Thornton Overruled
On Representation
Decision by Court
Salem U.R) The State Su
preme Court has ruled that mem
bers of the Legislature can rep
resent a claimant before the
workman's compensation com
mission without jeopardizing
their standing as a legislator.
The decision overruled an opin
ion handed down by Attorney
General Robert Y. Thornton.
The case involved an appear
ance of Rep. Ben Anderson (D-
Portland) before the commission
Bennett, aninjured Portland
painter. , . .
Not Claim Aeraintt Stat
The court held that a claim
before the commission is not a
claim against the state and that
-a legislator could rightfully ap
pear as an attorney for a claim
ant. .
The court reversed a Coos
county verdict by.Joudge Dal
M. King which had said that a
collective bargaining agreement
did not require the employer to
withhold pay deductions for in
surance from the pay of dissent
ing employees. Justic George
Rossman wrote that insurance
deductions, being voluntary, are
different from the check-off of
union dues. ..;:. . .
Ruling Modified
The high court modified a
ruling In the case of fraudulent
sale of Indian timber lands. The
case involved a judgment for
Henry B. Taylor and Elizabeth
Taylor against Jasper Grant and
others for payment of $135,000
paid for the timber lands. The
Supreme Court - would permit
payment of fees to the Portland
Trust Company for its services
in protecting the rights of in
competent Indians.
Eugene Girl's Trial
May Hear Dr. Harris
Eugene U.R) The itate was
expected to call Dr. Homer Har
ris of the state crime laboratory
as a witness today or tomorrow
in the trial of Ella Louise Star
mer, 16-year-old high school girl
accused of manslaughter , of the
fatal stabbing of her stepfather,
Archie Swanberg, last October.
The trial was in its third day
today.
. The defense claims the girl
had justifiable reason for killing
her stepfather. The girl's attor
ney, Herman Henderschott, said
the girl used the eight-inch
butcher knife only to defend her
mother and herself. District At
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Ella Louise hated her stepfather
and was mad because he
wouldn't , let her go to a foot
ball game. ... . .
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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 271955
Pages 1-6
DeSoio Expedition
Oil May Be Produced
; New Orleans (U.R)-Off shore
drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
may uncover a source of oil that
was chronicled by the ill-fated
Hernando DeSoto's expedition
more than four centuries ago.
Survivors of ; the expedition
were picked up at the Missis
sippi River's mouth in 1543 aft
er the death of DeSoto. A raging
gulf storm had battered the
Spanish fleet and the ships put
into shore near what is now
Sabine, Tex.
An account written by a per
son known only as the "Gentle
man of Elvas" stated that the
Spaniards . found a dark scum
similar to pitch on the water and
used it to help caulk the bot
toms of their leaking ships. ; It
reportedly was the first use of
petroleum by white men in the
Western Hemisphere. . j
Since then, there have been
other reports of oil on the gulf's
waters near Sabine, and recent
off-shore exploration has tended
to verify the stories.
Magnolia Petroleum Co. offi
cials here said the company has
spudded in its first wildcat well
eight miles - offshore and 10
miles southwest of Sabine. "The
well was described as "fairly
close" to the oil slick described
in the DeSoto expedition. . I
The company has developed
several fields off the Louisiana
coast, but the wildcat is " the
first attempt to strike oil off the
Texas coast. The-well will be
drilled to a depth of 13,000 feet.
Prospect Journalism
Class Visits Tribune
Members of the journalism
class of; Prospect High school,
accompanied by their, instructor,
Miss - Madelein Halley-, '; visited
the offices and production plant
of The Mail Tribune Wednesday.
The visit was part of their
study of newspapers. : ' v
Members of the class making
the trip were Geneva Mather,
Sue Colley: Donna Clark, Don
Anderson, Sid Peterson, " Dan
Myers, Morris J a m e s, Eugene
Winningham, Jim Martin, Larry
The human foot has 26 bones.
The smallest, is three - eighths
of an inch long and the largest
is 2 72 inches.
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ENJOYING PACIFIC COAST CRABS, these Pacific Coast congressman are guests at Washing
t ton, D. C, party aimed at drumming up sentiment against lowering tariff rates oh canned crab
meat shipped to U. S. from. Japan. Prom left: Rep.,Walter Norblad (R), Ore.; Rep. Jack West-
land (R), Wash.; Rep. Russell Mack (R), Wash., host at the party and Rep. Hubert Scudder
. (R), CaL Shellfish they are enjoying are domestic variety, naturally. -- (International)
Ford Engineers Crashing Automobiles
In Head-on Crashes To Test Safety Belts
Detroit U.R) Engineers at
the Ford Motor Company are
strapping ! lifelike dummies into
automobiles and ramming the
cars together in "fatal" head-on
collisions,
They are smashing cars into
trees, against embankments
Then they pull the battered dum
nues out of the wreckage and
go to work. r
The engineers are seeking an
answer to a new question posed
for the auto industry and every
person who takes the. statistical
gamble with death or injury ev
ery 'time he gets into a car: -,
Will safety belts, similar to
those the airlines use, cut down
on traffic fatalities?
, Bills are pending before Con
gress and in many state legisla
tures which would make safety
belts compulsory equipment in
every motor vehicle.
Still Testing
The broad aim of Ford's tests,
and similar ones being conduct
ed by other auto manufacturers,
is to find out exactly what hap
pens , in an auto crash, to see
what if anything can be done to
cut down the traffic death rate.
Salem--U.P.) The House has
passed five bills and a resolution
in its briskest meeting of the
xsondMonteRing. M3afe$G belts, ate getting a lot of j session an A received a -deluge of
: attention. :'Cv'J.K Afel2S8 new hills for first i-eadinff'.j
Any force that acts to re
strain a person in a crash would
tend to reduce the severity of the
injuries," said Fletcher -P 1 a 1 1,
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Ford's manager of traffic safety
and highway improvement.
But he said there isn't enough
information available yet to say
just how much protection a safe
ty belt would offer, whether it
would1 be a . worthwhile safeguard.-;'1;
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Opponents t)f ; the belt " idea
argue that many motorists are
thrown clear of cars in accidents
when they might: have been
crushed inside. . ' '
Piatt said this argument is not
a sound one. "Many, persons are
injured - or killed .by being
thrown. The odds seem ; to be
with a person who stays with
the car." ; . ;-,--;j
Just Beginning J
A1 Haynes, assistant chief re
search engineer, said the auto
industry is just beginning, to
gather the facts about safety
belts. . ... ; ;
:. Ford's guinea pigs are dummies
that resemble human beings in
weight . and . size and are intri
cately adjusted to "react" just
as a man or woman would at
the instant a crash occurred. The
deliberate wrec k s are: photo
graphed by movie cameras- from
every a n g 1 e. The accordibned
wreckage is pulled apart and ex
amined inch by inch.
. "We don't " know how much
force. the belts should Toe able
to support' Haynes said. "And
another question is how much
pressure : the . human', body , can
stand. The safety : belts in air
planes meet certain CAA speci
fications but we are dealing with
different conditions." . .
Automobile safety belts are al
ready on the market. A good set
for' one car costs between $30
and $35, including installation.
But the auto industry's safety
engineers aren't ready to say
how safe a safety belt is.
Bills in
Leg is la?
ure
266 new bills for . first .reading'.
All measures received unani
mous approval on the floor, in
cluding one to provide penalties
for counterfeiting,- removing,- or
defacing tags and markings - on
agricultural products.'
The House passed and sent to
the governor a bill allowing pri
vate , persons to refer juvenile
dependency and delinquency
cases to the courts outside coun
ties where they reside. The meas
ure was previously approved by
the Senate.
Other measures winning final
approval before going to the Sen
ate would require quarterly in
stead of monthly, reports by
county school superintendents to
the state superintendent of pub
lic instruction; give' a full 12-
months registration for vehicles
being registered for the first
time in the state; and extend the
prorated vehicle license pur
chase agreement to private as
well as for hire carries.
. Members suspended the rules
of the house to give immediate
approval to a Senate resolution
calling for a joint observance of
Lincoln's birthday - anniversary
on Feb. 11.
Salem U.PJ Rep. C. Allen
Tom (R-Ruf us) has . introduced
companion bills in the House to
require mine operators to re
store the shape and -surface of
soil condition of the '' area they
had mined at the end of their
operations, and to prevent silting
of any body of water by mine
operators if it would affect the
agricultural or recreational value
of the water.
A bill introduced by Rep. Mau
rine Neuberger, Portland Demo
crat, would put; the state police
force under state civil service.
A series of judiciary commit
tee bills included: One to extend
pension benefits - to widows of
Supreme or Circuit Court judges
who died before retirement but
after six years of " service; to
eliminate the present restriction
of more than two circuit judges
serving ' temporarily on the : su
preme court bench, and provid
ing : for two additional circuit
1 j udge-f or. Multomah .cauntjr.Bnd
one additional ' judge in"' Lane
county.- . .
Salem U.R) Partnership con
struction of the John Day dam
on the Columbia rive: has been
recommended by the State and
Federal Affairs Committee of
the Oregon House of represents'
tives, but Reps. Walter .J. Pear
son and Maurine Neuberger,
Portland Democrats, served, no
tice they would brmg out a mi
nority 'report., &- 'i:y- ?;j:;;;'
A , House joint memorial to
Congress urging partnership con
struction of John Day was intro
duced by Rep. Charles A. Tom
of Rufus and it was this memo
rial that the committee voted to
send to the floor of the House
with a favorable recommenda
tion. Reps. Pearson and Neuberger
have expressed belief that such
dams should be built by the .fed
eral eovernment alone.
I The state and federal affairs
committee, headed by Rep. Wil
liam W. Bradeen of Burns, also
acted favorably on a bill to es
tablish a state historical board
to co-ordinate the activities of
state historical agencies in Ore
gon. The aims of the bill were
explained . by Rep. E. H. Mann
of Medford and Sen. Monroe
Sweetland of Milwaukie, who
were members of a legislative
interim' committee to study his
toricar institutions in Oregon.
Salem U.R) Legislation to
ban fishing derbies has been in
troduced in the House by two
Oregon representatives who
charged that such derbies, .en
couraged wasteful fishing practices.--
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Reps. Robert Elfstrom, Salem,
and John P. Amacher, .Winches
ter, both Republicans, intro
duced a measure in the -House
which called for elimination of
the federal tax offset against the
state income tax. - - -
Gov. Paul Patterson .favored
such a bill in his message to the
Legislature. It would raise about
$30,000,000. ' ' -
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Continuous Revolts
Seen in Costa Rica ;
-Managua, Nicaragua (U.R)
Costa Rican " ex-President Teo
dord Picado says the revolt that
collapsed . there Tuesday is only
the first in a series that will con
tinue until President Jose Fig
ueres.'is overthrown. '
' Picado, father , of the West
Point-trained captain who . led
the rebel army, said hi an inter
view last night Figueres ha s
transformed . Costa Rica ;frbm " a
nation of brothers into a "coun
try of many hates." ; '. :
. The frontier was still; tense
today with ; Nicaraguan ; troqps
drawn, up to .the north while
Costa Rican troops beat the bush
es to the south in search. of reb
els who might still be lurking
in the former "buffer zone." No
clashes were reported. .; !- ,!
Merry -Go-Rounders Han
Dance for Pol6 Benefit A
The . Merry - Go - Rounders
Square Dance club will hold a
dance and. white elephant auc
tion sale at Camp Corral' Satur
day, Jan. 29,' it was announced
today! Dancing will be from
8:30 p. m. to midnight and all
proceeds will be turned over to
the March of Dimes." '-'t "
Calling will be by all square
dance callers who can attend, the
announcement ..stated. A .'; S ;
" Sponsors ' urged ; all square
dancers to attend and to bring
a white elephant ' item' . to be
auctioned. Refreshments will be
available throughout-: the, eve-
mn- ;
v California occupies more than
one-third the Pacific ; coastline
of the United Slates. : Si J v-:
Mardi Gras Dance
Scheduled ; Saturday f
) A" Mardi Gras - dance, ; with,
proceeds' going to the March of
Dimes,- has been scheduled-for
the Pioneer room of the Jack-
son-hotel Saturday night, it was
announced today. Music will
be - provided by .Johnny Lusk's
band and admission will be $1
per couple. The party will; be
cabaret style, those , in . charge
said. :-';; ;
: - A- 900-pound steer, cut, wrap
ped and with a year's free lock
er service; will be "given away
during' themternuidn. ; Other
entertainment also is planned. -
Central Point
Sets MOD Projects
Central Point Several events
have been scheduled for the next '
few days - in the Central Point
March of Dimes campaign, ac
cording to Wendell Panter, chair
man. A Mile o' Dimes, sponsored by
the Central Point Explorer
couts, will be held on Pine
st. Saturday.
. , A square dance will be held
at Legion 'Memorial hall Satur
day, starting at 9 p. m., with
Medford callers participating; It
is sponsored by Myers-Holland
American Legion Post 129,' in
cooperation wift Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Larson. Admission will be
by a contribution to the "Bucket
of Bucks" which will hang in
the foyer, according to those in
charge.' 5 ;"v- '
. A Mothers' March will be held
Monday from 7 to 8 p: m. and .
volunteers who desire to assist
in the project are asked to con
tact Panter. ; - ;i;r '
A- Blue Crutch day also is
planned, when tiny - lapel
"crutches" will he sold through
out the city. :-. " v.'.-
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