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i A Y 4 3 Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 49th Year 26 Pages Few Peoftlhis Eepirtedl dd S - Safely Officials Praise Motorists; 11 Persons Killed Early Reports Said Definitely Encouraging By UNITED PRESS The nation failed on this "S-D Day" in its attempt to go 24 hours . without a single traffic death. But the number of deaths was so low that safety officials f praised American motorists. v Eleven persons were killed and 194 injured in traffic smash ups up to 11 a.m. (PST) on this day which President Eisenhow er and safety experts had hop- Af of noon today, only one accident had been reported in . Jackson county to mar the "Safe Driving day" record, according to local police of ficials. It occurred in Medford at . 10:30 a.m. and was minor in .nature, with no injuries re sulting. One driver, Arden Mortimer Tyrrell, Box 144, Rogue River, was cited for failure lo yield the right of of way to a sedan operated by Paul Edward Smith, 27, Cra ter Lake ave. at the intersec tion of Third and Bartlett sts police said. Officials called on all driv ers to be extra easeful today in an effort for a lower acci dent rate than the six in the county last Dec. 15. ed would pass without a single accident, death or injury. 60 Killed Last Year On a comparable day last year Wednesday, Dec. 16, highway mishaps killed 60 persons and injured 1807. .'A United Press "test" tabula tion last Wednesday recorded 67 deaths in traffic and an esti mated 2144 injured. Reports of deaths were com ing in so slowly that Rear Adm. H. B. Miller, director of the President's Action Committee for Traffic Safety, said: Half Last Year Rate "The reports on S-D day up to noon are definitely encour aging. 1 "If this rate can be maintain ed for the balance of .the day, the traffic death toll throughout the nation would be approxi mately half the toll for the com parable Wednesday last year. "We feel this is a tribute to the American people." . . . The recorded fatalities includ ed two each in Mississippi and Ohio, and one each in Illinois, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wis consin. President Eisenhower issued a new appeal for safe driving today in a reminder to reporters at his news conference that this was' S-D day. First in Wisconsin The first official report of an S-D day accident came from Wisconsin, where the Milwaukee county sheriff's office said it re ceived a report at 12:23 a.m (CST) of an, accident in which Adelbert Jaeobs Jr., 37, of Wat erford, was killed when his car missed a curve on a highway -near Milwaukee. The sheriff's office said they considered it an S-D day death. By UNITED PRESS Oregonians apparently were off to a safe start on national safe driving day, with only one minor injury reported by , late morning. John E. Sheridan, 46, Port land pedestrian, was taken to a hospital after being struck by a car but suffered no fractures. - A car owned and driven by George W.- Smalley, Salem, stall ed on Southern Pacific tracks in Salem today and was hit by a freight train, dragged 100 feet and badly damaged. But it wasn't recorded in the total of those injured or killed in accidents, as Smalley escap ed without injury. Four other minor accidents one in Eugene and the other three near Portlend, were re ported hv 11 ajn., but there were no injuries. Olympia U.R) At least two persons had been killed and seven others injured in traffic accidents in safety-conscious Washington state midway through S-D day today. Mil Benson Stresses Need for Freedom In Agriculture Minimum of Control Needed for Progress New York. (U.R) Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson said today maximum agricul tural progress can come only with a minimum of government regulation and control. He stressed . repeatedly thie necessity for as much freedom as possible for agriculture and said the new flexible price sup port program was a step in the right direction. Benson spoke at the 36th an nual convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation being held in Manhattan Center here. Sees Rosy Future He was optimistic about pros pects for the farmer, both on a long and short range basis, and indicated price problems would be reduced as surpluses are gradually reduced. "Government can and will play a part in helping agricul ture adapt to new circumstances and conditions," he said. "By far the greater part of "the job will be done by the farmers themselves. "Maximum progress will come I only if agriculture is free and ! farmers can make . their own management decisions on their own farms with a very minimum of government regulation and control. Normal Risks of Job 'Our constant objective is to do what is best for farmers and what is fair to all of our people. In the long run. what is good for agriculture is also good for America." ' He said he believed farmers must be prepared to accept the normal risks which go with farming, ."just as the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker must reconcile themselves to the uncertainties which go with their chosen occupations." Increase Significant Benson said it appeared sig nificant that the American Farm Bureau federation had increased its membership by 18,000 during the last year after it took a stand i.i favor of flexible price supports in preference to rigid high price supports. Earlier Sen. Spessard . I. Hol land (D-Fla.) praised the Repub lican administration's farm pol icies as "fundamentally in the right direction." Roseburg Television Application on File Roseburg A' second applica tion for television Channel 4 to serve Roseburg will soon be filed with the Federal Commu nications commission, it was rej ported today. The application is by the. Southwest Oregon Television, a new firm headed by Noble Go ettel. He said the proposed sta tion would be a "satellite" of station KVAL-TV in Eugene, showing mostly the same pro grams, but would also have pro vision for local, programming. Last Nov. 18. an application for the same channel was filed by the Southern Oregon Broad casting company, which oper ates KBES-TV in Medford. With two applications on file for the channel, the only one assigned Roseburg, the PCC pre sumably would have to conduct a hearing before approving one or the other of the applications. Tournament of Roses Names Warren Marshal Pasadena U.R) Officials of the Tournament of Roses today announced Chief Justice Earl Warren will serve as grand mar shal of the 1955 classic. Elmer Wilson, tournament president, said the former Calif ornia governor and Mrs. Warren will ride at the head of the an nual New Year's Day parade in a car decorated by hundreds of roses. The Warrens will occupy a box at the Rose Jowl with their daughters. : j .l Cm rs. MEDFORD, -OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1 5, 1 954 HE GETS AROUND Carl Taylor, 21, paralyzed from waist down by hunting accident six years ago, travels the streets of Kansas City, Kas., in this electrically powered wheel-, chair. He "wintereized" the vehicle himself by adding, canvas top. On platform in front of him is a regular wheel--chair which he uses on his job as a elevator operator at a local hospital. Nehru Asks Red China To Accept U N Req u est For Peiping United Nations, N. Y. (U.R) India disclosed . , today that Prime Minister Jawalharlal Neh- j ru has asked Red China to-ae- cept the United Nations' request for a meeting in Peiping on the fate of 11 U.S. airmen jailed by the Communists as spies. Advices from the Indian cap ital of New Delhi said Nehru sent a message to Red Chinese Premier Chou En-lai urging him to discuss the case personally with UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold. No Intervention Meant Officials in New Delhi empha sized that Nehru s message m no way means that India is in tervening in the American's case. They said Nehru only was passing along Hammarskj old's request for a face-to-face meet ing with Chou. A spokesman for Hammarsk jold said no reply from Peiping, "provisional or otherwise, to his message sent last Friday had been received. Under Consideration , Nevertheless, UN delegates generally believed the Hammar skjold request was under con sideration in Peiping. American officials in Wash ington also expressed new hope that the Mao Tse-Tung regime is planning to release the fliers but they cautioned it may be Lookout Power To Enter Grid Tonight Portland (U.R) Power from the first 40,000-kilowatt gen-, erator at Lookout Point dam in Lane county is scheduled to flow into the Bonneville Power Administration's southwest Ore gon transmission grid and the Northwest power pool at 11 p.m. today," Administrator William A. Pearl announced. Installation of two additional 40,000 kilowatt generators at Lookout Point and a 15,000 kilo watt generator at Dexter dam in 1955 will add a total of 135, 000 kilowatts of installed capa ity to the region's power re sources, Pearl said. Weather FORECAST: Decreasing cloudi- ness, colder tonight, low near 28. Foggy tonight and Thurs day morning. High near 46, low 37. Temp. Highest Yesterday 40 Lowest this Morning 37- Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today, Trace JUT; Oiled iv Meeting some time oeiore tne men. are freed. V -. ' The ew. U.S. " hopes gcew from a Peiping. broadcast, which, hinted that Red China might consider exchanging the airmen for 35 Chinese students who are at present not permitted to leave the United States because of the skills they have learned here. Trade Rejected The State department has re jected a trade, but a spokesman said the 35 Chinese students' cases were being screened, indi cating the United States may de cide to let them go back, to Red China. Diplomatic sources said the fact that Red China is even re motely hinting at a deal shows the Red regime may be looking for a way to turn loose the fliers without losing face. Bloodmobile Here; RR Tops Quota The bloodmobile will be open at the Elks temple in Medford until 6 p.m. today. It is hoped that at least 300 donors will show up during the afternoon to fill the quota of blood needed for Jackson county hospitals, and for the regional blood bank. - About 250 persons had made pointments up to late morn ing. , '. ! ; The bloodmobile was in Rogue River at the Grange hall yester day, and blood program workers reported that 143 donors appear ed to give blood. Forty of them were rejected for one reason or another, and. 103 pints of blood were collected. The amount of the quota set there was 100 pints. Jackson Students Plan Yule Projects Students at Jackson school, who usually, have an exchange of 25-cent gifts within their rooms, decided this year to undertake various Christmas projects instead. Teachers at the school report that it was the youngsters' own idea not a suggestion from the teaching staff. They got the idea by reading in The Mail Tribune about plans of other children to give their gifts to youngsters in the state's Fairview home. CARE Package One of the projects is the pur chase of a CARE package for Europe. Another is to send the toys they would otherwise have exchanged to the Sacred Heart RIBUIE P Oov .".Fuua Burning Matches in Death; Pet Dog Discovered Dead at Woman's Feet Mrs. Florence Cecilia Spack man, 64, of 418 Haven st., a semi-invalid for about 10 years, died of burns yesterday. Firemen said she was injured apparently after a box of match es ignited and fell in her lap as she was sitting in the kitchen. Coroner Merle Foland said she died of third degree burns. She was found dead in a chair with her dog lying dead at her feet, firemen said. The dog ap parently suffocated. The death and fire were discovered by her husband, John C. Spackman, on his return home from work at about 4:30 p.m. Matchbox Ignites Firemen, in reconstructing the event, said it appeared that Mrs. Spackman ,was seated in a kitchen chair, by a table, and struck a match, accidentally igniting the matches left in the box. The burning box fell in her lap, they indicated, catching her clothing on fire and spread ing to the "table cloth and win dow curtain. It appeared that she then went to a davenport, igniting the upholstery, then collapsed into a chair nearby, firemen said. She was dead when they arrived, .and they found her husband trying to remove her from the house. A neighbor, Mrs. George Sher man, 419 Haven .st., saw aicloud of smoke -billow out of the house when Spackman , entered. She turned in the alarm, and trucks from the main and- west side fire stations were dispatched. Fire damage was confined to the kitchen table, the kitchen window curtain, the davenport and the chair, firemen said Flames in the kitchen had burned themselves out, but the other furniture was still smouldering when they arrived, firemen re ported. ? There was also some smoke damage. Funeral services for Mrs. Spackman are pending with Perl Funeral home in charge. She had lived here since 1926, and was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic church. She was born June 12, 1890, in Iowa. Survivors in addition to her hus band are a sister, Mrs. Nellie Moran, Oakland, Calif., and a brother, Edward Aherin, whose address is not known. Portland Apartment House Plans Dropped Portland (U.R) Plans to con struct a 14 -story apartment building on Portland's east side were abondoned today because of opposition of property own ers in the area. Harry Mittleman, who had re quested a zone change from the Portland city ' council in order to construct the $5,000,000 proj ect, said he was withdrawing his application because of what he called the opposition of a small minority of "misguided people." The city council promptly ac cepted the withdrawal and planned no further consideration of the controversial proposal. of Gifts hospital in Eugene for children in the children's polio rehabili tation ward. , Members of one" room col lected $14, and will purchase toys, flannel pajamas and other items - for 4-year-old Michael Bergquist, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M.: Bergquist, Table Rock rd., who was critically burned in a fire Dec. 8. The .youngster is now a Doernbecher . hospital in Portland. All Participating All the students in the school are participating in the idea, but some of the projects of the vari ous home Tooms in grades - 1 through 6 have ; not yet been announced. Found bytiusband United Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 230 President Expects Full Cooperation In Next Congress To Ask No Change In Corporation Taxes Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower said , today he expects to get maximum . coop eration from Republicans in Congress and real cooperation from Democrats on national se curity and foreign policy mat ters. He confirmed that he will ask Congress to keep corporation and excise taxes, at their present levels, instead of letting them drop by more than $2,000,000, 000 next year. ' Mr. Eisenhower, dressed nat tily in a brown suit, was alter nately jocular and serious as he ranged over a wide field of sub jects, from flying saucers to the state of Iran s economy. The President breezed into his weekly meeting five minutes late. In good spirits, he first re minded reporters that today is safe driving day. For Strong Reserve Among the subjects discussed: Defense: He feels the United States should be prepared for 50 years if necessary, to fight a big war. He said the nation must hold itself ready to blunt any attack and strike back as swift ly as possible by use of a strong reserve system. Scandals: Every person hold ing a responsible job in this ad ministration is under orders, he said, to report immediately to proper authorities any sign of anything that what he called looks off-color. He said there are absolutely no exceptions. Plans for 1956: He said that his press secretary, James C. Hagerty, who said this week it would be "foolhardy" for the Republicans to think of running anyone else for President in 1956, is entitled to his own opin ion so long as there is no set policy, on the matter. ' v Undecided on Wage Issue . ' Flying.,saucers:, An Air Force official in whom he has com plete confidence has told him there is no reason to believe these, reported phonomena come from some other planet. Labor: Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell has a right to advocate a raise in the minimum wage law and abolition of state "right to work" laws. He said this is so even though the Presi dent has not decided when mini mum wages should be boosted or what stand he will eventually take on the state statutes. Iran: The visit here . of the Shah of Iran points up Iran's tre mendous . improvement . over a year ago, when it appeared that country might be headed toward Communism. A-Bomb: The United States re serves to itself the decision on the use ' of the atom bomb in some instances but recognizes the need to consult with allies in other areas. (See story on Page 3) Next 48 Hours Said . ...... Crucial for Pope Vatican City U.R) Vatican sources said today the next 48 hours will be crucial' for Pope Pius XII and may show wheth er the sudden halt in his recov ery is only temporary. Those hours also may give the team of physicians attending the 78-year-old Pope an oppor tunity to determine the nature of the illness that brought him near death 13 days ago. Slight but steady improve ment in the Pope's condition over a 10-day period stopped Monday. Since then the condi tion has been described as "sta tionary." ' " . The next two days were ex pected to show whether the halt was temporary and caused by overwork during the week end, as believed by Vatican quarters. Mr. I TS JOJ . sata Mrm-- mm Klei7 Inlospiial flm liscyssei; lepirt: Shorn local iMi Consideration of plans for a new hospital to serve southern Oregon, long under discussion among interested groups and in dividuals, became public today with the release of a comprehen sive report on the proposal. . The 83-page report was pre pared by the Stanford. Research Institute, a nationally-known in dustrial research organization, at the request of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, and was financed by the cham ber. - - . Need Indicated It indicated an immediate need for hospital facilities in excess of what are now available in Jack son county, and indicated that the growing importance of Med ford as a population and medical Paint Manufacture Planned by Firm; Incorporation Filed Articles of incorporation for a paint manufacturing company in Medford have been filed with the state corporation commissioner, according to United Press. The firm is the Taylor-Olson Paint corporation. The incorp orators are Robert L. Taylor, Luwig , Olson and Frances V. Olson. Taylor said today the . firm will be the only paint-manufacturing concern in this area. The plant is located at 906 North Riverside ave., and until re cently was known as the Taylor Paint and Wallpaper company. Equipment Planned Taylor reported that one mill and one paint mixer are planned at present, with two more to be added later. The company will manufacture interior and exter ior paints, and enamel and other specialty -paints will be added later. Customers in this area will benefit from factory prices, Taylor pointed out He came here several years ago from Corning, N. Y., where he was in the paint business, and p later was in - construction. About VA years ago he sold the Taylor - Lumber. - company - in Jacksonville. Dulles in Paris For Conferences Paris U.R) U. ; S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles ar rived in Paris today for a series of crucial Big Three and North Atlantic Treaty Organization meetings. The meetings will: 1. Determine whether military or political leaders will be em powered to press the trigger of atomic retaliation if the Com mumists attack. 2. Shape future western pol icy toward .Russia and Red China. . A compromise was reported shaping up on the heated ques tion of when and how the West should bring its atomic arms into action in the, event of Red aggression. .. The dispute, in which Britain and the United .States found themselves on opposite sides of the; fence, revolves around the generals who want instantane ous atomic reprisal, and the Eu ropean governments who want to be consulted before American atomic weapons are used. Mendes Puts Future On Confidence Vote Paris (U.R) Premier' Pierre Mendes-France announced today that he will stake the future of his government on a confidence vote in the French National Assembly on the controversial German rearmament plan and accompanying treaties. The French Premier said he will call for approval of the "package deal" on German re armament worked but in confer ences at London and Paris. This includes, in addition to the arming of 500,000 West Ger mans, the restoration of German sovereignty, admission of Ger many into a new Western Euro pean union and the North Atlan tic Treaty Organization and a settlement of the future 'of the coal and iron-rich Saarland that lies between Germany and France. : ' vT - - Washington (U.R) Maj. Gen. Merrill Twining, deputy chief of staff at Marine Corps headquarters, has been named the .new commander of the First Marine division in Korea. center will make expanded hos pital facilities a 'must" in the near future. i..- The need for new hospital fa cilities was first expressed in Medford by the Medford Hos pital association, which operates Community hospital for the Epis copal Diocese of Oregon, which owns the institution. Members of the association held exploratory discussions with many interested persons throughout the area, and a few months ago the chamber became interested. ' Chamber Seeks Report : The chamber's board of direc tors, recognizing that a project of this magnitude would have an impact far beyond Medford, voted to seek the assistance of the Stanford organization, which starting in early October, made a detailed survey of the situa tion, including Jackson county's role as a medical center for southern Oregon and northern California, the county's need for expanded hospital facilities, and finally, suggesting a proposal on which plans for a new hospital could be based. " A limited number of copies of the report will be made avail able by the chamber to those in terested. Stripped of all its details, cor- ' roborating tables, graphs and figures, here is the gist of the report: Growth Is Cited . Jackson county is growing both in population and as an eco nomic center for southern Ore gon and northern California.. Medford is the focal point of a service area which includes Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, Siskiyou and part of Douglas counties. Jackson also has the largest number of doctors of any of these counties, with the highest per centage of specialists, who serve most of the five-county area. About 11 per cent of all patients treated in Medford are from out side the county, and almost 80 per cent were from, outside of Medford. Population increases and in dustrial and economic - growth in the area have both been faster than those for the state and na tion, and promise to continue at a higher rate. Facilities Inadequate . ; y,.: Present hospital facilities are inadequate to serve the area in the manner in which it should be , served, as is pointed out in the state's hospital plan for 1955. While there are several alterna tive proposals to satisfy the need, the most logical appears to be the construction of an entire ly new hospital. -The proposed hospital should have 65 to 85 beds, . with pro vision for expansion, and a num ber of specialized services and other specific design characteris tics to serve the area. It should be located at or near the center of population, which the report showed just south of Medford., Cost of the institution, includ ing acquisition of property, was estimated "conservatively" - at $1,770,000. One-third of the amount for construction or about $495,000 can reasonably be ex pected from the federal govern ment under the terms of the Hill-Burton.; hospital assistance act, leaving a balance of some $1,275,000 to be raised locally. Problems Suggested A number of problems and situations which need full con sideration before such a hospital can be constructed were suggest ed by the report, including de sign characteristics, long-range objectives, and the present and future demand for various spe cialized services which could be incorporated in a new hospital. - While some funds can be ex pected from the federal govern ment, and there is the possibil ity of receiving other govern mental monies for certain pur poses connected with the hospi tal, the bulk of the , money would have to be raised in southern Oregon. ; The Community hospital board has been informed that several large donations have already been pledged for the " purpose,, and further discussions are be ing conducted -with men who may have an interest in making substantial contributions. This phase of the project, however, is still largely in the discussion stage. . DOWrJONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones stock . averages: 30 industrials 383.92 up 1.89; .20 railroads 137.16 up 0.58; 15 utilities 61.26 off 0.11, and 65 stocks 144.00 up 0.51. Sales today were about 2,740,000 shares compared with 2,650,000 shares traded yester day. . - '- ' ': ' X-RAY PROGRAM TODAY : The chest x-ray program, con ducted each Wednesday after noon at. Community hospital .by the Jackson County Public Health association, will be uncjer way from 3 to 6 p.m. today. ; M i) j, . 4 - : - Stores-sn Pdi fr SNpiDig Mo inra
