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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)'
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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, -.. .
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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
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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
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