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49th Year 12 Pages rMEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY,
10, 1955
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No. 252
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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
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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.'
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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"!
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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
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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
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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. -