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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1954
49th Year
No. 227
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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