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ayiM4,in"iii'?ri 1 i 4 I 1 H r hi !1 Project irasfepiig : Press dispatches from Wash ington, D.C., . and Salem today .. revealed a growing partisan fight over the future of the Tal ent division irrigation and reclamation' project, in Jackson county. Both sides of, the, con troversy, however, support the project. ' '. In Washington, , Congressman . Harris Ellsworth (R-Ore.) said that . Sen. Richard Neuberger (D-Ore.) was- being "ignorant . and ridiculous'' when he charged earlier this week that the Eisen hower, administration has "evi dently abandoned - interest in v- the project. : .-. ' Funds Seen Likely ' - ' The , United Press reported TUlsworth as ; saying that the pro- posal is under active study in the budget v bureau, and "it is . likely" a request for construe tion funds "may be forwarded to Congress before too long. Ellsworth was replying in an : interview .to Neuberger's charge on the Senate floor that the ad ministration's failure to include funds for the Talent project "constitutes a betrayal of the people of southern Oregon." 7 Neuberger said Republicans had used the proposed project as a "come-on" to get votes dur ing the election campaign , last fall. Ellsworth said Neuberger had "injected politics" into the '.project, and this could adverse ly affect chances of congres sional approval of construction funds. - - r 'Accuses Senator - He accused neuberger ox a ''gross mis-statement." Ellsworth noted that the. budget does in clude $352,000 for urgently needed rehabilitation work ' on the Medford and Rogue River -Valley Irrigation districts, which is part of the project, and ?30, :000 for planning work. He. also pointed out that $84,500 was al- - located last year for preliminary work.. .': "v; "This certainly "doesn't in dicate the - p r o j e e t has . been abandoned," he said. Ellsworth said the original budget request of Interior Sec retary Douglas McKay called for $2,000,000 for construction, but that it was eliminated by the bureau - of the : budget because that agency had insufficient time ' between - passage of the Talent authorization late last session and printing of the budget to complete its independent exami nation of the project.- . v . Further Data Needed "In 'fact," - the congressman . was quoted as saying, "it de cided some further data was , needed, and . so budgeted the $30,000 for addltiona 1 , en gineering." , . From Salem it was learned that Gov. Paul Patterson, before leaving for Washington, D.C., Thursday, said one of the things he expects to do- is get funds for the Talent project. 4 ; Patterson said he has been in formed that one of the . things which led to exclusion of funds was a stenographic error in the reclamation department, which made benefits of the project seem less than they are, . A second factor,' he said, 2 is that "one member of the Oregon delegation" has left the idea that there is no planning money, in an apparent reference to Sena tor Neuberger's statements. The governor said he - has a 5 letter from a White House staff mem ' ber to the effect that money for continued p lanningis in the -T1956 budget. ' i Patterson said he regrets that : : the project has become involved Sams Vol ley Drawing Attentioh of ; Mdipr Compdnies Sams Valley It was revealed last night at a meeting of about 75 residents of the Sams Valley Eeagle area that two major oil companies, as well as a promo tion group from San Jose, Calif., are interested in oil exploration in the area. , . . 5 The companies are Shell Oil company and General Petrole um. It was stated that neither had done any work in the area as yet, but committee members stated they feel sure that; if a ( "large enough property ' block were secured, a major oil com pany could be interested. Many Oil Signs - ; There have long ten signs of oil in the area, and .several shal low wells - hav been dug, al though " no . oil in; commercial quantities 'has been found. Nat ural gas has come out of water wells in the areaard some min eral formations have led to the belief , that it is an oil-bearing area. j--: T. A promotion firm, Natural Re sources association of San Jose, has been investigating 'the area cine last summer and is propoa-1 Fight () on in politics because represent tives of the various states have a tendency to by-pass projects which become politically 'in volved.- ' :-. Also ; in Salem, State . Sen. Gene L. Brown, Grants Pass Re publican, challenged Senator Neuberger's criticism of the ad ministration. Brown, a sharp critic of Neuberger during the election campaign last fall, said "Senator Neuberger is the true betrayer of faith of the citizens of southern Oregon. His repeat ed campaign assurances that his presence in the United States senate would assure the rapid development of the Talent proj. ectwere knowingly and wilfully made with the intent and pur pose of .futhenhg .his political future. - Jack Hoffbuhr, manager of the Medford Irrigation district, and Glenn Jackson, ; Medford - busi nessman who - has spearheaded the long fight for the Talent project, are in Washington this week, seeking a supplementary budget request for construction funds. . . Family's Personal Effects Destroyed By Fire in House ' All personal effects of Mrs. Belle Akins and her four chil dren, ; except the clothes they were wearing, were destroyed, by fire yesterday. Their three- room home at 547 Effie st. was completely involved in flames, firemen reported. . . - - Neighbors and , friends were helping the family yesterday and this morning, and it was re ported that bedding, including mattresses, clothing . and dishes are needed by the family. Mrs. Akins is staying jwith. a relative at 404 East California st, Jack sonville, and any donated mate rials or other aid may be taken directly to her. She said she would be - most grateful for any help. Stove Overheats v: - The children, Nancy, 12, Mar tha, 10, Bill, 9, and Frances, 6, had just returned from school when the fire ; broke out, : at about 4:10 p.m. Firemen said it was caused from an overheated stove and spread . from a . con crete tile flue. Two trucks were sent to the blaze after several persons called in the, alarm. -Mrs. Akins said this morning she hopes to find a small, inex pensive house on the east side soon so the children can be to gether again; and resume ' at tendance at Roosevelt school. Her Jacksonville telephone number is 9,-8153. 'Black Frost' Blamed For, Missing Vessel Reykjavik, Iceland U.R) Shipping authorities feared to day the dreaded '."black, frost," an Arctic phenomenon that has killed 40 seamen,' may have claimed more lives. They reported that a fishing vessel is overdue and possibly lost in the icy storm that already has capsized two British trawl ers. Salem (U.R) All roads ex cept those closed for the winter were in good condition and no chains .were needed, the .State Highway Department said today. Oil ing formation' of a cooperative or unit plan for development of the area. The firm would . pro mote' the area .with the major oil companies, receiving a fee only if oil is found. A royalty fee on oil production over , a one-eighth royalty to' the landowners would be charged by the company for its services. - -r : -v ;?:-; A i permanent committee ' to work : on the ' lease , agreement was named at the, meeting by Ralph James, temporary chair man. Among those named were C. W. MeDonough, Earl Peffley and Bill Duggan. 15.000 Acres Is Goal - It was suggested that the com mittee seek an attorney's advice in drawing up the pool lease agreement. A block of about 15, 000 acres will' be the . goal for the agreement, including all the land from Sams Valley to Dodge bridge. People living in the af fected area are urged to contact the committee .. to be included with the block of landowners.: ' It was pointed out that a pool lease agreement was a means to interest a large concern in drill MemordTribune United Pre Full Lewd .Wire. ...x.:.- ..-. .tf-S" - United grew Full uetd Wire , 49th Year 18 Pages US, Britain Agree To Ask Red China Would Attempt To , Arrange Ceasefire United Nations, N.Y (U.B The- United States and Britain have agreed to invite Red China to. the United Nations in an at tempt to arrange a . cease fire for Formosa, it was learned to day. Authoritative sources said the two major Western powers have authorized New Zealand to make the formal proposal to the U.N. Security Council Monday.-. In Moscow, - British Ambas sador Sir William Hayter called on Soviet Fqreign Minister V. M. Molotov and urged that Rus sia use its good offices to per suade Red China to accept. He also asked Russia to advise Peip- ing to adopt a moderate attitude toward the Formosan crisis. , -India was expected to be ask ed to play the role of interme diary in negotiations with the Red Chinese. ! : -, India's Prime Minister Jawa- harlal Nehru was on his way to London today with what were believed to be Red China's terms for an agreement to end the dangerous clashes , between Red and Nationalist Chinese forces in the Formosa area. , ', The Indian leader ' is armed with : information obtained in a lengthy conference . yesterday with Red China's , ambassador, who had returned only 24 hours earlier from a four-month stay in Peiping. - : f ' ; : Nehru's report to Britain's Prime Minister Winston Church ill will give the West a tip-off on - what - prospects "for .success there are in the diplomatic man euver to end .the shooting ;off rormosa. Safety Awards Slated At Dinner Tonight Awards for. top achievements in the field of saf etv. will be the annual meeting of the Med presented here this evening1 at the annual meeting of the Med ford Saf ety council. The- meet ing is set for 6:30 p.m. in the Pioneer room of the . Jackson hoteL ' ' Institutional, industrial, and individual' awards will be pre sented by Emerson T. Anderson, past chairman of 'the council. Featured speaker will be Capt. Walter ; Lansing, director of the traffic safety division of the Oregon secretary of state's of fice. ? - " g - J V " :- . - ; -. ' New council officer's to be in stalled at the meeting are Allan Cameron, , chairman; R. L. Pal mer, vice - chairman; Aubrey Loper, secretary; Clyde Fichtner treasurer,' and - Fred : Robinson and -Mrs. Carol : Waltermire, di rectors, r, p "V. :). DOW-JONES AVERAGES i: ?v New York ;U.PJ Dow-Jones final stock averages:.. 30 indus trials 404.68 up 2.08; ; 20 rail roads 144.20 up 1.98; 15 utilities 61.88, off . 0.45, and 65 stocks 49.58 up 0.84. Sales today were about 3,290,000 shares, compared with 3,500,000 shares ; traded yesterday . ijj 'i; :-,:;;;.jir:7:'- y ing in the area. Individual leases would come later. It was not . decided at the meeting whether the property owners should deal through the Resources group or directly with the oil companies. There were proponents of both courses of ac tion : at the meeting. Several speakers said a : large oil com pany would be more likely to deal , with I the - group if . there were only the landowners' royal ty to consider, and not an addi tional promotion royalty. - . v . j:s Others Prefer Promoters Others felt tha,the San Jose group could better handle nego tiations with the company, due to its experience in the industry, Committee members said that the company had been thorough ly investigated as to its charac ter, and that such promotion: is recognized in the industry and by the federal and state govern ments. - -- -5 Members agreed to form a property block first before nego tiations are made with any con cern. A general meeting was set by James for 30 days later V To Meeting of UN Reported MEDFORD, OREGONFRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1955 US District Judge Appointment Gives Difficult Problem Congressmen Study Faithful Workers By A. ROBERT SMITH ' Mail Tribune: Correspondent Washington Oregon's three Republican congressmen . a r having a collective headache over a new responsibility deal ing out patronage jobs and one job in particular,- U.S. district judge for Oregon. - . The r GOP congressmen are taking up where former Sen Guy Cordon left off in the steady process of picking faithful party workers for ; vacant government jobs in which civil service regu lations don't apply or. can be successfully bypasse d. Judgeship Problem . The vacant judgeship has been a problem since last April, when President Eisenhower promoted Judge James Alger Fee from that position to the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals at San Fran cisco. : Some months ago, it was agreed among the three top GOP officials of ! the state State Chairman Ed Boehnke, Na tional Committee Jess Gard and National" Committeewoman Olive Cornett that the man for the job was Ralph Holman, cir cuit judge of Oregon City. : This recommendation' went up the lme through the state offic ials to Cordon, who passed it ?n witha4uWblessing?4o-AttegneyT General Herbert Brownell, Eis- enhower always, takes his advice on Judicial posts from BrownelL Case Seen Embarrassing ' But meanwhile, several Re publican attorneys in Oregon ob served that Judge Holman had handled a court matter in a man ner that might lay .him open to harsh criticism that would prove embarrassing to the party and to Holman. He . had, , in handling settlement of an estate, appoint ed the bailiff and the clerk of his court as appraisers, opening the way for them both to collect fees from the case. So in December before Con gress reconvened, the party lead ers decided to drop Holman and substitute instead the names ' of several Oregon attorneys and one circuit judge who had each been backed individually by their county Republican chair man. The circuit judge, William E. East of Eugene, immediately had the advantage on the bench, for Eisenhower and Brownell have said publicly they always prefer men with judicial experience for federal judgeships. It. is note worthy that Judge Fee won his appointment to the circuit court over on -.. opposition candidate from Arizona who had no back ground on the Bench; and that Eisenhower's latest appointee to the U. S. Supreme Court, John Marshall Harlan, is now a fed eral judge. ' .- - Decision Expected Soon" Having directed the FJBJ. to make the customary pre-appoint- ment investigation of Judge East last week, the Justice - Depart ment is expected to make its de cision in the Oregon judgeship case within the next few days, permitting Eisenhower to send his appointment to: the Senate very shortly.- The nine months' delay of the Republicans ' in filling the. va cancy prompted Sen. Richard L. Neuberger ' (D-Ore.) to ; urge Brownell this week to consider a Democrat, Edward C Kelly, a Medford attorney. , -.. Neuberger . said he and Sen. Wayne Morse (Ind.-Ore.) had co operated to the fullest by giving approval to a number 7of .GOP- backed candidates : for the past, including Holman,' so there could be speedy Senate; confir mation of the new judge after his appointment.' Neuberger said he ;Would even have agreed to vote to confirm former Sen. Cor don, fin spite of the recent bit ter campaign between him and me in-Oregon," if Cordon had taken the job himself after be ing defeated for re-election. Yet the court vacancy , still hasn't been filled, to the detri ment of orderly proceedings in our state," Neuberger . wrote Brownell. "I think the time has come for Democrats to make a definite recommendation if the Republicans are unable to do so.1 i ' mi', fA A " . h p 4i4nrW st 4L Si t& f-4 v i i 1 -..-'JT?: 1 1 jiaMiwy Va J:;:5;::fS;:f; .Si: i:4 : . RAIDERS AND. DEFENDERS ? Nationalist : .. , brejets (bottom) only recently turned over by Chinese fighter-bomber . pilots receive last ; the U.S., stand ready on airfield on Formosa ' minute briefing from their squadron leader torepel threatened Red Chinese aid raids. x. (right) on Formosa before taking off for raids ? . These jets are now being used to provide air against . Communist Chinese ships and .'island . -cover, in . the evacuation of some 30,000 Na invasion points along the China. coast near, v tionaJist troops and civilians from Red-threat-Formosa (top photo). Nationalist Chinese Sa- ' ened Tacheh islarid.' " Woman in Hospital From Fight Hurts; Husband is Jailed. A Klamath Falls woman was in "fair" condition today follow ing a fight with her husband south of Medford last night, ac cording' to: hospital - attendants and city police. . The woman, Mrs. ' Grace E. Pearce, 53, suffered severe head and facial - injuries, attendants said. She was taken to Commu nity hospital by Medford Am bulance service. The husband,. Ben Byron Pearce, 51, is being held in the city jaiL He pleaded guilty . to a charge of being drunk in pub lic and was sentenced to. 10 days in jail, subject to suspension: He will : be . held until ' it is found how serious Mrs. Pearce's in juries are. :.'". "- vfc After they , were notified of the altercation, city police found the : woman sitting . in ; her:, car, bleeding from her injuries. The vehicle was parked vat The Lodge motel where - Pearce ' had taken a room. - Police .said4 she admittef having: a fight, but that she didn't want her hus- band arrested.- v - - . - ' ;'; : Authorities were notified by employees - at Kim's restaurant that the couple was proceeding into.itown. They , told police the man was beating the J woman when the couple left,' according to state police, who received the first call. . v-. i':fM:h Woman, Children Perish As Fire Destroys House Aberdeen, . Wash. U J9 Mrs. Myrna Dellamater 35,' and two small children were burned to death yesterday when ' fire de stroyed a house here. -. - :': : -. ' .The children. Raymond. 3. and Louise Eselin, five months, were trapped ' tot the ; house and the woman died: when she tried to rescue them. Howard J. Eselin, father of the children, was burn ed in the rescue attempt - . iFire officials said Mrs. Della mater and her husband, Cecil, had been staying with the Eselin family;- - ' ' No. 268 J l A.- ' 1 Downed Plane From Scene in To Manchuria London (U.R) A former Brit ish Communist said today a ref ugee missionary . had '- told? him the Chinese Reds moved ; the wreckage . of" an. airplane from North Korea .to Manchuria to fake the evidence' against 11 im prisoned American airmen. Saw Plane Carried ."--::- The : ex-Communist, - Douglas Hyde, said the missionary's in formant was in the ,Yalu river border area at the -time and saw the plane carried 50 -miles by the Communists into Red China from North Korea, where it actually crashed.;-' ; V'v A. week- after the crash the wreckage was .photographed by the Communists as "evidence'', to back-up their spy charge against the airmen' now held by the Peiping regime, . said Hyde, . a former editor "of " the ; London Daily .Worker. -. r .-i- The missionary, now. in Lon don, would not allow his name To Prisoners In Washington 0J.R)-Possible Communist . treachery and the threat of war in the , Far East prevented the families of 17 im prisoned Americans from visit ing them in -Red Chinese jails, officials said 'today, r r The Chinese Communists of fered to allow the visit, but Sec retary, of State - John Foster Dulles barred acceptance Thurs day night after long and careful consideration. . In letters to families, Dulles said4heMincreastoglyBelli ent attitude and actions i of , the Chinese Communists in recent days" forced, the decision that passports' could - not be :; issued for. the time being'.' for travel to Red China. - - Portland UB Retirement of Kenneth Wolfe from the U. S. Forest Service in Portland has been announced". " ' Price 5c Weather FORECAST; Variable high cloudiness tonlfht and through Saturday - afternoon. Inereaa-. . ': lnf clondlnew Saturday night. Little temperature chance. Low tonight 23.. High. Satur- T- Btghett Teaterday icmp 94 22 Lowest this Morning Said Moved North Korea by Chinese to be revealed because he fears reprisals - against. - members of his .order who remain in Red China, Hyde said. . Said Downed hr Korea - - The United States has 'said the B29 carrying the 11 men was shot down in North . Korea on Jan. 12, 1953. The Reds have charged it was shot down in Manchuria - and therefore . v the airmen were "spies", rather than prisoners of war. It was on this basis that they .were convicted and sentenced. to prison by the Reds.'0UI;Ci- Oregon House Approves 1 1 Bills in Busy Session :: ; : Salem (U.R) The Oregon House , of Representatives pass ed 11 bills today .in ,the busiest day of the session. Several chal lenged on the floor and debated at length,, usually by attorneys who , pointed out' legal flaws overlooked m committee. , - ARTICLES FILED ; : ' 1 Salem UJJ) -Articles of incorporation- were filed here to day for Oakdale Market Inc.," of Medford. They were signed by E. B. Hogan, W. V. Deatherage and Otto J. Frohnmayer. : Sharp Increase Cqsos departed in County A sharp,increase in the num ber of juvenile arrests in Jack son county has been reported by juvenile authorities and Sheriff Howard Gault. . - . ... K Some 15 cases now pending, in juvenile court nave been brought in stoce; Sunday v 'l This total includes seven teen age girir who were to appear in circuit: court's : juvenile, depart ment . this' afternoon. They . were picked tip early' Sunday follow ing : a beer party in Cental Point. The youngest is 13..- : v i Another group was picked up by ;dty. police. Jt includes sev eral teenage : boys arrested in Attempt To Cope With Americans' . Display of Might .Communist Landing Craft Said Sunk Taipeh, Formosa (UJO Com munist China - has vy. begun strengthening its jet fighter bases along the Kukien "invas ion coast" to cope with Amer ica's new display of aerial might, . Nationalist Chinese sources said today. . . - - U. S. Air Force F88 Sabrejets joined the 7th Fleet in patrol ling the Formosa Straits as the Communists rushed : men and materials into position opposite Nationalist-held off-shore bases for one or more invasions that. could come at any time... , Landing. Craft Sunk ( A Nationalist: Air Force com munique said fighter-bombers sank': three Communist landing craft last night near Tachen, 200; miles north of Formosa, while' Nationalist artillery on the is land base bombarded Commu- nist gun positions on captured Yikiangshan, eight miles to the north. . ; I U. S. Ambassador Karl Ran kin told a press conference today "I don't feel there is any dan ger or 4 great and important conflict will break out here." i 'Tf we take a strong , line within reason and without pro-: vocation the chances of avoid ing war are better," he said. Evacuation Principle Agreed -: High American officials said the Nationalists had agreed in principle to evacuation of the Tachens but the Americans and Chinese had not yet reached full agreement on when end how the evacuation should be conducted. . "It issometimes difficult to carry matters from the prlnci-. pies' stage to 'actual practice -h they said. They predicted agree ment , the moment the Senate passes President Eisenhower's Formosa resolution. CoL Lu Ta, Nationalist mili tary spokesman, said the Reds had 200,000 men on the Chek lang coast opposite Tachen and another 200fi00 faen ner Que-, moy. About he!i$ t!at number were reported -nud at Matsu, Nationalist base midway be tween the two. Morso Ssolts Dsloy In OSC Regulations Portland UJi) Sen.; Wayne Morse, Oregon Independent, has asked Secretary of the Interior Douglas . McKay to delay pro posed changes in O&C - access road regulations, according to a lumber union spokesman. - A F. Hartung, president of the CIO International Wood workers of America, said he re ceived a wire from Morse yes terday that he had requested the delay to enable the Senate com mittee on Interior and Insular Affairs to consider the matter.'; f: CIO Woodworkers, AFL Lum--ber and Sawmill Workers, ' the Western Forest Industries asso ciation and some ' independent -logging' operations, who oppose ' the changes, have charged the new regulations would weaken competition for federal " timber by. favoring large operators al ready located on O&C timber lands.. ' . . ". . ' Livestock Theft Cose The case . of the 's t a t e vs. .- Robert Ellis Darrohn, 45, Star route, Trail, and a ; 16-year-old ' youth, was expected to go to the', jury this afternoon. ' Attorneys -started making their, summa-' tions this morning. . . The two are charged with stealing a calf owned by V. R. . Mathews, route 1, box 650, Eagle . Point, on Nov. 15, 1953. . The trial was in its fourth day in circuit court today. Yester- -day's defense witnesses included ? members of Darrohn's family. ; Two law enforcement officers: were among, those testifying for the state. in Juvenile connection with a series of : thefts, most of them minor but ' one - amounting to more than ' $200. Most of the boys are about ; 13 years of age. ' : ' :. " . V. A 16-year-old Rogue Elver; area boy was arrested by sher- ' iff s deputies yesterday. . , The ' youth admitted, theft of beer , and wine from several markets ; and stores in Grants Pass, and I theft of other items.from Nick's market in Rogue River. Mrs. Kay CrowelL county Ju- -venile officer, , noted this - mom . ing that an increase in juven ile delinquency usually occurs after the first of the year. - I V
