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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
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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
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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. - - - : -
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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.
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