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1 Los Angeles (U.R) The Con
fess of Industrial 'Organizations
Was to elect officers today in the
wake of Sen. Wayne Morse's
charge that the United States
could be plunged into war by
following the lead of Sen. Wil
liam F. Knowland.
Today's election of officers
Retail Sales Tax
Gets Attention at
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State Conference
' Corvallis (U.R) A retail sales
tax came in for a good deal of
attention yesterday at opening
of the second biennial Oregon
state tax conference.
: Dr. James K. Hall, professor
of economics at University of
Washington, told some 120 per
sons attending the conference
here, that Oregon's state govern
ment as a picture of "financial
desperation" brought on mainly
Jay increasing needs after a pe
riod of complacency encouraged
by wartime treasurysurpluses.
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A sales tax was one answer iu
budgetary deficits, Hall said. He
, 6aid that while there was some
validity to arguments against
such a tax, it also had great
virtue: He also said that higher
state income taxes could be had
at the expense of the federal
treasury. , , ,
However, Hall said that ahead
f tmr increases, there should be
mnre efficiency in government,
with more state control of taxa
tion and establishment o state
-iTnirictrative standards.
A panel discussion on state fi
nance requirements produced
unnthpr boost for a sales tax
Robert M. Hall, chairman of the
Portland Chamber of Commerce
airatinn committee, advocated
ho ralifnrnia system which con
sists partly of a 3 per cent retail
sales tax and a high-exemption
income tax.
C of C Elects Mew
Directors At Meeting
- Nine Dersons who will become
members of the board of direc
tors of the Jackson county
Chamber of Commerce in Janu
ary were announced today, fol-
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lowing completion oi me ta Dura
tion of votes of the recent cham
ber election.
Those elected are Eric Allen
Jr- N. B. Bender, W. B. Brill,
Hueh Coleman, George Flana
gan, Ronald Gandee, Mrs. Bert
Pree, John Snider and Frank
Van Dyke. All but Bender were
named for three-year terms. He
will serve a one-year term.
Hold-over members of the
Aboard include W. A. Barker,
TVanV T5ash. L. W. Bates, H. D.
rthristensen. John G. Crawford,
J. H. Creager, E. B. DeVoe, Otto
lTwaMsen. Everett Faber, Otto
Frohnmayer, Mark Goldy
Dwitrht Houehton, Joe Naumes,
John Pletsch and R. B. Thierolf.
Bing Crosby Agrees
To Setfle Damage Suit
Hollywood (U.R Three per
sons hurt in an auto collision
with Bing Crosby a year ago
won a $100,000 settlement of
heir $1000.000 damage suit
against the crooner today.
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Hiilsbbro Girls1 Story of Finding
Bovs Name in Bottle Declared Hoax
Hillsboro, Ore. ui.w a
13-year-old Hillsboro girl's tale
of finding a boy's name in a
bottle which had floated all the
way from West Virginia to Ore
gon has turned out to be a hoax.
The girl's mother said today
her daughter had made up the
story as a means of introducing
herself to a prospective "pen
pal."
j When the story was circulat
ed, oceanographers at Washing
ton, D.C., hurried to their maps
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land ILaiGfl
will conclude the CIO's five-day
16th annual Constitutional Con
vention.
The Oregon independent, who
bolted the Republican Party,
warned in his blistering attack
on the California ; Republican
yesterday that "impatience and
impetuous action" could plunge
the world into a global hydro-
1 gen bomb war.
"Of this we can be sure and
there is no more fitting place to
say it than California-hot heads
Willi not thaw out the cold war,"
he thundered. "If the United
States follows the lead of the
senior Senator from California
(Knowland), we may very well
find ourselves in a hot war.
Morse declared it was easy to
lose patience and he agreed that
the Russians and Chinese Com
munists have given "ample and
repeated provacation," but he
cautioned that there was no
quick solution for dissolving the
iron curtain.
"We must sweat out a long
haul," he advised.
The Oregon Senator said the
cold war probably will last at
least two generations and
warned the struggle could be lost
if we permit ourselves to be
come so weak and divided as to
invite toe Kremlin to gamble
upon a military adventure."
Then, turning to the adminis
tration, he declared that the cold
war could not be won by rattling
the atomic bomb one moment
and cutting defense expenditures
the next.
Warns Humphrey
'Let me say to Treasury Sec
retary George Humphrey, who
is opposing a new economic aid
program for Asia, that human
life and hope cannot be subordi
nated to a balance sheet.'
The economic programs -of
President Eisenhower, Com
merce Secretary Sinclair Weeks
and Humphrey are devoted to
"pulling plums out of the ' na
tional pie for big business,"
Morse charged.
He termed the President's
Council of Economic Advisers
the "silver lining council" and
added that with a Democratic
84th Congress it no longer would
be a case of "the blind leading
the blind." .
Morse then said it was not
too soon to begin laying plans to
get such Republican leaders out
of office in 1956.
Woman Slashes Arm,
Tells of it by Mail '
Mary 'Elizabeth Ward, 86, of
1728 South Peach st., was taken
to Community hospital this
morning by., Perl amublance for
treatment of a deep cut on one
arm, according to ambulance at
tendants. Mrs. Ward lost a con
siderable amount of b 1 o o d,
Sheriff Howard Gault said.
" Gault sent two deputies to
Mrs. Ward's home this morning
when he received a letter stating
"Please send coroner or someone
to 1728 S. Peach," the sheriff
said. The letter was signed "Mrs.
Ward."
Mrs. Ward told the deputies
she placed the letter in her mail
box at the front of her house
yesterday morning and . then
slashed her arm, the sheriff
stated. He added that she told
the deputies she was able to get
up this morning and start a fire.
to trace ocean currents which
might have taken the bottle
some 48,000 miles. J
The mother said her daughter
wanted to find some new pen
pals and an aunt who was visit
ing them at Hillsboro last month
gave the ' girl the. name of a
friend she had known in West
Virginia. The friend was
"Sparky" Young of Midway, W.
Va. However, the aunt cautioned
her niece not to tell where she
got the boy's name. So, the girl
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 195,4
AERIAL LADDER TRUCK IN USE The Medford fire de
partment's big aerial ladder truck came :in handy last jiight
in combatting the fire which destroyed the Pinnacle packing
house and office on South Fir st. The view.above was .taken
from north of the building and shows flames bursting through.
Eight Men Appear
In Circuit Court;
4 Given Sentences
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Eight men appeared in circuit
court here this morning, and
four of thenar were sentenced to
terms in Oregon state prison.
Two others received suspended
sentence? and the other two
cases were continued.
The stiffest sentence went to
Frank LeRoy Rector, 38, Colum
bus, Ohio, who received a four-
year term , on a charge of utter
ing and publishing a false check.
For Stabbing Charge 1 ;
Samuel -Gene Bell, 22, Ash
land' was . sentenced to' ; three
years in the penitentiary on a
revocation of probation. The re
vocation involved a knife attack
on Bell's former wife.
Also receiving a three-year
sentence was Clark D. Freeman,
22, Oklahoma , City, Okla.. Free
man was charged with burglary.
William Newton Elhart, 32,
Doris, Calif., was sentenced to
two vears m prison , on a sex
crime charge: . . .. . x. . ;
Donald William Coggins, 19,
of 27 Newtown st., and Leo Carl
Neal, 19, Walnut Grove, Calif.,
each received a two-year sus
pended sentence. - .Coggins was
charged with larceny from a
building, and Neal was charged
with concealing stolen property,
Waives Indictment- ' ,
Jesse David Carter, 24, Ash
land, appeared in court, where
he waived indictment and was
given until 'Wednesday to enter
a plea. He is charged with con
tributing to the delinquency of
a 16-year-old Ashland girl
Floyd Raymond Hanscom, 36,
Eagle Point,: pleaded quality to
a charge of grand larceny and
his case was continued pending
receipt of records from the FBI.
Salem (U.R) The Civil Aero
nautics Administration said that
instrument landing signals have
been restored to full operation
at Salem's McNary airport. .
made up the bottle story as a
means of introduction. .
The story got out and caused
quite a stir in West Virginia and
other parts of the country-,
especially among the oceano
graphers. The story was given
some credence because Sparky
had actually thrown some bottles
with his name in them in a river
in West Virgina.
"The tale began as an innocent
bit of ' fun " the girl's mother
said. "But the joke got out of
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BLAZE GUTS BUILDING The photo above
shows the south wall of the - Pinnacle packing-plant
during the height of the fire which
. early ; this morning ' destroyed the building.
The picture, with firemen in the dark fore
ground was taken only seconds: before the
35 Chinese
Ret u rrf To
Washington The United
States -has barred" 35, Chinese
scholars trained in this country
from going home to make-their
skills available to- the- Chinese
Communist regime, American of
ficials reported today. :
Officials said the question 'of
allowing . the Chinese to leave
this country is under "continuous
study" by the StateDefense and
Justice Departments. ,
They reported that the 35 are
the remainder of some, 67 Chi
nese students who had expressed
a desire to return to their home
land. Eighteen have arrived in
Red China. Nine more are ex
pected to arrived Hong. Kong
within the next few days.
There -was some doubt - that
the list i of 35 would . shrink
much more in the near future
because of Red China's high
handed action in sentencing 11
American fliers to long . prison
terms, and holding other Amer
icans against their wilL.
The 35 Chinese, who are free
to travel throughout this4 coun
try, approximate the total of 28
American, civilians in jaiLin Red
Price
' the ceiling of .the building; and the flow of water directed
down on the fire from the truck's ladder extension. The flames
wfr Rnrparl throughout the ton floor and' basement when fire
men arrived- They are credited
.ing, although others were threatened for a time. ,
. ' (Landis-Shangle photo)
Kefused
H ome la nd
China -and three -priests who are
under house arrest. Eleven other
American civilians have been
unable to get permission to leave
the China mainland although
they are not technically under
arrest. .' '
The United States has. turned
thumbs down on any "deal" with
the Reds to swap the remaining
Chinese students in this country,
for the Americans or the un
freezing of about $130,000,000 in
Chinese assets in this country.
State Department officials .said
there is nothing officials to back
up the rumors heard here yester
day. But they went , out of their
way to reject the idea that - a
swap could be arranged.
Weather
FORECAST: Foggy tonight and .
Saturday morning. Partly
' cloudy Saturday afternoon. ,
little temperature change.
. Low tonight 28. High Satur
. day 45..
' Temp.
Highest Yesterday 45
' Lowest this Morning ; 30
Pree.- to 4:3 ajn. Today a ,-.02 -
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wall collapsed" outward; narrowly missing the
firemen. Six other firemen escaped from" the
main part of the building when the fire
'blew out,"v spreadingx from the attic '"and
basement, into the main floor." . , . ; .j--,
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tibtice of Appeal ,
To Stay Execution
A, notice of appeal for James
Norman Jensen, 25,! Larkspur,
Calif., was filed in circuit court
today by' Jensen's attorney, Ed
ward-Kelly.-;
The notice is formal certifica
tion that Kelly will appeal to
the state supreme court the con
viction of Jensen on a first de
gree murder charge. Jensen has
been sentenced to die Jan. 7 in
the state lethal gas chamber for
the April 24 hatchet ; murder of
Mrs." Fern Hue. , - -
The notice of appeal acts as
an automatic stay of execution.
Jensen was convicted after a 10-
day .trial in Jackson county cir
cuit court. " v
Donald Chesley, 19, Coos Bay;
second, defendant, in the Hile
murder case, has been sentenced
to life in the state prison on a
second .'degree murder charge,
DOW-JONES AVERAGES '
New York (U.R) Dow-Jones
filial stock averages: 30 indus
trials 390.08 off 1.45f 20 rail
roads 135.87 up 0.67; 16 utilities
61.32 up 0.26, 'land '65 stocks
143.87 up 0.02. Sales today were
about 3,250,000 shares, com
Dared with 3.300,000 shares
traded !y esterday.. . x. , v.
tea Total :.to
Fire swept through the offices
Orchard and Packing company at
The building and most of its contents appeared to be a total loss.
No dollars and cents estimate
available for several days. The
Christmas gift box materials, including fancy pears, jams and
jellies.
The building was owned by
Cause of the blaze is unknown. ;
. A total of 42 Medford firemen, including 37 regulars and 5
volunteers, responded to the
pumpers, the city's aerial ladder
central wint city pumper which
ine Diaze was reported at about 1:12 a.m. bv a state nolice
officer who lives in the neighborhood. Several other calls came
in in short order from a taxi driver
ay tne time firemen arrived,
the building were eneveloped in flames. Fire Chief Gordon Barker
said this morning, "It was the only fire I ever saw in which a hot
fire was burning in the attic and basement, and not on the main
floor." :
Apparently Started in Basement
The blaze apparently started
and was carried to the attic by
Firemen apparently had started to control the first at about
1:45 a.m., when the fire "blew out," and spread quickly through
out the mainjloor. Six-firemen were in the building at the time.
and Barker said he was not sure
got out saieiy. , -
When the fire "blew out," flames roared throueh the roof of
the front of the building and spread rapidly. - '
Six other firemen narrowly escaped when a wall of the build
ing toppled into 11th st., seconds
range oi the falling bricks and
civilian bystander warned them
lean toward the street. -
Yeoman work by the fire department, and a concrete partition
in the basement and a firewall,
ing into tne Faoer's Farmer Supply company building. All of the
valuables, and a small black and white calf, were removed from
the Faber building. For some , time it appeared certain that the
Faber building would burn. .
Flames Threaten Conveyor Chain
Flames roared into ant enclosed conveyor chain between the
Pinnacle plant on Fir st. and the Pinnacle plant No." 4 at 11th and
Front sts., and for a time firemen feared that smoke carried across
the railroad tracks in the conveyor
li tne lire had been carried across the tracks by the conveyor, it
mignt wen have ignited the No.
spectacular fire five or six years
Hoses were spread across the railroad tracks, and it was necejH
sary to delay a freight train temporarily. . .
Early during"the blaze a power pole' b1rrie3 : out, - showering the
railroad tracks with blue sparks. A two-man California Oregon
Power company crew disconnected other wires to prevent live
wires from falling to the ground, had the fire spread.
Flames roared high into the air during most of the early part
of the fire, and smoke and large sparks blew over a wide area. A
crowd of more than 100, including women and children in night
gowns and robes, watched firemen battling the blaze.
Still on Scene
Firemen were still on the scene this morning, wetting down
bundles of smoking box material and heavy timbers, some of
which were charred several inches deep by what firemen called
a "terrifically hot fire." 1
The basement' of the building contained about three feet of
water ifiis morning. The building was of frame wood interior con
struction with masonry walls.
The post office was counting on use of the building as a tem
porary annex for handling Pinnacle's gift package mailing during
the Christmas rush, Postmaster Moore Hamilton said this morn
ing. He added, however, that other arrangements are being made
and only a brief delay in mailing is expected.
. ..Company officials said this morning that the building was be
ing used chiefly for packing, and most of the firm's finished gift
boxes have been stored in another warehouse. They added that if
records stored m a safe have not
will be . able to fill orders about
AChief Barker indicated that
safe by playing a stream of water
contents will be intact.
Salvation Army Brings Coffee ,
, Salvation Army workers served coffee and doughnuts to fir
men during the time they were at . the blaze, and representatives of
the Red Cross stood by to furnish emergency aid to residents of
nearby homes should they catch fire, as appeared possible for
a" time. :.-'- , ; '
Two other fires this morning kept weary firemen on' the jump.
t ' Firemen said that Sam Gilbert, manager of Brophy's Jewelers,
suffered 'minor burns on his face in a flashback of a furnace at
the store. They reported that an accumulation of coal gas was the
apparent cause and they listed no damage. Firemen were called
about 9:50 ajn. " 7 ,
1 T. 'Kitchen cabinets, a wall and the ceiling were damaged by fire
about 10:10 a jn. at the residence of Mrs. Cora Lee Turner, 828
West 13th st. The blaze spread from behind a tin flue stop, accord
ing to firemen. Upper kitchen cabinets were listed as a total loss.
There was considerable smoke damage, firemen stated.
Washington's
To Visit
An organizational meetin? of
the "Oregon Highway Lifesavers
Committee of Jackson County
Citizens" will be held at 11 a.m.
Tuesday. Dec. 14. at the Jack
son hotel, with James A. Pryde,
cmei ox tne wasnington state
patrol as special guest.
Chief Pryde, one of the na
tion's op experts on traffic
safety,', will then address the
Medford Rotary club, according
to Jennings Pierce, president of
the Lifesavers committee.
. On Monday evening, Chief
Pryde will be speaker for the
Rogue Valley Knife and Fork
club. -
' v Pierce. said that Chief Pryde's
two addresses ' in the valley
would be completely different,
and that the talk to Rotary
would be considered a public
launching of the Lifesavers com
mittee, recently formed here.
The .group is taking an active
part in Safe Driving Day activi
ties in the county ..Wednesday;
Dec. "15.
In addition to Pierce, officers
of the local committee dedicated
to traffic safety, are R. L. Neill,
Safety
and packing plant of Pinnacle
445 South Fir st. early today.
of the loss was expected to be
packing plant was loaded with
Parsons Warehouse company.
alarm. Equipment . included five
truck, an Ashland truck, and a
stood by during the fire.
and others driving in the area.
the entire basement and attic of
in the basement, firemen said.
three large air ducts. "
for several minutes that they all
after they had moved out of
wood. - They stepped back after a
that the wall was beginning to
. "
prevented the blaze from spread
tunnel might cause it to ignite.
4 plant, which was gutted by a
ago, firemen said.
been seriously damaged, they
on schedule. .'..-.
every effort was made to save the
on it, and he said he hopes its
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Patrol
Group Here
mayor of Ashland, vice-president;
H. L. Markwith, Jackson
ville, secretary; E. T. Anderson,
Medford, assistant secretary, and
Allen F. Perry, Medford, treas
urer.' . "
- Pierce said that the new com
mittee would work closely with
such groups as the Medford
Safety council in promoting safe
driving on the highways and the
reduction of traffic accidents.
Klamath Falls U.R Thirteen-year-old
Gerald Nork of
Klamath Falls was killed yester
day when his bicycle collided
with an automobile driven by
Frank Gresham, also of Klamath
Falls. ,-
Uniied Nations, N.Y (U.R)
The U. N. General Assembly :
voted 45 to 5 today to demand
the release of 11 America
airmen ' jailed by Red China
os trumped-up spy charge,',
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