Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 16, 1954, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textiartl Till) to irs Jft Ealiforaia anull ferafe;; Sisiia W? -is FraoiKg sun toiai i griiiiDiii : : ' : : " : : : r ' .-V- .. ' ' - "" ' " : 4 1 1 t f t 1 ! k i Medford United Pre -Full Leased Wire 49th Year 20 Pages Hew Gompany Tells Flans For Hf-Uillion ..Dollar Ply Mill Off icers of Firm In Grants Pass Form New Concern 3,000000 Feet Monthly Output Seen Plans for a new roueht tly. wood mill near Medford, to cost more than half -million dollars were announced today. . Officials of the Southern Ore gon Plywood company at Grants Pass are quitting that firm and have organized their own com pany, Fir-Ply, Inc., to build an operate the mill. Articles of incorporation for the new company were filed with the state corporation com missioner in Salem this week listing initial capitalization at $250,000. 'Signing the articles were Ernest A. Clark, Arthur W. Mickleson, Robert W. Van Duker, and Roy E. Henry. Name Officers Carl Jacobson, now general manager of the SOPO, was elect? ed president of the company at an organizational meeting in Medford this week, and he also will be general manager of the new concern. Clark will be vice president and production man ager. He has been production head of the Grants Pass , com pany. . ; ' . Van Duker, office manager for SOPC, will be secretary treasurer and office manager of the new company, and Mickle son, and Henry will be on the board of directors, with' Henry in charge of the logging depart ment and Mickleson chief en gineer, positions they now hold with SOPC. Frank Farrell, Medford attor ney, is serving as counsel for the new company. Van Duker reported that con ' struction costs will total be ;To Employ 100 Men f ;the mill. He said production will ' begin at a rate of 3;000.000 feet ;per month of three by eight ply boards. Three shifts with a total of 100 to 110 men are planned, Van Duker said. ' ?- He estimated the annual pay roll at about a half-million dol lars, and said the firm will buy about a half-million 'dollars worth of logs each year. The mill will produce a rough, construction grade of plywood, .unsanded. Sales will be handled through" a sales company yet to be organized. It is hoped construction on the mill can start shortly after Jan 1, Van Duker said. The job may be contracted, or the company may handle the construction it self, he said. He estimated that production can begin by April or May of next year. Machinery is already on order for 90-day delivery, and he said it should start arriving soon. Quilling SOPC The participants In the new firm are all severing their con nections with the Southern Ore gon Plywood company, and all Knowland Sees Red Alove To Grab More of Free World Los Angeles 4U.R) Sen. Wil liam F. Knowland predicts the Communist bloc will act to seize more of the free - world in the next two years "unless we give a display of strength." The California Republican told the American Bureau of Medi cal Aid for Free China last night that the . Communist powers "will try something new" .if there is a power vacuum or an indication of weakness ,by the free nations. Pressure Predicted Knowland also predicted there will be "a great hue and cry" next year for the admission of Red China to the United Na tions, but did not qualify the rea son for his belief. "As long as I have a vote in the Senate, I shall oppose it," the Senate majority leader de clared. In a somewhat modified opin MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1954 If, 4 : . f , TO HEAD MOD Thomas J. Reeder, above, local attorney, today was named Medford chair man of the March of Dimes cam paign to raise funds to. combat infantile paralysis. The new chairman, who came here in April from Salem, asked that anyone interested in serving on committees during January con tact him by telephone at either 3-3936 or 3-4739 or at his office at.21(LEastMahvst. -. ' Court Lists Load Limits, Stop Signs The Jackson county court has ordered reduced load limits on four county roads and a county bridge and has designated four other county roads as "through roads. ' S A load limit of 11,000 pounds on a single axle and 20,000 pounds oh a dual axle has been ordered for the entire length of Medford-Climax rd., Crow foot rd. from Butte Falls rd. to Laurelhurst rd., and portions of Wagner Creek rd. and An telope rd. All have been posted. A five-ton limit has been placed oh County Bridge No. 43, on Cove rd. over Frog creek. Designated as through roads are Table Rock rd. from High way 99 Sams Valley state, sec ondary highway, Old Stagfe rd. from Jacksonville to Highway 99, Stage Road South from Jack sonville to Highway 99 near Voorhies crossing, and Crater Lake ave. from the Medford city limits to the new Crater Lake highway. Stop signs are to be posted on all intersecting roads. will move their families here. Van Duker already has estab lished his. residence at 30 Haw thorne st. . The mill site has not been definitely determined, but will be somewhere in the . Camp White area. All that remains to be arranged is the exact loca tion and the supply of water, Van Duker explained. , ion on the 11 airmen and two civilians held by Red China, Knowland said he favored a naval blockade of that country if the United Nations fails in its present peaceful course to secure their release. ' Earlier, Knowland had pro posed an outright blockade of Communist China as an alterna tive to paying "international blackmail" for the release of the prisoners. Invite Blackmail "Every time you show weak ness," Knowland said, "you in vite international blackmail from the Communists. Wherever we've stood up to them, they've backed down." - He branded as "international blackmail" a possible deal under which the Chinese Reds would trade the American prisoners for 35 Chinese students in this country. United Safe Driving D ay Declared Success Despite 51 Dead Savings in Lives Said 10-15 Per Cent By UNITED PRESS Safety officials said today that S-D Day was a success even though 51 persons died in traf fic accidents during the 24 hours ending at midnight. In addition to' the 51 nprsnns who were killed instantly, sev eral persons died today of in juries suffered in S-D Day acci dents. Their deaths were not Salem (U.R) Oregon had a record of 12 injuries, most of them minor, no deaths, and 78 accidents on national S-D day yesterday. Cliff Mudd, in charge of the slate communi cations center here, said to day. added 'to the total, however, so figures would be kept compara tive with previous counts. Another 1135 persons suffered injuries in 3573 accidents on the Day President Eisenhower had hoped would pass without a sin gle death, injury, or accident' in traffic! "w-'v Those figures compared with 60 killed and 1807 injured on a comparable traffic day a year ago today. A special United Press "test" tabulation last Wednesday showed 67 persons jured. Rear . Adm. H. B. Miller, di rector of the President's Action Committee for Traffic Safety, said "S-D Day did precisely what it was intended to do." Projecting the reduction in deaths and injuries on S-D Day for the entire year, he said, showed that 6000 persons killed in traffic during 1954 would still be alive if motorists and pedes trians had used the same caution they did yesterday. The savings in lives yesterday was estimated at 10 to 15 per cent. Indiana had the worst record forthe day with five dead. New Mexico was next with four in a single accident. Counting three deaths each were California, Florida, Illi nois, Mississippi, Pennsylvania and Texas. Two each were re ported by Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New YorK, umo, Virginia and Washington. States reporting one death each were Georgia, Iowa, New Jersey, North . Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Ver mont and Wisconsin. Jackson county made a cred- iahl thoueh not entirely un blemished traffic safety record during S-D day yesterday, po lice authorities said today. There were no deaths and no injuries reported. Police records listed three accidents, all with in the city limits of Medford, and all of a minor nature. Only one. reDorted yesterday, was in vestigated by officers. The oth er two were minor "fender bumping" incidents. According to records in the sheriff's office, six accidents were reported in Jackson coun ty on the same day last year. A total of 14 accidents were reported in the seven counties under the jurisdiction of the Medford state police. No deaths and no injuries resulted from any of them. Only one of the seven counties with a perfect record was Lake county. There was one accident each in Klam math, Coos and Curry counties; two in Josephine, three in Jack son and six in Douglas. Weather FORECAST: Foggy tonight and Friday.'- Partial clearing - Fri day afternoon. Cold again to night. Low tonight 26. High Friday 42. Temp. Highest Yesterday 44 Lowest this Morning 26 Tribune Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 231 Next Move in Deal To Release Airmen Said Up To China U. S. Not Planning To Take Initiative Washington (U.R) Ameri can officials said today it is up to Red China to make the next move in any deal to swap Am ericans held in China for Chin ese students held here. They said this country does not intend to take the initia tive even though the State de partment indicated Wednesday that it might be receptive to a trade. . ' , , The hope is that world opin ion will prod Peiping into mak ing a formal offer. Diplomats at the United Nations said Wed nesday night they believe Red China is in fact drafting a price for release of the Americans. In their opinion, this will call, among other things, for release of 35 Chinese students denied permission to leave this country and a U. S. agreement to hold some kind of East-Westconfer-ence on the Far East. Senate Republican Leader William F. Knowland, mean while, sounded his opposition to any trade. He told newsmen in Los Angeles late vesterdav that. this would be nothing short of "international blackmail." UN Effort Praised He praised the UN effort to free the Americans. But if this fails, he said, he will again recommend, that the United States clana.naya.-f)jlpckade and economic sanctions on Red China. These nroDosals recentlv brought Knowland into conflict with President Eisenhower. But he said America must take all necessary steps to free its citi zens in cnina even if it means using stern measures and "going it alone." - Red China has admitted hold ing 57 U. S. civilians and mili tary men, including 11 airmen recently sentenced to long pris on terms. There could be others who haven't been reported. Blood Collection The most successful blood col lection p r o g r a m in recent months was conducted here yes day, when 297 Dints were col- lected. A quota of 300 donors had been sought, program workers explained, but 329 DeoDle visited the bloodmobile unit at the Elks temple. Of the totaL 32 ' were rejected for various reasons. Of the total, 102 were "drop in" donors, it was reported. Thirty-seven persons who had made appointments failed to keep them, which was said to be an unusually high number, and which tends, to disrupt the orderly processing 'of blood donors. " Coffee . and doughnuts were served to blood donors bv the Junior Service league, and other usual volunteer help assisted during the blood collection hours of 1 to 6 p.m. : Diamond Lake Roads Closed for Winter ; Both east and west entrances to . Diamond lake were closed for the winter by, snow yester day afternoon, according to re ports made to the Medford state police office. :' Other southern Oregon moun tain highway routes were open to drivers, but police cautioned that many of them have icy spots where the roadways are shaded. Roads in Crater Lake Nation al park are closed, -except the principal entrances to Annie Springs, and from there to the rim. '- ' ,i" ; DOW-JONES AVERAGES J New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 393.14 up 4.22; 20 rail roads 140.20 up 3.40; 15 utilities 61.65 up 0.39 and 65 stocks 145.93 up 1.93. Sales today were about 3,390,000 shares, compar ed with 2,740,000 shares traded yesterday. Highly Successf Note To French Envoy. Threatens Friendship Treaty Opposition To Pact Reiterated by Soviets - Moscow (U.R) The Soviet gov ernment threatened today to ab rogate its 1944 friendship treaty with France if France ratifies the London-Paris agreements for re arming West Germany. The threat was made in' a note handed by Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov to French Ambas sador Louis Joxe at the Foreign Ministry. The note contained a lengthy reiteration of Soviet opposition to the Paris Agreements and the rearmament of West Germany. It described German rearma ment as directed against the So viet Union and "other peace lov ing nations" of Europe. "Under such circumstances," the note said, "the Soviet gov-' ernment considers it its duty to state that the act of ratification of the Paris agreements will nullify the Franco-Soviet treaty and the whole responsibility for this will fall on the French gov ernment." Grave Threat Made This threat was the grave ma jor joint of the Soviet note. It was the most definite move made thus far by Russia to dis uade France from ratifying the Paris agreement which would place 500,000 Germans in uni form as a part of a new Western defense system. : Only last 'week Ambassador Joxe was present at a ceremony celebrating the 10th anniversary of the signing of. the Soviet French friendship pact. . Today's note said the policy of the French government, if it ratifies the rearmament agree ments, "not only will fail to con form" to the Franco-Soviet treaty :.-"but will be directed against the Soviet Union and" the other peace loving states." The note was handed the French ambassador amid official and press attacks on British Prime Minister Winston Chur chill and British and American generals accused by Russia of preparing atomic war. Churchill Attacked Soviet Marshal Gregory Zhu kov bitterly attacked Churchill and Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery for their "treach ery" toward Russia at the end of World War II. . The Moscow press chimed in with proposals that Montgomery and U. S. Brig. Gen. John D. Stevenson, commander of the 49th Air Division stationed in Britain, be made candidates for war crimes trials. : Zhukov's attack on Churchill and Montgomery stemmed from Churchill's recent statement in a speech at Woodford, England, that he ordered Montgomery, at the end of World War II, to stack captured Nazi arms ready to be handed back to the defeated Germans if Russia advanced too far into Western Europe. The Soviet press attacks on American, and British generals were the first in which such men had been labelled "war crim inals." Medford Businesses To Be Open Evenings Most downtown Medford busiv nesses will remain open until 9 p.m. the . first four , days of Christmas week, according, to the Retail Merchants associa tion. Stores have . remained open for the evening hours on Wed nesday throughout the fall, and in anticipation of the last-minute Christmas .rush will, stay open the evenings of Monday, Tues day, Wednesday and Thursday. On Friday, . which is Christ mas eve, - stores will close at their regular times, and will re main closed through the long Christmas holidiy, reopening Monday. - - - : - FIGHT T8Z . raft'- ,0-0 &:::!: r--x4 'i&X, """ mmmm am n . INVENTING PORTABLE RADAR to warn blind of obstacles In their path, Dr. Clifford M. Witcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientist, blind since infancy, forecasts at Cam bridge Mass., it will be on market in four years. (International) Physicians' Service Files Incorporation; To Assume OPS Pacts Articles of incorporation for the Rogue Valley Physicians' Service have been filed in the Josephine county clerk's of ice by three Grants Pass doctors, it was announced today. Med ford will be the headquarters city for the new organization. - Among Jhose listed as -members of the initial board of di rectors are , C. I. Drummbnd, Robert W. Sleeter, and R. C. Barnes, all of Medford; Harvey A. Woods, Ashland; Alvin Rob erts, : Central Point, and five Grants Pass men. Formation of the new corpo ration followed a decision by members of the Jackson and Josephine county medical so cieties to withdraw from Ore gon Physicians Service and to create a local insurance plan. To Take Over Contracts It was announced in Medford this morning that the local cor poration will take over all lo cally held OPS contracts' in the near future. Those interested in the new organization stressed that there will be no interrup tion of services rendered to the present OPS subscribers in the two . counties, and there will be no loss of seniority to any sub scriber. Reserves, . required by the state ; insurance commissioner for the protection of subscribers, which have been built up during the last 10 years, will be trans ferred to the local organization by. OPS. Representatives of the board of directors of -the local organization stated this-morning that . they believe they can offer more service per premium do!-' lar under the local plan with no loss of the contract holders'; rights to consult with specialists.' Objectives, Listed , ; The articles of incorporation list the objectives of the organ ization as:. - .-; - To provide a cooperative; or ganization which will" provide( services of doctors of medicine, and surgery of Jackson arid Jo sephine counties in furnishing medical, surgical,' hospital, am bulance, dental and .other serv icer -under contracts with 'em ployee groups, firms, individuals and families, or to the general public. .. . ; - ... To "service contracts for pre-paid medical or. hospital serv ice. :- (. . To enter into agreements with federal, state, county, or .other political or municipal subdivi sions for providing services of its members , in any medical or hospital program which may be f minced by revenue : from taxation.':;;-.; Policy Changes - . In recent years, OPS has op erated under a system of "pools" with Jackson and Josephine counties each being a. local pool in the state OPS system. Recent ly OPS adopted a policy' of not recognizing separate pools, as of Dec. 31, 1954, according to representatives of the local or ganization. V ' . As a result, the local physi cians voted to .form their own insurance plan. Local subscrib ers will still have the services of specialists in Portland and Eugene, as well as those of oth er reciprocating doctors through out the state. . - Independent organizations : of this type have been operating successfully "in Eugene, r Coos Bay, Klamath Falls, and Oregon City for the past 15 years, they pointed out. Greek Students Of Eisenhower Athens, Greece (U.R) Riot ing Greek students, shouting anti-American slogans, today burn ed a picture of President Eisen hower, shattered a , Statue. , of Liberty, smashed their way into a U. S. Information Service of fice and wrecked its film li brary. v " V, The violent demonstrations, protesting American support of Britain's . claim to the strategic island of Cyprus, erupted in Sa lonika and Katerim, Greece, and at Famagusta, on ' the island of Cyprus.' Offices Stormed Mr. Eisejnhower's picture was burned 1 during a riot - in the town of Katerini, near Salonika. More than 5,000 shouting, banner waving students storm ed the U.S. I.S. offices at Salon ika and wrecked :' the . film li brary. They also shattered a rep lica of the Statue of Liberty amid jeers and shouts of anti American slogans. '"' At Famagusta, 1400 students marched ' from their classrooms r and1 paraded through the streets shouting "Down with America" and "Britain get out." Police in Famagusta ringed the central square and prevented any' violence. Burn Photograph Gastritis, Hernia Claimed Cause of pope's Troubles Vatican City (U.R) . - Long delayed X-ray tests." revealed to day that Pope Pius XH is suf fering from gastritis and a her nia of the diaphragm. v These tests showed "that the Pope's " long illness -that "almost proved fatal early this month was not a result of cancer, an ulcer, tumor or other grave au- ment. .-" - . Injury Causes Hiccups Gastritis is a chronic inflama tion of the stomach lining. The diaphragm is the muscle sepa rating the lungs from the abdo ment.. Injury, to the diaphragm apparently has caused the Pope's 11-month siege of hiccups. s Msgr. Angelo Dellacqua, dep uty, pro-secretary of state of the Vatican, said the outcome of the X-ray : examinations was "re assuring." It 'was heartening news to a world which has been praying Thousands Roused From Sleep; Minor Damage Reported Barren Nevada Desert Feels Heaviest Force San Francisco (U.R) Two rolling earthquakes shook Cal ifornia, Nevada and Utah early, today, rousing thousands of per sons from their sleep and caus ing minor damage. Police and sheriff's offices re ported the damage was limited for the most part to a few top pled chimneys, ceiling cracks and dishes tossed to the floor. The quakes v touched off burglar alarms intone city. j. iie viucitt.es mi wim neaviesi force in the barren Nevada des ert along U. S. 50 in the French man's Flat and Carroll Summit area 100 miles east of Reno and east of Fallon. -; ,".: . The Fallon section was hit by a series of sharp quakes earlier this year which caused more : than . $1,000,000 worth of dam age. The extensive Newlands Project irrigation system, heav ily damaged earlier this year by quakes, escaped harm today. The owner: of a store at Frenchman Station reported the quakes toppled his large liquor stock, breaking scores of battles and causing damage estimated at $3000. Highway 50 suffered severe damage in several places. . The Highway Department re ported one 50-foot stretch each of Frenchman's Flat dropped about two and one-half feet. Traffic was being detoured around it. The first shock was felt at 3:09 a.m. (PST) and the second about four minutes later. Both the quakes were long and roll- they could have caused wide spread major damage. - In LiOveiocK, JNev., electric power was cut off to one section; However,, no other damage was reported from there. Sheriff Cionrsp Wilkins of Fal lon said the temblors were "about as strong" as those of last summer. However, he said the fact they were rolling spared the town the damage it suffered in the previous temblors. The quakes were felt in San Francisco, the California valley towns of Sacramento, C'tockton, Modesto, Visalia, Fresno and tsaKerstieia, in i,os Angeies, in Nevada and as far east at Salt Residents of ; Portola, Calif., and Lovelock, Nev., said win dows rattled in their homes. - The quakes were felt only slightly in the Los Angeles area, mostly in the central and south ern sections of the city. Some beach" areas did not even feel the temblors. ' However, the sheriffs office in Bakersfield, about 100 miles, north of Los Angeles, reported the initial shock "was fairly se vere" but caused no damage. 99 Persons Receive Chesf -Rays Yesterday A total of 99 persons received . chest x-rays yesterday at the out patient clinic held each Wednes day afternoon at uommunny nos- pital, according to Mrs. Dick Knight, Medford case finding chairman. ; ' Mrs. Knight was in charge of volunteers manning the outpa tient clinic. Other workers in: eluded Miss Helen Bullis, Mrs." Frank Tamney, Mrs. W. H. Walker, Mrs. Chester Hubbard, and Mrs. Ray Frisbie. Bob Sut ton was' the technician on duty. The clinic is conducted each Wednesday from 4 to 6 p.m. at the hospital. No appointments are necessary and the only charge is $1.75 for film. " ' 1 for the Pope's recovery that there was no grave ailment be yond cure. , Medical sources cautioned that the Pope is 78 years old and has been, weakened by his lingering ailment. He has great need of additional food and more rest to keep bis strength at a peak during this most critical winter of his 16-year reign. Heart In Good Condition - His doctors have found that the Pope's heart is in good con dition and if it were affected his life would be in danger. . But the doctors also have been disturbed - by the Pope's insis tence on working when he should be resting. While hernia of the diaphragm generally is corrected by sur gery it can be regulated with out an operation and gastritis can be controlled by rigid diet ing. ' ' I t i J t ! i ( ' )