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n !n)D! fflstts Washington (U.R)--The Uni ted States today denounced Red" Chinese .offer to permit relatives to visit imprisoned American , fliers and demanded again ', that - the - prisoners be freed. . vg. i This government advised . the relatives that it cannot "in good conscience encourage" them to go to Red China because it can not guarantee their safety there. It said, they would be travel mg ai tneir "own risk, it up braided the Red regime for the "harrowing dilema" . it . has brought upon the families of the imprisoned fliers. The Chinese offer was brand ed as "designed primarily to achieve political purposes." Under Fire in Senate :. t This government's position was set: forth in a statement issued by the State Department and in a message sent by the Air Force to relatives of the im prisoned fliers. Ked cnina s offer also . came under fire in the Senate as a "propaganda buildup."' ; One senator, William E. Jen ner (R-Ind ), said'; in a Senate speech that, the "righteous wrath' of the American people eventually will free the fliers because "that is the kind of power the Chinese Communists understand." . State Department Spokesman Henry suydam refused to say whether or not. the -United States would let relatives visit the prisoners as Red China had offered. And he refused to say whether the. government would provide transportation or wheth er any Americans have been al lowed to visit Communist China ' since 1950. " ' - " Asks For Release, - It was in this connection that this government in a statement by Suydam again called on the Chinese Reds to release the Americans. ' "It is by releasing those they hold that the Chinese Commun ists can convincingly show con cern for the- human suffering they have caused," Suydam said. : Suydam was asked for U.- S. reaction to the U.N. announce ment of Red China's offer. "The U. : S.- government can not of course in good conscience Defendant Cleared In Dentistry Case ; District Judge Rawles Moore vesterday upheld a demurrer against the charge that Lee Poirier, Jacksonville, practiced dentistry without a license. This, in effect, clears Poirier of the charge. The case, which did not go to trial, had been pending in district court for several months. Earlier Judge Moore set aside an order, made by Acting Judge James Main, which overruled the demurrer. , Main's ruling was made last year while Judge Moore was on vacation. Poirier was represented .by Medford Attorney O. H. Bengt son. District Attorney Walter Nunley was not available this morning for comment on any further action the state may be planning in the case. Cosh, Check Stolen In Burglary at School x 4 About $38 in cash, and a check for $4.25, were taken last night . , A TIT j . t J in a Durgiary ai west oiae school; according ; to Sheriff Howard Gault. The money, from the school's lunch fund, was taken from a cabinet, which had been pried open, Gault said. The method by which entry to the building was gained was not determined. The case is being investigated by deputy sheriffs. Weuberger Startles Nevs Conference Admitting He Doesn't CCnow Everything Chicago (U.R) --- Freshman Sen. Richard Neuberger (D-Ore.) says it seems that senators are supposed to know everything; He admits he doesn't. - "Just because a man is elected to an office doesn't - mean he knows the answer to all of man kind's ills," he. told a startled news conference. Anybody Can Be Expert He said, that nowadays "any body with' a briefcase 5Q miles from home can be an expert on anything' " rf Neuberger, 42, rumpled and balding, has been a senator only two weeks. He said he has a "lot to learn." v- : "Somebody told me there will b about 9,000 proposals ; sun Offer T Prisoner llnIUliD encourage those who may wish to go into an area where the normal protection of any Ameri can passport cannot be offered; Suydam said. - , "World public opinion will judge the motives of those who. navmg u in ineir power and being under an obligation to end promptly the tragic grief they have .caused now visit upon the families - of these imprisoned Americans - a harrowing dilem ma." Refuses to Answer Suydam flatly refused to an swer -a barrage ef questions by newsmen seeking to determine whether ; the . United States ac- ually will permit the relatives to visit Communist China. The United States has been stamping American passports. in valid for travel to the Commun ist mainland. iiOS. ; Partnership issue On Willamette Dam Projects-Revived . Salem 4J.F9 A memorial to Congress asking construction of Green Peter and Cougar dams underline partnership plan was approved by a 6-1 vote by the House, Committee on State and Federal Affairs ioday and sent to the House floor with a "do pass' ommendalion. ' rtc- Salem (U.PJ A new skirmish in the Northwest power battle hit the House. State and Federal Affairs Committee today; on the issue of partnership construction of the Green, Peter and Cougar dam projects in 'the Willamette river basin. - - ;-: . The committee, headed -by Rep: William Bradeen of. Burnv scheduled a hearing "after- ad journment ,of the House this morning on a Lane county me morial to Congress requesting federal funds to begin planning and - construction of the two projects, i l- ' V Said Badly Needed ; The memorial, introduced by the .Lane county- delegation in both' houses, says construction of the Green Peter project on' the middle fork of the Santiam river and Cougar project on the Mc- Kenzie river 'are badly needed to balance operation "of already existing facilities in the Willam ette basin. They also fit in as important units of : the entire Columbia Basin power, develop ment affecting all of the Pacific Northwest. Together, tha two .projects would produce 120,000 kilowatts of electrical energy, the me morial says, and would serve to alleviate recurring flood '.dam ages. - : - : Aspect Frankly Stated . The partnership aspect of the memorial is frankly stated in the section pointing out that Lane county?' electric . utilities, one municipal, and one private, have offered to build and finance the power generation portions of the flood control projects.' Committee action j on- two other power memorials has been held up pending today's hear ing. They '. are concerned with John Day dam on the Columbia river. One memorial would in vite partnership construction and the other would ask full federal financing. - " DOW-JONES, AVERAGES ' ' ' New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 395.90 up 2.87; 20 railroads 140.91 up 1.28: 15 utilities 62.86 up 0.24, and 65 stocks 147.18 up 1.05. mitted to this session, pt Con gress," he said. , - "If I never ate or, slept i I couldn't possibly have - time to learn what's in all those, bills." , 'A newsman reminded him he would have to vote on many of them. Will Talk It Over "That's, true" he' wud. 'TIT read as many as I can and talk it over with responsible commit tee members whose opinions I respect." , - Neuberger said he has bad 171 invitations to speak on various subjects since ;his election. - He has accepted nine . of s them. "Lots of times. they want me to talk about things' I know nothing about,'' he said. . - x 1 united Pre Full LeaMd Wir - SL' , , , , " - .... United Prn fuU leased Wir , - i. , , , , ,n., i i.,. , ., .Jjg t - .,.11T .. .. U Pages . Price 5c , -' Advisory Officers Claimed Removed; Shipping Blasted ' Nationalists Indicate Willingness To Leave Taipei, Formosa (U.R) Amer ican advisory officers were re ported today to have been removed..- from bomb - battered Tachen Island, pawn in a, vicious air-sea war between the Chi nese Nationalists and .the Reds.' The ' report, regarded as liable . here, came shortly, after another from a top American source that the Nationalists had indicated their willingness to withdraw from their imperiled island holdings some 200 miles north of Formosa.-" Nationalists Blast Shipping " Nationalists warplanes were blasting'"- Communist -shipping along a 300-mile stretch of - the East China coast again today in another major effort to at least forestall the forced .evacuation of ; the islands.-1 Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek' summoned his top ' lieutenants into emergency session , to v consider the ' situa tion. " Withdrawal of the approxi mately 10 American officers and men on Tachen was said to have been carried out under consider able "difficulty." : ; ? Mercness Attacks . f The island has been subjected to merciless 'aerial attack, by the Reds,, and the Americans were said to have Jeft after Red bombs btkedcoitr'the-r- iti- stallations. V The Americans' job wasto ad vise the island commander, Gen. Liu laenchi and' to 'train 'Na-s tionalist troops ? in the use of American weapons.' - Nationalist Ambassador Georsei Yeh was believed to have approached U. S. authori ties in ' Washington for help in removing, troops from the out post islands only a few miles off the mainland with its huge Kea Chinese . airbases. , , . Defendants Guilty In Overload Defendants in four' overload cases pending in district .court since last August nave Deea found guilty ;by Judge Rawles Moore. Lester J. Monroe, of the United Log " Truckers associa tion! Coos Bay, had entered in nocent pleas for each of the four men. . v-: Those found guilty were Jean Charles Smith, 27, of 725 Beek- man st., driver for Skeeters and Skeeters, Talent; William; Ru- aoipn xiiuiuuii, o-, cua, vtc driver ion Stanley W- Hillyer, Veneta; and Alvin John Paudois, 19, of Box 995, Central Point, and James Vinton Roberts, 31, of 102 Division rd., Camp White, drivers for John J. Paudois, Box 262. Central Point. The amounts of fines assessed against the drivers were, Smith $117; Harmon- $133; Paudois $29, and Roberts $89. Bail equal to the amount of the, fines had been posted for 'each of the four; The trials were .'held last fall withdut juries.' The defendants were represented by fLynn'Mc- Nutt, arid District Attorney Wal ter. Nunley represented the state. 1 . Neuberger, a former free lance magazine writer, scored a close upset victory over Republican Guy Cordon last falL He was the first : Democrat elected - to the Senate from his state in 40 years. Previous State Serric . Previously he was elected-to two terms in the Oregon State Senate and served part of one term in the State House of Rep resentatives before he entered the Army in 1941. -In the State Senate, he said, there were 26 - Republicans and four Democrats. , ;; - "It's kind of hard to get'used to Washington," he said. "There are. so many Democrats running around loose." , - 18 Y MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY,- JANUARY, 2 I, 1 955 r' - WJ V- &2mm& i m? .. 1 THEY MEAN BUSINESS A state trooper leads the way as this 30-ton light Army tank moves into Massachusetts State' Prison at Boston to help break up the revolt of four convicts who hold 11 hostages; including five guards. The tank was requested by state police after the convicts defied guns and bazookas and refused to release then hostages. Three Subdivisions Given Tentative OIC By Plans Commission Tentative "approval for ythree an estimated 40 new. homes near Medford, has been given by the Medford ;city planning commisr sion. . At. the commission's last meet ing preliminary plats for - the Wilson tract, involving some -10 acres south of Stewart ave. off Hamilton 1 st.,' - were tentatively, approved. Final approval ; must be made before any work can begin. Bert Slaven and Ralph Follett, both .' Eugene, appeared before the commissionasrepresentatives of the large development. Slaven requested, the plat approval and would makeapplieation later to the city for 'annexation; " He said he intends to construct all the sewer,; water arid street ; im provements . as required by: the city for , annexation, .according to city officials.' Exact individual - cost :of. the homes planned is not known, but it waseueved . they would be about $9,000 Other .plats i approved .tenta tively vwere for a large tract- in the Cherry Heights subdivision and ; Mt- Pitt- subdivision. The former is " located south of the ; Jacksonville-Phoenix high way at the end of Orchard Home triplet. Boys, Tiny' Girl, Progressing Well at Hospital , The . triplet sons born Dec. 29 to Mr. and Mrs: James W. Rolls, 512 Summit - ave.,- are rapidly gaining weight and are -"getting along fine" at Sacred Heart hos pital, atteridands said today. The boys all have been in incubators in the nursery since their births. They will be able to go home soon. . Robert Jonathan; ' the ' first born, weighed 3 pounds 13 ounces at birth and now tips the scales at 5 pounds - 6 ounces; James Thomas' birth weight was 4 pounds 6 ounces; and now is 5 pounds 1VA ounces; . and Wil liam David, v who weighed . 4 pounds . 8 ' ounces when ' born, weighs 5 pounds 11 ounces. Patricia " , Mary Scarlett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Scarlett, 651 J st., who was born prematurely Dec., 9. at Sa cred Heart hospital .now weighs pounds lOVa ounces. At birth she; weighed 3 pounds 6 ounces. She has been' in an Isolette at the hospital nursery since her birth. falCC Will Distribute" Portion of License Fees ? Portland (U.R) The Oregon Liquor v Control Commission plans to distribute $601,665 col lected during 1954, through li censing operations to cities; coun ties and the state general fund this month. ' ED .-:-.i-.-;-.i.'.-:.-:i-:-:o:-v-"- .v-:-t:;-b.M. ' - '- . .. . a . . . r. .-.-.-tJ m dr." between .the -Dark Hollow an ,Griffi CreeJc-.rd?. i4feout six nouses -are aireaay on tne tract. ,Ten lots are included in the , Mt. ?Pitt subdivision . 'with tentative approval given for an nexation o the plat. ' ',3 y Snow Makes Chains necessary on piany Highway Routes . Snowfall over ' southern i Ore gon last-night and this morning made chains" necessary for.auto travel 'on some 'highway routed leading from the. valley. ' Medford office of "the weather bureau reported a' total of snow fall of 1.2 , inches : between 5:30 and 40 -a.TO.' but the snow con tinually- melted and - little could be seen in this area after-mid- mornings o Crater Lake National park re ported five inches of new snow today and snow was still' falling, Chains were required from south and: west entrances ; to the' lake rim. ! The' highway -department told United Press- that 'chains were necessary in the Prospect and Green 'Springs areas. Snow on Passes State police reported snow falling : on .the -Green ; Springs highway route with" inches of ; new-' snow. .Siskiyou- pass could be traversed without chains except for-- cars, pulling house trailers. 'Rain, was fall ing on : Sexton and Oregon mountains. i ' Mandatory :cham . signs were out in California on Highway 97 i over -.Mt. " Hebron 'and on Highway; 99 from s four.: miles north of Weed to that city." Showers have been predicted in this- area this evening. SP To Inaugurate New Fast Freight Service. Portland U.R) Southern Pa cific railroad today 'announced that, a new. fast freight train, Ther Pacific. Coast Expediter" would extend . its tfailer-flatcar operation between the San; Fan- cisco bay area and the Pacific Northwest for the first time." , The railroad' said' both less than carload and carload; trailer? flatcar shipments would be handled. The. service ' is; called 'piggy-back" because the opera tion 'consists of hauling; truck trailer loads of f eight" on rail road carriers, - V ' 1 Portland State Bill ' Approved by Senate Salem (U.R) The Senate: anV proVed . making Portland State four-year, degree-grantmg in stitution today with only ' two dissenting' votes. "- 1 49th Year., No. 262 n. Commiifee Picked To Negotiate With Mutinous Convicts I: BOTton'RJ-A' "dor-die" , rerolt by four eteapenad con-, day" -at - Massachusetu: ' state . prUonwhen"ihey "released 11 ' hostages unharmed. . ", f: r i Boston (U.R) A seven man committee started negotiations today with four mutinous Massa chusetts State Prison convicts in an effort to end their four-day rebellion. v ; The convicts held 11 men in cluding five guards, as hostages in a barricaded building in the prison's solitary : confinement section. - . "' ' ' The. negotiations . committee was set up after Warden John J. O'Brien and three other state of ficials appealed in vain for two hours to the inmates to surren- der. - -1 Committee Members - , y Committee members' are Sum ner H. Babcock, president, Bos ton Bar Association Revv John J. Grant, associate editor, Bos ton Pilot, Catholic archdiosesan newspaper; Erwin ; D.; ; Canham, editor, Christian Science Mon itor; Rev. Edward ?F. Hartigan, Catholic chaplain at the prison; Rev. Howard Kellett, Protestant prison chaplain; Dr. Samuel Mer lin, r prison physician, and Pat rick J. McDqnough, ' governor s counsel, who had talked with the four convicts face to face Wednesday. ; The convicts accepted the sev en negotiators as "impartial" and presented - a list of griev ances. ' Before - any final agreement can be reacned witn tne con victs, it presumably would have to be approved : by Gov. Chris tian Ai Herter; Freedom Demanded . The convicts; led by bankrob- ber Theodore (Teddy) Green, 39, have demanded their freedom in return for release of the hos- taees they seized after , an at tempt escape failed early Tues day morning. ' OBrien has refused to grant the convict's demands. Wallet and Money Back After , 10 Years - v. Ten years ago Attorney Bob Borer, then a high school stu dent, lost a wallet containing $14 in cash. As ha recalls, is was. during an algebra class. ' Yesterday ha got the rtrallei back. It contained a check for $14, '-' ' ...The man. who returned It said he'd found it shortly (it er Borer lost it. At that time, he said, the temptation to ' Iceep the:aoney was too strong for him. but it had bothered ' him ever since. - He feels better, he said, now that the wallet and money axe back to their proper owner. '. Weather i FORECAST: Shewert this niiif. Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday.' Vally f Sat-" nrday morning. Lw tonight, ; 28-30. Hif h . Saturday 3S-4t. Temp. Highest Yesterday . Lowest this Moraine 33 Prec. to I0:3t an. Today Jti n Sgt. Clifton Lacy Named Lieutenant Of Medford Police Patrolman Whisler Appointed Sergeant Clifton Wayne Lacy, 29, Med ford city' police sergeant., since July, , 1952, was named lieuten ant of the department by Chief Charles Champlin yesterday. : . At the same- time,r Patrolman Theodore F Herbert Whisler, 25, was named a . platoon sergeant, to fill the sergeant's post held by Lacy.' Both men were selected on the basis of their high scores in civil service examinations re cently held. The sergeant's exam was taken on Dec. 3 "and lieutenant's , on Jan. 10. .' As Assistant Chief ' V Lacy, becomes the first lieu tenant in the' department since Champlin-became. chief in No vember, '1953.- Lacy will be the assistant chief and in charge of operations,' which includes pa trol, investigation, vice, juvenile and traffic sections. The job was included ' in - the outline . recom mended for' department ' opera tion by Sgt William Beall in his analysis. -- "'' . r . The new lieutenant' has been wjth the department; for five years and three - months. ; He began as a traffic officer and has worked as a sergeant on the two night platoons. Prior to coming to ; Medford, ; he ; was with, the police department) at Klamath Falls for a brief time. He . is a native of Montana. , - ' , Narr Veteran , - , , 'J.. - - . Lacy' is-a veteran -of iVi years service With the Navy in World War IL He resides with his wife and two. daughters 'at 1376 Bid die rd.- . : Whisler has been a Medford patrolman ..since ..Nov 30, -1953 He has worked on both night shifts. He attended both the Uni versity of Oregon and Southern Oregon college for a total of one year and is a native of Williams, Ore. -j He resides-with his wife and; two daughters at 304 Ash land ave. !-.. city police department per sonnel now totals 30, including the chief , lieutenant, four ser geants, ; 22 officers and records officers. two Government Seen Guatemala Victor v. Guatemala City XU.R) -Quiet prevailed in Guatemala City and the interior today, and it was believed fthe. government had won out over a Communist-inspired . attack on army and : air bases. ' . .' - ' . , The 5 government, however, continued its "state of siege" and it was expected to censor out going news cables. . , The censorship was expected to be light. - - - Official . communiques said President Carlos Castillo Armas' government was in 'complete control" of: the situation, with the rebel force crushed except for. scattered remnants now be ing rounded up here and in the nearby mountains. Sovordl March on Projects o Qqt VJcoh End Several March of Dimes proj ects have been scheduled for the week end, it was announced today by Charles E. Jones, spec ial events chairman. Members of the Letter Car riers auxiliarv anil mmihm nf the Post Office Clerks auxiliary will conduct a Mile o' Dimes on Central ave. between Main and Sixth sts. Saturday They will work on 'each side of Central ave.' on a competitive basis and will be assisted by members of Brownie Girl Scout troops. A steer giveaway will' be held at Main -st. and Central ave. all day Saturday and Sunday at the Big Y market. Cutting, wrap ping and a year's free 'locker service also goes to the winner of the steer.. - -. Fraternal ; Order of Eagles, Crater 'Lake Aerie,, will again conduct their. Milk o Dimes at the new First National bank building. Bottles with names of states are provided, and persons are asked to place their money in the bottle representing the Hope Raised for Eventual Freedom ; Of US Prisoners , Chinese To Arrange : Facilities for Visit United Nations, N.Y-4U.B- Red China has agreed to let th families of f7 jailed Americans visit them in Chinese prisons, the United Nations announced today. " "' " ' - Eleven of the - prisoners ara ; American .airmen jailed as "spies," two others are civilians-' also held as spies and the fojr others are airmen shot down in separate engagements during the Korean war.' ' The" announcement was " the. first of any positive nature, to emerge from the talks ' in .Pei ping earlier-this month between : U. N. Secretary -General Dag Hammasklold and' Red China's Premier Chou En-lai. A simul taneous ' announcement - was broadcast by the- Communist Peiping radio.' "-f. ' " Raises New Hope lit raised new hope that the Reds intended eventually to re lease the prisoners. - ( "It said facilities for the "visit would be provided .by the Red Chinese government and i ar-" rangements would be made by the Communist Red Cross. , The United Nations issued tha following ."note to 'correspond ents": "As is being announced this morning from Peking (Pel-; ping) Premier Chou- En-lai dur ing ms -taiKS wim secretary General Dag Hammarskjold in- dicated that the government of People's Republic of Chin ., would provide facilities for rela tives to visit those U.S. person nel who had been convicted and : whose casei were under' inves tigation if they wish to do so," and that the Red Cross society of China would make all the ar rangements necessary.? - ' Man In GaaA HMlth - Hammarskjold gave . this in formation to Ambassador Henry: Cabot Lodge Jr., chief U.S. dekH gate,- upon ms : return zrom hel ping Jan. 13 and also communi cated it to - Secretary of State. John Foster Dulles, Wednesday, He also told Lodge and Dulles he had. received .assurances in Peiping that the imprisoned men were '. in ; good - health. Sources here said- the 'assurances were? '"more. than mere words." C: - --However, - it was known that neither Hammarskjold nor: any of his party actually saw: the prisoners. ' (See story on Paga 7) 'if-,. Major Sliutdovn ( Of Wafer Sldtid There will be' a major water shutdown for the whole area north of the, Big Y market and west of Bear creek Monday from 6 p. m. to about midnight, ae-. cording to Robert Lee. assistant Medford water superintendent. The area involved includes the Midway Water district, city of Central Point and jusers along Table Rock rd. Lee stated that the shutoff will allow a change in an old feeder pipeline, bringing it up to modern standards under , the Midway district's new expansion program, now almost completed. The contractor has installed the mains and most service connec tions, and all that is left is mis cellaneous - work, including ; in stallation of : six fire hydrants .fill M.i - ' -i The Monday shutdown will be intermittant during the six-hour period, the assistant superintend ent said. It is the second shut- down within a week for a por tion of the area. of Dimes fstate of their birth. According to reports today, Oregon currently leads with $29.58. No money has been deposited in bottles representing: Delaware,' Florida, Georgia; Louisiana, Mississippi, and 1 New Hampshire, i it was sated. , .. . The JCxchange dub will wash windshields of antos In several downtown ' locations Saturday, with all contributions going to the March of Dimes; Tha proj ect will be carried out at George Goodman's parking lot, Robin aon Brothers-Pick's earklnr lot. and Jit the Big V shopping cen ter;,!? v : A March' of Dimes day was held at the Senior hlx school : today with; all proceeds from several school activiUzs going to the polio fight , Tha Boys' Learue will donate receipts from tie concession at tonif s tledford-mjnith Falls basketball -game tz.1 a. money . pitch will be held at halftlme ia which spectators : may partici pate, it was announced. - ft
