.47.
Sheriff Gault said this morn
ing that the general volume of
payments appears to be approxi
mately the same as in previous
years. - .
Clerks in the tax' department
are now- working on a large
backlog of mail payments which
built up during the period in
which personal payments were
made. It usually takes about two
to three weeks to complete
checking of the mail payments,
the sheriff said.