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49th Year 12 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER-30, 1954
Peace Officers
Plan Enforcement
Of Traffic Safety
New Yea' Holiday
Patrols Expanded
Jackson county law enforce
ment agencies' will make a con
certed effort New Year's eve
and Jan. 1 to keep traffic ac
cidents at an absolute minimum.
; Officials of the state police,
city police, and Jackson county
sheriff's office, said this morri-
The Mail Tribune's business
. office , will be closed during
'the New Year holiday Satur
day. Deadline for submission
of classified ads for the Sun
day edition of the paper will
.be 5:30 pan. Friday.
ing that extra patrols are plan
ned and officers have been in
structed to keep a close look
out for drunken driving and oth
er moving automobile viola
tions. '
City Police Chief Charles
Champlin said this morning that
all available officers will be on
hand to drive home those who
have had too much to drink. In
addition, three extra city patrol
cars will "be on city streets dur
ing the evening and early mor
ning.
Sheriff Howard Gault said
that he plans extra patrols, and
an office force will be on duty
throughout the evening and on
New Year's day.
Champlin expressed the
sentiments of local law enforce
ment agencies when he said
The general trend in accidents
is down, and we want to keep
it that way., We're still not sat
isfied." Champlin has - instruc
ted all city officers to stop all
cars which are operating in an
erratic manner.
Offices To Close
All city, state, county and. fed
eral offices will close -for the
holiday, and business places,
with the exception of a few drug
and groceries stories, plan to be
closed during the day.
All county schools closed since
a few days before Christmas,
will reopen on Monday, Jan. 3.
Hammarskjold Leaves
For Peiping Meeting
United Nations, N. Y. U.R)
Secretary General Dag Hammar
skjold leaves today for Peiping
on a 14,000-mile flight to de
mand the release of 2,850 United
Nations prisoners held by Red
China in violation of the Ko
rean armistice .agreement.
The face-to-face meeting with
Chinese Communist Premier
Chou En-lai was ordered by the
General Assembly in behalf of
11 American airmen imprisoned
on spy charges. But Hammar
skjold also will seek the release
of 2,850 others, of which 526
are American and 2,000 are Ko
reans.
Shipments of Diamonds
Missing in Plane Crash
" London (U.R) A big ship
ment of diamonds has vanished
from the wreckage of a New
York-bound airliner that crashed
on Christmas at Prestwick,
Scotland, it was disclosed today
The London Evening News
said the missing gems were
worth "nearly $1,400,000."
Chicago (U.R) Fort
Wayne, Ind., has been chosen
as the site for the 1955 conven
tion of the AFL American Fed
eration -of Teachers.
Still-Unnamed
Offers of Ai
The Rolls triplets, still un
named, were doing fine to
day, i
The tiny boys, born at Sac
red Heart hospital yesterday
morning, were weighed this
, morning. The smallest (who
is also the friskiest) weighs 3
pounds 13 ounces; the next
weighs 4 pounds 6 ounces,
and the largest, who was the
.last to be born and who gave
; doctors and nurses a few
worrisome moments y ester
. day, . 'weighs 4 pounds 8
ounces. Together they weigh
12 pounds 11 ounces. ;
They are the sons of Mr.v
ess Full Leased Wire united .press-
632 M.P.H. AND THEN . . . WHAM! Two black eyes a few blood blisters were only ill
effects suffered by Air Force Lt. CoL John P. Stapp being jerked to a dead stop (above)
in one and a half seconds from a 632 m.p.h. -ride in a one-ton rocket sled. The test was
made at Holloman Air Development Center at Alamagordo, N. M. to test effect on air
men who bail out of planes at supersonic speeds.
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New City and County
Officials Scheduled
To Take Office Soon
New city and county officials,
including a new mayor of Med
ford and a new county commis
sioner, will assume their duties
next week.
New county officials already
Wild Party Ends
In Youths' Arrest
A 25-year-old Ashland man
has been arrested and several
juveniles have been taken into
custody as the result of a wild
prfc-Christoiaa'pafiy lffst v:Ssh
land, according to Sheriff How
ard Gault and District Attorney
Walter Nunley.
Jailed on a charge of giving
beer to minors was Aaron
Frances Gentry, 25, of 42V4
Third st., Ashland.
Several of the younger juve
niles now in custody have been
turned over to juvenile authori
ties, and 'the older juveniles
will probably appear in district
court, the district attorney said.
About 15 to 20 young people
broke into a house at Klamath
Junction Dc. 23, Gault said.
He added that the house, owned
by Floyd Winner, had been un
occupied about a week.
Several of those picked up
have admitted having beer and
whiskey, according to the sher
iff . He added that damage to
the house included a broken
door and several broken win
daws. The damage reportedly
amounted to about $100.
About five servicement home
on leave, are involved.
Action Not Yet Taken
On Doty Case Motion
District Judge Rawles Moore
said this morning that he has
not yet taken action on a mo
tion to remand the case of Lyle
Vernon Doty, 16, of 1125 Maple
Park dr.,' to juvenile court.
The motion was made yester
day by District Attorney Walter
Nunley. The Doty youth has
been arraigned on a charge of
assault and robbery while armed
with a dangerous weapon. Maxi
mum sentence, on the charge is
life in the state penitentiary.
The Doty youth was arrested
last week after Wallace Stearns,
a Grants Pass merchant, was
robbed of his delivery truck
after being threatened at gun
point.
Rolls Triplets
Given; Father
and Mrs. James W. Rolls, 512
Summit ave.
- A completely spontaneous
movement got under way this
morning to give the young
couple a bit of help with their
new responsibilities. -
One anonymous woman of
fered to do sewing for the
babies. Diamond L. Flynn,
Medford's retiring mayor, got
to thinking about the finan
cial, burden of three babies,
and decided to make a cash
gift to them on his own. He
also called at City Sanitary
Service Co., where Rolls is
employed, and the proprie-
have been sworn in by County
Clerk Bereth Hopkins.
They include Chester Wendt,
county commissioner, and Carlos
Morris, coroner. Also sworn in
was W. P. Tucker, who has been
reappointed by the county court
to serve as county constable.
Wendt, who was elected at
the November election, suc
ceeds Robert . Lytle, Valley
View, on the county court. Mor
ris, who previously has served
as coroner, succeeds Dr. Merle
Foland, who was appointed by
the court after Dr. M. P. Vogel
resigned to accept . a medical
practice at Lakeview.
New city officials will be
Mayor Earl Miller, succeeding
Diamond Flynn, who was not
a candidate for reelection, and
Councilmen Fred E. Robinson,
Paul Meyers, and Don Hansen.
Miller will take over as mayor
following a special council meet
ing set for tomorrow noon at
the city hall. The councilmen
elect also will attend the meet
ing. Outgoing councilmen who will
be attending their last meeting
will be Paul Selby and Frank
Runtz. Runtz was not a candi
date for reelection, and both
Miller and Selby gave up their
council posts to seek election
as mayor.
Invitation Seen
Communist Victory
Bogor, Indonesia (U.R) Dip
lomatic observers said today the
invitation of Red China to the
Afro-Asiatic Conference sched
tiled in this country next April
was a prestige and -propaganda
victory for the Communists.
They said the presence of Red
representatives at the projected
30-nation meeting in Bandung
would strike a- series blow at
the U.S. policy of excluding the
Communist conquerors of China
from world councils..
The premiers of Indonesia,
Pakistan, India,. Ceylon and
Burma-sponsors of the confer
ence displayed bewildering in
consistency in making up their
guest list.
They excluded Nationalist
China "We can't have two
Chinas there" and did not in
vite North and South Korea "be
cause Korea does not have a
unified government." Invita
tions were sent, however, to
North (Communist) and South
(free) Viet Nam.
Doing Fine;
Gets Raise
tors, Anthony J. Boitano and.
Charles W. Bottjer, said they
too wanted to help. The result
was a $100 cash gift, plus a
raise for Rolls of $1 per day.
Mayor Flynn said this
morning that, a lot of people
have shown interest in lend
ing a hand. The Rollses are
not destitute, he explained,
but with three tiny babies,
"they've got problems."
"It's an honor to the city
to have three new citizens
born at once," the mayor
said, and if anyone else
wants to help, I'll be glad to
see that gifts get to the young
couple."
Full Leased Wire
Price 5c, No. 243
Sharp Earthquake
In Eureka Region
Adds To Damage
Eureka, Calif. U.R) A sharp
earthquake rocked the Eureka
area today, breaking windows
and widening cracks in build
ings jolted by a strong temblor
just before Christmas.
The quake, which was felt
about 1:18 a.m. (PST) was strong
enough to rouse thousands of
residents in Eureka and sur
rounding communities. Police
and sheriff's deputies said they
were "swamped" with calls.
Residents in Areata, a small
town about seven miles north
east of Eureka, reported the
quake broke windows that they
had replaced only a few days
ago because of -theDeCi ,21
quake. ' '
Police in Eureka and Areata
said there appeared to be no
new damage to their cities' wat
er systems, which were damaged
in last week's quake. Officers
said water appeared to be "nor
mal."
Phoenix high school basket
ball team - is in Areata, Calif .,
which was shaken this morning
bv an earthquake.' The team is
playing a two-game seriesl First
game was last night. .
Photosynthesis Said.
Trapped by Scientist
Berkeley (U.R) A. Universi
ty of California scientist an
nounces he has trapped the mech
anism by which plant cells con
vert the energy of the sun into
food.
Dr. Daniel I. Arnon, professor
of plant physiology, reported to
the American Association for the
Advancement of Science yester
day that he has duplicated one of
nature s most important chemi
cal processes photosynthesis
in the laboratory.
Arnon evaluated his findings
with a degree of optimism rare
m science:
"The importance of having
achieved complete photosynthe
sis outside living cells lies in the
firm hope it gives for discover
ing in detail the mechanism of
the process."
Air Force Beginning
Crash Cause Studies
Huntsville, Ala.-flJ.R) An Air
Force investigating team today
examined scattered wreckage of
a CI 19 Flymg Boxcar that broke
open in turbulent air and crash
ed into a mountain, killing 9 of
the 11 persons aboard.
' The cargo plane smashed into
the side of Shin Point Ridge and
burned some 26 miles southeast
of here yesterday. -
The investigators arrived in
three helicopters from the
plane's home base at Sewart Air
Force Base, Nashville, Tenn. :
Charlotte, N. C (U.R) The
Charlotte Observer, 1 a rg e s
newspaper in the state, has been
bought for $7,000,000 by the Mi
ami - Herald Publishing Co of
Florida. - -
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indust
rials 401.97, unchanged, 20 rail
roads 145.73 off 0.50; 15 utili
ties 61.85 up 0.07, and 65 stocks
149.45, off 0.12. Sales today
were about 3,590,000 shares com
pared with 4,430,000 shares trad
ed yesterday. : '
JdflDUlk
Distribution To
Discontinue at
Midnight March 31
Objectives Not
Satisfactorily Met
'Washington (U.R) Post
master General Arthur E. Sum
merfield announced today that
postal distribution of so-called
"junk mail" will be discontinued
at midnight next March 31.
The so-called "junk mail" was
started on an experimental basis
15 months ago. It permitted third
class advertising matter to be
sent without names and ad
dresses in cities and villages. The
advertising matter could be
marked merely "boxholder,"
householder" or "patron."
Summerfield said the practice
was started in an effort to, reduce
losses incurred in handling third
class mail and as a service to the
public.
. The results have not satisfac
torily met these objectives and
the only possible solution is in
creased postage rates which will
be sought in the next session of
the Congress,',' Summerfield
said.
The unaddressed mail brought
a flood of protests. Sen. Frank
Carlson (R-Kan.), retiring chair
man of the Senate Post Office
Committee, recently recommend
ed that Summerfield scrap the
order. :
Boxholders Uneffected
The Post Office said that dis
continuance of its order will not
effect delivery of unaddressed
mail on rural routes or to post
oitice boxholders where no city
or village delivery service is
available . This service has been
in effect for 20 years. -
Also continued will be deliv
ery in cities and villages of mail
addressed to "occupant" but
bearing a proper street address.
This service also has been in
effect since 1934.
To Fire is Upheld
Washington ; (U.R) Federal
District Judge Charles F. Mc
Laughlin today upheld the right
of a company to fire union em
ployees who refuse to answer
questions of " congressional inves
tigators about Communist ties.
He made the ruling in a case
involving the left wing Inde
pendent United Electrical Work
ers and the General Electric Co.
The union had charged that
G.E.'s policy of firing workers
who invoke the fifth amendment
was a violation of its collective
bargaining contract.
McLaughlin said such dismis
sals were for "obvious cause,"
and therefore no violation of
the company-union collective
bargaining agreement.
Historian Says Reds
Use Panamanian Ships
Los Angeles . (U.R) A uni
versity historian says Russia i$
using many of the 740 merchant
ships flying ; the Panamanian
flag to train Soviet personnel
in unfamiliar waters.
Dr. Walter C. Hucul of the
University of California at Dav
is said many of the supposedly
Panamanian merchant ' ships
really were Russian.
Hucul told the . 50th annual
meeting of - the Pacific Coast
branch of the American Histor
ical Association yesterday that
Russia also is building 1,000
long-range submarines and an
unknown number of fast cruis
ers "as their principal naval
weapons of world revolution.'
Washington The U. S.
Court of Military,. Appeals has
upheld the murder conviction
of Mrs. Dorothy K. Smith daugh
ter of Army Gen. Walter S.
Kreuger. in the stabbing of her
husband, Col. Aubrey D. Smith,
in Tokyo the nigjit of Oct. 4-5,
1952.
Portland (U.R) More than
$100,000,000 in highway con
struction was administered by
the U. S. Bureau of Public roads
in the four Northwest states and
Alaska during 1954,- Division
Engineer F. E. Andrews said today-
Weather
FORECAST: Occasional raiA in
valleys and - snow in higher
- mountains through Friday.
Little temperature change.
43-45.
Low tonight 37. High Friday
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 40 !
Lowest this Morning 37
Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today 62
Second fly-Sheath
Plant Plans
y Companies
Plans for construction of a I
plywood sheathing plant in the
Medf ord area were . announced
today by a spokesman for a
group of local lumber manuf ac- j
tors.
The new concern has no con
nection with Fir-Ply, Inc., which
recently announced its own
plans for a similar type of mill,
to cost some $500,000.' ,
$300,000 at First
The spokesman, who said he
and the backers do not wish to
be identified as . yet, said suffi
cient capital has already been
pledged .to get the concern
started. The plant initially will
cost an estimated $300,000, and
future building plans call for
the expenditure of an additional
$1,500,000, he said. Arrange
ments are now being made for
aquisition of a suitable building
site in the Camp White area, he
added.
According to the announce
ment, starting capacity of the
plant will be about 3,500,000
feet monthly. About 150 men
would be employed, and it is
planned to have the most mod
ern machinery . available to
make it one of the most effi
cient operations in the industry.
Marketed Through Backers
, Production will be marketed
primarily through the lumber
manufacturers who are partici
pating in the plan, who can
then make mixed-car shipment
of construction lumber, panel
ing, flooring, siding and, even-
ually, mouldings and miscel
laneous products. Legs and tim
ber will be obtained by purchase
on . the .open market, as well as
through contributing efforts of
the lumber firms participating,
The announcement said the
Winter Storm Moves
Into Northeast Area
By UNITED PRESS
A furious winter storm which
paralyzed parts of the South
west roared into the nation's
heavily populated Northeast to
day with blasts of snow and
sleet. . . -.' -
' The vast storm system laid
down an advance barrage which
penetrated as far east as New
York, where driving rain and
poor visibility caused at least
eight traffic deaths. r
Rescue crews had freed thous
ands of motorists who were ma
rooned - by six-foot snowbanks
in Texas and Oklahoma. But a
numbing cold wave was moving
into the West arid Midwest in
the storm's wake.
The winter's first and most
vicious . storm - was already
blamed for a total of 49 deaths
Crops and Livestock
Prices To Farmers Down
Washington (U.R) Prices
farmers received for crops and
livestock fell two per cent dur
ing the month ended Dec. 15, the
Agriculture Department report
ed today.
The drop was led by lower
prices on hogs, lettuce, cotton,
milk, and eggs. . -
The department said the cost
of things farmers must buy re
mained unchanged during the
month.
Family Finds Pipes
Broken, Home Soaked
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Walker.
1765 Stewart ave., returned
last night f r om ' Van Nuyi.
Calif.,.: where they spent the
holidays with their daughter
and i on -in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
.T. N.- Barber.
When they entered their
home, they found the upstairs
water pipes had bVoken, ap
parently from freezing, while
they were away. The home
was flooded.:
Floors downstairs were about
two inches. deep in water, and
holes had to be punched in
the ceiling to release water
trapped -there, which had caus
ed the ceilings to sag. t
Linens and clothing in the
closets were soaked. So were
the rugs and the " curtains. !
The amount of the damage
has not yet been estimated, but
Walker reported he has learn
ed his insurance will not cov
er it.
Told
leire
plant will be managed by an
experienced plywood producer,
and that the organization will be
in a position to withstand vig
orous competition, by being in
sured of top efficiency, estab
lished market outlets, and a
stable log supply."
Eisenhower Sees
French Action as
Signpost To Peace
Augusta, Ga. (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower today hailed
"French assembly approval of
West German rearmament as a
decisive" signpost to "world
peace. .-
1 Mr. Eisenhower, after a series
of tense days here at his holi
day headquarters, issued a for
mal statement praising the As
sembly for holding firm to the
Western pattern of defense
against the threat of Russia.
Prospects Improved
As decisive cooperation sup
plants age old antagonisms," the
President said,' "the prospects
for a general and lasting peace
will be definitely improved and
ameasureof encouragement
may therefore even now toe felt
by-all who are earnestly striv
ing to maintain and improve
the unity and harmony of the
world." . - -
The President flew here
week ago for a vacation of golf
mixed with final work on his
three messages to. Congress,
planning to return to Washing
ton after Jan. 2.
Consulted with Dulles
During the week he has con
sulted almost hourly each dav
by telephone! with Secretary of
State Dulles in Washington.
Wednesday Dulles called the
President three times and later
talked with Hagerty. -
ASC CommifteeNames
Officers for 1955
Albert Straus, Sams Valley
has been elected chairman of
the Jackson county Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
committee, it was announced to
day by ASC officials.
Other newly elected officers
are Delmar Smith, Central
Point, vice - chairman; Charles
White, Rogue River, regular
member: Merton Bra'dshaw.
Brownsboro, first alternate, and
Joseph Rapp, Talent, second al
ternate.
County ASC committees are
responsible for the administra
tion of a number of federal farm
programs pertaining to agricul
ture. These programs include
the wheat allotment and mar
keting quota program, price sup
port and storage facility loans,
and the agricultural conserva
tion program. ' ;
Road Conditions
Both Siskiyou and Green
springs mountain passes were
clear of snow early this after'
noon, state police reported. It
was raining, but officers ad
vised motorists to carry chains
. in case snowfall resumes.
Elsewhere in the .state,
ehains were advised on most
mountain highways. .
Government Not To Blame
For 1948 Portland Flood
San Francisco U.R) The
Ninth U. S. : Court of ' Appeals
yesterday upheld a decision that
the federal government cannot
be held responsible for' the flood
ing of the Vanport housing proj
ect on the Columbia river near
Portland, Ore., in May, 1948.
Large Property Damage
The flood, resulting when an
embankment collapsed, caused
14 deaths, large property dam
age, and forced 15,000 persons
to flee their homes.
Residents' later filed suit
against the government for more
than $6,000,000 in . damages
charging that the flood was
caused by federal negligence in
maintaining the embankment.
Th6 suit named the 'Army en
gineers, the Portland Housing
Path Cleared for
United Front To
Fight Aggression
Assembly Votes 287-260
For German Rearmament
Paris 1 (U.R) France today
finally approved the West Euro
pean Union which will put 500,-
000 West German troops under
arms.
The vote saved the govern- 7
ment of Premier Mendes-France
and cleared the way for a united .
Western front against possible
Communist aggression.
The official vote was 287 to
260.'
Agonizing Decision
France reached its aeonizine
decision four years and . eight
governments after the Allies
first decided to invite the West
Germans into a 1 defensive alli
ance.
Today's vote mittine new mus-1
cle into the Western alliance
which now will stretch unbroken
from Turkey to the Baltic cli
maxed 11 days of debate1 in
which the torn and fearful
French Assembly demonstrated
repeatedly its fears of any alli
ance with its ancient enemy.
Debate had been scheduled to
last four days. Instead, it dragged
on for 11.
Communists Against Premier .
Arrayed aeainst the Premier
was a solid ibloc of 94 Com
munists committed to a bitter
end fight to prevent a Western
front against Russia and her sat
ellites.
Strange bedfellows but votinir
with the Reds were the extreme
rightists represented by the fol
lowers of Gen. Charles de Gaulle.
Others voted against the Premier
either because his roughshod tac
tics had antagonized them nr nut
of irritation because he had re
fused to support their earlier
tight for EDC.
, Great Britain alread-r ha an.
proved the union, as has the Ital
ian Chamber of Deputies. It has
gone tnrougn an early reading
in the German Bundestag and is
in various stages of approval in
the Netherlands end Belgium.
Luxembourg" will approve after
its Benelux neighbors. '
12 German Division - r
Final approval by all nations
early in 1855 now is regarded
as certain. ;
It adds 12 German divisions to
Gen. Alfred Gruenther's NATO
land forces, now training on the
basis of atomic weapons.
It premits for the first time
the Western allies to negotiate
without uncertanty with the Rus
sian bloc possibly as earlv an
next May in a four power meet
ing already proposed by Mendes-
France.
Heuberger To Back
Democratic Policies
Washington -jOJ.FJ Sen.-Elect
Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.)
said today "he expects to support
Democratic policies "most of the
time" in the Senate, but will not
vote for them "when they are
wrong." '
Neuberger told a- news con
ference the same thing goes for
President Eisenhower's pro
gram. -
"Where I think the President
is right, I will support . him;
where he is wrong I will oppose
him."
Neuberger, who was 42 on
Dec. 26, also said he expects to
support Sen. Wayne L. Morse
(Ind.-Ore.) for reelection in 1956
even if Morse does not run as a
Democrat. '
(See story on Page 2) " ;
Production Controis
On 1 955 Rice Crop
, Washington 4U.R)r-Secretary
of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson
today moved to curb a mounting
surplus of rice by imposing mar
keting quota production controls
on the" 1955 crop.
It was the first time since
1950 that government restric
tions had been placed on rice. -
Authority and two railroads
which had tracks on the em
bankment. -
' The project was built by the
government during ' World War
II. The government leased the
development to the Portland
Housing Authority.
Fee's Ruling Upheld
. The 'court upheld the ruling
of former Federal District Judge
James Alger Fee on Jan. 29,.
1953. ' , . " ;". . y.
- The appellate court said that
extensive investigation after the
tragedy ' failed to reveal why,
the embankment collapsed. It
said the . structure had been,
erected in 1918 and withstood
numerous floods and that - the'
collapse was "unprecedented
and unforeseeable."