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I '4 . h Pi 1 UU 11 UU Ms Pig i Mr i Yf Ml I 11 1 i 1 "il 4 M i It " of f 4: 4 , i rf " i, 'I ,'i t t Seventh Fleet Planes Me Off as Earning To Red Taipeh, Formosa OJ.R) The U. S. 7th Fleet sent "large num bers" of planes into the air south of the Tachens as a warning to Red China that the United States means business, it was reported here today. Waves - of Nationalist heavy bombers smashed at Red Chin- ese invasion fleets north of the threatened island, sinking a 1500 ton Communist warship,, and Nationalist sources disclosed the Communists. had made a fourth unsuccessful attempt to invade the Matsu islands. - City Police Officer it ose r. Possessions in Fire Almost all the personal' be longings of Officer Robert Ghey- sen, Medford city policeman, and his . family, 1581 Spring brook rd., were destroyed in an early, morning house fire today, "according to reports of police and firemen. Firemen said that the rear of the house, the kitchen and . the hallway were considerably dam aged by the blaze.. There was smoke . and heat damage throughout the house. The ' blaze apparently started from ashes in a cardboard box left on the back porch about, 5 p.m. yesterday, firemen report ed. Fire burned through a rear wall, breaking door and window glass and getting into the kitch en. Gheysen and his wife were - awakened by smoke and escaped with , their small daughter. . Almost Trapped . Gheysen reportedly ; almost " was trapped when he went back into the house to see if he could save anything. ; ' .". 1 . The fire department dispatch ed the rural pump 'truck and a , pumper fromthe east, side sta tion on receivings the alarm about 1:30 a.m. . : . ; .';'-, Police said that the Gheysen family lost most of its clothing . and that all of its furnishings -were ruined. They reported that Gheysen had just leased the two bedroom house with option to buy. w:'' :'s il'-'-Sj.. ? City employees today were raising' a fund to help the fam ily. The'Gheysens were staying with Mrs. Gheysen's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Burghardt, 1132 Biddle rd. Two Couples Hurt In Highvi s Two couples received severe injuries this morning in a head on collision between two " veh icles on Highway 99 near Mil ler's gulch, according to state police. Injured were Mr. and Mrs. Claude . Bird, Salem, and Mr. and Mrs. Howard de Sully Hod son, Seattle. Bird . was . to be taken to Eugene immediately for treatment by a specialist of a severe leg fracture. His wife suf fered head injuries. Hodson was being treated for concussion and chest injuries, while his wife re ceived pelvic injuries. All were taken to Grants. Pass for treat ment. - '.:-. y '' ' ; Police said that the Hodson vehicle was attempting to pass another car when the headon collision occurred. Witnesses said both cars ' were traveling about 70 miles an hour, police added. Fire broker out "in both cars after the accident, and was extinguished by bystanders, po lice said. No citations were is sued. -. ' ' - . i r Ana ramiiyi iy Crash County Welfare Department Findnci The Jackson' County Public Welfare department is "skating on very thin ice financially' this quarter, Mrs. Blanch Ly man administrator, said today. As a result, she stated, new ap plications for assistance under all of the programs . will be screened with exceeding care, and it may be necessary to make minor readjustments in continu ing assistance cases. r -Critical Programs ' The critical programs are gen eral assistance, aid to dependent children and aid to the perman ently and totally disabled, Mrs. Lyman explained. During the lumber strike last summer, the requests for general assistance (sometimes known - as - "relief") went up mostly in Willamette , ally China Forces ' Chinese ? press reports here said Vice Adm. Alfred M. Pride, commander of the 7th Fleet, used 300 planes in the show of force north of Formosa, but nav al sources would not confirm the number of planes involved. . . - American pilots from the car rier Princeton were seen in Tai peh today, leading to speculation the carrier had arrived in For- mosan waters to reinforce the big carriers Yorktown, Kear sarge, Wasp and. Essex already here. That would raise to 500 the number of carrier-based air craft available to help in the ev acuation of Tachen. The Nationalist Chinese air- force; said its bombers ' struck Red positions north of Tachen, including recently captured Yik- iangshan island. The 1500 ton enemy warship, big enough to be a destroyer or destroyer es cort, was hit. 32 miles north of Tachen. It was left flaming and dead in the water. . t n e .Nationalists n a v e . re ported using 1000 pound bombs against the Communist invasion fleets and said they hit Yikiang shan, barely eight miles north of Tachen with 500 pound bombs in predawn attacks. They said the. Communist air force did not try to interefere. ; ij'k '- No Cdfcununisi Activity There were no reports of Com munist activity against Tachen today although the Reds have shelled it repeatedly, giving rise to fears they might shell Ameri can ships - evacuating the Na tionalists. -".- Naval sources here denied re ports any of its units already had clashed . with Communist vessels. ' ' . ; :-.' .-1. Case in Second Day v A-circuit court trial on ; lar ceny of livestock was in" its see- jondday. today. The first .wit nesses for the state were on the witness stand this morning." xae TtnaL.. resulted .. from a grand jury indictment of Robert Ellis Darrohn, 45, Star route, Trail, and a 16-year-old youth, charging, the two stole a : calf from V. R. Mathews, route 1, box 650, Eagle Point, : on Nov. 15, 1953.':. a. --. A jury was impaneled yester day and opening statements by the attorneys were made. Dist rict Attorney, Walter Nunley is representing the state and Attor ney Edward Kelly the defense, A defense motion to dismiss the case was argued Monday and Presiding Judge -E. H. Howell, Canyon City, ; ruled against the defendant. : ; ' . - - - - - Arguments originally schedul ed Monday on a demurrer filed by the defense in an attempted rape ease, have been postponed The defendant is Jack Dwight McCoy, 26, of 129 Wightman st, Ashland. ": . -';' ' MacArthur Puzzled By Security Posif ion l Los Angeles (U.R) Gen. Douglas MacArthur said today he could ' not understand why the United States as the strong est nation in the world had be come "dependent" on others for its security and welfareiH" ' MacArthur, speaking at the unveiling of a. statue in his hon or, said Murmurs are arising that our patriotism is outmoded. ; "We are accused of being re actionary when we idolize our country," he told the crowd of between 20,000 and 25,000 that gathered in tree-banked Mac Arthur Park for the half hour program. He 'said these, "voices of despair" who decry "patriot- ism". snouio. De repucuaxeo' ai every turn. ' valley counties during a time of year when they, normally go down, drawing "more heavily "on funds V for this program than usual, Mrs. Lyman added. In addition, assistance for de pendent children has increased due to an increasing number of f amer-bandonments, making an additional and unexpected drain on these funds, she said. : '. Some Request Aid- ? ? y Similar 'conditions have been noted in many counties through out the state Mfs'Lyman stated, and some counties have had to request the state commission for supplemental, funds to meet the needs in their areas.. . ; , fi As a result of this,-the State Public Welfare, commission has cut requested budgets, for the, Livestock Larceny t MEDFORDifc united en 49th Year 14 Pages '.. Washington --(UJS Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson dis closed today that military plan ners are working vigorously to make , atomic weapons . part : of the nation's continental defense system. , - : j He also revealed that the at omic powered submarine Nautil us is performing beyond expec tations and has paved the : way for eventual operation of atomic powered aircraft. '. Wilson made these disclosures on the development of nuclear weapons when he appeared be fore the House Armed Services committee to defend military budget cuts being questioned by Medford Is Named District HQs for omeryWard Medford has been designated as a district headquarters for pany, and S. D. Ward, San Ra fael, ; Calif.,; has been assigned here as district, manager, it was announced today. . The area to be administered from the new Medford office in cludes most of Oregon and nor thern; California; south of Port land and north of the San Fran cisco bay area and. Sacramento. Ward 1 has opened his. office in remodeled quarters on the sec ond floor of the Montgomery Ward store on South Central ave. ' Central Location - - Medford was chosen for the offidtf-because'of .its centrar ic-; cation in the district, Ward said, The action follows recent read justments of districts in the west coast, with the number of dis tricts reduced from five to four. Other Pacific district offices are in Walla Walla, Wash., Palo Alto, Calif., and. Alhambra, Calif.' -c ; ' ";: ' - -i,7? ' 'i yl s - Ward has been with the com pany for 1 15 years. His family, including his wife4 srad ; three children, Michael, 13, Pamela, 10. and David, 7, will move here as soon as he has located a resi dence. ; Soviet Demand for Conference Expected London ' (U.R) - Western Observers speculated today the Russians will demand another Big Four conference on Germany as a result of their calling an end to the state of war that has existed between the Soviet Un ion and Germany sirice',1941. i These officials regarded the Soviet Union's official declara tion on German! as just another propaganda maneuver in. the .Communist drive against rearm ament of the Bonn Republic. The British Foreign office's onlv reaction to the Russian move "was a reminaer mat me United States had made a simi lar - declaration almost four years ago. - , DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York U.R Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 401.97 t up 4.97; 20 rail roads 141.30. up 0.64; futilities 62.55 up 0.14, and 639 stocks 148.12 ud 1.25. Sales today were about 3,860,000 shares, compar ed with 3,230,000 shares traded yesterday." " : ; ' ' . . : 'On Ice' quarter, ending March 31, in all counties. In Jackson county the total cut was only $6,300, bring ing the total quarterly .. budget down to $331,858, a reduction of only a few. percentage points. But at the same time, the state commission declared it could make no supplemental grants to any counties during the quarter, and requested all 'counties "to exercise " the utmost care with respect to expenditures" during the. quarter. . No Major Changes - No major changes in welfare payments . are expected r here, Mrs. Lyman said, but she point ed out that the commission will have to be extra careful in mak ing new grants, and, if demands increase, may have to review current cases. w M.mk Monttj tm Full Leased Wir ' MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1 955 Wsapoos congressional ' Democrats. New Far. Eastern - commitments have heightened criticism of the cuts. Wilson said ' a "vigorous re search, and development effort" is being made to ;- use atomic weapons in "the continental air defense program which is being pushed with all practical speed." He did not give details but pre sumably, these would be atomic warheads in anti-aircraft guided missiles aimed at blocking any massive air strike against t h e United States. They probably would 'be used. at high altitudes in the Arctic regions. : M - ' : There had been -hints of this program but Wilson's statement mMm ; , . mi- BACKS MARCH OF DIMESSen? Richard Neuberger took: time out when little Mary Kosloski, at his office in the nation's capital. "Give me a button just like yours,": he said, "and let's all have the courage like, you to "conquer infantile paralysis." Oregon," the a top state in the nation in the per capita for . fund raising. T 'Tt's senator. , . . ,. Republiean Of Talent Washington (U.R) Sen; Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.), in Ms first speech prepared; for Senate delivery, hurled a charge of "betrayer at the administra- Heavy Oregon Fog n Portland U.f9 Fog, which paralyzed airplane and . . .ship traffic in ' western Oregon; last night and early today, will re turn again tonight, the weather bureau reported. Four ships bound downstream from Portland had to anchor in the Columbia river last night. Visibility at the local airport dropped : to zero at ' 10:55 rp.m. yesterday ; and ; remained that way all night,- -: ; Fog : was general 'from Rose- burg north Jo Puge t Sound west of the Cascades anid there were pockets of fog east of the moun tains. ' -; " -:' New Dentistry Practice Complaint Filed Here " A. new complamt : was iilea Monday in district court charg ing Lee Poirier, Jacksonville, with practice of dentistry with out a license,- according to court records. - - , Another complaint against oirier. 1 involving a ; similar charge was the' subjectof . a de murrer which was sustained by Judge Rawles Moore last Thurs day. . Arraignment on the new.com? plaint bas been set , for Friday, at 3 pan. The new complaint contains more . details of - the charge officials, said. United n f art off was the first official 1 acknow ledgement of the plans." Wilson said newly developed weapons have added "tremen dous striking power" to U. S. forces. ; : : i: He said studies are being made "under simulated conditions of atomic war" to revamp the Army . . . He said they probably will result in a . "larger number.' of smaller, but ' more mobile and self-contained units of greater firepower." Wilson, in prepared testimony, also said: : 1. He cannot foresee any fur ther military spending cuts be low the presently planned; $34,- March of Dimes poster girl,' called senator's home state, has been March of Dimes drive with a high a bigger job, now,", said the - - ; '::,,M: Hon today for not - asking' for money for the Talent irrigation project in southern Oregon. . The Talent project was auth orized by Congress last year. It would cost some $23,000,000. ; Interest Said 'Abandoned , ' . Neuberger ' accused Republi cans : of r using .the Talent .: pro ject for political purposes dur ing last fall's campaign. "Yet, he said, " v . the administration has now. evidently abandoned in terest" in "'".the "project as dem onstrated j by the fact that no funds have been included in the budget for construction of either irrigation works : or - the - power -plant." " ' . " : To Spar No Effort . , ; He said .he: and Sen. Wayne Morse (Ind.-Ore.), . would "spare no effort to try to redeem, the broken promises which the ad ministration made to : the. people Of southern Oregon last year." It "constitutes a betrayal of the people of southern-Oregon," he said. 't Neuberger said :; the budget should haye $2,500,000 to start engineering. . and construction and "at least" $350,000, to re storecanal systems.- fi'- ) , ; -"The people of Jackson coun ty were sold a mirage for po litical purposes," Neuberger said. Neuberger made public a let ter -he-: had -written - to Interior Secretary Douglas McKay on Jan. 11 urging that funds for the project be included in the Bur eau of Reclamation budget. - Los Angeles U.R) r Gen. Douglas MacArthur r shared an 18-pound chocolate - layer birth day cake with fellow passengers during his plane trip from New York to. Los - Angeles yesterday. 01 - - '(. Charges Betrayal Projeei: Fribune PttM full Leased Wire Price 5c - No. 266 000,000,000 a year rate. "Nor do I see any need for important in creases short of war," he said. 2. "There are no apparent indications that the Soviet Union intends to take - action ; during the next few years . .that would deliberately precipitate another world conflict." But- there's al ways a possibility war might break Lout "through miscalula tion on their, part," he said. . 3. "Long-range -fighter units of the Strategic Au command are scheduled : to be re-equipped with supersonic fighters possess ing a nuclear capability." : This apparently means . jet ; fighters will carry atpmic bombs just as UStlayMeToM China To Take Pari . In Cease Fire Berate Washington -j(U.R) The Unit ed States may vote to ask Red China to send representatives to New York .for any debates the United Nations Security Council may hold on a cease fire in the Far East, official sources said to day.: ; v. v '.Kjf;- A cease fire resolution propos ed by New Zealand is expected to be put before ' the council "very soon", and formal : action may tome this week or next of- State Retirement Examined By Joint Group Salem U.R) A bill to broad en the retirement benefits of public : employees state, coun ty, city and school was exam ined in detail today by a jomt ways and means subcommittee headed by RepOrval Eaton of Astoria. ry;-v-;",;:'-0'';'-v ': ' Under terms of the bill, ex pected to be brought to the floor of the Senate early next week, the new enlarged benefits would go into effect Jan. 1,' 1956. . Plan of Payment Public employees t. In . state service before then would con tinue to receive retirement bene fits they now. enjoy until Jan. 1 then - would get ' the stepped up benefits for time served' from then on.' ' ' The subcommittee Is made up of legislators who were on an interim committee named by the 1953 session to study the public employment - retirement system. Rep. - Eaton was ' vice-chairman on that committee which was headed by David C. Baum of .La Grande, member of the house in 1953.' . . ' ; Lesser Percentage -The system is known as the old-age and survivors insurance. A policeman or. fireman, who retires at age 60, and is not eli gible dot old-age and survivors insurance until age . 65,' would retire .at ; a lesser ; percentage of total salary, Dut upon reaching age 65, and with the -commence ment of social : security income, would ; reach the stepped up benefits. ,-, - The plan is. designed with in creasing ..benefits . as the em ployee rises in state service, to encourage the number - of - em ployees making state service a career and encouragmg - the higher, bracket, employees to re main in state service. . - ' - ; 1 4-Year-Olcl Boy Admits Participation in Thefts '. A 14-year-old youth yesterday admitted ' participation in three petty thefts in the Medford area during the past several months, according to city police. Items taken included a B-B gun valued at $5.95, from the Western Thrift store at Christ mas time; two. packages of hem burger buns from a Beck's bak ery truck about two months ago, and attempted larceny of candy bars . from the . Big Y market about three weeks ago. Another youngster was involved in two of the thefts and the candy lar ceny attempt failed when an employee - caught the m, Ihe youth told the police. - Program Weather FORECAST: Soma hich clondl- new tonight and Thursday. A . few patches of mornlnc tog. Low tonlfht 25. Hif h Thnn day 46. . ; , Tamp. Highest Yesterday J 51 . Lowest this Morning 24 do the bombers the jets are intended to protect. ' ;? : ; , 4. The Air Force objective for June 30, 1956, is 131 wings, four more combat -wings, than planned a year ago. vt "The USS Nautilus put to sea on Jan, 17 and its performance has exceeded expectations," Wil son said. He said the perform ance "opens . up an entire new field of propulsion," not only for ships, but j eventually , for ; air craft." Atomic powered planes could cruise , at " supersonic speeds indefinitely, depending only on the endurance of the crews. , ficials said. President Eisen hower has 'emphasized that the United States would welcome a U.N. peace move in the troubled Far East,r;: -.1;;;..vv United Slates Undecided The United States has hot de cided finally whether it would vote "aye" on the question of in viting Red China' to attend a cease fire debate. But high-ranking, informants said such a move definitely "w ould : not be The Eisenhower administra tloh view.the 'pbssibie appear ance or Ked Chinese delegates in Xl I ... .... . tius couniry. wiur mixed emo tions. Attendant publicity is sure to oe used by the Reds to further tneir efforts for international recognition and U.N. member ships. .. But their presence "also could be used against them if they oppose a cease fire, it was saiav . v vr;M-v 4: Would Have No Vote Officials oointed out too. that Arucie at oi tne u. w.. Charter provides that nations not mem bers of the UJi. shall be invited to participate, in U.N. debates whenever they are parties, to, a dispute under Security Council study. However," they have : no vote. ' '" 1 - : . --.-.-. -1---.v- The United States in Sentem- ber, 1950, voted against inviting Red China to attend Securitv Council consideration of a Red complaint that the United States had "committed ; aggression" against Formosa. The invitation went out anyway, and Red Chin ese Gen. Wu Hsiu-Chuan came to this country for the debate. Moscow -r-U.R) ' Britain and France today rejected Soviet complaints against German re armament contained in Russia's December notes threatening to cancel friendship ' treaties with the two nations. IWysfrory Man Another Confess Under I7ay W. D. .Mearns,! Paradise mo tel. Talent, won a host of prizes when he correctly identified the March of Dimes Mystery Man as Dr. lmo Stevenson," president of Southern Oregon college at Ashland. Mearns made the iden- POLIO'S MT8TE3T MAIT -Came To Valley la 1925 tification when - he .was called last night The contest had been the longest in the current Mys terr Man series and many prizes had accumulated. A prize c at r . 1 ! J J K ' Joint Committees In Senate Approve Defense of Formosa Sen. Morse Dissents; Senate in Debate ' ; Washington (U.R) Two Sen ate committees today jointly ap proved President I Eisenhower's "fight if' necessary, proposal to defend - Formosa against Invas. ion by Communist Quna. . -The vote was 26 to 2. Sens. William Langer (R-N.D) and Wayne Morse (Ind.-Ore.) dissent- The action by. the' combined " Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Service committees came two days after Mr. Eisenhower asked; Congress to ? give him blanky check authority to ,- use American armed forces if nec essary to defend the Chinese Na tionalist stronghold. The House yesterady approved 409 to 3, an identical resolution. Reject Amendments 't. U 1 Debate on the momentous res olution began immediately on the Senate; floor after the com mittees'. action was disclosed. - The combined Senate commit, tees rejected, 20 to 8, an amend ment by Sen. Hubert H. Hum phrey (D-Minn.) and a complete substitute by Sen. Estes Kefau ver (D-Tenn). , - v - Kefauvers proposal would have limited separate U. S.' ac tion to Formosa and thePesca dores, eliminating the possibility that Quemoy and Matsu islands could be included in the neces sary defense area. It also called for working through the United Nations in an effort to settle the problem. It would have author ized the President to take mili tary action to defend Formosa and the Pescadores "pending effective action by the , United Nations. ; ! Humphrey V sjnendment also .was aimed at eliminating Que- moy and Matsu islands by elim inating language to permit U. S. defense of "related positions and territories." 'Step Toward War , f , It was understood that Hum phrey's proposal was designed to meet objections, attributed to Matthew B. ' Ridgway, Army chief staff, yesterdajrtnst V, , S. ground forces are JibV too thinly spread to be committed to the defense of Quemoy.' Langer told reporters he op posed the resolution because ha thinks it might be "a sten to. ward war" and because there im nothing in it to prevent sending U. S. , troops onto the Chines mainland. He said it also raises questions whether 4 the United States will be interfering in a Chinese civil war; : - . . ,l f - jC T i in Ssfbr end Duycr of rcns Oolh Finsd A store operator and a vmitt. ful customer .were .both fined yesterday in k district court on liquor ' violations, according to court records. Gladys L. Pritchard. Tolman creek1 rd., Ashland, operator of the Pritchard grocery, pleaded guilty to a charge of selling li quor to a minor, and was fined $25 and $5 costs. : The purchaser. Kenneth Ben ton Glaspie, 20, route 1, box 476A, Ashland, : was charged with illegal possession of intoxi cating liquor, and fined $20 and $5 costs. ? Both -complaints were signed by a representative of the Ore gon Liquor Control commission. Id envi vied; ; least $10 in value is added each day.that the Mystery Man re mains unidentified. , - Bob Smith, county March of Dimes chairman, has announced a new contest, starting today. ' The new Mystery Man, shown here, was born in the Evergreen state in 1906. He received his education in the Rose City, is married and is a father. He came to the Rogue Valley in 1925. The first clue to his identity is "An imals that roar are not always dangerous.'. A new clue' will be added each day until his identity is guessed.' ;." ' The first prize is the choice , of any pair of Florsheim shoes from Robinson Brother's Men's store. .', ''y. v. y Persons desiring to enter the contest are aske to send their name, address and telephone' number to March of Dimes Mys- " tery Man cpntest, PO Box S31,: Medford. A telephone call will be: made each" night with tho name to be called drawn from those who. have entered the con-, test. A coupon lor convenience cf those entering the contest rp- pears on page 7. . Tonight's call comes from sta tion KYJC at 83 1 pjn. an!' Thursday's call will bs frr-j rtJ ta ttHl IX C:15 zz. A
