Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 10, 1955, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textiv H A T T 11 f ' i y -. ' : I W fRIBUNE FORECAST Mostly cloudy to night and Tuesday witu oe ' caslonal light snow. Low to . night 30. High Tuesday 29. . Terns. United Press Full Leased Wire Highest yesterday ...35 United Press Full Leased Wire Lowest this morning To 1:30 ajn. today ..20 Prec -trace 49th Year 12 Pages rMEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, 10, 1955 Price 5c No. 252 0 11 OPENING CEREMONY Pictured just prior ' . new First National. Bank of Portland, Med ' ford branch, is Mayor Earl Miller, second , from left with scissors. Miller formally open-.. I ed opened the new bank for the all-day open house. KYJC Manager James Dunlevy, left, ; recorded the ceremony for rebroadcast. Other mm 5Hr a p ' I! r4 s ' I j' ' 1Cf i) 111 -s? n F - ' . ' - m -T" . " 1nrl , , niMiiiimni iiiMmnn i mn l - I "n '"1. MOVING GUARDED Picturedare threJn the. banlc's vault, and Officers KeitbrGildes-rr - armed Meclf ord , city -policemen who partici- gard and Raymond Seely ride the rack of a . pated in the Saturday night moving of cash . vehicle moving a safe'deposit section, in front S apd - safety deposit vaults from the old to'- "of the new bank.fA" total -of 10 officers were - new1 First National - bank locations. Officer " used to guard the cih moving, and six police i Jack E. McMillan is shown with shotgun left men worked for 20 hours straight. ':' t - i.' yvVv. j-.i-S ' : ' .". " '.' (Brainerd photo) IPaffieirsiQiifii IPirpses Several f Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul L. Patterson prop 6 sed 'several methods to 4he 1955 Legislature gor raising reyenue sufficient to offset a $45,od6,000 state deficit predicted, for the 1955-57 bien nium, as well as to provide funds for a state building 'pro-; gram. .; ; Patterson delivered his mes sage just after his inauguration for a four-year term as Oregon's chief executive." He , was sworn in by. Chief Justice Harold J. Warner of the Oregon Supreme Court. ; ;- - " ; Senate President Elmo : E. Smith of John Day, with House Speaker; Edward A. Geary of Klamath Falls at his side, opened the' joint session. . : Gov.. Patterson did ?not . ad vocate a sales tax, observing that such a tax had suffered de feat by the' voters half a dozen times. ""' ; "T " ' " ' ' "1 do not believe .that , this Legislature should adopt a re tail sales tax' ; the : governor said. "If we are to have such a tax, it should be initiated by the people themselves." : The two major. proposals of the governor for raising revenue were a state property tax of six mills together with a property tax levy to pay bonded indebted ness the two taxes . to raise about $30,000,000 for the bien- iUUUI CUIU ICUCiU offset to the existing state per Big Navy Helicopter Parks Beside Highway at Talent Talent had unexpected visit ors last night when . two Navy helicopter 'flyers landed' their craft alongside - the ,Par-A-Dise motel; and obtained rooms - for the night. The twin-motor helicopter is en route from San Diego, Calif., to Seattle. Lt. Roger E. Ruch and Airman Bill Reiss, the two : flyers, started out from San Diego, Dec. 30, but have been plagued by bad weather all the way. . Last night . over Medford, a shortage of gasoline, and icing conditions,- gave- them trouble, so they contacted the control sonal income tax law to produce another $30,000,000. Proposes Tax Study 1 ' : Gov. Patterson 'also proposed a study of the business tax law, similar to one in operation - in New - York. The governor said that Oregon for, many years has been collecting a corporate ex cise tax on corporations but has not levied a similar tax on part nerships or individual operators of business. f -."It has seemed to me that to tax one form of doing business and exempt other forms doing the same business is not doing entire equity to our people," he said. . f i - ' V r ' "Gov. Patterson" said he be lieved the .time has come when the legislature should repeal the so-called "skyscraper clause"! itnj). ..k:u uuuu niuui lax uuuuui uvvxi- ers are exempted from payment of corporate income tax, as -well as exemptions to utilities. Other exemptions provided in this tax he. said, should be re-examined. But he made it clear he was op posed to any repeal of , the per sonal property offset unless there should be a corresponding adjustment in the rate.Jogether with consideration of. a within-the-tax " picture - of businesses which now -are not being taxed. Other Rvnu Methods - Other methods of raising reve nue, Gov. Patterson said, ,would be: A markuD oh the ' sale of liquors; a tax on public utilities, tower ' at the Medford airport and. were instructed to land the helicopter south of town along side of Highway 99. - . They brought the craft down a few steps from the motel, and' across the highway from a : refr taurant, so they spent a com fortable night. ; .' . :;: . This morning, they brought the helicopter to the. Medford airport to gas -up. - Lieutenant Ruch, the pilot, said after a check with, the local weather bureau, that because of weather condi tions it appears the 'copter will be unable to-leave -Medford for the next day or two. dignitaries who " spoke briefly at ' the cere monies were, left to right, C. B. Stephen-, son, president of the bank, Portland, John ' Pletsch (behind Stephenson) president of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce; El wood Hedberg, manager of the local branch of the bank, and D. L. Flynn, former mayor and president of the League of Oregon Cities. - (Brainerd photo) whether operated- by private'or public companies; an increase in the state's portion of the take in pari-mutuel betting on 'horse and dog racing in Oregon; and a tax oil insurance policies. -i .Appropriations of $2,500,000 for .an intermediate penal insti tution on a site purchased' by the State Bdard bf " Control north of Salemtand south of St. Paul was urged by the govern or. He also asked . sufficient money, to start construction - of the new mental hospital in the Portland area; and the beginning of the first ;unit of i Portland State college, I together with an act: making this institution '" a four-year - degree-granting ; col' leg.. ,f;..V ,'"!- Fpr the. remainder of the buil ding program, covering - - the needs of state institutions and the schools of higher learning, Goy. Patterson proposed a buil ding bond issue to be submitted to the voters. k 2;; Opposes Gas .Tax Boost ' Gov. Patterson said he was against a two-cent ; increase in the tax on gasoline," but he rec ommended issuance of $11,000, 000 in ' bonds, to be earmarked for the purpose of matching such amounts of money as to be re quired by thenew federal high way program.; . , , ; , ;-t .. He endorsed a one-man tax commission', as recommended by the legislative interim commit tee on the department of rev enue. . r ' i Increase, in 1 weekly ' unem ployment compensation pay ments was proposed. , ;:y - Extension ; of unemployment benefit coverage to" all employ ers of one or more, persons was recommended. .- Gov. Patterson further . rec ommended enactment of legis lation providing . for a multiple schedule providing for increase of rates when the fund has been depleted to a fixed level. - The governor made, a com plete review of the power situa tion facing" Oregon and ' t h e Pacific Northwest and he rec ommended the strongest possible mwiorial from, the Legislature toppDngress "urging 'completion or'Xhief Joseph, McNary . and The: Dalles dams on present con struction schedules. . C1AY0R CUTS RIBBON TO OFFICIALLY OPEN WBB BANK BUILDING - Medford Mayor Earl Miller snipped- the blue ribbon at 10 a.m. today and the local branch of the First National Bank, of Portland officially opened its doors to business andean all-day open house in its new home. The modern structure was er ected at a cost of a half million dollars and is two stories high, located at 1 East Main st. ? A small crowd attended the ceremonies, which started at 9:45 a.m. Dignitaries, besides the mayor, were C. B. Stephen son, president of the bank from Portland; Elwood Hedberg, man ager of the local branch; John Pletsch, president of the Jack son County Chamber : of Com merce, and former Mayor D. Lit Flynn, president "of the League of Oregon Cities. v Officials Interviewed The officials were interviewed by James Dunlevy, manager of radio station, KYJC, during the ribbon cutting ceremonies, for a later re-broadcast. The Medford high school band played during the ceremonies. . VY-'-.- A steady ': stream " of guests flowed into . the new quarters during the : morning. : Orchids were presented to the women and refreshments served. . The open house will continue until 8 o'clock tonight. ... ' .. , . Balloons flew from the top of the building and the interior was decorated with large bask ets of flowers for the occasion. A 20-minute film; "The Banking Story," - was shown downstairs. Organ music was performed by Abbey Greene of the Rogue Val ley Country club. ' : . v. The new building is more ttn tKree'rTffiyis'th structure, which the branch oc cupied for the past 20 years. Many modern banking innova tions are featured, including two drive-in banking ; windows and a large parking lot. The build ing generally features enlarged facilities of all types. Second Floor Offices The second floor of the build ing houses the branch's trust department, bookkeeping : ' de partment, employee lunchroom, two conference rooms and men's and women's lounges. -; Construction began on the structure one . year ago. : The site was recently used as a park ing lot and ' at one time was .the site & of the Chamber of Com merce. -V V"' A bustle of activity preceded today's" grand, opening on Sat urday and: yesterday, in order, to open in the new quarters today for business as usual. . . . What was probably Medford's biggest money, moving job in its history occurred Saturday night without, a hitch, according to the city police department. .' Over a half million- dollars in cash' was moved from the Medford branch, First National bank of Portland's old site, a half block away, to the new lo cation at 1 1. East Main - st. : -Fichtner in Charge V .V'":.-, It took exactly 19 minutes to move the cash from one loca tion to the other and secure it, police said. The overall opera tion, however, took almost a whole day. Sixofficers worked 20 hours straight as guards, with 10 - men ? working i during the actual- moving of the money. Sgt. Clyde Fichtner ; was . in charge of the operation. The officers were armed with sa wed-off shotguns, riot guns or carbines as well as the usual sidearms and stopped all ped estrian traffic in front of both Knowland Not To Jain 'Back Ike' Movement Washington (U.R) Senate Republican Leader William E. Knowland said - last - night he would not join a draft Eisen hower movement in 1956 be cause the Republican, party does not want a "reluctant" candidate for its" presidential nominee, . Knowland ', also said that he would "make my decision" about whether to support President Eis enhower when the President de cides whether to run. " ? Grandview Water District Election Set Wednesday ; Election for incorporation of the ' Grandview : water district will be held Kednesday, it was announced today. Polling " place will be at 2179 Crater Lake ave. and the polls will be open from 8 ajn. to 8 pjn. A - c banks all night long. Traffic was re-routed at intervals dur ing the cash moving. , ; Bank personnel and Davis Transfer company people exe cuted the actual moving. Mov ing, of 34 safety deposit vaults of varying weights from 250 to 6,500 pounds took the majority of the time. - v " ' Poiice said a number of by standers watched the operation during the night. A few slight ly inebriated persons were hust led away by officers, when they "offered their services for the job," officers added. Water Outlook for Southern Oregon Said 'Only Fair' The outlook . for 1955 water supplies in southern Oregon is only fair at this early winter date," according to a joint release by R. D. Church of the Medford Weather Bureau Office and W. T. Frost bf the U.S. Soil Conser& vation Service and Oregon Agri cultural Experiment Station, Portland. Unless much' above normal snowfall occurs in this area during the remainder of the winter, there is a strong likelihood of serious water short ages. Water content of present snow cover in the Rogue and Klamath Basins is 50 and 71 per cent of average, respectively, the release said. Soils in the high ' water- Hheds.areextremely; dry under the present snow and will soak up much of the early snow melt next spring.; : " ; Below Average Precipitation in the Rogue Klamath area was 40 per cent of the 10-year average (1943-1952) during . the September " through November period. December was 79 per cent of average and the cumulative? precipitation from September 1 through December is 54 per cent of average. . Storage in all reservoirs is be low that of last year, but is above the 10-year average.; Fish lake: contains 5,100 acre feet compared with 6,700 a year ago. Four mile lake holds 8,300 acre feet :- compared i with 15,600 in 1954. Hyatt Prairie is ; holding 9,400 acre feet compared with 11,200 .f a year earlier. Upper Klamath contains 280,700; acre feet as against 407,800 a year agch but present rate of inflow is about 8 per cent greater than the 10 year average. Storage in Gerber reservoir is 26,900 acre feet compared with 49,200 in 1954 and Clear lake holds 219,- 200 - acre feet compared with 245,200 .last year, the report showed. . -.-k. ? 'kjj': Man Hurt in Fall At Post Office " A. C. Maxwell, Portland, is in critical condition at Community hospital where he was taken this morning by Medford ambulance service attendants , after he fell down: a'-stairway ' to the "base ment of the Medford post office, according to reports from; the attending physician and post of fice officials. 'He received a head injury and-was; not 'Con scious at the time of the report. ' Maxwell and his wife arrived here last week to care for their three grandchildren, the children of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Maxwell Jr., 723 West 13th st.;. while the younger Maxwells went on vacation.;; They left yesterday for Los Angeles. - The - injured man's son . is sales manager at Chapman Jewelry store. ; Mrs. R. W. Hum, wife of the pastor of the Medford Church of the Nazarene, will care for the children, it was stated. : v HOME BURNS The Bernard C. Harris home, 534 Bessie st., a temporary three room dwelling, ; was completely engulfed in flames about noon today, firemen said 1 They said that the roof of the structure was apparently ignited irom the flue. Contents of the hnnw wpr Ho. stroyed and firemen termed thel house a total loss. ; Bremerton, Wash. (U.R) The modernized attack carrier USS Shangri-La was to be recommis sioned at the Puget Sound naval shipyard here today. Foreign Relations Assignment Goes To Oregon Senator Sen. Itarkjey Also Placed on Committee' Washington (U.R) Senate Democrats today gave Sens. Al- ben W. Barkley D-Ky.) and Wayne L. Morse (Ind-Ore.) covet ed seats on the Senate Foreign Relations , Committee. - ;- This action was announced after a meeting of the 14-man Senate Democratic Steering Com mittee, which handles . commit tee assignments . for : the party which is now in control of the Senate. " --:-:- :r'" ' '- Senate " Democratic Leader Lyndon B.; Johnson announced that the committee had waived the seniority rule for. Barkley and for Sen. Joseph C. O'Ma honey (D-Wyo.). Both returned to the Senate this year after in terruptions in their long service. Essential Vole ? - : ; Morse," former Republican who turned Independent in 1952, sup plied the vote needed by the Democrats to organize the Sen ate this year. : Johnson said it is the responsibility of the' ma jority party to assign Independ ents to committee, seats.. : , Morse also was assigned to the Banking Committee and, by his own choice, retained his seat on the District of Columbia Com mitee. Republicans bumped him from : his former committee as signments two years ago because of his bolt from the party, and gave him two-minor committees. Barkley was named to the powerful .Finance Committee as well as to Foreign Relations. He served on both before his elec tion to the , vice-presidency in 1948. - . Presidential Messages : Johnson described Morse as , "one of : thja jablest members' f tne Ssenate wno "would serve with' distinction in any post." O'Mahoney, former chairman of the Interior Committee, was assigned to that committee and to the Judiciary Committee. ' Party leaders and party com mittees in both House and Sen ate were expected to devote most of this week to the legislative committees. - - - , Dag, Chou End Prisoner talks - United Nations, N.Y. (U.R) -UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold held his - final talks with Red China's Premier Chou En-lai today on the fate of - 11 "imprisoned "American fliers, but a final joint commun ique failed to disclose their out come, ir'ri-:'-f :,': :.'';'0K''' '; ": ' : Hammarskjold and Chou talk ed for one hour and 20 minutes. It was their fourth meeting to gether. . ;' ' . . . . .... ; : vTheir communique said . that "their talks have been useful and we hope to be able to con tinue the contact established in these meetings." T It said their discussions had referred to "questions pertinent to the relaxation of world ten sion." Prisoners Not Mentioned A:- But . it made no mention' of the "free the prisoners" mission which, took Hammarskjold to Peiping on a mandate from the UN General .Assembly. And : it did not refer to anything said by either side on the fate of the 11 American fliers jailed as "spies" and some. 2850 other UN com mand personnel still held as Korean 'war prisoners by Red Chma. Hammarskjold planned to start his journey home tomor row. Medford Man Dies In Alabama City Montgomery, Ala. U.R) A man identified as Calvin Edward Reynolds, 56, Medford, Ore., was found dead of an apparent heart attack in a downtown hotel here yesterday. , The coronet's - office said the body was at the . White . Chapel funeral home awaiting word from the man's family as to dis position. . . Local directories list a Calvin E. Edwards with a residence ad dress of 30 North Front st. " DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (II PU.Tlfflir.Tnna ----- w v WW V VU.0 final stock averages:' 30 indus trials 400.89 up 5.29; 20. rail roads 146.23 un 1.89: 15 utili ties 62.38 up 0.28; 65 stocks 149.60 up 1.74. Sales today were about 4,300,000 shares. EISENHOWER ASKS CUTS IN TARIFFS, . TM CONCESSI Washington U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower asked Congress today to throw more of Ameri ca's economic weight into the cold war against Communism by reducing : tariffs, : granting ' tax concessions to business invest ment abroad, and i continuing technical aid to underdeveloped countries. . i The President also, made rec ommendations for encouraging greater tourist travel abroad and increasing U.S. participation in international trade fairs. In a 2400-word' special mes sage to the House and. Senate, he laid down a seven-point pro gram of foreign economic policy which he .said " would help to open new markets for U.S. ex ports as. well as strengthen free nations a g a i n s t '.'Communist Hit- By Chinese Reds in a ir Taipeh, ' Formosa (U.R) Red China plastered Nationalist-held Tachen Island with the heaviest air attack in five years of coastal warfare today, and Communist Peiping J Radio boasted "that "four" , Nationalist ships were destroyed or damaged in the raids. .- -- " .- , . v. . - Nationalist sources - said 100 Red bombers, heavily protected by, Communist fighters, show ered 300 bombs on the island fstrongholdrin .four :u separate raids. - , , . Peiping - Radio claimed' that one ; Nationalist - landing ; craft and one supply vessel were clam aged, and that in a later raid one landing craft was destroyed and another was damaged. A communique from the Na tionalist Ministry, of ; Defense said ""many" civilians were killed and wounded among the islands 13,000 inhabitants.'; But there was no mention of mill: tary casualties or damage. ' The Nationalists claimed that two raiders possibly were shot down, and , two others were seri ously damaged. V-; . v " Tne communique said, the Chi nese Reds unleashed their first powerful air strike off the coast of the Tachens," which lie about 200 miles north' of Formosa, at 6:55 a.m. The Reds used eight Lall, four TU2 and 12 MIG15 type planes in a 30-minute raid. The main-target of the . Reds appeared to be Tachen ; Harbor on the main island of the chain. It was not disclosed whether any Nationalist shipping anchored in or near the harbor was sunk or damaged. . 1 Tachen II neavyA Mystery Alan Contest t?!an Told by March of Dimes A county-wide "mystery man" contest was announced today by the March of Dimes. The con test is to start immediately and will : run until identity of the mystery, man : is guessed, at which time, a new contest will v : POLIO'S MYSTERY waw i Can You Guess His Identity? start, according to those in clarge. . - -j . : Persons desiring to make a gueiss i are asked to send their name, address and telenhone number to March of Dimes Mys tery Man, FO.Boi 531, Medford. Contributions to the polio fund V --' ONS penetration and subversion." v Mr. Eisenhower described his program as "moderate, gradual and reciprocal." ? . Its mam feature was a renew al of last year's . request for a three-year extension of ' the re ciprocal . trade . agreements act. with authority to reduce tariffs by five per cent each year. Democratic leaders of the new Congress , have . promised full support and priority action for this request, which was " side tracked by the Republican con trolled. 83rd Congress. Some Re-' publicans served advance notice that they . pppose - any program "which does not protect the in terest of our American workers and producers." Other Features , ' Other features of the new presidential ' program I included' recommendations for: 1. Reducing the corporation tax'rate from-52 to 38 per cent on income which, U.S. business earns -from foreign subsidiaries and branches. , The . tax also would be deferred until the in come is removed from the coun try where it is earned. Mr. Eis enhower said this would stimu late the flow of U.S. investment capital abroad. . 2. Streamlining U.: S. customs rules and procedures to remove unnecessary red tape from im porting foreign foods. 3. U.' S. : membership in the proposed new International Fi nance Corporation, a branch of the World Bank-which will pro vide -private venture capital for underprivileged countries! ' iv WmilA tTn TVitv Praa tltrAm . .vj. t'i Increasing "rrbm" $500 'to $1000 the amount of foreign" goods, which American tourists- may bring into tim country duty free on their return from foreign travels. " - t 5. More widespread U. S. par- ticipation' in ' foreign trade fairs, ' which, he said,v . the. Communists have been using as 'propaganda showcases to convey the impres- ' . sion : that "Russia . "is producing. on a large scale for peace and is creating a paradise for work' ers." ..y;: i- Protection for Business 6. ; Continuing the . so-called7 "Point Four program of techni cal aid' to underdeveloped coun tries; Mr. Eisenhower said the ' program . "should . be concerned ,. with knowhow. rather than large. funds" and promised to spell out ' details ' in his ' budget " message next week. ? '.- . ' In ' an apparent effort to re-r assure the protectionist .wing of his own party which sidetracked . his trade program last year, Mr. Eisenhower said he " ; did not favor "radical or sudden tariff . reductions" but only a "mod erate,, gradual : and r reciprocal" j owermg of barriers. ' would be accepted along with the sender's name. ; One telephone call will be , made nightly, starting Wednes day; ' The calls will be rotated by the four radio stations and ' television, station. .The first call -will be made by KWIN, Ash land, .Wednesday at 6:15 p.m. . The nprtnn 'Moni'finn th ' f uig mac hlj r tery man will receive a Hand vacuum cleaner and a week's use of a sewing machine and- vacuum rleaner .. fmm Cinnr , Sewing Machine Co. Each day " that the mystery mffn goes un identified,7 an - additional prize will be added. . -Persons desiring to contribute prizes may can Jonn umiv at : 2-7111. ( - First clues to the Identity ot - the mystery : man, shown here, follow; lf Sf : f: S'5 "' : " K.' 1 fie was born in a year of great financial panic. His birthplace was approximately - seven miles east of the county seat, of Jack son county. Start with a popular brand of cigarettes, make a real -estate deal, and you have his first name. An additional clue will be added each day that the person is not identified, it was stated. The annual March of Dimes steer "giveaway" also will be a feature of this year's fund-rais-; ing campaign. The animal will be on display-t llsia and T??z ct tinfil. It aVIv1. r- . ... it. was announced. -