Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 22, 1954, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textilfilil " ' " . -1 ' ' ' V: "' ' -7 -v r.f j t 1 i ll (A r Medford . . United Press Full Leased Wirt 49th Year 16 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22,1 1954 Girl Released In Textile Mill Wake Forest, N.C. 0J.R) A jealousy-crazed mental pa tient who held his girl friend captive in a barricaded textile mill packing room more than 24 hours released her unharmed today and surrendered. Leaves With Minister The girl, Jessie Elizabeth Dav is, 29, left the building of the Royal Cotton mills early this afternoon accompanied by , her minister, the Rev. George Till man. Sheriffs deputies brought out Graham Timberlake, the man ,-who had held her captive since 11:30 a.m. yesterday, and took Ships Disabled As Heavy Winds Lash Vest Europe London U.PJ Winter blew into Europe today rith near hurricane winds and raging seas that disabled or damaged more than s dozen ships and sent storm lashed waters of the north Atlantic over seawalls of Britain, Belgium, Holland, Ire land and Germany. The seas were the roughest , and the winds the highest since the disastrous storms that breached Dutch and Belgian dikes nearly two years ago. Nine Deaths Caused At least nine deaths were at tributed to the storm, in addi tion to the scores of. lives im periled aboard "crippled ships. Two rjersons were killed in Britain, including a five-year-old girl ,who was hit by ; a falling chimney pot. Six persons died in traffic accidents in Italy blamed on' fog and freezing tem peratures.. One man burned to dearth :rn wind-fanned flanies: aboard the British ship "Lau rentian Valley" which caught fire in the Kiel canal. Thirty-one passengers, includ ing, 21 Americans, reached safety after nearly 36 seasick hours aboard the disabled French steamer Cote D'Azur off Calais, France. The steamer ripped a hole in its side early Tuesday while trying to enter Calais har bor. Two powerful tugs finally brought it into port today. , Reports of storm casualties came from all over Europe and this was the dismal prelude to Christmas at sea Seek To Save Freighter Two German rescue . ships were trying to save the crew of the leaking Swiss freighter "Jura" north of Bremerhaven. The Swedish steamer "Petra" was being watched off the Ger man coast by a Royal Air Force plane which reported that the shiD had lost its front mast. , A big German fishing boat was in distress in the North sea and reported one of its sailors washed overboard and probably drowned. v Weather FORECAST: Valley foe tonight and Thursday until1 noon. Otherwise fair through : Thursday. little temperature chance. Low tonight 26-28. High Thursday 48. : Temp. Highest Yesterday 51 Lowest this Mornins 26 Crater Lake Now Operating Schedule; Staff's Preparations Listed Crater Lake National park is now operating on its wintertime schedule, according to Superin tendent Thomas J. Williams. ,He said that many people in sist the lake is more beautiful in winter than in summer, and he added that plans are complete to receive visitors who know of the. wintertime splendor of the park and the winter pleasures available there' on one-day trips during the holiday season. Rim Accessible The rim viewpoint overlook ing the lake is accessible .from two directions Medf ord on the west and Klamath Falls on the southeast, via Highway 62 while connects them through the park. Snowplow crews are prepared to operate around the clocks, Wil ' liams reported, and the route is kept continuously plowed out, . Watt V---:-: Unharmed After Being Held 24 Hours by Jealous-Crazed Mental him immediately to Raleigh to be -.committed to a mental in stitution. Earlier Timberlake had re leased the girl briefly but had forced her to return by holding a doctor, , Dr. George Corbin Jr., as a substitute hostage at the point of a .25 caliber pistol. Girl Unharmed : .Wake Forest solicitor, - J. C. Keating, said "Miss Davis is all right." She was taken home. ( Timberlake, 3.1, a former men tal patient, was led out the front entrance by deputies. Timberlake held Miss Davis in the cotton mill packing room Best Yule Shopping Season Hears Close; Safety Appeals Made Scurrying last-minute Christ- man shoppers were winding up Medf ord's best Yuletide shopping season this week. ' Stores which have remained open until 9 o'clock each eve ning this week will close for the Christmas week end at their regular hour Christmas eve, to permit employees to spend that evening with their families. Business at the Medford branch store of the Oregon Liquor Control commission was nearing its seasonal peak. Ask Holiday Care ' Police and fire department authorities" again were hoping that the accident and fire toll over the long week end would not turn the holiday into a time of tragedy. - Drivers who have partaken In Districts Slated An advertisement will appear in tomorrow's Mail Tribune which will notify taxpayers in the nine concerned Jackson county school districts that re funds due them will be ordered paid by the county treasurer on Jan. 3, 1955. Refunds will be automatic, and will be paid where taxes in ex cess in the correct levy were paid, as a result of a mistake in millage for the districts. The dis tricts involved include Jackson ville, Griffin Creek, Talent, Rogue River, Elk-Trail, Oak Grove, Shady Cove, Butte Falls and West Side. The notice says that a, resolu tion and order-will be entered by the county court on Jan. 3 order ing the treasurer to. refund "such portion of the taxes paid for the fiscal 1954-55 in excess of taxes duly and properly levied." Revision of 'the tax levies for the districts was made following protests by taxpayers. It involved funds for payment of bonds and interest. DOW-JONES AVERAGES' . New York (U.PJ Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 397.07 off 0.14; 20 rail roads 144.11 off 0.01; 15 utilities 61.25 off 0.13; 65 stocks 147.70 off 0.26. Sales today were about 3,460,000 shares. being closed not more than a few hours during a storm. . . Roads are being patrolled by rangers, and telephones are in place for emergency use. - Should Check Williams pointed out that be cause winter weather is unpre dictable, fog may obscure the lake itself at times, and he ad vised those planning a trip to the park to check park head quarters on weather and road conditions, where someone will be on duty for this purpose from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days a week. All motorists entering the park! must , have chains, but much of the time they will not be needed,, particularly on cars equipped with, snow, tires. Gas and oil are not available in the park in the winter. ' A warming hut is kept open United with his pistol because he thought she was dating another man. Until shortly after noon, he had resisted with threats to kill all efforts to gain the girl's re lease. Then finally he Aid he would let her go if police would summon a doctor to his side. Wanted To Kill Soldier Timberlake, who had " dated the girl regularly until a few months ago, had offered to ex change his hostage last night for a Ft. Bragg, N.C, soldier whom she had dated., . 4, " He said he wanted to kill the soldier, deputies said. too freely of Christmas libations were urged to use taxis, or to call the police department for assistance, rather than attempt ing to drive while in no con dition ' to do , so. The fire department warned again that Christmas trees are highly inflammable, and . ap pealed for caution. Friday, Dec. 24, will be a full holiday for virtually all federal employees except those in the post office, where regu lar crews supplemented by sea sonal employees will work straight through to make all . de liveries by Christmas. Post master Moore Hamilton said the office is keeping current, and plans to make delivery of all late-arriving .packages Christ morning. - . - . . . Mail Tapering Off '., r Monday ;was:thet;bigv day: at the post office, Hamilton "said, when there were a record-breaking 85,000 cancellations of out going mail. Yesterday's total dropped to 65,000, and today's will be even lower, he stated. - City employees will wind up their work at noon Friday, with the rest-of the day a holiday, fixed last night by the city council. . .- - . . . State employees will work a full day Friday. Gov. Paul Pat terson yesterday declined to name Dec. ,24 a legal state holi day. . . . .', ' Schools in the county will be closed the week after Christ mas. Most of them will conduct the last day of school Thursday, Dec. 23, with the vacation end ing on Monday, Jan. 3. At least one school, Oak Grove, will be in session .Dec. 24. Re ports have not been . received from four of the county's " 21 active school districts. Winter Officially Arrives Today Winter arrived officially at 1:25 a.m. today. This is the time of the winter solstice, when days are at their shortest and nights their long est." Today technically is the shortest of the year, although most nights during the next few days will be about equally long. From the latter part of the week until next June days will get progressively longer until the summer solstice. on Wintertime week ends and holidays at the rim, and light refreshments may be purchased there. Tables are provided . for those bringing a lunch. During the holiday sea son, . the warming 1 hut will be kept ' open every day, weather permitting. - Two Ski Trails ' . Two-ski trails, one for begin ners and one for advanced ski ers, are - maintained by park rangers, who ajso provide emer gency first aid and general guid ance of all winter activities.- A park naturalist is on duty dur ing the week and by prior ar rangement on week ends to give special information1 about, the natural features of the park.;: Early this week, : snow was zi;incnes deep at park head quarters. f . Press Full Leased Win Price 5c No. 236 Patient When Dr. Corbin walked into the room where Timberlake had a pistol against the head of Miss Davis, the man suddenly switch ed his aim to the doctor and told Miss Davis she could go to the rest room. Returns To Room He threatened to kill Corbin if she did not return and the woman came back : to Timber lake after a brief absence with her sister. . . It was about 11:30 a.m. (EST) yesterday that Timberlake forc ed ' her - into' the packing : room of, the mill where they both worked. '. ( Council Studies Sale of Property Medf ord's city , council last night agreed to negotiate with officials of the Fir-Ply, Inc., new rough "plywood plant, for sale of an industrial site on city owned Camp White property.. The1, council indicated it would handle negotations itself, and not delegate that authority. Members said they would deal directly with the company, and negotiations will be on the basis of the appraised value of the property, about $200 to $300 per acre..- : Members- also indicated that city property will not be sold to the company if any . privately owned land in the area is made available at a comparable price. Decision Needed - , - Ro E. Henry, Grnts Pass, a director of the new company, acted as spokesman, and stated thaj J the -company -would -have to , have a decision within 5 10 days on a site on which to lo cate machinery to be delivered in about two months. - Plans for construction of the new mill in the Medford area were announced last week. In cluded will be an installation costing more than a half-million dollars with a payroll of 100 to 110 men. - The mill will produce a rough grade of construction plywood, unsanded. Sales will be handled through another company to be organized later. ; It is hoped plant construction can begin around Jari; 1.. (See story on Page 16)' - - .-.o- Nancy Morse Married In South Carolina ' Hartsville'S. C. (U.R) Miss Nancy Morse, daughter of Sen. Wayne Morse of - Oregon , was married here last night to Charles Hugh Campbell Jr., of Hartsville. 1 The coupler was en route, to a honeymoon in Nassau. The bride, a dancing instructor in the department of physical ed ucation here, was given in mar riage by her father. - Her sister, Amy Ann Morse, a University of . North Carolina student, was maid of honor. An other sister, Judy Mary Morse, was a bridesmaid. " The bridegroom is employed in the sales division of Sonoco Prod ucts Co., here. - ' ' ; 79 Newly-Born Babies : Reported at Hospital Sacred Heart hospital today reported there are 19 newly--, bora babies now in its nur ; ry the largest number the hospital has ever had at one ; time since it was founded in 1912. ..- : - : They range in weight from I J tut over two pounds to about ten pounds. The smallest is i Sirl born about ;' two weeks i ago. - She, will, remain there ; : another six weeks, and is now in a special "Isoletle" which was installed the night she ! was born. fh gift of Provi- dence guild.' - '. Extra bassinettes have been . added to accomodate -the Christmas rush" of babies ' Four of the youngsters were to leave the hospital today, but more are scheduled to ar ; rive, according to Sister Helen Yvonne of the obstetrics de-. . partment. 4 ' T Previous record number of - babies there at one time was '14. ;, i For New Ply M Rearmament Foes Seize Upon Saar Issue for Defeat Many May Abstain In Assembly Vote Paris U.R) Premier Pierre Mendes-France today demanded of a reluctant National Assem bly overwhelming approval of German rearmament, but its enemies were rallying in hopes of administering a death blow. : The Premier intervened dra matically in the agonizing de bate with a passionate warning that approval by" only a slim margin... could be as bad as defeat. ' -. He said strong approval would be the quickest way to get Big Four talks with ; Russia going and that failure to ratify the ac cords to bring 500,000 West Ger man soldiers into the NATO forces and to restore German sovereignty -Would, isolate France from her Western Allies. It was an attempt to turn the tide of opinion - in the frankly reluctant Assembly where niany deputies, even if they did not vote against the accords, would weaken them by abstaining. ' But there were few tonight who believed the Premier would get the overwhelming approval he asked for. ; r . The outright enemies of Ger man rearmament . seized upon the explosive question of the Saar, upon whose coal produc tion France depends to maintain her industrial balance with Ger many, to try to upset the entire defense package. The parliamentary " strategy already was mapped. ; They plan to introduce a mo tion demanding that the Assem bly postpone ratification of the accords until France and Ger many have reached absolute agreement on how it should be interpreted. The motion is to be introduced immediately . after Mendes-France makes his ' final and major plea for ratification, probably tomorrow. ; - Under Assembly . rules, the opposition motion must be voted on ahead of ratification' itself . The strategy is the same as that by . which the "Assembly killed EDC, ill-fated predecessor to. the present t plan . for . German re armaments last MS&&:ul Misissippi Votes To Preserve Segregation . i Jackson, Miss. -t-(U.R) Gov. Hugh White today summoned Mississippi .legislators - to meet Jan. 11 to enact legislation,' ap proved by - voters V Tuesday, v to preserve segration in Mississippi schools. ' '- - ' ; 1 j ' In a special referendum Mis sissippi voters, by1 a two-to-oae majority, ratified a "last resort" amendment permitting abolition of public schools, if necessary, to maintain school segregation. White said he would fulfill immediately his pledge that if the amendment passed, he would call a special legislative session for Jan.-11 to consider adoption of a long-range scnool building program to bring institutions for Negroes up to the levels of white schools r " Returns r from " 1,076 ; of the state' 1,805 precincts showed a vote of 78,685 for the amend ment to 34, 465 against. " Youngsters Admit Theft of Yule Jibs : Four bovs admitted to city police last night that they stole at least 50 Christmas hgnt duids from residences on seven streets. - The youths, aged 11 to 14, ad mitted taking bulbs from trees or porches at homes on Qjueen Ann otto fi-oof T.alrp a VP . Red- dy ave., Crown ave., Berkeley Way, Bennett at, and North Barneburg rd. ; , : Three more 'cases of missing bulbs had been reported to city police as of this morning. Police saii fhfc- YtnvK admitted only thefts last night, and not any of those reported Monday. Theft of , six lights from 115 Willamette st. was reported by the occupant. Other thefts last night included .seven bulbs from 202 North Barneburg rd.; . 14 from 1608 Crown ave. and 16 from 33 North Berkeley Way. WORKMAN INJURED Norman A. Dunford, Eagle Point, suffered serious chest in juries early this afternoon in an accident at Medford corpora; tion, according to reports from Community hospital and Med ford Ambulance service. 5 Kennewick, Wash. (U.R) The McNary "dam ..dedication committee will continue in op? eration to promote further de velopment of the Columbia river basin. - . " " - . ...... TRYING TO SAFEGUARD . Seminole Indians meet wtih - Everglades. Tribe has never Eureka Reside Mopp ing UpiAffer Tuesday Earthquake Eureka, Calif (U.R) Calm Eureka residents went about the business ' today of cleaning up debris from an earthquake that killed one person, injured , 25 others and caused property dam age estimated between 1V and $2,000,000.. ; - Two small aftershocks, de scribed by University of Calif ornia seismologists as "mild," followed the original blast-like shock that struck this quiet coastal town of 23,000 shortly before noon yesterday. - j : No Panic Caused One aftershock came at 8:55 p.m. yesterday, a second short ly after midnight today. Neither minor temblor caused any panic and the city editor of the local Humboldt Daily Standard said residents were going' about the business of "cleaning up with no apparent : fear" of further heavy quakes. v University seismologists said that additional mild aftershocks would probably follow during the next two or three days. How ever, they pointed -out that the two f dllow-up temblors so far recorded were much milder than thpse: that 'f ollowed -the.; quake at FalioivNev.,. last f Wednesday, or the . disastrous Tehachapi, Calif., earthquake three years ago.' . ' . Homes Damaged ! , . Damage to homes, added to that previously reported in the downtonw area ran unofficial dollar estimates up this morn ing, Chief of Police C E. Em ahiser said. ' State safety engineers ' from Sacramento - were . in Eureka checking, three badly damaged buildings, the City hall, the Court house and the Crest office building, which was split" down its concrete front. . , Wreckage from the quake was so ' widespread in ' downtown Eureka that Emahiser"oped off six central blocks and placed them out of bounds for persons without special business there. The 75-year-old Humboldt coun ty courthouse was evacuated as safe, -.i '' .' Stores Forced To Close i ; At leasj 50 stores in Eureka were forced to close because of broken plate glass windows and damaged g o o 6. s. Individual Remodeling Plans for Bank Building Progress Plans for remodeling the . in terior of the old First National bank , building . are - progressing and " actual, date, of remodeling hinges on. When the, bank busi ness is moved to the new bank building along the Southern Pa cific, tracks. v . ! Ben Diercks, Grants Pass lum berman, who bought the old building, said today ' "It . looks now as though work will- begin about Feb. 1, according to pres ent plans,", Ben H. Todd,. Med ford architect, is in charge of the plans. ' r : .. . . " . , ' . Two retail stores are planned in thebuilding and other plans are still incomplete, -.. . mo?? ing nr. tUxilamnmlMiniMtlroi f$iii n hunting and mineral rights, these leaders of "hostile" Miccosukee Glen Emmons, U. S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, deep in Florida made formal peace treaty with government. ' (International nts stores reported - damage from $5,000 to $10,000 each. The lone fatality was identi fied as Carl Wilkerson, 42, of Areata. A falling timber pile knocked him from a wharf, where he was eating lunch, into Humboldt bay. The biggest cause for concern was a break in the 26-mile water supply line from Sweasy dam. The line, which normally car ries three million gallons of wa ter a day, was losing more than two-thirds of its contents en, route. Thirty minor breaks were found.' 'Three city officials attended their . last regular city council meeting last night and ended a combined total of - 28 years 8 months service to the city of Medford. T hey' are veteran Councilmen ;.Frank. . Runtz M and Paul Selpv and M-or D. L. Jf lynn. . ; ; All - were presented bronze plaques . mounted on wood and citing their length of service, by the rest of the council. . Runtz, the oldest : member in point, of service, will nave serv ed for 14 years 2 months. He was recognized bx Coun cilman Harold Frye as the "Old Roman," in recognition of his work on k Medf ord's system of streets and roads.' . : Selby was first elected to the council in 1947 and has served eight years.. He has been both chairman of the council finance committee and president of the COUnCil. " V' " Flynn served six years as elected mayor after three months as acting mayor .and three months as an appointive councilman. ' . A Christmas party in Flynn's honor will be held by'city em ployees at 2 p.m. tomorrow. ' Liberate Confined 1 By 'Mild' Heart Strain Hollywood (U.R) Liberace is confined to bed with a 'mild and temporary heart strain," his attorney revealed today, but the pianist's mother insisted he's "not sick." '; ' ' . . Mrs. Francis Liberace said her pianist son, celebrated for ' his pearly teeth and candelabra, was ordered by. his doctor to rest in bed at home "because he lias been working too hard." ;' Honored by C Shells Burst Near Plane; Practice Firing Tokyo U.R) Three shells burst near a Northwest Airlines plane over Formosa Strait today, but the airliner was undamaged and continued its regular flight to Tokyo. ... . ' '--v:---. ; Nationalist 'Chinese authori ties -in. Taipah said Nationalist warships were practicing firing in the area but the authorities in sisted the ships didn't fire -on the plane. -i ; v " - Incident Investigated The Nationalist Defense Minis try1 immediately investigated the incident' and said it-would make a report to Northwest off rials tomorrow. A Northwest official earlier said the shells were prob ably from Nationalist ; anti-aircraft practice . - . "We think that the shell burst came from anti-aircraft practice in the Mount Tansui region," a Northwest off icial said' after a joint investigation with Na-r Dulles Says No Lack Of Weakness Shown Washington (U.R) Secre- -tary of State John Foster Dulles ; has - warned the Communist world that the administration's decision to reduce the size of the armed forces is no sign of weak- j ness. . ; ' . ' It is, instead, an indicated of the United States' growing . strength in powerful " new : weaoons. Dules said. The most . destructive our weapons, the , less we need to depend on large . forces of military manpower, he I argued. : ' Not To Pull Troops ; Dulles said if the administra- tion decision "is looked upon as ' weakness, that is a completely false judgment of the situation." 1 And he emphasized , no troops will be pulled out of Western' Europe which he described as a? "prize of unique t. value" that must be heavily defended. ' But Dulles' warning -to the ;' Communists did not stem the : controversy over the proposed iiiau-puwer cuioacKS in xnis , country. A growing number of i Democrats were questioning the ', President's plan to trim the arm- ' ed forces by 403,000 men within ' the ne.xt.18 months. y Wants Expanded Program Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D Minn.) said today it would be "wise and prudent", for the Pres ident to withhold such action until Congress enacts some form of expanded military reserve program. Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.), a member of the Sen ate Armed Services Committee, and Rep. Carl Vinson (D-Ga.), chairman-designate of the House committee, had questioned the wisdom of the cutback earlier. 'Junk Mail' Order May Be Reconsidered . Washington (U.R) If you are peeved about, your mailbox - being stuffed with a growing volume of unaddressed advertis ing circulars, take heart. A high postal official told the United Press today the Post Of fice department will soon recon sider its regulations governing this so-called "junk maiL" : : , . The department ruled in Aug ust, 1953,' that such mail us ually ' circulars or other . adver- - tising matter could', be : sent without names or addresses but marked , merely "householder" or "postal patron." A department spokesman said that , in the past four months there has been a sudden spurt -of complaints about "junk-mail" . r about 1000 critical letters, to be specific. Suspected tionalist officials in Taipeh. "Veteran pilot Walter Bullock, Lakeville,' Minn," said the near est shell exploded "one mile to the right" of the airliner. The explosions took place within 14 minutes. 1 -The plane landed . at Tokyo . after a brief stopover at Okin awa. The flight had originated in Hong Kong. Not in Immediate Danger1 v .' Bullock said the first shell ex ploded "five miles ahead of us, the hext orie'one might "tp the right of us and the third and last five miles to the rear." " - . "We weren't 'in immediate danger, but "I'd like to know what they were shooting at," he said. I Bullock said the shells "def- ' initely . came from below," al though there was a heavy mist and the crew could not see who was firing. ' ' - r '''' v In Troop Cutback pi rwJ v jr.v.... :ttm -ki ffii mm ... . ..