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Constitutionality
Of Portland State
Education Committee
Conducts Hearings .
, Salem U.FD The question of
constitutionality of locating an
autonomous ;' state college in
Portland was raised tcxjay at a
hearing before the Senate Edu
cation committee, on the so-call
ed WUhelm bill which would
create an urban institution here.
Sen. Rudie Wilhelm Jr., Port
land Republican, said the legis-
College Questioned
, lative counsel which had drawn
. his bill had assured him : that
recent court rulings on location
of the medical and dental schools
in Portland seemed to indicate
that Portland State college could
constitutionally ; be established
' without a vote of the people,
There is a constitutional provi-
r sion that state institutions must
be located in Marion county, ex
cept by vote of the people.'"'
Full-Fledged Institution -
- Wilhelm's bill, one of the two
now -before the legislature,
would - establish ; the Portland
State extension center as a full-
fledged, degree-granting institu
tion beginning in the fall of
1955. '
f Full support for the bill came
at a hearing yesterday from the
' State Board of Higher Educa
tion, the Oregon Federation of
: Labor, the . Oregon Education
' association, the CIO, and from
; a delegation of Portland State
college students. . ' ;
Only opposition ; was express
ed by F.' Ellis Johnson, a Salem
farmer who listed a long record
' of service as an - educator in
: midwest colleges. He objected to
the expense of what he termed
duplication of laboratory and li
brary facilities already in exist
ence at other state institutions.
: Dr. R. E. . Kleinsorge of the
. State Board of Higher Education
- said it is the board's aim to de-
, velop Portland State in an or
derly fashion and. as. rapidly as
the need is demonstrated. The
school, he said, is already badly
overcrowded and the board this
year, will ask an appropriation
for new construction. He said
the school meets the . needs of
the working student in the Port-
land metropolitan' area.-5---
: A considerable number of res
ervations have been made for
this evening's annual member
ship dinner of the Jackson Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce, it was
reported this morning ; by the
chamber office. '
; Speaker will be Dr. O. Mere
dith Wilson, president of the
University of Oregon, ' whose
topic will be "The, Lengthened
Shadow."
The dinner will begin at 7:30
p.m. in the Pioneer room of the
Jackson hotel with -Jimmy Dun
levy as master of ceremonies. In
vocation will be given by Father
Nicholas Dies. Guests from other
communities will be introduced,
as will 1954 committee chairmen
and outgoing board members.
Greensprings, Lake
Highway Plans Rejected
) Portland (U.R The State
Highway - Commission ..today
turned down a plan for improv
ing . the z Greensprings highway
and Lake oV. Woods highway,
,r. both In Jackson and;. Klamath
counties. The commission said
cost of the projects were too
high.
ManyRese
New Mystery Alan Contest
Starts; Woman1 Identified
! A fourth Mystery Man in the
March of Dimes contest was an
nounced today
after Edward
Young, route 2,
lord, correctly
box 519, Med
identified the
. NEW MYSTERY M f
?;;Prisea ih PoU Contest;
third mysterious person ai Bert
PreS Medford women's apparel
SHew Mystery Han was
bom in Slif ofnia in 1904. He
E2?m? aBeaver in 1941 and
ISTto the Rogue valley xn
3?8. He taafettfr- A due tato
i
OTTO EWALDSEN
Earns Award From Jaycees
Otto A. Evaldsen
Named for Award
By Local Jaycees
Otto A. Ewaldsen has been
named as ; winner of the dis
tinguished service award of the
Medford Junior . Chamber of
Commerce for 1954, it was an
nounced today. .
Ewaldsen, manager of Swem's,
was chosen by a panel of judges
from a Jist of nominations sub
mitted earlier. The award is for
men between the ages of-21 and
35 who ' have contributed ' the
most to community welfare and
civic enterprise during the year.
Last year's award winner was
Attorney . John Dellenback.
Activities Listed
Ewaldsen, 34, is a member of
the school board of District 49;
is a director of the Jackson
County' Chamber of Commerce;
belongs to the board of the Jackson-
county Red Cross chapter;
holds the rank of major in the
Army active reserve, and has
been active in the Lions club,
Retail Merchants association, the
Lutheran church and Rotary
club, of which he is vice-presi
dent.; " ''l"-2 A- T-r- "v- r4
. He. will, be honored ata. no-
host banquet Feb. 8, in the Pio
neer room of the Jackson hotel,
at which past award winners
will : be ; introduced."';. The public
is invited. ' T-' :":':
Came Her in. 1942 ? V "'--''-
Ewaldsen lias been a resident
of. Medford since 1943, when he
was " stationed ' at Camp White
with the Army. He returned
here in the fall of 1945 to make
his home. He is a native of Syra
cuse, N.Y. V'- :-' . ' -'
. Mr. and "Mrs. Ewaldsen make
their home at 20 Ross court, and
are the -parents : of two sons;
Eric, 11 and Hans. 8,' an " a
daughter, Karen', 4. r :"
Mrs.- Ewaldsen is the former
Miss-Phoebe Swem of Medford.
They were married 12 years ago
this month... V " : .
ns
; The Medford post office sub
station located in the Trade Fair
(Pennywise) Drug store, 323 East
Main st., reopened - yesterday,
according to Postmaster Moore
Hamilton. - - "
The substation, had been
closed since Jan. .7 when a fire
damaged a stock room at .the
drug store.' All post office ma
terials were removed without
damage and there was no fire
damage in the postal area. ,; .
; The; drug store's fountain was
reopened today, but it was un
known when the drug depart
ment would be reopened. x
identity is "Some officials con
ceal, evidence. A prize witn a
value of at least $25 .starts the
contest and a new prize and an
other clue will, be added' each
day .that he is unidentified.
In order to enter the contest,
persons are; asked to write their
name,- address vand . telephone
number to March of Dimes Mys
tery Man Contest, PO Box 531;
Medford. A contribution to the
March of Dimes may be included.
A name will be drawn each day
and a call made over one of the
valley radio stations or telephone
station." Tonight's call comes
from station KBES-TV at . 7:30
p.m. and Wednesday's call comes
from station KBOY at 4:45 pan.
Persons entering1 .the contest
are reminded that writing the
mystery person's name on their
entry blank does ,not -qualify
them for the prizes, committee
men said. Sending their ' name,
address and telephone number
only qualifies them to be called
if their name is drawn,' it was
stated. A coupon for the conven
ience,' of those desiring to enter
appears on page nine
Those desiring to contribute
prizes for the contest are asked
to telephone John Duffy at Med-
Massachusetts
Prison Convicts
Seize Five Guards
Mass Escape Attempt
Seen by Authorities
Boston (U.R) Ten of
; 22 convicts who revolted and
seised five guards as hostag
es at Massachusetts State Pris
on today surrendered nearly
eight hours later. J
At least 12 convicts were
' believed still holding out.
These prisoners included four
. ringleaders who spurned a
chaplain's appeal to surrender
without bloodshed..
Boston (U.R) Twenty two
nardened convicts seized - five
guards in Massachusetts State
Prison today in an apparent
mass escape attempt from the
152-year-old institution's solitary
confinement block.
- Scores of state troopers, - arm
ed with not guns, rifles and tear
gas, rushed to the high-walied
prison and nreoared to storm the
punishment section. City police
massed outside , the prison.
Guards Identified
The seized guards were iden
tified as Warren L. Harrisone-
ton, Thomas M. Mulkern, Bos-
ron; Joseph E. Ryan, Girard V.
Kadlec and Eugene Wills.
Warden John J. O'Brien said
he believed some of the convicts
had weapons, nossiblv suns and
crude knives fashioned in ' the
prison workshops, v
The warden said the convicts
"were hollering back and forth
but he said no ultimatum was
received from them.
Escape Plan Believed '; '
"I believe they were planning
to escape when the guards dis
covered it," he said. He said
there were 22 convicts in the
Cherry Hill section, an area of
ceils reserved -for incorrigible
prisoners. t; :
- O'Brien said one of the riot
ringleaders was Theodore
(Teddy) Green, notorious bank
robber and escape artist. " v
Lattimore Perjury
s
Washington .UJJ Federal
Judge Luther W, Youngdahl o-.
day, for, tne second time,' tossed
out the government s main per
jury charges against Owen Lat
timore.
; Youngdahl labeled two main
charges against the Far Eastern
expert - as "formless and ob
cure." He. said that : for Latti
more to go to trial on such
counts "would be unprecedented
and would make a sham of the
Sixth Amendment and the fed
eral rule requiring : specificity
of charges. ' :
The two key counts in the gov
ernment's . seven-count , perjury
indictment are that Lattimore
lied when he told Senate inves
tigators in 1952 that he was not
a follower of the Communist
line or a promoter of Commun
ist interests. " '-: a
When. Youngdahl dismissed
the key count in the first indict
ment, U.S. - Arty Leo A.'- Roves
accused him of bias in favor
of Lattimore and asked him to
disqualify himself from presid
ing at Lattimore's trial.' ; ,.
. Youngdahl indignantly re-
fused,a and termed Rover's re
quest "scandalous.?. V- ; ; '
'Calm' Reported in
Costa Rica Revolt
? San Jose, Costa Ricar-U.PJ
The government reported "com
plete calm" throughout Costa
Rica early today, and it ap
peared the arrival of four out
dated , U.S. fighter planes had
broken the back of an eight-day
revolt. .
. Two American-buit AT-6 train
ers two-thirds of the . known
rebel "air force' fled to Nica
ragua and were interned there
Monday, shortly after the F-51
fighters landed in San Jose., The
only rebel plane hot accounted
for is a .U.S.-built F-47 fighter.
Another blow to the rebel
cuse was the reported death; of
Capt.' Teodoro Picado Jr., West
Point-trained son of an ousted
ex-president; Picado was the re
puted ' leader . of the insurgent
army. . . . ' - U
: Motorists : were going over
the Siskiyou mountain pass'
this afternoon, state pilice re
ported. However, chains are
required for travel over the
Greensprings route, across
Oregon mountain on the Red
wood highway, and in the
Dunsmuir area, where the
highway, closed earlier by
snow, has been reopened.
Highway 99 to the north
was dear.
. Chains were either required
or 1 advised on - most other
mountain routes in Oxagon.
Charge
Dismissed
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49th Year 14 Pages - , MEDFORD, OREGON TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1955
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Attempts Cannot
Go On Forever, ;
Dulles Declares ;
Hammarskjold To Give
Report on Mission
Washington " (U.R) Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles said
today that if United Nations ef
forts fail to free American air
men imprisoned by Red China
the United States will deal with"
the matter itself. -
Dulles made the statement in
disclosing at . a news' conference
that he will meet here tomorrow
with Dag Hammarskjold, U. N
secretary -general, and Henry
Cabot Lodge Jr.', U. S. ambassa
dor to the United Nations for
first-hand report on Hammars-
kjold's recent mission in Peiping
in an effort to get the Ameri
cans out of jail. - , ,
Dulles described the imprison
ment of the U. S. airmen as in
defensible and said he does not
believe the United; States v can
let the JU. N attempts to free
them go on forever. -' - f
He did not indicate how; long
this country would ;wait before
it took matters into its:; own
hands. Nor did he hint how this
government would deal with' the
situation in that case.
Aside from the military- pris
oners,. Dulles said the United
States would take ; independent
action to " obtain;, the' Release of
two-Americah civilians nbse
cases were not being taken, up
the the United Nations. : ' .
The two civilians are John' T.
Downey of New Britain, Conn.,
and Richard G. Fecteau of Lynn,
Mass., both of whom received
jail terms. ;
Dulles said the United States
intends to get out all imprisoned
American civilians in Red China.
Dulles also told a news con
ference it is premature: to pass
final judgment at this stage on
whether , the UJJ. secretary-gen
eral's free the fliers mission to
Red China was a success or fail
ure. . y ' "
Higher Letter Mail
Rates May Be Asked
Washington U.R) The ad
ministration is expected to ask
Congress ' for a penny boost in
the price of mailing local letters
as well as those sent out of
town, it was learned today. -
The charge for both local and
out of town letters now is the
same, three cents for the first
ounce.' The administration . in
1953, and 1954. proposed a four
cent charge for out of town let
ters .which,..: with, increases in
second class,' third class and air
mail routes, would bring . in
around $250,000,000 a year. .
In his budget message yester
day. President Eisenhower call
ed for an increase of about $400,-
000,000 a year in mail rates, but
gave no details on how the extra
money would be raised, r ;
A four-cent charge on local
letters could make up the dif
ference.
Pedestrian, Complains;
Driver Fined by Judge
A driver was fined $10 in mu
nicipal court this morning after
oleadine ' guilty -to", failure to
yield -Tight of way to a pedes
trian,' according to court records.
Mrs. Lois F. Badley, 2209 East
Main st..' who was cited into
court by a complaint signed by
the pedestrian, told the judge
that ! she didn't rememoer ine
incident and ' hadn't : seen the
pedestrian. .
The complaint was signed Dy
Mary K. Preston, 940 Winches
ter ave., who said that the Bad
ley; vehicle entered her cross
walk at the intersection of Sixth
st. and Central ave. while she
had a "walk" light, police re
ported. . .v- TJ ; ! .- . f-
Tonight's Council i -1
Session Said Routine" "v:
T?nutin husiness will be otr
the agenda of tonight's Medfo
city council meeung at; 7:3.
o'clock hi the city halL' aecoroV,,
ing to the city manager's office
Bids for , supplymg . the v r x i
with gasoline for the year. wl ft
be presented to the coiuu-L
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FLAMES HIT CENTRAL POINT.MILL-The
sawmill of the Continental Lumber . Co. near;,' . ' pond is; in: the.
. wemrai . reui: t was : aaiuageu
Monday Morning, with an estinukted- $25Q,
loss. The. picture above,; taken
Washington 'U.R Oregon's
two senators today .opposed ; in
eluding their area in the admin
istrations "partnership policy
for development of power , re
sources.
Other, sections . of . President
Eisenhower's plans for resources
development drew, criticism
from a , Democratic congress
man. But an influential . House
Republican- defended resource
sections in the budget delivered
to Congress yesterday. ; . -Morse
Sees Inadequacy ..
Sen. Wayne Morse (Ind.-Ore.)
said' the budget1 is woefully in
adequate to the urgent needs of
the Pacific Northwest." He said
the" "administration has - failed
"once again"' to recommend a
major dam in the Pacific North
west "where hydroelectric pow
er is so badly needed;" ;" '
He criticized a. proposal to
allow money for joint-construc
tion of ' two" Oregon dams by
local public or, private interests.'
Storm Winds Rap
Portland and Eugene
i. By UNITED PRESS '.
.Storm. winds that reached 104
miles per hour yesterday after
noon and grounded a Japanese
freighter on; the northern Cali
fornia coast off Eureka: reached
Portland last night; greatly (dim-
inisned in strength. " ;: " .
The, weather bureau at Port
land said the . winds; had . weak?
ened .considerably" after moving
inland, and to the north; , "V . "
Eugene reported gusts of wind
tip to 46 miles per hour, while
ortland had 40 MPH gusts last
night." , - .
At Vancouver, Wash., winds
dropped a tree, limb across two
12,000?volt lines and caused a
45-minute power outage over a
widej area..-. '.;;.;, ' I
The weather bureau predicted
snow in Oregon's mountain areas
today;- and - general' showers
throughout the rest of the state.
FORECAST: Jpr t ly ,ctoady i
- throath Wednesday. Lo w J to
" ,BlfM 25;:hlsh'Weatday 42.,
t. - "" ' . Temp.
Hljhet YMterdajr ' ": : '- 4C
.-west this Morning 28
T. to 4:39 a.m. Today, Trace
JiL.
Oregon Solons Say Morthves's
Needs Inadeq uate in Ike's BudgeC'
United
mi
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. uy .- w " c eu ly lourin major ,
at the height"' ; " .'; l:" v
The ' projects, Green Peter 'and
Cougar, were; approved by the
Em Mmm
last Congress- as federal proj-J project was in the budget.
ects while "bills for partnership i "They didn't put in r
development failed, ? he said,
He - also compiamed that a
$500,000 planning fund suggest
ed for ' J ohn - Day -Dam on the
Columbia river is "inadequate
He : said it : was "unfortunate"
that ' no funds " were requested
for the Talent project in Ore
gon. :"J"' ;;.:;
However;.. Rep. . Ben Jensen
(R-Ia.), chairman last session of
the - House Appropriations Sub
committee handling reclamation
funds; said the : President's : op-
inst
an
Paris U.R) Britain lined
up with West Germany and Hol
land today in a. move that prac
tically . doomed : a . bold French
plan . to put the proposed .Euro
pean arms pool under a single
agency.- - r:; j . ;
- A weak compromise : on the
French -( plan began ; to f emerge,
however, s before -Frances, part
ners officially went to work on
demolishing the single - agency
idea.v i;;?). w4il
' lniormedi sources ' said some
sort pf arms pool definitely will
grow out of a seven-nation7 con
ference being held here, t . ;:
"U These sources said -Germany,
Britain, and Holland would turn
down the ; French' ' plan J at the
meeting : today -: with - German
Economics v Minister " Ludwig
Erhard outlining his country's
official view. ; .- v-s ,-v:.f
Gale-Force Winds
Gale force , s winds :were :; re
corded in the valley yesterday. ".
The-, weather bureau . at . the
airport measured1 the winds in
the 30 mile per hour category,
with guests ranging up to 55
miles per hour. The force," ac
cording to - official designation,
would be between "gale" and
"whole gale" velocity. Hurri
cane force winds are over 72
MPH.
Some damage was reported to
the weather bureau. One roof
in the Coker , butte-Roxy Ann
area was reported .blown off,
and other wind damage, mostly
tminor, was reported.- ----- ,
1RIBUNE
Prei FuU Leaed Wire
Price 5c
No. 259
$Mm
of the. fire, -shows the mill' in flames. The log
foreground.' The fire was the
mm lire in iu:KSoa coumy in
- "';! (Photb by Ernest Piercy)
ponents -are "quite unfair"- in
J complaining' that no new major
many
,newi starts when they were in
power," he said. : . . . .
Sen. Richard L.' Neuberger
(D-Ore.) said, federal assistance
in the., budget ' for new hydroelectric-
plants; , "is tied specifi
cally to the discredited partner
ship scheme." He also criticized
the fact that ho money, was put
in the budget for deepening the
ship channel over the Columbia
river bar.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES, ;
New -York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock average: 30 indus
trials 390.98 up 2.78; 20 rail
roads 139.06 up 1.22; 15-utilities
62.09 up 0.03; and 65 stocks
145.33 up 0.94. Sales today were
about 3,020,000 shares compared
to 3,360,000 shares traded yes
terday. - ; - i. V, ' " yj. 'y 'y :.; ,
9 JVlen Appear
In Court on
Nine men appeared in. circuit
court before Judge Orval Mil;
lard this ' morning ,on : felony
charges. '; :;,.v 'Kf; : y .
Frederick Joseph Nettekoyen,
48, a : transient, ' was sentenced
to three years in the state prison
on a charge of larceny of a gum
machine and a candy machine
from Kogap. '
Luther Clayton Baker, 57, a
transient, was sentenced : tti 90
days in the county jail on a
charge of malicious destruction
of personal property.. The charge
involved the vending machines
stolen by Nettekoven.
Admit School 3urglary ,
Donald Lee Biggers, 19, ; St
Helens, and 4 Oscar - Freeman
Stallsworth Jr., 20, route 4, box
250, Grants Pass,; were arraign
ed and pleaded ; guilty to a
charge that they ; were . involved
in af; burglary several months
ago ?at Rogue - River grade
schooL The cases were continued
for sentencing and Stallsworth's
cash bail was continued at $500.
Steve s Gamelial ? Rosier, 31,
Reedsport, was arraigned and
pleaded : guilty to a non-support
charge." Judge Millard suspend
ed passage of sentence for two
years on the condition that Ros
ier provide $35 a month support
for his minor son. '
James C. Brown, 49, of 24
North Orange ft, Medford, was i
ong.
Hold Conferences
On Grave Situation
Nationalist Defenders
. . . . m j
Give Up, Radio Claims
. Taipeh, Formosa- (U.R) Red
China today hurled an amphibi
ous invasion force against the
small Nationalist outpost island
of Yikiangshan, in the Tachen
group, and Communist Peiping -
radio claimed the Nationalist
defenders have' surrendered. . -The
Red radio said the barren,
rocky island fortress, 20 miles
off the China mainland, fell to
the invaders at 11 p.m. (PSD a
few"- - hours after . Communist
landing craft hit its beaches.
Reports received in Taipeh be
fore' . the Communist broadcast
was -heard indicated thai the
lightly , defended : island had
fallen. ' . .
Generalissimo C hiang Kai
shek's high - military 1 command
met in a hurried, secret confer
ence to discuss the grave situa
tion created! by the invasion.
Eisenhower Conference
If the Red claims of capture
of Yikiangshan prove correct, it
would mark the, first successful
Communist Chinese invasion of
any of the string of Nationalist-
held : offshore islands i whfch
formthe . outer defenses of
Chiang's Formosa fortress.
In Washington, president Eis
enhower briefed Republican
congressional leaders on the sit
uation created by the invasion
thrust. , . : ..
Senate Republican ; Leader
William F. Knowland of Califor
nia refused to tell reporters
whether the President expressed
concern "over the new - develop
ment in the tense East Asian -area!
. -
: -: Military observers in Tokyo
speculated that the Red invasion
might prove : the first round in
a battle for control of the stra
tegic Tachen island group 200
miles north of Formosa. '
Test for Fleet ' 'V : u ; .
Other i sources . believed ' the
Chinese maneuver was ,intended -more
as a test of the intentions :
of the 5J3r Seventh fleet in that
area : than - a ' serious -effort by
Red-China to seize valuable ter
ritory., y ;
; Yikiangshan 4 had been ' used
by Chiang's forces as a forward
position from which Nationalist
troops in the Tachens carried
out nuisance . raids against the
coastal area of Chekiang prov
ince. The island also served as
a base for Chiang's naval units
in their raids on shipping in the
Formosan Straits.
: A large American detachment
is based on Tachen island, main
island of the Tachen group, lo
cated just 12 miles south of Yi
kiangshan. . There ;; were no
Americans on Yikiangshan is
land, U.S. sources said. ; - .
Old Grenade Found; -Police
Aid Asked
Medford city police yester
day were - requested to assist
in - removing . a hand- grenade
from a cabinet during a house
wrecking project at 322 East
12th sL , - ' ;
: : The grenade's pin was found
removed, police said, and it
was taken by National Guard
personnel, who disposed of it
in the Camp' White area.
This Alorning
05
given a two-year suspended, sen
tence on a charge of concealing
stolen" property The charge in
volved" a wrench taken from
Rogue Service and Supply com
pany. V Siir v: vZA :--;-: ! .
Aaron Trances Gentry, 25, of
42 Vi Third st, Ashland, was ar
raigned and pleaded guilty to
a 'charge "of contributing to the
delinquency of a minor boy by
giving him whiskey Judge Mil
lard suspended, passage of sen
tence for one year. l .
Lawrence Eades, 56, Sawyers
Bar, Calif was arraigned on a
charge of altering, a $5- check.
He waived counsel and is to en
ter a plea to the charge Wednes
day. . : -Case
Continued t '
t Fred Warden, 31, of route 1,
box 350K, Medford, charged
with manslaughter, in the hunt
ing accident death of Philip Ste
phen Minear, 12-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Minear,
route 1, box , 331, appeared in
court and his case was continued
indefinitely.
" Warden's case was continued
because of the illness of Circuit
Judge HI K. Hanna, who will
hear a plea from the defendant.
Judge Hanna is in Sacred Heart
hospital receiving treatment for
a kidney infection. His condition
was reported this laornin as :
improved. ; - - - - j ' -y - -
Felony
Charg
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