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am tn im DM o) q O) Yirorag GCnODs H2H Illinois Leads States With 17. Holiday Deaths Fires, Miscellaneous Mishaps Fatal To 22 By UNITED PRESS Americans today posted a sorry Thanksgiving Day traffic record of" more than 100 deaths on the highways. A United Press count between 6 p.m. Wednesday and midnight last night showed 121 persons had died in - traffic accidents, sires killed four and miscel laneous mishaps 18 for a total Of 143. . Illinois far outstripped other states with the dubious distinc- tion of 17 traffic deaths during the one day holiday. Texas and Michigan both had nine and Ken tucky recorded eight. - The National Safety Council followed its usual practice of not making a prediction of traffic fatalities for. the Thanksgiving holiday. However, the toll was above the average for any given day and was likely to climb higher as reports of late accidents came in. It was also a discouraging preparation for 'S-D" Day, less than three weeks away, when President Eisenhower has asked that no traffic accidents occur anywhere in the nation. The count was boosted by a handful of multiple death acci- ' dents. A head-on collision near Mendota, 111., killed five per sons and smashups near Mon mouth, HI.; Greencastle, Ind., and Ontario, Ore"., killed four each. . oaa driving conditions in . parts of the nation played a part in the carnage. The upper Mid west, Northeast and Northwest states were battered by snow and rain, and a fog-smog com bination cut visibility to prac tically zero at Los Angeles, Calif. On U.S. Bank Addition Work will be started as soon as possible on a new addition to the Medf ord branch of the Unit ed States National bank, local bank officials announced today. The space, a part of the bank building, is now being vacated by the Singer Sewing Machine company. The addition to the bank will be designed for driveup and walkup service after regular banking hours. Sonie of the space will be used for enlarging present quarters ot the bank of fices. Plans are now being complet , ed by Ben H. Todd, the archi tect in charge. When negotia tions for bids have been com pleted after the plans are done, the construction will be started, the officers explained. At the present time no definite date has been set. McCarthy To Return To Censure Hearing ; Washington (U.R) Sen. Jo seph R. McCarthy will leave the hospital Sunday night and be r present Monday when the Sen ate resumes debate on ,the cen t sure resolution against him, his - attorney said today. : Officials at the Naval Medi cal Center at Bethesda, Md., said McCarthy left the hospital for a short time yesterday to go for a drive. Edward Bennett Williams, at torney for the Wisconsin Repub lican, said "He'll be there" Mon day when the Senate reconvenes after a 10-day recess caused by McCarthy's ailing right elbow. - Williams said McCarthy may wear "some kind of a cast" on his elbow, but he described Mc Carthy as "still lh good shape." Entries Being Christmas Opening Parade More entries are being sought for the Medf ord Christmas Opening parade, scheduled for the evening of Dec. 1, it was an . nounced today by officials of the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce. Entries are to have either a Biblical or fairyland theme, and may be sponsored by any group, organization or individual. They must be of a non-coMmercial na ture. : " : Cash awards totaling $200 will be awarded to each of two classes of entries adult and youth groups. There will be 19 prizes in all, with four first prizes of $50 each, 14 second QregQii By UNITED PRESS Thanksgiving Day tragedies struck on Oregon highways yes terday, killing four-persons in a single smashup near Ontario and claiming the life of a fifth person in a collision south of Salem. Four members of the Andrea- sen family of Utah were killed Thursday morning when their car skidded on an icy curve and swung outof control into the Six Persons Die In Flaming Wreck Near Malta, Ida. Burley, Ida. (U.R) Six per sons all Idahoans were killed instantly and burned beyond recognition when their parked car was rammed from the rear in a blinding dust storm on U.S. Highway 30 about six miles north of Malta late last night. Seven persons were injured, of whom five were hospitalized. ' State Patrolman Marvin J. Snyder identified the dead as Donnie Parrott, 22; his wife, Joyce, 20; Myron C. Hill, 49; his wife, Lila, 47, and Grant Hill, 32, and his wife, Marjorie, 32. Car Catches Fire All were from Buhl. Snyder said the ages of all the victims were approximate. Mr. and Mrs. Myron Hill were the parents of Mrs. Parrott. The car in which they were riding burst into flames . when it was hit from the rear by an other vehicle in which seven persons were riding. Snyder said the first car had "stopped behind a truck, which also had pulled over to the side of the road to assist another stalled motorist. The truck was driven by Walter E. Glanville of Portland. The patrolman said the death car literally exploded when it was . sandwiched between the truck and the other auto. Souvenir Bomb Owned By Medf ord People Explodes at Ft. Lewis A French World War I aerial anti-personnel bomb, brought her as a souvenir soon after the war by the late Maj. W. H. Ellenburg, exploded acci dentally this week at Ft. Lewis, Wash., while Army men were attempting to dis arm the bomb. The bomb ...exploded with such a force thai it blew up the disarming machine. No personal injuries resulted., ac cording to Army officers here. For many years the bomb had ken used as a door stop by the late Major Ellenburg's daughter, Mrs. Doris Baize. When she moved from the val ley somemonlhs ago she put the bomb with other items to be sent to an auction sale at Phoenix. Soon after the box was sold, the auctioneer found a young child playing with the bomb. After it was inspected by Army men here it was decided to send the bomb to Ft. Lewis. Wash.to bedisarmed. During the rime that the bomb had been with the Ellen burg and Baise families it was presumed harmless. It was given to Mrs. Baise soon after the time of her father's death, by her mother, Mrs. Nettie Ellenburg, 119 North Central ave. ,' Sought for prizes, and consolation awaras. The parade is scheduled for 7 pjn. on Dec. 1. All entries should assemble at 6 p.m. on South Iy st. The line of march will be east on Main st. to Riv erside ave., north on Riverside ave. to Sixth. st., west on Sixth st. to Central , ave., south on Central ave. to j Main st. and west on Main st. Further information may be obtained by telephoning Bill Romback; at Medford 3-1564, or Mac DeHart, Medford 3-4255. Those desiring to take part have been requested to contact eith er of these two men as soon as possible. , . . .... - islnaps wrong traffic lane one mile east of Vale, Ore. It collided with a car driven by John Larkin, Ore gon City, which, in turn, was struck by a car driven by James Stockton of John Day. Dead Listed Dead are Howard Andreasen, 36, driver of the car; Marion An dreasen, 25, and Conn, 29, all brothers from Salt Lake City, and their sister, Mrs. Joyce Johnson of Fossett, Utah. The men were killed outright and the woman died three hours later in the Holy Rosary hospital in Ontario. The wife of Howard Andreasen was hospitalized with serious injuries. Neither Larkin nor Stockton was hurt. Portland Man Killed ' South of Salem, Ray Thurs ton Smith, 70, Portland, was killed in a two-car crash on Highway 99. His wife, Minnie, was in critical condition in a Sa lem hospital. Their car collided with one driven by Steve Sa- dowsky, Eugene. He and his daughter, Dianne, 12, were hos pitalized and then released. - Another fatality was not counted in the holiday toll since it occurred before 6 p.m. Wednesday. The victim was Robert Nels Hanse, Portland, who was killed when a car in which he was returning from an outing to Mt. Hood overturned near Sandy. OLCC Turns Down Application for Dispensing License A Class A liauor disDensine license for The Tavern, 43 South Front st., has been refused by the Oregon Liquor Control com mission. Approval of the applica tion was recommended by the Medford city council on Oct. 19 by a vote of 4 to 3. In denying the application, L. B. Russell, license supervisor, in a letter to the Medford police department, stated that the OLCC had "reasonable grounds" to believe that there were suffi cient licensed premises in the locality. Further, the commis sion exercised its descretion based on public welfare, with particular attention given to leg islative action limiting the total number of licenses issued in the state. Approval Recommended . After the council recommend ed approval of the application to the commission, the Medford Ministerial association recom mended to the city council that no more licenses be granted and sent a copy of the resolution to the OLCC. On Nov. 16, the Bohemian club, 10 South Fir st., made a similar application to the coun cil, which was held in abeyance until the Dec. 7 meeting for the action of the entire council. f Frightens Crews Portland 4U.PJ The freighter Sea Leader was due to leave here for New York with a cargo of lumber today after her dock side antics yesterday frightened two longshore crews out of her holds. ' An unstable load of fuel in the ship's tanks was blamed by the master for causing the vessel to list violently to port and then to starboard. Two different long shore crews loading the vessel fled, fearing deck-loaded lumber would shift and crush them. First the vessel listed to star board, hitting the dock and dam aging the bridge slightly. The first longshore crew departed. Shortly after the second crew went on shift, the Sea Leader righted herself and then listed to port, each list about 10 degrees. Capt. C. F. Herndon said the vessel would regain her com posure as soon as the fuel was shifted into certain tanks. In the- meantime, loading crews gave her a wide berth. DOW-JONES AVERAGES , New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 387.79 up 3.16; 20 railroads 132.27 up 1.19;. 15 utilities 60.75 up 0.05; 65 stocks 142.10 up 1.01. Portland (U.R) The Port land Traction Company has ask ed the city council to raise bus fares in Portland from 15 to 20 centi for adults. ..w ,,. Withdrawal of Troops Follow : Wuchiu Battle Nationalists Claim Many Casualties Taipeh, Formosa (U.R) Swarms of Red Chinese troops attacked Wuchiu island today but a spokesman said the Na tionalist defenders forced the assault to withdraw after in flicting heavy casualties and capturing many Reds. I Generalissimo Chiang Kai shek's information chief, in an nouncing the surprise Red in vasion of the rocky island 150 miles west of Formosa, said the Nationalists took "high casual ties" in the fierce four-hour hand to hand battle. The Nationalists suffered only a "few" casualties, he said. " And, he said, the Nationalist air force sank eight of the "great number" of motorized junks which launched the Reds on their attack. The junks were accompanied by five Red gun boats. Earlier reports said that the Communist troops approached the "S" shaped island from three directions in 10 motorized junks. The assault on the island was viewed here as a direct attempt by the Communists to seize Wuchiu as a toehold in the cen ter of Formosa's chain of out post islands. Nationalist authorities said it would . be presumed that other similar attempts will follow, r It was the. first major Com munist' raid , on a Nationalist held island since the Reds car ried out a hit-and-run raid on Quemoy island, 75 miles south west of Wuchiu, on Aug. 23. Invading Red Chinese hit the Wuchiu beachhead in an amphi-. bious assault from 10 troop carrying junks. Fierce hand-to-hand fighting followed as Nationalist troops met the invaders headon. Nationalist warplanes bombed the fleet of junks and Chiang's warships steamed toward . the scene. Military observers on -Forme sa considered it significant that the Communists had not attack ed Tachen, far to the north, or Quemoy. They noted that, instead, they picked the tiny island which lies on the shortest direct route from the China mainland to Chiang's Formosan stronghold. Wuchiu,- an S-shaped island on the 25th parallel only 150 miles from Taipeih,, was not viewed as, of vital strategic im portance to the defense of For mosaunless the Communists were planning to use it for a leap frog campaign, these, observers said. U.S. Relays Protest Note To Red China London (U.R) The United States tonight relayed to Red China through Great Britain a "strong protest" against the im prisonment of 13 American air men on trumped-up spy charges and a demand for their release. The United States earlier had demanded a face to face meeting in Geneva between U.S. Consul General Franklin E. Gowen and the Red Chinese consul general for a personal presentation of the American protest. v Red China up to now has ig nored the U.S. demand for the meeting. ' ' An official spokesman of the British Foreign Office revealed tonight that Britain had received the American request. He said it would be passed along to Red China. Shoplifter Has -Unique Excuse For Razor Theft Medford city police arrested a shoplifter yesterday after a four-block chase in the down. ' town area . The woman, called Jane Doe for lack of positive identif ica fion,was charged with taking an electric rasor from Mc Lain's Drug centre, . 8 North Central ave. at about noon yesterday! One of the store's employees, Mrs. Delores Eriekson, saw the theft and followed the woman down' the 'street. Police' joined in the hunt and finally caught the woman after a chase. The only reason the woman could give for taking the raior was "that items like electric razors and electric blankets were dangerous." and that she "was not stealing anything, but only taking them from the market so no one would get . hurt," police said. , The woman was booked on a vagrancy , charge, pending , petty larceny proceedings, po . lie Mid, MEDFORDJilKrEIBUNE United Free Trill Uwd Wit 49th Year 20 Pages Peiping Radio Tells Confessions By U.1 Airmen Demand for Meeting With Envoy Unanswered '. Tokyo (U.R) Red China, which has ignored 'a U. S. pro test against the jailing of 13 American airmen on "trumped up" spy charges today broadcast purported "confessions" of the men who were sent to prison for from four years to life. "Wednesday the U. S. govern ment demanded that Red China's consul general in neutral Geneva accept, in person, a protest from U. S. Consul General Franklin E. Gowen against the imprison ment of the Americans. That demand has gone un answered. ; Tell of Public Trial ' And today Peiping Radio, in a broadcast monitored here, claimed that the men concerned had" "confessed" their crimes against Communist China's se curity in a public trial in a Red court. ; , The first of the alleged con fessions read on the Peiping broadcast: was claimed to have been that of John Downey, an American civilian who received the most severe sentence lif e imprisonment in a Chinese jaiL It quoted Downey as saying he was "trained by the Central Intelligence Agency" for his es pionage operations in China. Downey was one of two civil ian passengers aboard a com mercial plane of the Civil Air Transport Airlines which dis appeared .two years ago. , ?he Communist judge was quoted as asking Downey: Claims of Espionage "Did you train other people when you were' in Japan?" Downey was quoted as saying yes ... I trained these people. The "people" referred to were Chinese Nationals claimed by the Peiping government to have been trained in espionage and sabotage and air dropped on the China mainland from American planes. "Why did you come in per son to Northeast China," the judge was quoted as asking. I'To.; pick up the agent Pu Ciiingwu and bring him back to Japan," , was Downey's alleged reply. . American authorities had warned the world in advance, to expect to hear a deluge of Com munist propaganda in which al leged "confessions" would be offered as "proof" of the Chi nese charges. Richard G. Fecteau,' the other civilian jailed, was quoted by the Red radio- as saying he re ceived "training in demolition, weapons, the use of explosives, first aid, and fighting in the wood," in the United States be fore being sent to China.; Fecteau was sentenced to 20 years. ' .. . " Say Colonel 'Confessed' " " . , " .: , One after another : the Com munist radio droned the alleged confessions. , It quoted '' Col. John Knox Arnold, highest ranking Ameri can sentenced,, as saying. his as signment was "psychologies:! missions, the introduction, sup play, resupply, evacuation or re covery " of underground ; per sonneL In most instances the Judge was quoted as asking the Ameri cans: "Do you realize that-it is a crime to sneak into the terri torial air of China." The quoted reply ' was in variably "Yes, I do." Peiping Radio claimed that every one of the 13 sentenced Americans made a full confes sion. '' San Francisco (U.R) Vice President Richard M. Nixon was sued for $150,000 . dam ages today by James. Heavy, 29, San Francisco shipyard worker, who claimed Nixon ordered him "assaulted" for , heckling during a San Mateo, Calif., political meeting last month. - . -. - Salem OJ.R) A population of 581 persons was established for Lowell, newly .incorporated city in Lane county, upon com pletion of a state census by Earl T. Newbry, secretary of stata..- MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1954 WWMWWrtll'lillllWtWMflll!! VISITING ENGLISH HOME, Mrs. Wanda Jennings, "Mrs. Amer ica," St. Louis, Mo., takes Yorkshire pudding out of oven after baking it under direction of London housewife. Mrs. Jennings is on month's European tour as part of victory prize. (International) Nevbry Questions Emergency Boa rd' s Selection Authority Satan 4U.R) The emergency board today approved purchase of the Williams and Hart tract three miles south of St. Paul for Oregon's intermediate penal institution. . Salem (U.R) Secretary . of State Earl T. Newbry today questioned the authority of the State Emergency Board to choose a site for the intermediate penal institution authorized by ' the 1953 Legislature. . ; . . :Just- before the Emergency Board began a hearing of persons protesting the sites both at Ger vais and near St. Paul, Newbry said: ; "I think responsibility for selection of the site for this in stitution rests solely with the State Board of Control : and I don't think it any responsibility of your board.'' ; " To6 Much Authority' ; - Newbry said he felt the Emer gency Board has taken on "too much authocity" in the past year, and Eugene E. Marsh of McMinn ville, president of the Senate and chairman of the Emergency Board, said he was inclined to agree. Marsh said: "This board is not assuming responsibility for selection' of the site. But inas much as this board made an emergency appropriation of $125,000 for purchase cf the site, when it was found that the bill authorizing the institution did not provide . clearly for land purchase, we felt we should know something about the site chosen." ' . ' ; Property Owners Appear' Some 60 property owners ap peared at a hearing before the board.. Those opposed , to pur chase of the Williams and Hart farm three miles south of St Paul were, led by Attorney Fred Williams of Salem, and those op posed to purchase of the Kip pinger property at Gervais were represented by Attorney Perry T. Bufen of Salem. ' ' . ' ; The State Board of. Control has selected, the Williams and Hart farm at a 'price of $70,000. Some of Society Favorites Removed From Newest Edition of Social Register New York U.R-A new edi tion of the Social Register was published today and sources fa miliar with society's doings said there were, as many upsets in it as in the recent national elec tions.' .' ' ' Some of society's ranking fa vorites were voted out . and a number of ; newcomers were added. ' " - - John Jacob Astor's name is missing for the first time since his childhood,' r apparently " be cause of his . marital troubles, which included a Mexican di vorce from the former Gertrude Gretsch, followed by a hasty marriage ' and separation from Dolly Fullman. ' ' Winihrop Rockefeller Out Astor joins such previously rlisrarded blades as Winthron Rockefeller, Neil Vanderbilt, El liott and Jimmy Roosevelt, , tne Tormina brothers. Bob, Dan and Jack, and dime store heirs Wool worth and Jimmy Donahue. Elizabeth Montgomery, daugh The Kippinger site would cost $174,000. A soil analysis by Ore gon State College showed the soil to be comparable between the two sites. 's ND Drive Declared Success ' The door-to-door canvass by Medford firemen Wednesday evening to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy f und is considered by the firemen to be a success. , The callers were hampered by the dense fog that evening and probably missed some of . the porch lights which were turned on to indicate that the residents wished to. contribute to the fund. They ! also did . not canvass , the entire area adjacent to the city because of the fog, they said. Those who wish to contribute to the fund may do so by calling the fire department business telephone, 2-2790, or by mailing their contributions. ' A complete tally of the pro ceeds has not ' been made as more contributions are expected through the post office.; It will take about a week ot 10 days before the count is completed, the firemen said. ' FORECAST; Increasing clondi - nesi tonight. Partly cloudy ' Saturday. Low tonight 35. ' High : Saturday 55. ' ' ' Temp. Highest Texterday '. 53 Lowest this Morning 32 Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today, Trace. ter ; of actor-producer Robert Montgomery, did the same thing to Frederick: Gallatin Cammann as her father did in connection with Mrs. Grand Harkness, for mer wife of William Hale Hark ness.; Mrs. Harkness was -taken out of the register in 1952 after marrying Montgomery. Cam mann finds himself on the out side looking in after his March 27 marriage to the actor's daugh ter. t . . :n A Governor Acceptable . The register's nominating committee for the first, time in a long while listed as socially acceptable the governor of New York and the mayor of the na tion's biggest city. They are Gov. elect Averell Harriman, who was born into it, and Mayor F. Wag ner who married into it. Retir ing Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and former Mayor Vincent Impellit teri, as well as most of their predecessors, never received no tice from the committee. - Several Cinderella marriages ' United Press Pun Leased Win t Price 5c No. 214 Youth Named With n Robbery Motive Beating Occured v In Private Cell ' . Lewis,burg, Pa. U.R) A 17-year-old juvenile delinquent was charged today along with two . Other convicts with the murder of William Walter Remington, 37, former government econo mist imprisoned for perjury in a Communist spy case.' Norman H. McCabe, special FBI agent in charge at Phila delphia, announced that FBI agents filed the murder com plaint against Lewis Cagle Jr., Chattanooga, Tenn. , i . ;' Robbery Motive ,v.'; vVv- Georgei Junior McCoy, 34, Grundy, : Va., and Robert Carl Parker, 21, Washington, D. C, previously - had been charged -4 1- XI 1 ; t. 1 . wiiii uie oncK-ui-B-sucK siaying of Remington in his . dormitory at the prison here. The complaint against Cagle indicated for the first time that robbery was the motive for slay ing. McCabe said. Cagle admitted tnat ne, Mccoy and Parker planned to ransack Remington's private cell in the dormitory lof the Northeastern Federal Penitentiary' here on the morn ing of. Nov. 22, 1954. The fatal beating of the former Commerce uepariment economisx xook piace while they were in his room. McCabe said. ' Both McCoy and Parker were serving terms at the prison for interstate transportation of stol en automobiles. ,'. Found Dated Remington was " found in a dazed condition, blood pouring from wounds, on the head and face on a second floor stairway below his room. He had been beaten with a piece of a brick encased in a prison-issue sock and had lost much blood. He died in the prison hospital Wednesday, two days after the beating. ' . " - (Ml S m -M 1 no nnnv n Kfminirrnn wnn entered government service im mediately after college and rose quickly to a $10,000 yearly job as an economist, was taken to Midland Park, N. J last night. : Funeral services will be held tomorrow. Phoenix Host City For Monday Meetings Phoenix The city of Phoenix will be host Monday for a com bined meeting of the southern Oregon district of the League of Oregon Cities and Jackson coun ty members of the Oregon High way Lifesavers association. . At 6:30 p.m, dinner at the Community chib hall will follow a 6 p.m. social hour. . Representatives of 12 cities in Jackson and Josephine counties will hear reports from men who attended the various sectional sessions at the LOC convention in Portland. Time will be al lotted , for an organizational meeting of the Lifesavers. Of ficers will be elected for that group. were viewed with a jaundiced eye by the Register. Mary M. Taylor, niece of for mer Ambassador Myron C. Tay lor, will find that it was a social error to marry -Alfred - de Ma rigny, former husband of gold mine heiress Nancy Oakes Hoy ingen-Huene. She was dropped.' The late Harry L.' Hopkins' daughter, Diana, was removed. She recently married Lt. Allin Baxter, J.S A. Unacceptable Marriage Dudley Pierrepont Gilbert, of Newport society, apparently dis- : pleased the Register's compilers by marrying Edith do Brettville Walsh of San Francisco. He is out. Mrs. Gilbert is a cousin of sugar magnate Adolph Spreckles H, who only yesterday got out of jail after serving a sentence for wife-beating. , . Clyde Belew Osborn, son of the late A. Perry Osborn, former president of the American- Mu seum of Natural History, is out since marrying Doris Anne Ock er of Arizona. , Remingto
