Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 26, 1954, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextRecommended A feature story on forest con servation appear In today' (isu of The Mail Tribune on Page . FORECAST: Scattered showers of rain and snow through to day, with decreasing activity " tonight. Hifh today 40. low tonight 2. '' m Temp-,' Highest Yesterday Lowest Yesterday"7 3 Prec. 01 To 9 p.m. Yesterday United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 49th Year 22 Pages ' MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECKER 26, 1 954 .Price 5c No. 239 I , r,"; -''V' . ' ' '' - ,1 fifC$lrA'j I DESIGNED TO SINK slowly into Greenland's polar icecap, these tubular buildings, 18 feet in diameter, were constructed by Army Engineers lor U. S. Air Force. Vertical entrance towers are increased in height as structures work way into snow and ice. (InternatiomdSoundphato) Air Giraslta Ilfoiree Americans Pie ' Prestwick, Scotland U.R) Three passengers going to their homes in the United States for among the 28 who died in the flaming wreckage of a British Stra tocruiser here early Saturday. Seven crewmen and one passenger survived the holocaust. The giant plane, flying from London to New York, dropped down through the murk and cracked up on the runway, bursting into flames. . -.. ; - . Among the victims were Mr. Evanston, HI., and Kenneth Davidson, 49, a Briton who lived in Bronxville, N.Y. A former world amatuer badminton . champion, Davidson was returning from GOP Determined To Avoid Fight On Sen. McCar thy , ;Washington U.R) Senate Republican policy makers are determined toavoid a fight over Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy's com mittee assignments in the new Congress, despite the threats of Sen.-Elect Clifford P. Case, (R-N.J.): - : : - Even if Case follows i' through' with his announced plan to de prive McCarthy of all assign ments, he is headed for certain failure, Republican sources said Saturday. Behind the scenes, key GOP senators are expected to urge Case not to make the try partly for the sake of party harmony but mainly because he faces . sure defeat. Case has said he would de . mand a senate vote on all com mittee assignments for McCar thy. He took this position after the Wisconsin Republican tried to bring about his defeat in the recent New Jersey election. ) : McCarthy holds seats on the government operations commit tee, of which' he is chairman, and also on the appropriations and rules committees. Under the new Senate alignment when the Democrats take over Jan. 5, he may have to forfeit one-of his seats. McCarthy's permanent investigating, subcommittee is under government operations. No Change Expected Although McCarthy has not included what committees he will request, he is expected to remain on the government opera tions and appropriations groups and possibly relinquish rules, to which he was assigned only recently. In announcing his plans, Case apparently overlooked the fact that the congressional reorgani zation act requires each senator to serve on two committees. Some senior senators get three posts. Snow Falls Locally During Christmas Day It was almost a white Christ mas in the Rogue valley yester day. Snow started falling in the vicinity of Medford early Satur day morning, and by 8:30 a.m. had whitened much of the ground, sticking to the tops of cars and buildings. It almost got deep enough in spots to throw snowballs. The airport reported .4 of an inch. But a bright sun which came out quickly melted it away. Throughout the day, a snow pattern continued in the valley in spots and moved on or just "petered" out, weather forecast ers reported. At about 5 p.m., eastsiders reported about one -inch of snow, although there was none laying in the downtown area at the time. The weather bureau's forecast for today was for more of the same with snow and rain mixed at times, and decreasing shower activity tonight. It will be about a cool 20 degrees early Monday morning. ' Kills 2S; Christmas were listed last night and Mrs. Walter Mayland of a badminton promotion tour of Malaya and India. Were On Trip To Visit Daughter Dr. Mayland was one of the best-known dentists in the Chi cago area. Mrs. Mayland's sister, Miss May Johnson, said in Evan ston hat the Maylands had been on a visit to see their daughter and son-in-law m the foreign service in Cairo, Egypt. Saturday ' night, Sir Miles Thomas, chairman of the government-operated British Overseas Airways, extended thanks to gal lant U. S. service men stationed at this Transatlantic air terminal who helped hold down the toll T-Jhomaswto-theeria.and I ilv group JpcludirigljJbaby, steal began an investigation.- No ex-1 Wg Guches' car and attempting planation for the crash had been offered. It swiftly trinsformed gay holiday plans into stark tragedy. Fiancee Killed ' . Waiting at the airport for one of the passengers was A-1C John Nelson of Oklahoma City. The passenger was his fiancee, Nancy Campbell, a BOAC employee in London, flying home to spend Christmas with Nelson. An official who broke the news to him said he sat in a chair near a lighted Christmas tree and wept. Nine of the passengers were BOAC employees homebound for the holiday season.. Only the Maylands, Davidson and a Ja maican were continuing the tour ney to New York. The other Britons were scattering to their homes from Prestwick. -Wife, ChUd Die One of the crewmen who escaped was Navigator John God- dard. He was scheduled to leave the plane here and spend Christ mas in Scotland with his family. .But nis wife and infant son were passengers in the plane and died in the crash. Fire fighters and medical at tendants from the U. S. Air Force's 1631st Transport Squad ron stationed here worked with British fire crews in a desperate effort to save the trapped pass engers. , . We were helpless in the face of all that fire," said Capt. J. M. Vieman of Orlando, Fla. - Greek Youngsters, Father To Meet After Six Years New York U.R) Six hungry, frightened children ar rived here by airplane Saturday on a journey half way, around the world for a Christmas reun ion, with the father they have not seen for six years. ' Uncle Sam, a senator, an air line and a group of Utah Naval Base workers joined together to play Santa Claus in bringing the three boys and three girls to a new home in" the . new world where they will have plenty to eat. . '. -r Eat First Turkey ' - - The travelers, pale and clad in worn clothing, ate turkey for the first time in their lives while waiting for the plane that was to carry them to Salt Lake City and their anxious father, Mike Katsanevas. They will have a belated Christmas celebration today with Katsanevas, a janitor at the Navy's Clearfield supply de pot in Ogden, Utah. He had a pile of presents for the young sters, -and, they had a present for him three bottles - of real Greek wine. ! . ' ' The youngsters are Leonidas, Youth Arraigned in Court on Charge of Assault, Robbery Lyle Yernon Doty, 16, of 1125 Maple Park dr., was arraigned in district court Friday on a charge of assault and robbery while armed . with a dangerous weapon. He was committed to the county jail in lieu of $7,500 bail. He. is charged with hold ing up Wallace Stearns, a Grants Pass merchant, and stealing his delivery truck Thursday after noon. . Stearns signed the com plaint. Had Prior Record District Attorney Walter Nun ley said the teenager will be prosecuted on the criminal com plaint, and not be referred to juvenile court. He has a prior record of trouble with the police, Nunley said. In addition to the crime of which he is accused in Stearns! complaint, Doty is also alleged to have held up the family of Alien Uuches, on the Old Stage rd. southeast of Jacksonville. f threatening" members of the f am- to steal . another one, according to Nunley and police reports. Had Loaded Pistol . He was armed with a Luger type, loaded pistol, which he is believed - to have stolen from a house in the Medford area. He was finally arrested by Officer Frank Sanders of the Grants Pass state police office, who was assigned ta search for the armed theft suspect. District Judge Rawles Moore gave young Doty until Monday to obtain counsel. U. S. Said Putting on Moscow U.R) Soviet news papers accused the United States Saturday of putting flagrant and unprecedented pressure on France in an attempt to force the National Assembly to ratify the uerman rearmament treaties. , The government organ Izves- tia said Premier Pierre Mendes France was devoting the As sembly recess to"blackmailing deputies" into reversing their Friday morning vote against re armament. "Flagrant pressure continues to be exerted on deputies from Washington and London." Izves- $a said.."The attempt to make it appear mat tne fans agree ments can count on public sup port in- France clearly has failed." 17, Irene, 14, Stavroula, 8, Stul ianos, 9, Areti, 11, and Nikolaos, 13. Only Leonidas and Irene remembered their father, .; who came to the U.S. in 1948 with three other children to establish a new; home for his family. Saved for Trip ' .. ' From the moment he' arrived in this country, Katsanevas be gan saving to bring the rest of the family over. He also fought through government red tape. But despite the f act he ' saved and saved, he still did not have the thousands of dollars requir ed for the trip. V Katsanevas began his last ef fort to get his family here last October. Finally, Sen. Arthur V. Watkins (R-Utah) arranged with the State department for visas for the family. They got their final papers only last Thurs day. Clearfield workers took up a collection to raise the needed funds. Transworld Airlines also gave the family a helping hand, pro viding them with a soup-to-nuts Christmas dinner on their arriv al here and an interpreter. GFir Vote Dim ondv Efeftoong ; ' sss mm i mmammmmamaaaammmmmaamamaaaaa0 .iwBi ; ,: ' ' f . MMMMMI I HOLIDAY DEATH TOLL REACHES 221; AUTO ACCIDENT ., ) . By UNITED PRESS 1 Death instead of Santa Claus visited many American homes Saturday. ' - Traffic accidents and fires were taking a frightful toll of lives as the nation celebrated Christmas day in unseasonably mild weather. . ' ' -" ' t The number of accidental .deaths mounted to 221, a United Press tabulation showed at 11 pjn. (EST), in a count that began at 6. p.m. Friday. - ' , ' Of these 189 were killed in what the National Safety council called "needless slaughter" on the nation's streets and highways. Fires killed 22 persons, including a mother and -10 children gathered for a Christmas party in Parkin, Arkansas. Plane crashes killed two and eight died as a restult of miscellaneous accidents. Michigan had 15 deaths in traffic, California. 14, Ohio 11, Missouri 10, Pennsylvania 9, and Texas 8. ,: :; ' v Small Child Hurt In Siskiyou Crash; Two Other Mishaps An- 8-month-old boy was hos pitalized in Ashland with two broken legs Christmas eve, fol lowing an auto accident in the Siskiyou mountains. 1 , There were a few other less serious accidents Christmas eve and Christmas day. Otherwise, however, the two days .were mostly uneventful- in "Jackson The baby was Rafael E. Gutierrez Jr., who was travel ling with his parents, of Comp ton, Calif. His legs were broken above the knee and his 28-year-old father was also hospitalized for observation following the accident. Collide Head-On State police said the Gutier rez car was hit head-on by one driven by Reuben Swetzig, 35, Vancouver, Wash., when Swet zig put on his brakes to avoid striking a third car. Swetzig was driving south behmd a snow- plow when the unidentified car pulled out to pass. He braked and his car skidded and spun across the highway, on the pack ed snow, hitting the Gutierrez car head-on. Swetzig, his wife, Helen, 30, and their daughter, Priscilla, 11, suffered cuts about the face. : Both cars were removed by a wrecker. Officers said the acci dent happened at about 3:05 p.m. Friday. Pinned Under Car Daniel Neil Morris, 17, of 3423 Madrona lane, Medford, was taken to Sacred Heart 1 hospital by Perl ambulance early Christ mas morning after he was thrown from . a car and then pinned under it when it skidded and hit a power pole at the junc tion of Court st. and Central ave., according to city police. Driver was Jack Eugene Mor ris, 23, of the same address.. The younger Morris injury was to hi? right hip, and was not serious. He was released at noon yesterday. The car was towed away. ;": Cars driven by Guy W. Gellos pey, 20, Eagle Point, and Jack William Spaur, 21, Central Point, collided at the junction of Beall lane and Freeland rd. Fri day, state police said. Both cars were extensively damaged, but no injuries were reported. Six Fire Calls City firemen answered six minor calls up to Christmas eve ning. They were all flue fires with damage generally confined to the area adjacent to the flue. Yesterday six trucks were dis patched to five locations as fol lows: 9:28 a.m., 136 Willamette ave.; 10:42 a.m., 123 Highland dr.; 11:40 a.m., 841 Palm st.; 12:17 p.m., 704 North Central ave. and 12:36 p.m., 1534 Ridge- way. The other call was at 1507 East Main st., where a flue fire was reported at 2:26 p.m. xi day. In most cases, firemen stood by while the.fires burned out.in the flues. Excess burning of pa per wrappings was cited as the cause of several of the fires.' RATE HIGH Special Bulletin Warns Motorists The number of dead in high way crashes was so high that the National Safety council issued a special bulletin urging motor ists and pedestrians to exercise the same caution . they ,did on Dec 15 when the nation observ ed Safe Driving day. ' "The- traffic, toll is running tragically on schedule in rela tion to our estimate that 370 persons would be killed," said Council President Ned H. Dear born. . . .. ,' - . "These cold figures which can be melted by the warmth of the Christmas spirit if that spirit is translated into traffic behavior." Far Above S-D Day ' Dearborn said the number of dead on this ; holiday weekend was" runnings "several" times-"as great" as the S-D day toll which numbered only 51 deaths. . , Temperatures were generally mild with a "White Christmas" confined to the Canadian border areas. A storm center sweeping over Canada blessed most of the United States with a flow . of warm air from the south. International Falls, Minn., for example, had. a low of only 21 degrees' Saturday compared with a normal for Christmas of four below zero. ' V . ' ' '.' V Benson Seeks New Attache in Tokyo : ' Washington U.R) ' Secre tary of Agriculture Ezra T. Ben son disclosed Saturday he is seeking conipetent replacements for Wolf Ladejinsky and "other" Agricultural department -attaches ; who failed to pass Depart ment security screenings. v. The Russian - born Ladejin sky, veteran land-reform expert picked by Gen. Douglas MacAr thur to help restore. Japan's post war agriculture, was ousted from his Tokyo post "for , failing to meet technical standards and se curity requirements." The , pri mary reason, it was said is that he has sisters residing in Rus sia.: : ' J.' Benson told the United Press the .department is "looking over candidates very carefully, seek ing men well-trained in Ameri can agricultural, production and marketing methods" '"Now," he added, "is a good time to review the whole, attache matter." . , ' ,' ; ;; " V- ' . :' . . But, like his security officer, J. Glenn Cassity, Benson did not name attaches, in addition to Ladejinsky, who are deemed in acceptable. , Pasadena (U.R) John F Hudson, 35, of Pasadena, , died in Huntington Memorial hospital last night as a result of an auto mobile accident. Hudson was .in jured Dec. 22 on U. S. 99 at Newhall! when an auto s over turned, i ' : . ' ' ; i-. Road Condiiioris State police at Medford last night reported the following road conditions: Highway 99 over Siskiyous. snow en high way sanded, chains advisable;. Highway 99 over Sexton moun tain, highway slick,; chains re quired; : Highway - 68 over' Green Springs, snow on road sanded, chains advisable; Highway' 199 over 'Oregon' mountain, snowing, chains re: quired; Highway 62 to Crater lake, no report, but snow danger assurred. and Highway 97 north, and south of Klam ath Falls, chains advisable. . Dulles; President In Close Touch on French Situation Ike Interrupts Holiday for Talks V Augusta, Ga. (U.P.) President Eisenhower discussed French op position to German rearmament with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles by telephone for the third time Saturday and plan ned to "keep in very close touch" with the current French parliamentary crisis. , ' - : ' Mr. Eisenhower ; interrupted his enjoyment of a quiet Christ mas at the "Winter" White House on the edge of the famed Augusta National Golf course for the tele phone conference and also to get in several hours of work on other matters of state.- ; Concerns France ' . ; 1 The White House staff said only : that ' the "discussion .- con cerned France, apparently the latest reports from 4 the U. S. Embassy in Paris on a scheduled vote Monday in - the French Chamber of Deputies.- The President and Dulles, who remained in ' Washington, will stay "in very close touch,' the White House said. Dulles may possibly be asked by.Mr. Eisen hower to come here for; a con ference if the chamber of dep uties votes against German re armament. "- ' - '. The French crisis also was dis cussed - by the President and Dulles in two telephone confer ences Friday. . .' - ' Firms In City Up 28 Pet. Since '48 ' The number of business firms in Medford has increased 28 per cent during the past five years, according to figures released by Dun & Bradstreet. v. ; The : figures do not- include some service , and professional establishments, such as real es tate brokers, barber arid beauty shops, stock brokers, efc. : ' ? J. i Harry White, manager of Dun & Bradstreet's Portland of fice; reports that in 1948 there were 577 businesses listed ; in Medford and the count, as of November, 1954, was 742.' County Up 25 ( ' ' ; Jackson county' showed . a growth of approximately 25 per cent on the same basis. Increases for other cities in the county in cluded Ashlan'd, 6 per cent, and Rogue River nearly 20 per cent. " The figures are included in Dun it . Bradstreet's November Reference book. Six editions of the book are published annually, plus smaller state editions in J anuary and July. ; ; Credit reports are prepared through ; information furnished by businessmen, plus data gath ered from suppliers, bank, court house records, and other sources. On the basis of the credit re port, ratings are assigned and listings made -in ; the Dun Bradstreet Reference book. ' jor Fight Slated in New Congress on Foreign Affairs Washington U.PJ -A major fight early in the new Demb- craticKiontrolled congress be came a certainty Saturday' when President Eisenhower revealed he ; will renew his request for a foreign trade program carrying broad tariff-cutting powers. ! Republicans Split " " . ' Most Democrats will support the request, and one high-ranking party leader said it will be the first important legislation passed. . But . Republicans are badly split over being put to the test of supporting the president when the . voting showdown comes. ' ' ----r- ; . The little. White House at Au gusta, Ga., announced Mr. Eisen hower will send congress a spe cial message on Jan. 10 asking for. a, three-year renewal of., the reciprocal trade program,, along with authority to cut tariffs as much as 15 per cent over, the three-year span. - ; . -. Democrats tried to win ap proval of the bill in the Republican-dominated 83rd. congress V MODERN MAT A Irmgard Margarethe Schmidt, 24, is ; led away by Berlin police man after she was sentenced ; to five years for spying for : Russia. The ' modern Mata ! Hari pleaded guilty in U. S. High Commission court. Draftees Scheduled For Early Release During Next Year i Washington WBThe 'Army plans to -release thousands " of draftees ahead of schedule next year to carry out the sharp man power cut ordered by;'the White House 'officials i created gator day., i. . V. ' - ' ' Other steps In the cutback in clude early- release? of some re serve officers, extended defer ment from active duty of reserve officers training corps graduates, and the already announced re duction in? monthly draft calls from. 20,000 to. 11,000. . . -Cut Already Ordered : I President: Eisenhower , recent ly. directed a 243,000-man cut in the Army by next summer. This will reduce strength to 1,100,000 men or 73,000 more than planned until a few weeks ago. The Army also was ordered to cut out an additional 100,000 by mid-1956, levelling off at 1,000, 000. . . ; r, . Military' sources said it is a certainty the Army can not now man the 24 divisions announced as its goal last Sept. 29. They foresee only 19 or 20 divisions but said the exact number still must be worked out. . Pre-Release" Policy Under present plans, all two- year draftees completing zi. months service next May will be released at .that' time." Those completing 22 months in June will be released then7 This "pre release" policy will prevail for several; months in fiscal 1956, starting next July. 1. " " ' ! From next .March to Septem ber, vthe Army also plans to re lease reserve officers serving their first 24-month tours after they, complete , only 2i "months. Exceptions are chaplains, medi cal officers and women officers. Men overseas will be brought home in time for separation un der' the new schedule. V ' . but had to be content with - a one-year extension of the pres ent law. - They have been -smiling broadly since in the knowl edge that the president again in tends to make it an issue within his own party. . ' " ' ' J ' ( Hrst Major Business ' '.. ' f , Rep. Sam Rayburn of Texas; who will be speaker in the new house, said the program will be that chamber's, first major busi ness.' The Democrats tradition ally have favored lower ' tariff barriers ; while most Republicans have leaned toward protection ist policies. ' V',.';; --'v 'i'V;" The president's recommenda tions will be based on findings of the Randall commission which last year surveyed the entire foreign trade area and proposed the low-tariff formula endorsed by the chief executive The cur rent , law permits tariff ; reduc tions :up to 50 per cent on a "fa- i vored nation" basis if a duty is cut for one country all nations covered by reciprocal .'trade treaties receive the same benefit. Future of French ; Government, Part In WDA at Stake ; Communists Call , For demonstrations ; . x . Paris (U.R) Premier Pierre 1 Mendes-France and Communist ; leaders Saturday waged a grim r tug of war for votes on German ' rearmament which 'will decide the fate of France's government and role in the western defense; alliance. . .. . : - ' : i 5 The French Reds pounced glee- - fully on the national assembly ' vote against rearmament early t Friday, and busied themselves shoring it up against the reversal sought by Mendes-France. ; - : ; It 'was a bleak and busy , Christmas day in French politics. . - .The showdown was near. Monr day afternoon the .wavering as- ' sembly will vote, again this r time for keeps on ratifying ; the Paris accords on rearming: West Germany.. . f Coalition in Balance At least two votes of confi-: dence and possibly a third Will i . have Mendes-France's "" govern-"" ment riding on the outcome. And the ominous reaction -in Wash ington and London made it plain the anti-Communist coalition as now, constituted also was in, the balance - t To continue his short but spec tacular career as premier, Men-1 des-France must convince some of the deputies who deserted him ; or some of the 73- who abstained ? "early "Friday to ""change' their . votes on Monday. On that . he . was working like a trojan. . ' - On the other hand, the Com munists, kicked off a drive to? block any reversal of the vote against rearmament and send it' down to final defeat. 1 Ask Demonstrations ' : f- The French Reds -mounted their campaign on all the fronts where they had shock troops. -They called for nationwide dem-f onstrations and for delegations t to ' descend on the national as- sembly Monday. . . . . The Communist-led General Confederation of ' Labor, thef largest union in the ' country, ordered its members to set about ' organizing "various actions" , anything, . anywhere against the Paris accords. " ; ' : ' Most non-Communist 1 news- papers urged the deputies to live , up to their responsibilities and .. vote for . rearmament on the second go round to save France t from the isolation threatened by .. Anglo-American reaction to the ' negative ballot. ', . - . ; . . Mendes-France and his sup- porters were toiling behind-the-scenes to muster the necessary votes in an assembly where the elected representatives of the people have rejected German re armament twice in four months."" Democrats Plan To Review ; Washington (U.R) Demo crats in the new Congress plan to aim some of their bigge,st in- , vestigative I guns" at President' Eisenhower's patronage and civil , service policies. , , . r t , This may mean an all-out re-1 view of the entire federal em-'-ployee and security ; risk pro-; . j grams, party spokesmen said Saturday. , And out of it may , 1 come moves to tighten the civil t service laws. r i . ? The Democrats ere determined to get the facts, if they can, on ' what many consider loose Re-r publican charges during the re- i cent election campaign about the . number of "security risks" they removed from the federal pay roll. - v; ' But a companion target will be GOP efforts to replace Demo crats with Republicans in many jobs previously - protected by civil service. -r- Sen. A. S. Mike Monroney (D- Okla.), who Js being mentioned as chairman of an investigating subcommittee , on civu service policies, said he thinks the Sen ate Civil Service committee must . find-out if the "jobs for deserv ing Repuoucans" program "via. lates the letter as well as the spirit of the law."