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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1954)
1 Loyalty Discharge Without Hearnig Termed Violation Washington U.PJ The Su preme court was told today the government violates the consti tution when it discharges an em ployee for disloyalty without al lowing him to confront his accu sers.; . ' -The argument was advanced by an organization of 40,000 scientists and engineers in a brief asking the court to uphold a Yale university professor's ap peal of his dismissal from the U.S. Public Health service. The brief was filed by Engi neers and Scientists of America, a federation of 13 labor unions representing professional and technical employees in many key defense plants. The organization acted as a ''friend of the court" in the case of Dr. John S. Peters, senior Yale professor who said he was fired because of unsworn, sec ond hand statements to the FBI." He said he was not allow ed to cross-examine witnesses or make rebuttal to statements of government informants. He was dismissed after a loy alty board found "reasonable doubt" as to his loyalty. The labor federation said that when an accused man cannot face his accusers, he is deprived of the "very guts of a fair hear- Resting on the outcome of the Peters case "are the rights of livelihood of a large part of our working population; and the area of employment affected is a major part of American indus try," it said. "The scientists of America are ; badly disturbed," the organiza tion asserted, because their con tribution to the cold war effort "is prejudiced by governmental loyalty and security programs lacking in the minimum fairness that fulfills due process." Motorists Slowed By Construction Salem (U.R) Because of construction, ; motorists may meet with short delays on the Columbia River highway from Big Eddy, four miles east of The Dalles, to Rufus, the State High way Department said today. Brief delays also may be en countered on , the Willamette highway seven miles east of Oak ridge; The Dalles - California highway 12 miles north of Klamath Falls; Pacific highway from Myrtle creek to four miles north; Oregon, Coast, highway from two to 14 miles south of Port Orford and Umpqua high way from Reedsport to a point 1.36 miles east. : 1 .'4 - s f I l h f A- -I f If .-J f y Everybody knows . . .there is only one mmmMmmmmmji'mm : THE bt,MihAHino ri concert oi sacrea music will be presented today at 7:45 p.m. at the Medford Assembly of God, 1108 West Main st., by the Seminaries, a male chorus made up of 15 minis terial students. The chorus is directed by the Rev. Wilmer N. Brown, and the group is from the Western Evangelical seminary of Portland. The public is invited to attend the interdenomina tional concert. No admission will be charged. " PickiV Pears "Cap" Mart Hazen who is a life member of the Masters, Mates and Pilots assiciation, has come through many storms at sea and recalls that the only time he was ever in real difficulty was when he was a pilot on the Columbia river...,' At the time he was towing two raftloads of logs into harbor. The fog had settled on the river and it was early morning with very little light to see the way. J He was negotiating a difficult passage in what rivermen call the "gut,'' a passage way along the Oregon shore. In attempts to avoid a string of rocks the sternwheeler which he was piloting struck a sand bar. Hazen paused long enough to notify the captain of their plight while. the rafts of logs swung around to hem. them in. The captain knew then that they stuck and had to be hauled off. They notified Portland to send relief and sat down to ,wait. Meanwhile a large steamer hove into view and they both thought of an idea. The waves -from the steamer, which was cutting a swath across the river, might be strong enough to raise the ship off the bar. The captain ordered full steam and as the waves beat against the sides of their boat they churned, about and became dis lodged. When the relief ship hove into sight their little stern wheeler was chugging away with the log rafts in the rear and they gave the signal to return to Port land. ". - A real Hollywood( touch has been added to the Christmas decorations this year, executed BIGGER Screen! BRIGHTER Picture! BETTER Reception! With your eyes vide open... come in and see how good a television picture can be! " See how DuMont "opens up" its WIDE HORIZON screen to give you a much bigger picture area! See how new DuMont powerv fills every inch of that picture with brighter detail ! See how new chassis discoveries improve reception, to give you a clearer, rock-steady picture... better in every way! ''a-, '. Because "look-ahead" DuMont engineering produces ever-better values your DuMont Dealer looks forward to telling you the low,: low price. And ask him to tell you : .'; about the easiest terms in town. If Y News and Notes From Camp White by the engineering division. Painters, carpenters and electri cians reproduced Santa and his reindeers in a "cutout" placed at the entrance where it can be viewed in lights from the highway. A large mural also adorns the administition build ing. Clarence "Peck" Hender son, chief painter, is the artist. Among the numerous greet ings from friends of Camp White and its well wishers is an un usual one from Col. Albert E. Harriam addressed to the U. S. Hospital at Camp White. "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year get-well greetings to your patients and ' greetings to you and your staff from the Hospital Welfare Committee of the Old Guard of the City of Philadelphia," the message states. ' Camp White is 'going to put on a "March of Dimes" campaign this year that will be a fitting response to the call for funds in this, worthy cause. Henry Huls, the VFW membership champion, has been designated to receive contributions from the members. He has- already been pledged the support of the Eve Prentice accordiannas in putting on his drive.! The con cert, scheduled for Jan. 10, will be dedicated to the March of Dimes. In addition the girls will be posted to aid in the collec tions. Manager Ricker has announc ed that there are ?0,000 carry over victims of polio this year and the results of the Vaccine now used will not be . known until April. Small envelopes are . - n n uvu m Human Guinea Pig Gets Black Eyes In Washington U.R) Two black eyes and a few blood blisters were the only ill effects suffered by an Air Force colonel jerked to a dead stop from a record ground speed of 632 miles per h our. j " Lt. Col. John P. Stapp under went the speed and stop ordeal as a human guinea pig in a test at the Holloman Air Develop ment Center, Alamogordo, N. M,, the Air Force announced. The purpose was to determine the effect on airmen who bail out of planes at supersonic speeds. Othtrwis Unharmed Stapp's eyes were blackened because his eye balls slammed against his lids and the( blood blisters were caused by dust particles which struck him. Otherwise he came through without harm, the Air Force said. - Stapp was strapped to a 2,000 pound tubular steel rocket sled mounted on steel rails, then pro pelled forward to a top speed of 632 miles per hour and brought to a dead stop in IVi seconds. No Protective Clothing Stapp withstood a pressure equal to 35 times his own weight during the test, enough to make him "weigh" more than three tons. ; The sled was stripped of its wind shield to obtain increased speed. Stapp wore no special protective clothing, but did have a plastic helmet and a clear plastic-visor to protect his head and face. The Air Force said that at Hbl loman's, 4,100 - foot altitude, Stapps' speed of 632 m.p.h. was equal to more than 1,000 miles an hour at a jet airplane's nor mal cruising altitude of 35,000 feet. DRINKERS CAUTIOUS Panorama City, Calif. (U.R) Robbery suspects Stanley Wein stein, 25, and Jay Sanders, 38, were seized by police because they were too cautious. A bar tender summoned police when he noticed the two suspects were wiping fingerprints from their glasses each time they drank. v being distributed among the per sonnel for their donations.. Lelia Birch, of the VFW aux iliary, headed a delegation Christmas morning with an extra gift of Rogue valley fruit dis tributed around the companies to the men. The fruit .was, con tained in attractive art baskets made by the auxiliary from a batch of Christmas cards obtain ed by the . Camp White VFW Post. . . Quick Stop Test ' 'I- - :":f .4 ' f' $i 'fl ' - !f ' f s J . ' WAs - . I - i-Ml ' - m4 - u v $s vf ii iAfi PI i)7 y ' ffyi 'V I a ?y d k jpf i ifj i'f iv,- V - tAJ Z&'rrvyrz . r ' r 4 ti fir II iw ' 'I I M i ' l I ' vf. ftf UJr Jbtf J I &f 117 Ii 1 WITH THIJINEST IN TEIEYISION 'T 3"J Vancouver, Youth Gets Unexpected Yule Cheer Vancouver, B. C U.R) .'A Vancouver lad got some. Christ mas ,cheer he wasn't bargaining for during the week end. ' Police reported an unidenti fied drunk grabbed George Saunders, threw ,him to the ground, and poured a bottle of liquor down his throat. The teenager was taken to a hospital to have his r stomach pumped. ... Suggests Locals Open Negotiations Portland U.R) The policy committee of the CIO Interna tional Woodworkers of America recommended today that locals take the advice of the governor's panel on lumber strike issues and negotiate with employers at once to ' get pay increases and other benefits into effect. ' A. F. Hartung, international president, said that while the committee didn't like the elimi nation of retroactive features of the agreement by the panel, it recommended : acceptance any way. .', : - Increasi Recommended The seven-man panel, appoint ed by Gov. Paul Patterson of Oregon and Arthur Langlie of Washington to settle issues' of the prolonged northwest lumber strike, recommended a wage in crease of 7V2 cents an hour ef fective Jan. 1, 1955 The panel also favored exten sion of the present collective bargaining agreement to April 1, 1956 and the formation of a com mittee to draw up better pro cedures for handling collective bargaining problems. Hartung said the policy com mittee recommendations would be sent to locals at once so that negotiations can get under, way. AFL lumber and sawmill workers will consider the rec ommendations Jan. 5 when its Northwest executive board meets in Portland. . Police Find Robbery Easy One To Solve New York U.R) Police re ported today they had no trou ble solving a Bronx, N.Y. rob bery. They said that Pablo Emilio Quiles, 18, and Samuel Beutach, 19, entered and robbed the home of Mendex Visitacion. Quiles, during the robbery, decided to exchange his suit for one belong ing to his victim. Police found Quiles suit con taining . Quiles' wallet with his home address and picture. ' Dead line Sunday Classified fe at noon Saturday : 10 ajn. Monday for Monday: other days 5:30 oreviousday. Q TuMdar, Detmbr 28. 1934 Release The Dalles KU.R) Circuit Judge Malcoln W. Wilkinson has given District Attorney Donald Heisler "a day or two" to effect the release ' from California of confessed slayer .Harry C. Knowles so he can.be sentenced here for a second degree murder charge. ' . Knowles, 46, pleaded guilty here Friday to strangling Albert C- Stuart, a ranch hand, near Shaniko, Ore., last October, and burying his body in a shallow grave along the highway. .. Federal authorities in; Sacra mento have asked for the return of Knowles, there' Dec. 30 for sentencing on an auto .theft charge. Knowles admitted ear lier1 stealing Stuart's car- and taking it: across- the. Oregon California border. Judge Wilkinson gave Heisler1 the extra time to complete ar V- Left-over, wire gels new lease oa life. The wire that leads from your telephone at home to the cable outside is caUed a "drop"-wire. And short pieces of this kind of wire are often left over from the many telephone jobs we do. Once, these odds and ends were of no use, for it cost too, much to splice them together. But recently, an economical way was found to join drop-wire scraps into- longy continuous pieces which can now be put to work. Naturally, this is a big cost-cutter . .'.'one that helps us bring you more and better service while still keeping it low in price. Pacific Telephone works to make your telephone a bigger value every day. ! ' ; EXCLUSIVELY AT.... yiMi II II'- i .-. . - ' MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREB Of Knowles Sought rangements to gain custody of the prisoner so lie could be sen tenced.. ' ; : :."..' , Knowles waived hie right to a grand jury bearing, and can legally be sentenced without a trial. Oregon law provides for a mandatory. life sentence for sec ond degree murder. ; -'"''. mm Slabs and Rough' Blox Green Dandy to Burn with Dry Wood Big Double- Load or Single Load. MEDFORD FUEL CO. Tel. 2-2111 mm SftHH liliiiiisTEiss - i2 South Riverside CRIME DOESN'T PAY Chicago . (U.R) Public De fender Gerald Getty today of fered statistical proof that crime does not pay. More than 50 per cent of the persons involved in Criminal Court cases last year didn't have enough money to hire a lawyer, Getty said. The Iraqi State Railways op erate more than 1,200 miles of track. Em Court & McAndrewt 6 I 5 I". f 4 . j i - - . - ; :
