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Newspaper Page Texto o o TWC-MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Rfloirse, Mewibeirgeir Seeon ii Foirelfiroinii on Westerun CSecDaininaftflbim PeveDopmnieinit By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington Oregon's two o senators in the new 84th Con gress, Wfyne Morse and Rich ard L. Neuberger, are expected to be projected to the forefront a of the dominant political fight o now shaping up as far as the entire west is concerned fight for control of Hells Canyon and the future of western reclama tion development This is assured by the out come of a secret meeting held lier last week by the incoming Democratic chairman of the o Senate and House Interior com mittees, Sen. James E. Murray of Montana and Rep. Claire Engle of California. Murray and Engle agreed on O a plan to tie together four big irrigation-power projects into one major reclamation omnibus bill. Hells Canyon dam, as long designed by the Bureau of Rec lamation for construction in the Snake river, is one of the pro jects. . Seek United Front Object of the Murray-Engle agreement is to gain as united a front as possible among western solons for legislation that would include projects which in them selves might never be authoriz ed separately due to sectional strike concerning them. 0 Neuberger and Morse, who are the stoutest advocates of a high federal dam instead of three low head dams as proposed by Idaho Power Co., in Hells Can yon, have already announced they have planned a joint drive to get the big dam approved. Congressional authorization of the project would block the Boise power company from get Soviets Expected To Free Two Americans Without1 Any Strings Moscow U.R) A U.S. Em bassy spokesman said today he expects the Soviet Union to free two jailed Americans momentar ily without any strings at tached. The spokesman said the So viet Union promised to inform the embassy as soon as the men John H. Noble, 31, Detroit, Mich., and William T. Marchuk, 38, Brackenbridge, Pa. are re leased. In informing the embassy last Thursday night of its intention (to free the two Americans, the Soviet Union brought up the is sue of 11 children held by American e authorities in West Germany and the United States. Condition Not Listed Release of the children, who the Soviets claim are of Russian nationality, was. not listed by - the Soviet Union as a condition for the release of the two jailed Americans. e . Three of therchildreri now live in othe United States. They are the children of an Armenian who was deported by the Soviet Union. A New York court ruled recently they should not be sent back to Russia because they are American citizens. O The embassy spokesman" said the Soviet Foreign office said in b note that "there had been a favorable decision in the cases of Marchuk and Noble and that they would be released in Ber lin." Cases Brought Up Previously During the past year the "United States has brought up the cases of Noble, Marchuk and b thir jailed American, William A. Verdin of Starks, La., five times. The embassy spokesman said the Soviet note said there was "no information" available on Witnesses Refuse McCarthyTestimony u Washington (U.R) Several balky witnesses refused to testi fy today before Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy's Permanent . Investi gating Subcommittee. McCarthy held.an all-day hear ing in what he termed his "swan eong" as chairman of the sub committee. The Wisconsin Republican told cne of the witnesses he thought it was another attempt to "de lay" the work of the subcommit tee until Democrats organize the incoming Senate later this week. McCarthy and Sen. John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) who expects to succeed McCarthy as chair man, promised that the group will consider contempt action against Edwin Garfield of All Eton, Mass. Cases Continued Garfield did not appear but telegraphed the subcommittee that he had been unable to ob tain an attorney. Two other witnesses appeared and made the same plea.' At McClellan's suggestion, both were continued tinder commit tee subpena. ting the license it seeks fromtposal in 1950, too near the end the Federal .Power commission for the low dams. Besides high Hells Canyon dam, the projects agreed on by Murray and Engle, who are now the two most powerful members of Congress in their field, are: Conservationists Object 1. Upper Colorado storage involves power and irrigation development for Utah, Colora do, Wyoming, New Mexico and Arizona. Has support of admin istration and Republican solons of mountain states, despite big fight from conservationists who oppose Echo Park dam which would partially flood Dinosaur National Monument. Even Sen. Eugene Millikin (R-Colo.), out going chairman of Senate Irri gation subcommittee, could not push the bill through this past Congress. 2. Trinity river-San Luis com bined project involves pro viding added water for Calif ornia's Central Valley project. Like Colorado project, it has wide GOP backing but moun tain states Republicans say they won't support it unless Californ ia gets behind their Upper Colo rado project. 3. Yellowtail dam a Montana-Wyoming border dam de signed to give central Montana more irrigated farmland. Just as Trinity river is Engle's pet, this is Murray's favorite item in the package. Boosts Hells Canyon Chances . Agreement to wrap Hells Can yon up in this package bill is expected to boost the chances of congressional approval of the high dam to a new mark. Iron ically, the hifh dam was first introduced in a package pro- Verdin's case but that since there was no denial that he was being detained it was considered possible he also may be released soon. Marchuk, an American sol dier, was listed as absent with out leave following his disap pearance in Berlin in 1949. Noble, a civilian, and his fa ther were arrested in Dresden, Germany in 1945. Noble's father later was released by the So viets. Solicitors Bilk Farmer at Banks; Charge Pending Hillsboro, Ore. (U.R) Three magazine salesmen who wrote up a $493 subscription order for a Banks, Ore., farmer who was unable to read the check he signed will probably be charged with felony here today, accord ing to Washington County Dis trict Attorney . James K. Gard ner. Salesmen Named The salesmen, who are being held here for investigation, are Thomas Edward Sanborn, 24-year-old transient; Gene Allan Davis, 22, Greenacres, Wash., and Richard J. James Artlip, 22, Grand Rapids, Mich. . Police arrested the three in Portland Saturday -night after 78 -year -old Albert Schwetzer said he had been duped into signing checks totalling $493 for $4.93 worth of magazines. Schwetzer said he purchased the subscriptions from Sanborn and Davis last Friday after they told him they were Korean vet erans. He asked them to make out the checks since his eyesight was poor. Fraud Attempt Fails Artlip approached him Sat urday, Schwetzer said, and it tempted to get him to sign a $170 check for $1.70 in sub scriptions. Artlip was, unsuccess ful in the fraud attempt, but he obtained from the farmer the receipts given the day before by Sanborn and Davis. James L. Sterling, West Coast representative of the Union Cir culation Gpmpany who came to Portland from Los Angeles, said the $493 would be returned to Schwetzer. He said Sanborn and .Davis, whom he described a.r r' 'mediocre salesmen," had cash ed the checks and turned the money over, to their crew man ager. . Ex-School Teacher Gives Formula for Long Life Rink'erode, Germany (L'.R) Ella Esser, a former school teacher who celebrated her 104th birthday here New Year's Day, revealed her formula for longevi ty: "Three cups of coffee and a shot of cognac, every day, rain or shine." Use Mail Tribune Want. Ada Monday, January 3, 1953 of the 81st Congress to have any chance of being considered by both houses. It ran into a juris dictional dispute among Demo crats in the Senate. Also it was handicapped by opposition to a Columbia Basin account system which was part of. the package bill, and drew sharp fire from Sen. Guy Cordon (R-Ore.). It came up again in 1952, when the House Interior com mittee held hearings. But again time ran out before a vote was A Nkhol's Worth tf ... Comment On This and That By HARMAN United Press - Washington U.R) I got what I've always wanted for Christ mas, a Stanley Steamer automo- 1 This wasn't a real one. it was a 69 cent 3 iyioHpI vnn have Hi tn PliiA togeth er. A" sort of a quick construc tion kit. The American Automobile as sociation head- Harman Nichol quarters here has some 25 of these tiny mod els in a show-case in the lobby of their new building. My Steamer is a 1909 job. Also in the AAA exhibit are 1903 Cadillacs, a 1910 replica of the model T Ford, a 1911 Rolls Royce, and cars the very young among us never heard of, like the 1904 Rambler, the 1910 Pierce Arrow, not to mention a few others like .the . 1914 Stutz Bearcat, the 1908 Buick. . All are fine machines, of course. Not Too Handy But mine would be the best of the model lot if I could get the plastic pieces assembled. I'm about as handy as a left footed elephant when it comes to putting things .together. The people who make tnese pieces Pope Appeals for True Peace Rather Than Co-Existence Vatican City (U.R) Pope Pius XII appealed to the world in a delayed Christmas message today to work for a true peace rather than aeco-existence based on fear or error. In his annual message .to the world, the Pope asked the statesmen of the free nations to show greater confidence in themselves. He appealed again for unifi cation of Europe in what Vati can quarters considered one of th most important speeches of his 16-year reign. Motivation Cited 0 The Pope did not rule out coexistence as an instrument of peace but he cautioned it would work only if it was motivated by truth rather than fear or error. After detailing the great risk of war entailed in . co-existence based on fear or error, the Pope turned to the third part of his 7,000-word message on "co-existence in truth." . Bridge of Peace Hoped - "Although it is a sad thing to note that the present rupture of the human race took place, in the beginning, between men who knew and adored the same sav ior, Jesus Christ, still there, ap pears to us to be a well founded hope that, in His name too, a bridge of .peace may yet be built . between the opposing shores, and the common bond so sadly broken, be reestablished. "There is, in fact, some hope that . today's coexistence may bring mankind closer to peace. "In order, however, that this expectation be justified, such co existence must, in some way be a coexistence in etruth." Military Ordered To End Segregation Washington (U.R) Military officials vfere under orders to day to use the quick rather than the gradual approach to ending segregation in schools for chil dren of military personnel. The Defense. Department said it will push ahead with plarjs to lift the color bar in all mili tary post schools "as .soon as practicable" and not later than Sept. 1 despite Supreme Court delay oji the overall segregation problem. The high tribunal has not is sued a decree yet on how 05 when segregation of white and Negro public school students should be ended and has sched uled new hearings on the ques tion. , The Justice Department has advocated a local approach with fderal courts determining the time and manner of integration. : 1 wxr i 5 V taken. During the recent. Repub lican 83rd Congress, bills auth orizing tKe high dam were nev er dealt with by committees of either house. If the. Murray Engle plan -is implemented, it would give Hells Canyon advo cates the full two-year length of the 84th Congress to carry through with their drive for en actment of the bill but they are planning toturn on the speed in hopes of heading off a possible FPC decision in favor of Idaho Power Co. W. NICHOLS Feature Writer tell you fhat you can "easily build one of these models in an hour." It adds, I hope in fun, that these "authentic 3s scale inch cars of bygone ,days will bring hours of fun for young and old." Here are some of the instruc tions: o Place wheels oh axles. Hold axle carefully over an open flanfe. I used a cigaret lighter and overdid it. There went two wheels. Slide steering column into slot in floorboard on right side of body (see drawing). The drawing didn't reveal much. And for lack of a slide column, which I didn't recognize on sight, another operation was lost. Tougher and Tougher Iasert rear axle in right side of body. That shouldn't have been too difficult, but somehow it never got done. . And so it went. From front fender to left side of body to position on right side while I applied more and more glue. Place steering wheels in the hands of figure after paint is dry, the instructions wound up. I didn't bother to paint, so I didn't fuss around putting the steering thing in the hands of figure. "Now your model is complete and ready for the den or office," the instructions say. . Well, my model isn't ready for anything. I have a few missing parts, which I probably lost on the way home. I also have a few things like the rear axle and the side lamps and the "uphol stery" left over. Agriculture Student Trainee Jobs Open United States Civil Service uexaminers are accepting appli cations for Department of Agri culture student trainees in the fields of soil conservation, agri culture and civil, soil science, and range conservation at sal aries of from $2,750 to $3,175 a 'year. Appropriate education toward a bachelor of science degree in one of the four indicated options is - required. . Applicants must have, reached their 18th birth day, but must not have passed their 35th birthday at the time of filing their applications. Applications must be on file with the Executive Secretary, Field Board of U. S. Civil Ser vice Examiners, U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture, Seventh Floor, Eastern Building, "515 S.W. 10th ave., Portland 5, Ore. Furtfier information may be ob tained from Chester W. Silli man, local secretary for the commission, at his offices in the Medford post office building. Added Scenicruiser Service Announced . Greyhound Lines, which is now operating 8 Scenicruisers from Medford to Los Angeles and Seattle, announced, today that effective Jan. 1, the "revo lutionary motor coaches" start ed operating with .increased daily service between, those cit ies. According to Greyhound, no extra fare is being charged for any of the Scenicruiser service from Medford. The Scenicruiser is a 43-pas-senger motor coach with a rais ed level for improved sightsee ing through six-foot windows of tinted, glare-resistant giass, The 40-foot length of the bus makes possible the inclusion of com plete lavatory facilities. One of Puerto Rico's sportiest golf courses has been developed froi the moats and parade grounds of a 400-year old Span ish fort that guards the entrance to San Juan harbor. VICTOR'S HIGHLIGHT The New Year with a PROFESSIONAL PERMANENT. Complete with Haircut i Shampoo and Hair Style Cold Waving & Machineless - from Alt our permanent are guarantee Shampoo ' and Hair Style $1.75 up Cralerian 41 SOUTH Commodity Price Rise Antedated Wall Street Boom New York (U.R) The com modity price rise in 1954 ante dated Wall Street's stock mar ket boom by at 4east four months. Coffee, cocoa, cotton, grains and metals spearheaded a rise which culminated in a late sum mer peak. Speed behind the stock market rise developed aft er the November elections. ?The commodity futures index reached its peak in late July, rising 10 per cent from the Janu ary start, then gave up about half of the rise in the late Fall, when speculative attention switched to securities. Lessening, of immediate inter national political tensions, and a fading out of business depres sions fears, cleared the picture for the December analysts peer ing ahead to the New Year. Composite View The composite view, of can vassed market experts summed up this way: Without wars to inflate com modity prices, and without a business depression to deflate values, "stability is likely to hold on raw and finished prices in 1955." Deeper digging statisticians emphasized the long period sta bility in the Department of La bor wholesale price index, meas uring the trend of 1,900 commo dities in the raw and finished state. That measure in the past two years swayed within the narrow range of 109.4 .and 111.1 (1947 49 100). Inference drawn from the dial on the Bureau of Labor Statistics gauge was ,that the price level apparently has weathered the risks of abnormal inflation or reflation, and that effective merchandising will be the prime requirement for new busness hereafter barring any untoward international political events. Spectacular Year For Building Seen By Business Heads New York (U.R) Predictions that 1955 will be the moft spec tacular building year in Amer ican history, gave the nation's business leaders a bedrock of optimism as they entered the new year. . .Industry spokesmen said ex penditures for new construction might reach $40,000,000,000 in 1955, a figure equivalent to $250 for each man, woman and child in the United States. , Shew of Strength The dynamic construction in dustry, a mainstay of the Amer ican economy, put oh a brilliant show of strength in 1954, a year when some other key industries were feeling the pinch of ad justment. Construction expenditures in 1954, marking the ninth con secutive yearly increase, rose to a new all-time high of $36, 500,000,000. This was four per cent above 1953's outlay of $34, 700,000,000. . These totals exclude expendi tures for additions, alterations and maintenance of existing structures. Approximately $20,- 000,000,000 will be spent for these purposes , next year, bring ing 1955's total expenditures to around $60,000,000,000, .accord ing to the experts. New housing starts in 1955 may reach 1,250,000 units to rank as the second highest year in history, trailing the 1,400,000 starts of 1950. Harold R. Berlin, vice-presi dent, of Johns-Manville Co., pre dicted that spending for private residential new construction would rise to $15,000,000,000 in 1955; non-residential would re main around. $12,500,000,000, and public construction would grow to $12,500,000,000. Sixth of Expenditures Berlin, said total construction expenditures next year will ac count for one-sixth of all the money spent for goods and serv ices in 1955. . Thomas S. Holden, executive vice-president of F. W. Dodge Corp., construction news and marketing firm, said 1954's rec ord volume reflected "the mounting demand pressures from rapid population growth and high productivity of the economy." "Current record-breaking con struction volumes are no more than keeping pace with current demands for, most classes of structures," he added. .. . t Dead . line for Sunday . Classified is noon Saturday:. 10 a.m. Monday for Monday: other da v 5:30 oreviousday DROP-INS WELCOME 6 50 Beauty Shop CENTRAL PHONE 2-4830 Crime Wave of 1954 May Be Statistical Illusion, Article Says New York The U.S. "crime wave" of 1954 may be a statisti cal illusion, Fortune magazine reports after a city-by-city study of crime records. ' Fortune states flatly that or ganized crime has practically disappeared in the U.S. within the last decade or two. The ap parent recent rise in "everyday" crime may be explained by im provement in police recording, the magazine says. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, in his 1954 semiannual report J noted that "major crimes had risen 8 per cent over the com parable period in 1953. Reports Faked "Mr. Hoover's statement was based on crimes reported to the FBI by municipalities," Fortune says. "But local police frequent ly fake their reports. "In Philadelphia, Police Com missioner Thomas J. Gibbons, who assumed office in 1952, found that for years records had been distorted in order to mini mize the ameunt of crime in the city. One center-city district in. one month handled o.uuu more complaints than it had recorded. When a new central reporting system was installed, the num ber of 'crimes' went up from 16,800 in 1951 to 28,600 in 1953 on the record an increase in 'crime' of over 70 per cent. Similar Situation "In New York a similar, fak ing had gone on for years. In 1950r the number of property crimes reported by the police Celebrant Yanks Phone; Ends Up on Drunk Charge Huntington, W. Va. (U.R) Calvin L. Dillon, 25, of Brad- rick, O., was stopped by police Sunday as he walked down the street carrying a telephone in his hand. He told police he disconnected the phone, when his wife ob jected to his going out to cele brate the New Year and threat ened to call the police if he did. Dillon was booked on a drunkenness charge. First Los Angeles Drunk Shows Up Early Los Angeles U.R) Desk Sgt Michael Sherry wondered when the first drunk would be booked in. At exactly 12:01 a.m. New Year's Day, Rex Moore, 42, staggered through the precinct doors shouting: " ''.'" "Happy New Year! I'm "here and I'ni drunk. You better put me in jail." Sherry booked him. You may discover that your records are not as complete as they should be. The following services will make for a rriore pleasant and care free investment program. . 1 . We can provide you with complete informa tion on all dividends, interest, return , of capital, capital gains, stock splits, and tax free items for all types of securities for the year 1 954. . .. 2. We have "dividend booklets" properly de signed to aid you in recording this informa tion in the future. These are free without obligation..".' x IS YOUR INVESTMENT PROGRAM GEARED FOR '55? Your financial program does not necessarily change.from day to day but your investments do. They should be re-examined periodically to see that they are in keeping with your invest ment aims. Many securities have al ready realized their expected growth in price . . . while the price of others has not yet begun to reflect their true -value. You should never make a de cision to buy, sell or hold any securi ties unless your financial program has been brought up to date. We will be glad to analyze your present list of securities without obli gation. . Pleas phone Medford 2-7471 and we will make an appointment, to meet with you either at' your office, . your home or Zilka, Smither and Com pany's office. Out-of-town 1 residents please call collect. . 14 South Centra! Avenue Phont 2-7471 Also offices in V; Portland. Salem Eugene Hood was about half those investigat ed by insurance companies. Fol lowing a survey by police ex pert Bruce Smith, a new system of central recording was install ed. In 1952 assaults rose 47 per cent, robberies 73 per cent, and burglaries 118 per cent over 1951 figures. In the last three years the Middle Atlantic States have shown startling statistical in creases for all major offenses. But New York and Philadelphia account for 53 per cent of the ur ban population covered by the reports Do we . then have a crime wave, or a 'statistical re porting' wave?" Top Police Departments On the basis of sound adminis trative structure and efficiency in their police departments, Cin cinnati, Milwaukee, Detroit, Los Angeles, and St. Louis are cities with "the highest marks," For tune says. In general, progress is being nade toward greater police efficiency: The reorganization of the New York and Philadelphia po lice, the management surveys of police in St. Louis, Cleveland, and Boston, to name only a few, all indicate a healthy concern and the introduction of more efficient methods." Rackets In Eclipse organized racketeering in America is "in eclipse," Fortune asserts. Today, there is some reason to believe, there is not one J or city wiln regularly operating prostitution circuits. Prostitution has not been erased, but as an organized business (a chain operation with protection) it has largely gone out of U.S. life.' The nationwide crackdown on the use of telephone and tele graph facilities to disseminate racing information, and the in tervention of federal agents, dis rupted bookmaking from coast to coast: "Perhaps the only large city in the country-where book making still flourishes relatively openly is Boston. V. Racketeering Decline! Fortune calls the labor-racket picture "pale" today compared with two or three, decades ago, pointing out that. although some corruDtion has spread (as in union welfare funds) racketeer ing itself has declined. In cases where racketeers and extortionists directly dominated unions the rackets have' been busted and the union leaders sent to prison. Fortune says that .today there are comparatively few "racket locals" that oper ate by shaking down small em ployers or signing "sweetheart agreements" to keep out legiti mate unions. This is an appropriate time to take a look at your investment program... present. .and future. Y 1955 V , FORECAST I " i : INVESTMENT SECURITIES Hooded Bandits Rob Tavern Proprietor Vancouver. Wash. (U.R) Two hooded " bandits armed with a sawedoff shotgun held up Louie's Tavern on highway 99 east, just north of Vancouver, early Sunday and escaped with an undetermined amount or money. Tavern owner Louis J. Tisso said one robber held the shot gun while the other tied -him. up and dragged him to a rest room. After smashing several, lightbulbs, the robbers escaped ' with Tisso's New Year's week end receipts. Tisso was alone in the tavern when the bandits struck, but finally managed to cut himself free with a pocket knife. CALENDAR BUSINESS GOOD St. PauL Minn. U.R) An ad vertising firm made the long range forecast today that 1956 will be a good year for business. Brown and Bigelow based its prediction on advance sales of nearly $9,000,000 worth of 1956 calendars. 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