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Subscribers To report improper or non-dellT-ery of The Mail Tribune phone 2-6141 before 6:45 pn. dally and 10:30 ajn. Sunday. If regular delivery arrive h on ly after you call please notify of fice thus eliminating special mes senger service. , t..;.. FORECAST Pof er lew over cast this morning, partially breaking In afternoon; Mostly, cloudy above fog. High today ' 35 to 40. low tonight 30. . ' "' Temp. ' Highest yesterday 34 , Lowest yesterday 30 United Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c 28 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1954 49th Year No. 227 ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' : United Press Full Leased Wire - ' i 1 " New Rogue Valey State Bank Slates Opening Dec. 20 Eagle Point Offices Will Close Same Day Medford's newest banking es tablishment will open on Dec. 20, it was announced Saturday by C. H. Young, executive vice- president and general manager. It Is the Rogue Valley State bank, which began in 1911 as the First State Bank of Eagle Point. The name will be changed on the day the new building in Med- lord opens for business. . The public is invited to view the new structure, at 1109 Court st., during open house from !to 6 pan. Saturday, Dec. 18 r Young said. Construction was i started about the first of August, and is now virtually completed The building, has a 35-foot M tm OK a nan with lots both to the north and south, providing ample space for parking. Among the bank's features will be a walk-up window, which will be open from 9 to 10 a.m., and from 3 to 5 p.m., supple menting " the regular banking hour3 of 10 .m.-to 3 p.m. week days and 10 a.m. to noon Sat- imlav, Vnnrtff cairi tVio TOallr-un window may later be open in the evenings of mills' paydays to make check-cashing more con venient for mill employees. The new structure, which cost about $40,000. is being fur nished and equipped at a cost of some $15,000. The bank wnl offer all general banking serv ices. The Eagle Point banking office will close when the new one opens. President of the bank is W. H. Young, who has headed the insti tution since 1930. His brother, C. H. Young, came here in 1953 from Gold Beach, after serving for 17 years as executive vice president of the Curry County bank, and has been with the Eagle Point bank since. The " two Youngs, Cashier Thomas H. ' Shearin, Leonard Bradshaw, Lake" Creek, and Frank Farrell, Medford, consti tute the board of directors. Mrs. Dwisht McCorkle is assistant cashier. W. H. Young announced that Ralph Pierce, 9 South Groveland st., has been named vice-president of the bank. Pierce moved here as a young ster in 1905, attended Medford schools, and was attending the University of Oregon when he entered the Army to serve in World War I. After the war he was engaged in the furniture business in west Los Angeles for 27 years, and, also had other business interests there, includ ing the Los Angeles Security Federal Savings and Loan asso ciation, which he helped found in 1941, and of which he was a director and vice-president. Since moving here in 1950, Pierce has become prf sident of the First Federal Savings and Loan association. He also serves as manager of the Medford muni ipal airport, a position he says he will retain. He is a member of the Rogue Valley Country club, the Elks club and the University club. 7955 Bike Licenses Available Monday Medford city police will issue 1955 bicycle licenses starting Monday, but only to parents giv ing bicycles as Christmas gifts. The licenses will be numbered from 101 on, police said. The an nual drawing for the first 100 numbers will take place Monday, Dec. 27, they added. Regular re newals will be made after the drawing. The special issuance of licenses starting Monday is to allow the recipient of a Christmas gift to ride the bicycle immediately, as it is illegal to ride a bicycle inj Medford without a city license. . I Portland Area Sister Following Squabble Portland (U.R) An 11-year- old Cove Orchard boy shot and seriously wounded his 14-year-old sister Saturday morning as the climax to a brother-sister squabble. Gary Jones at first told in vestigating, officers that the shot was fired by an unknown man who appeared at the edge of the woods wile the boy and his sis ter, Joyce, were playing on the porch of their home. Obvious discrepancies in the boy's story led to closer ques tioning by Washington and Yam h'll county sheriff's officers, and the boy finally admitted the shooting, according to Yamhill v J xlil W-4 , xs T& Yk rf VICTORY TOAST Ichiro Hatoyama (right), 71-yearold 'iltra-nationalist," offers a toast in Tokyo after being elected Premier of Japan. He succeeds Shigeru Yoshida who resigned. At left Mamoru Shigemitsu also raises his glass as Japanese Democratic Party members behind them shout "Banzai" Shigemitsu was Japan's foreign minister at the end of World War n and he signed the surrender document for his country. He is most likely candidate for deputy premier and foreign minister. Japan's New Foreign Policy' Slates Close Cooperation With US Tokyo (U.R) The new i open for possible future "nor- Jananese government foreign policy calls for close cooperation with the United States and other free nations but leaves the way John Paton Davies Expects Agreement Washington (U.R) John Paton Davies Jr., ousted State department officer, said Satur day he thinks he will reach an ''amicable agreement" with the department on which govern ment papers he may keep and which he must return. Davies disclosed that the de partment is now going through his files. When the process is completed, he will decide wheth er to sign a form clearing the way for payment to him of some $17,000 in back pay, pension contributions, and interest. Asked whether he thinks he will be able to sign the form then Davies said, "We'll wait and see" However, he said the pro cess of going through his files is being conducted "in a gentle manly way" and there is "no great dispute at the moment." Russians Warn U.S. Of Increased Risk Moscow, Sunday (U.R) The Soviet government warned Sat urday that any U. S. action to provide "defensive protection' for American planes flying near Soviet areas could "increase the risk" of another incident like the downing of a U. S. reconnais- sance plane off Japan last Nov. 7. The warning was contained in a Soviet note rejecting a U. S. note of Nov. 17 which protested the shooting down by two So viet Migs of .an American Air Force photo reconnaisance craft off Hakkoido island. The Soviet reply, charging anew that the U. S. plane had violated Soviet air space, was delivered to the U. S. Embassy in Moscow Friday by -the Soviet Foreign Ministry, Radio Moscow announced. Boy Shoots deputy District Attorney Harry Devlin. The boy told officers he shot his sister with a .22 rifle after she teased him about having a girl friend. The rifle was found on the premises after the shoot ing? Joyce was taken to a Portland hospital, where her condition was listed as serious. The bullet struck her in the back below the shoulder blade, and emerged through her chest. The children's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Jones, were ab sent from the home during the shooting. No disposition had beea mad ooncerning the boy. mal relations with Red China and Russia,' it was revealed Sat- kirday. Prime Minister Ichiro Hato yama, in an exclusive interview with thie United Press, and For eign Minister Mamoru Shigemit su, in an official policy. , state ment, emphasized, that Japan sought friendship with " all, na tions, East and West. First Private Interviews Hatoyama made this state ment in granting the United Press the first private interview since taking office Thursday: "I want co-existence and com mon prosperity with all coun tries, East or West, but I have no intention of changing the polic ies of the past toward the Unit ed States. "The situation, in Europe has become more stabilized, while the situation in Asia is fluid. The Communists undoubtedly will step up their; activities in Asia. Plans for Aggression "Even in Japan right now the Communists' have plans for ag gression. I know that. They also have such plans in Korea." In his policy statement Shig emitsu echoed the prime minist er's thinking. .' It is our cardinal policy to promote friendly relations with all nations," he said. "However, the foremost task that confronts us today in East Asia is to ensure its security and stability through ; an abid ing cooperation with the free nations, especially the United States. We are firmly determin ed to advance the cause of peace and prosperity of the Asiatic region through this coopera tion." Sports Bulletin Eugene Medford's Black Tornado evened up its Eugene series with a win last night over the Axemen, 51 to 50. Medford lead all thway with Bud Kastner's two free throws in tiie closing minutes the clincher with a stall effective the rest of the way. Jerry Kalapus was high for the win ners with 14, while Eugene's towering six - foot' eight - inch Mike Moran shot for 27 coun ters. . Period scores favored Medford 12 to 4, 25 to 20 and 38 to 34. Central Point Oakridgw high built up a nine point lead in the fourth quarter and withstood a Comet rally to defeat the Crater basketball team 55 to 52 here last night. Harvey Tonn, Crater, headed scorers with 24 points . and John Shearer, Oakridge, got 23. ( v; Corvallis, Ore. (U.R) The University of Southern Cali fornia, showing veteran poise in its second pre-season basket ball game, walloped a strong Oregon Slate squad 55 to 35 here Saturday night. . Eagle Point 59, Rogue River 47 With Chu dd UH Msoutrs FLEET PIT! (Ml?; MOTS! Ex-Leader of U.N. Troops Raps Attack Made om President Says Never Agreed With Joe's Methods Auburndale, Fla. (U.R) Gen. James A. Van Fleet, for mer United Nations commander in Korea, withdrew his support of Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy Sat urday because of the Republi can's "insulting" attack on Pres ident Eisenhower. The retired 8th Armv com mander who had joined efforts Portland (U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse, visiting Port land to address a Democratic victory dinner, said here that Sen. Joseph McCarthy could be expelled from the Senate if he repeats the behavior for which he was recently con demned by his colleagues. He added that his mail indicated to him that action of Sen. Guy Cordon (R-Ore.), who refused to ' support the censure resolution, had done "great damage to the Republi can parry in -this state." . ; to get the Senate to call off its censure of McCarthy said "I can not stand for" McCarthy's attack on "our great President." Sends Telegram Van Fleet said he sent a tele eram to McCarthy saying "This last attack on our great Presi dent causes me to withdraw all support" of the senator. . McCarthy last -Tuesday accus ed Mr. Eisenhower of being soft toward Communists and "apolo gized" to his own followers be cause he once had urged their support of the President. Van Fleet, who returned on Thursday from one of his many excursions he has made out of the country since his retirement from active duty, said in the telegram: ( Shocked by Attack ' I am shocked by your person al bitter attack against the Pres ident of the United States, a full copy of which I have read today on my arrival home. .."In the past I have supported you and your fight against in ternational Communism but nev er have agreed with your meth ods. This last attack on our great President causes me to withdraw all support." -; , Another general who also was active in the McCarthy endorse ment movement refused: to jom Van Fleet. "That's General Van Fleet's business and he has a right to his own opinion," Lt. Gen. Ret. George E. Stratemeyer said at his home in Winter Park, Fla., when , advised of Van Fleet's reversal. Leonard Hall Praises Request for Recount Portland (U.R) Leonard W. Hall, chairman of the Repub lican National committee, has written a letter of praise to Jess Gard, Oregon National commit teeman, for his recent efforts to force a recount in the Richard Neuberger-Guy Cordon Senate race.. Hall said the recount attempt was justified because of the closeness of the vote, the evi dence of some irregularities and because the Senate seat afforded control of the Senate for the next two years. ' i - : The letter said Gard's efforts had also had the support of Vice-President Richard Nixon and Senate Republican Majority Leader William F. Knowland, Calif. - j Cairo (U.R) The state pros ecutor demanded the death pen alty Saturday for 13 Jews charg ed with espionage and sabotage in Egypt for Israel as part of a Zionist plan , to smash the Arab oountriM. Jet Plane Launching ; New Port News, Va. (U.R) The Super Aircraft Carrier USS Forrestal, born and built amid atomic age controversy, was launch ed Saturday in a colorful ceremony marred by the crash of a Navy jet plane near its dock. To the splattering of a champagne bottle and the tune of "Anchors , Aweigh,'' the mighty vessel was christened and hailed as the "most powerful naval weapon in history." But while the mammoth 59,650-ton earner, prdduct of the Navy's five-year battle for a place, hi the atomic air age, was floated, one of the Navy's jet planes crashed, killing the pilot, in the waters of Hampton Roads, -a scarce half mile from. the launching site. -: , ' -; The jet planes still were roaring deaf eningly overhead when Mrs. James V. Forrestal, widow of the nation's first defense sec retary for whom Congress named the ocean giant, shattered a bottle of champagne across the big flattpp's bow and christened it the USS Forrestal. The huge carrier actually had floated for the first time at 4:05 p.m. Friday after water had been pumped into its dry dock for nearly 24 hours. But with the smash of the champagne bottle, decorated with red, white and blue ribbons, it moved slightly but majestically for the first time at 12:29 p.m. under the power of winches. Dodge Economic Aide; May eferee Disp .Washington V---UPJi--.: Presi dent Eisenhowers moving-to set tle differences) within his administration over aid to Asia Saturday appointed former Bud get Director Joseph M. Dodge as his special assistant on foreign economic policies. Although the White House did not say it in so many words, Seven Men Appear In District Court; Five Given Fines One man was arraigned on a fugitive complaint, another ap peared on check charges, three young men were.fined for liquor violations and two . youths were fined , on " property destruction charges Saturday morning in Jackson county district court. George Jim Lee,.-21, Phillips, Tex., was given until Dec. 14 to obtain counsel on the fugitive complaint, according to district court records and.; sheriff's deputies. His bail was set at $1,500 and he was committed to the county jail. The fugitive' warrant was is sued on a "hold" for Oklahoma pardon and parole officials. Sheriff s deputies said that Lee had been brought back to Jack son county from "Texas jto an swer forgery charges. , To Grand Jury Russell Bruce . J.acksbn, 32, Cave Junction,' was bound over to the grand jury on charges of obtaining money under false pre tenses and bail was set at $1,500. The district court report said the case involved a $2 check, passed at the H. R. Steveson service sta tion at Phoenix. ' Billy Bingham Ashley, 23, of 287 Avery st., Ashland, entered a plea of guilty on a charge of furnishing liquor' to minors, and was fined $25 and $5 costs, ac cording to the district court and sheriff's records. Fined $10 and $5 costs each on charges of ille gal possession of intoxicating liquor were Dee Finis James, 18, of 1213 Iowa st., and Harold David Hoots, 18, of 925 Jasper st. The three were arrested at the T Pee dance hall Friday night, the records showed. Wimer Youths Fined Carl Martin, 18, and Gaylord Eugene Slack, 18,. both Wimer, were fined $35 and $5 costs each, on charges of willful de struction of a street lamp. Both entered guilty pleas. The case involved the breaking of a street light on West Evans creek rd., m Rogue River.; 'f Other records of the two of fices disclosed that Roy Leo Wil- Kenson, 718 . west Main st., was committed to jail for non pay ment of 1 a fine on a reckless driving harg. mm Crash Mars of Carrier ute it' was - clear- from the official announcement ' that -one of Dodge's main , jobs will be to referee a backstage dispute be tween Foreign Aid Adminisra tor Harold E. Stassen and Trea sury Secretary George M Humphrey over the scope of future . U. S. economic aid to free countries of Asia. Has Dulles' Backing Stassen, who seems to have the overall backing of Secretary oi btate John Foster Dulles, is iignting for a large-scale, long range program in which econom ic aid would be this country's main cold war weapon against Communist expansion in the Far East. , ,- numpnrey, concerned over the still-unbalanced federal budget, opposes any substantial increase in U. S. outlays in Asian aid, wnicn are now. runnmg aoout $1,000,000,000 a year. Cabinet-Level Job ) ; , rxesiaent .aisennower. in a letter to Dodge made miblic by ,the White House, asked the De troit banker to establish and serve as cnairman- of a new cabinet-level council on foreign economic policy. The President said members of the council should include Stassen, ' Hum phrey, Dulles, Secretary of Ag riculture Ezra T. Benson and Secretary of Commerce Sinclair Weeks. Mr. Eisenhower asked Dodge to work through the new council to .''produce a coordinated and agreed upon governmental po sition" on various problems of foreign economic policy." Legislative Groups Select Chairmen Portland (U.R) Chairmen of the State House and Senate Ways and Meams and Taxation committees, the two most influ ential committees of both bodies, were announced at a, meeting here Saturday. J ? Elmo Smith,: John -Day pub lisher who will become presi dent of the next session of the Oregon Senate, named Howard Belton,' former Senate president, as chairman of the Senate Ways and" Means committee.' Rudie Wilhelm Jr.:, 1953 House " speak er, was named chairman of the Senate "Taxation committee. T Henry Semon, Klamath Falls Democrat, was named chairman of the House Ways and Means committee by Ed Geary, Klam ath Falls, who - is slated to be speaker of the House. Loren Steward, Lane county Republi can, will head the House Taxa tion committee. ; Smith and Geary announced the appointments following a meeting with the new commit' tot htarifi Eisenhower Given Support by Leaders Of Wisconsin GOP Declare No Man Bigger Than Party Madison, Wis. U.R) .The Executive committee of " the Wisconsin Republican party has refused to back up Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy's charge that Presi dent Eisenhower has taken a Washington (U.R) Sen ate Republican Leader Wil- 'liam F. Knowland Saturday discounted the possibility a Republican splinter group might form a new political ' party as a result of the GOP split over Sen. Joseph R. Mc Carthy. , weak stand against Communism. The committee, in a resolution passed unanimously, upheld the President for "aggressively" working to clean - subversives out of government service. Warns McCarthy , . , The . resolution also praised McCarthy's antitorrununist campaigns, but warned him that no man is bigger than the party.. Aitftougn no direct mention was made of McCarthy's break with the administration, the resolution deplored "the con flicts of personalities which have tended at times to divide and confuse some members of our party organization." "We reaffirm our conviction that no individual or group of individuals within the Republi can party has the strength to destroy it," the resolution sad. Party Above Individuals The GOP leaders, called the welfare of the party "para mount, surpassing in importance the individual aims or ambitions of any of those who hold office under its banners." -; "State GOP Chairman Robert Pierce said the passages about personality : conflicts aiid the party "recognized" McCarthy's break with Mr. Eisenhower ear lier this week. Pope Pius Shows : ; New Improvement Vatican-City ,(U.R) P ope Pius XII showed new improve mentSaturday from his near fatal collapse 10 days ago,; but his doctors warned he must re duce his activities or risk a re lapse. ' ' Members of the papal house hold urged the 78-year-old pon tiff, to get more rest as he pre pared to make his third broad cast in eight days tomorrow. The pope's doctors still do not know what his ailment is, and a high source said Saturday that although the pontiff is improv ing rapidly his condition will not permit necessary ..x-rays un til after Christmas. . , Floods, Snow, To Plague Western Europe London KU.R) Europe Satur day battled floods, snow and ice in the backlash of savage storms that already have taken' a toll of at least 130 dead on land and sea. ? Property damage ran into the" millions: : Ireland. Britain and France were plagued by floods and drop ping, temperatures. Italy, Swit zerland and Austria were har assed by avalanches. Two persons were oeaa in ire- land, two in Britain, three in Italy and one each in France and Switzerland.; But the three major storms of the last two weeks took their biggest toll in the tossing seas off the western rim of Europe 121 dead in i shipwrecks.; In Ireland, 1,000 Irish army troops manning radio-equipped boats evacuated scores of fam ilies from homes in the Irish mid lands around Athlon. Tb Bivar Dramatic Bid Seeks Direct Negotiation After December 26 ia-,..II e. J, c. J. ' iiuuiu .ceA neeuom - For All Held by Reds : United Nations, New York (U.R) United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold, in a -dramatic bid to negotiate di rectly, for the release of 11 Am ericans imprisoned as "spies," has asked Chinese Communist Premier Chou En-lai for a face-' to-face meeting in Peiping "soon after. Dec. 26,? it was announc-i ed Saturday night. Hammarskjold will work also for the release of all UN Korean war prisoners still held by the Reds in violation of the armis tice, the officiali. UN announce ment said. r Sent Cable to Chou 1 ; ; Overriding normal diplomatic niceties, the 49-year-old Swedish chief executive of the UN cabled Chou at 5 p.m. Friday just one hour and eight minutes after he received a mandate from the General Assembly to try to get all prisoners freed. Under Hammarskj old's in structions, he was to "use the means most appropriate - in his judgement,'. and he acted with lightning speed. - It is understood that the Brit- uui, xuuiau, oweuiaa ana .Rus sian foreign offices were asked to work in Hammarskjold's be half in seeking the conference with Chou, who is foreign min ister as -well as premier. .. pn4 . ri. ;. - ';':" Hammarskjold will be ready to. fly to Peiping, halfway across the world, on almost a moment's notice if Chou agrees Hammarskjold's . 'cablegram was: .. . y . "His Excellency Mr. Chou En- lai "Prime Minister "Peiping "The General Assembly of th UN. has requested me to seek the release of 11 UN command personnel captured by Chinese fnrrPB cm 19 .Ttmnarv 1QM am well as of all other captured personnel of the , UN command still detained. - ' ' , Special Responsibility Taking into consideration all -acts ana circumstances, the ' A . - . I . . secretary general ; must, . in this case,' take on himself a special responsibility. r I In the light of the concern I feel about the issue, I would appreciate an opportunity to take this matter up with you personally. ...... . . f lSVk, HAQ0rx T Ali. m... bxi, ivoauu x u& Y un whether you could receive me in Peiping. j ? "I would suggest a visit soon after 26 December and would, if you accept my proposal, ask what date at about that time would be suitable to you. "Dag Hammarskjold "Secretary General, United Nations." - - Portland (UJ!) CoL James U. Moorhead,- Portland, district engineer, Saturday "regretfully' declined the offer of three Pac ific Northwest power companies to advance the Corps of Engin eers $350,000 to speed planning of the John Day dam on the Col umbia-river. Ice Continue Shannon, overflowing to a five- rrtil width inundated soma Krt square miles. ' U. ! S. Ambassador William Howard Taft offered American .' food, and other supplies to the flood-stricken nation. In Britain, the steadily-rising Thames rolled a mile wide past Windsor and overflowed into the streets of Maidenhead near Berk shire. Thousands . of acres pf farmland in the Thames valley were under water.' Ancient Salisbury suffered its worst flood in years and volun teer crews worked steadily to throw up sandbag embankments to hold back the rampaging river A . 1. W 1 jfl Avon. - At - leeiwooa, m ian cashire, troops worked under t i ; t a 1 . searcougnis tu sxiuxe up a crumD- - ling seawall. The wall held firm last night against a tide which reached 30 feet, tha highest in
