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111 MM UVU 0) - : . ; ' ; : ' v ... i y Medford&Tribune United fresa Full L-eased wixe ! 49th Year 18 Pages From Tacheii; iSliDotlDfioiitiiiiies . . ; . . Red China Ships Driven Off by Nationalist Fire .Mighty Naval Force . Massed for Signal : Taipeh, Formosa (U.R) Chi nese -Communist warships, planes and artillery attacked Na tionalist islands off the China coast, today and the Defense min istry announced that more non combatants were being evacuat ed from Tachen. : Four Red Chinese warships attacked Nationalist-held Yushan Island, a defense outpost some 40 miles north of Tachen, but were driven off by concentrated artillery fire from the island's defense garrison, the ministry announced. Nationalist Chinese bombers . Struck enemy forces north of Tachen and hit a large Commu nist supply ship with bombs, rockets and machinegun , fire leaving the 2,000-ton vessel bad ly crippled and sinking. : The Defense Ministry said a convoy of American-built land ( ing ships carrying civilians, , wounded and prisoners of war i would arrive at the northern ? port of Keelung today from Tachen. . s ; However, there was no official word yet on when the evacua tion of the Nationalist garrison vould begin. The ministry said the garrison's orders were still to fight to the death if attacked. The mightiest American naval forqe assembled since the Ko rean war stood off northern For mosa ready to help once the word is flashed from Washing ton. The 7th Fleet included five big carriers and Singapore re ported the 45,000-ton carrier Midway passed there at full steam on its way to Formosa, tnree days ahead of schedule. A high American official said the fleet was delaying evacua tion of the Tachens because the United States hopes a cease fire in the Formosa Strait will per mist a peaceful withdrawal with out the danger of a major war. Awaiting U. S. Decision ' . American officials said the de lay in removing the 10,000 Na tionalist troops and 20,000 civil ians from the Tachens, 200 miles north of Formosa, was net due to any stand taken by General issimo Chiang Kai-shek. ' The officials said there was no doubt the Nationalists still were trying to get the Ameri cans to - make a definite public commitment regarding Quemoy Island, 300 miles south of the Tachens, and Matsu, midway be tween, but that this was not the main factor delaying the, evacu ation. Nationalist officials were re ported bitter over the U. N. invi tation to Communist China to send representatives to the Se curity Council to debate a For " mosa cease fire. DOW - JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indust rials 409.70, up 0.87; 20 rail roads 143.66, off 0.68; 15 utili ties 62.09, up 0.07, and 65 stocks 150.48, off 0.01. " Sales ' today were . about 3,320,000 shares compared with 3500,000 shares traded yesterday ... Mot hers1 March on Pol io Shows Total of $5,458.94 "Preliminary figures from last night's Mothers' March on polio show that $5,458.94 was turned over to the March of Dimes, ac cording to. J. D. Montieth, cam paign treasurer. Montieth ; said money ws still coming in this morning and that the Mothers' March total "probably" would reach $5,500. . The preliminary figure is the largest ever collected in a Moth ers' March in Medford, Montieth said. ; Mrs. Lew Miles, city march chairman, said this morning that ihe was "proud and humble" over the success of the march. "All the credit goes to the mothers who took their assigned rounds at the appointed hour and did a good job," Mrs. Miles said. ":1V -'r"r ':-'Z'" Thomas J. Reeder, city March MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY PLAN TACHEN EVACUATION Vice Adm. Alfred H. Pride (second from right), commander of the U S. 7th Fieet, goes over strategy with his staff officers aboard the flagship USS Helena at Formosa. Left to right: Capt. H. L. Jukes, Capt. L. K. Rggulds, Lt. Cdr.. Glen Echard, Adm. Pride and Capt. O. D. T. Lynch. Units from the PacificCoast are on the way to bolster the already powerful 7th Fleet as firm warning to Red China that the U. S. intends to carry out the evacuation of the Tachen Islands. Recruiting Offices Jammed as Thousands Seek Gl Bill Benefits By UNITED PRESS "Young men by the thousands jammed recruiting offices across the nation Monday night to en list in the armed services before much of the G.I. Bill of Rights expired at midnight. . So many clamored to join up that hundreds were turned away because -the Army,''Navy'rAir Force and Marine Corps quotas were filled or because the would be enlistees showed up too late. The youths formed queues and Father Arresled, For Abduction Chicago U.R) Harold W. Lewis, accused of abducting his own child at San Gabriel, Calif., and threatening to blow . them both up with nitro-glycerine, was captured here last night. , f Police picked up the 25-year-old father at the home of la friend where ha had been stay ing with" his 20-month-old son, Gary. The child was unnarmed and was taken to St. . Vincent's orphanage. Lewis was held, today '. pend ing arrival of Calif ornia . war rants charging abduction and child stealing. Lewis' divorced wife. Olga Marie, meanwhile flew to Chi cago to care for her son. " She charged 'that Lewis took Gary from her at gunpoint in San Gabriel last Thursday and threatened. herewith a bottle he said contained nitre-glycerine. Beer To Minors Brings Six Months in Jail Coquille (U.R) Glen Farrin, 23, Coquille was sentenced to six months - in j the county jail and fined $500 in Justice Court to a charge of furnishing beer to yesterday after pleading guilty minors." ' District Attorney John Pickett said the arrest was an outgrowth of a fatal auto accident , early Sunday in . which two Coquille teenagers, Clinton Martindale and James Bradford, were kiUed. of Dimes chairman, said that while he is greatly pleased with results of the march, the Med ford portion oi the campaign is stm some $4,000 to $5,000 short of expected receipts. ; "It is still not too late to add to our total,", Reeder pointed out.- Persons desiring to con tribute may send their donations to Montieth - at the . U.S. Na tional bank, Medford; : , While last night's drive offi cially closed the March of Dimes campaign, several projects are still under way or are being planned. . . Tonight - Stan's Y club will turn over all profits to the March of Dimes. The project is spon sored by the Medford Moose lodge. A cover charge of a do nation to the polio fund will be made, it was stated. ; X j enlistments jumped as high as 680 per cent in some cities. Many recruiting offices stayed open until midnight to handle the rush. - - ' ;- The enlistees hoped to qualify for such benefits as farm and home Joan guarantees and lim ited education grants. These went 6ff the1 law bboks1 at mid night. ; Remaining were such benefits as medical treatment, disability compensation and burial ex penses. f ' A good number ,of the enlistees apparently were betting that Congress would extend full edu cational benefits to persons en listing before the Jan. 31 dead line. Congress has been pushing such legislation. V-: - Recruiters said the rush to get into the services has been going on all through January. The heaviest last minute rush was in New England, where thousands of youths jammed the recruiting offices and hundreds were' turned down. In, Boston, January "enlistments 'for the var ious service - branches totaled 2,150. . --; Army and Navy , recruiting of fices in northern California said enlistments ran 300 to 400 per cent above normal and all sta tions stayed open until midnight. All previous records for Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard recruitments' ' were V broken' at Pittsburgh.'. Processing began at 8 a.m. and continued- right up to the deadline, ending up with 108 new sailors, .121 new soldiers, and 132 new Air Force men. At Denver, Colo.,J Army and Navy enlistments went 200 per cent above the January quotas. The biggest rush to enlist in peacetime history reached ; its peak in Los Angeles with 150 rookies jamming the crowded Army processing center; The center's average is 60 a day, but it hit a high of 306 one day in January. - .". ': ? .. The Navy equalled its peak day in Los Angeles when it swore in. 250 -men to bring its January total to 1,400. Distinguished Service Award Dinner Tonight The Medford Junior Chamber of' Commerce tonight will pre sent its distinguished service ward for 1954 to Otto Ewaldsen. The presentation will be made at a dinner meeting at the Jack son hotel, starting at 7:30 p.m. - Ewaldsen ; was chosen by a panel of judges from nomina tions submitted, to them. The award will honor him for; work on the; "school board, in civic af fairs, business organizations, military .service and church ac tivities. v? Light Snowfall Noted In Medford Vicinity r 1 There was. a light fall of snow in Medford and the vicinity this morning, but the weather bu reau here recorded it only as a "trace.". , It? was- sufficient to cover lawns and parked cars with white before melting : in sunlight later in the morning." . A forecast of cooler, clearing ' weather was given for tonight. Full incased Wire tea 5c No. 271 ' $3,826,313 in Taxes And Fees Collected Taxes and fees amounting to $3,826,313.19 were collected by the Jackson county sheriff's of fice during the six-months pe riod ending Dec. 31,J1)54, ac cording to a report released this morning by Sheriff Howard Gault. ' Included in the total were $3,823,733.93 in taxes, $1,996.35 in service and - miscellaneous fees, $425.11 in personal taxes, $105.50 in gun permit fees, and $25.30 for prisoners' board. A breakdown of the total for . taxes showed that $3,463, 608.14 ..was for the 1954-1955 fiscal year, , $245,178.14 was for 1953-1954, $73,418.35 was for 1952-1953, $21,926.10 was for 1951-1952, $13,674.03 was for 1950-1951, and . the remainder was for prior to 1950-1951. The amount collected for the period prior to 1950-1951 includ ed more than. $1,200 for 1935, according to the report. Government Loses TaxTesfSuif Washington U.R) The gov ernment has lost a test suit to collect more taxes from apart ment builders accused of making Tvmaiau prolits ' - on - govern ment insured mortgage loans, it was disclosed today. -; The suit was overruled by the 16-judge U.S. Tax Court in an opinion written by Judge, Norman- O. Teitjens." There were no dissents from his opinion. , The Internal Revenue Service was trying to. collect some $3, 000,000 in back taxes from the tions involved in Glen Oaks Vil li, stockholders of 26 corpora lage in the Queens section of New York City, and Mas Homes, Baltimore, Md-. . . . : " "i Driver Arrested After JwO'Vehicle Accident . : James Ernest Porter,' 38, , of 425 North Grape st., was ar rested following an accident at -about noon today," and : was charged with operating a car while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, according to city police. . -' Porter's car struck a parked car registered to Vern Lee Pear son, 41 North Bartlett st., in front of the Rogue Valley State bank, at 1105 Court st., officers said. Both vehicles ; were con siderably, damaged. Pearson was cited for not hav ing an operator's license on his person, police reported. Groundhog May See Shadow in Oregon By UNITED PRESS The-" weather bureau said to day there was a 50-50 chance of the groundhog seeing his shadow in Oregon tomorrow and signal six more weeks of winter. The forecast called for partly cloudy skies - with a few scat tered showers or snow flurries. It depends upon the time of day the groundhog comes out at to whether he sees his -shadow. ; The five-day outlook calls for recurring showers and cool tem peratures in western Oregon.and cold temperatures in eastern Oregon, " - Hundreds Greet Princess Margaret On Caribbean Tour Governor Heads Welcoming Group Port of Spain (U.R) - Hun dreds of Britons, American tour ists and Trinidad citizens raised a welcoming cheer today when Britain's Princess Margaret a lighted on this island of orchids and whistling frogs to open her Caribbean tour. The Princess officially set foot on new world soil for the first time in her 24 years when she came down the gangway of the American - built Stratocruiser Canopus at the end of a 28-hour; 5000 mile flight from London. Welcomed by Governor Maj. Gen. Sir Hubert Ranee, 56, of oil and sugar-rich Trinidad and neighboring Tobago since 1950, welcomed the Princess when she", landed at Piarco air port. - . . Royalty- conscious Trinidad- ians began gathering in pouring rain even before the Princess left London on a month's tour of Britain's West Indian colonies some 28 hours before her scheduled arrival. Selection of Jury Under Way Today In Starkey Retrial ' Selection of" a jury for the re trial of LeRoy Elmer (Bud), Starkey Jr., 20, Eagle Point, got under way in circuit court this morning with Judge James Bain, Portland, presiding. . ... ; Starkey is charged with . as sault and robbery while armed with a dangerous weapon. He is accused of stabbing Jackson ville artist John Philip Hensle man at Henslenian's studio home last April. The defendant was granted a new trial by Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna after having been con victed on the charge and sentenc ed to an indeterminte period not to exceed 10 years in the state penitentiary. Starkey has been free on bond totalling $6,500 since his attor ney, Edward Kelley, filed a mo tion for a new trial. , In his questioning of prospec tive jurors this morning, Kelly indicated that the defense will be based on a contention that "the defendant is a victim of a frameup" between two other peo ple. . Principal witnesses for the state in the original trial were Hensleman and John Munn Cushman, 25, Grants Pass, who is being " held in the Jackson county jail on forgery and Cali fornia -parole violation charges. The original trial lasted five days, and courtroom sources in dicated that the retrial may last longer., .' The state is represented by District Attorney Walter Nun ley and Deputy District Attorn ey Russell De Forest. Judge . Bain earlier denied a defense motion for dismissal. Council Business Will Be 'Routine' Mostly routine busines is ex pected at the Medford city coun cil - meeting ? tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the city hall, accord ing to the city manager's office. Mayor Earl Miller plans to name a legislative committee, overhead & traffic sign changes will be discussed, two paving assessment projects will be up for -final approval, and assign ment of medical' aid and hospi talization insurance, from the Oregon's Physicians' service to the Rogue Valley Physicians' service will be presented. City ' Manager Robert Duff added that the council will also consider a planning commission recommendation for location of the proposed new hospital. Road Conditions Police officers stationed on the Siskiyou and Green' Springs mountain passes early this afternoon reported thai it had started to snow hard, and thai if it kept up for any time, chains would be needed for travel across the two routes. There is 10 inches of roadside snow on the Siskiyous. ;. Chains are mandatory on Oregon mountain on the Red wood, highway, police re ported, with . eight inches of new snow. Weather FORECAST: Clearing and cooler tonight, valley for Wednesday morning, partly cloudy in aft- ernoon. Air tonight 22-25; - high Wednesday 45. Temp. Highest Yesterday 45 Lowest this Morning 3 A - - Prec. Tt: 4:38 a.m. Today 64 ill To fiMisfo Crime omie In Oregon Salem (U.R) A bill to abolish obscene comic books or others ! that make crime seem fascinat ing to minors was . before the Oregon Senate today, and a com panion bill would bar a maga zine distributor from forcing "package deals" on magazine stands. Under the "package ' deal," some distributors have forced certain so-called comic books on the dealer before he can get other wanted books, even though the dealer himself may find the books thrust upon him objec tionable. Would Authorise Commission One ' of the measures, intro duced by Sen. Joh;- C. F. Merri-field- (R-Portland) would author ize a county court or commis sion to establish an advisory committee to- evaluate . books sold on magazine stands and elsewhere. The committee would ctetermins whether certain publi cations were harmful to minors because they are indecent, or use obscene language,, or "stir up sex impulses that lead to sexually impure and lustful ihoughts.". The committee : also would determine . if the comic books c6ntainj stories of crime or deeds of bloodshed presented in sucii a way as to induce imita tion and weak respect for law and justice, or ridicule or attack any racial, religious or cultural grOUpS. . -.; Bill Authorizes List .- .The county court or commis sion would then be empowered to publish a list of books which in the opinion of the committee are harmfuj ?to minors5 and should not be available to them. The companion, bill would make it a misdemeanor for a distributor, his employee or agent to "require any purchaser, to . receive all of any certain group of such publications or any specified selection of vari- term or other requirement of thff sale or delivery or right to. re ceive-any one Or more - m the publications. r. Violators of this law could be punished by. a. fine up to $500, a sentence of up to one year in the county jail, or both fine and imprisonment. Sen. Merrifield said he intro duced the measure after reading newspaper articles and editorials on the problem; talking with representatives of such groups as the Parent-Teachers Associa tion, ; and after the Youth for 68 Oil Paintings Stolen From Cabin Sixty-eight oil painting stolen from a cabin in the vicinity of Old Military rd.' havevbeen re covered with the arrest of two 14-year-old boys, according to Sheriff Howard Gault. - v The paintings were-' taken from; a cabin owned by Ernest Untc-rmann, route 2, box 426A, Medford, who is in Utah at the present time. . ; The theft was discovered by a neighbor, Wilbert W. Lull,; route 2, box 426, who reported the matter to the sheriff's office. . The two t boys, who were ar rested following a brief investi gation, admitted taking other articles from the cabin, officers said. . . ; " t. : There was no indication of what use the boys planned to make, of the paintings. The youths have "been, turned over to juvenile authorities.. ' t Unknown Thief Steals March of Dimes Coins Talent A thief riook a March of Dimes coin container from the post office lobby at Talent sometime . Sunday, ac cording to postal employees. Acting Postmaster Josephine Teeter reoorted that, the con tainer had at least $2 in it last week. A check with ihe local MOD chairman showed that the container " had not been picked up by a worker, and must have' beeni stolen. 20 Children, In Three Fires . By UNITED PRESS Three fires in New York State and Virginia killed 22 persons, 20 of them children, during the night and early today.' : s Another child1 was in critical condition from burns. , Twelve persons, including 11 children ranging in age from six months to ll;years, burned to death in a blaze that destroyed a 10-family tenement at, Amster dam, N.. Y.'; ' ' ". The dead included 14-y ear-old Anne Mateka who tried to rescue i iootcs efinate Christ high school boys and girls formed'a committee of 250 early this year to seek action to point up the problem of objectionable ccmics and correct the condition. Advisory Committee - On the advisory committee of each county, under terms of the first bill, would be one of the state legislators representing the county; three members from re ligious organizations represent ing Protestant, Catholic and Jewish faiths; county librarian or librarian of a private library in a county which has none of its own; one representative from Parent-Teacher Association: one representative from a youth or ganization like the Girl scouts and Boy scouts, and two repre sentatives of the public at large. They would be named by the county court or commission. (See Story on Page 12), - - : ' Budget Requests : Asked To Be Kept At Level of 1953 .v-' :-, '"- -. I :. Salem (U.R) Sen. Howard Belton, co-chairman of the Joint Ways and Means Committee, to day directed committee mem bers to hold department budget requests to the 1993 level vhen ever possible. ;. - v Belton, a Canby Republican, said his mail had contained numerous suggestions , that . the state halt the "topsy - like growth" of departments and ag encies which each session in crease their requests for funds. Some Impossible Belton said he realized that holding the line on" some budgets would be impossible beca use of increased services, such as the new teaching hospital and dental school in Portland and. reduc: tion of work Weeks to 40 hours in-otheiS departments," ' But be urged that subcommit tees give close scrutiny to the school census figures to uncover possible over - estimates which would require over - appropria tion .of basic school , support funds and , also a possible, revi sion of tuition fees at institutions of higher education. He partic ularly mentioned tuition fees for out-of-state students. Public Seems Fearful Belton said the public seemed fearful the Legislature would impose a state property tax this year. But he pointed out that such a tax would not require legislation. It is already on the books. He said that if such a tax is collected, it would stem di rectly from voter action in in creasing school support, approv ing a veterans bonus, and setting certain fixed millages for school support. ' '-; 1 The committee ' today - ap proved tentative reports on 15 departmental budgets, most ( of them operating on their own or dedicated funds rather than out of the tightly-pinched general fund. . Minor reductions were voted in the budgets "of. the Board of Accountancy, the board of. Architectural Examiners, the Banking Department, the Board of Control, and the Insurance Department. Others were left at the figures requested by depart ment heads. Soviet General Says US To Be Battleground (PASSED BY SOVIET CENSOR) Moscow - (U.R) A Russian general warned today . that the United States would be the bat tleground for any atomic third World War. Maj. Gen. N. Talensky said the United States favors atomic warfare because it is less de pendent on "the broad popular masses" who are "for peace and against new war." " But he said it would be the United States and not the Soviet Union that .would be reduced to an atomic "no man's land" in such' a war.' Two Adults Lose Lives in New York, Virginia her brothers and sisters after she had once fought clear of the flames. The. adult ' vjctim was Juan Ribera, - 42, who perished with fiye of his children as the tene ment's roof collapsed into the cellar. ' 1 V .-..'- ;---' Dozens of other persons were driven into a snowstorm by the fire which was blamed on an ex ploding oil drum. The six children of Robert Lee Eley, a - Negro tenant farmer, trapped and burned to death in their four-room house at Chucka- - United Nations Requested To Zealand Proposal Invitation Expected To Receive Refusal United Nations, N.Y. U.R) Communist China demanded to day that tthe United Nations junk a New Zealand proposal for a Formosan cease fire and support a Russian resolution la beling the United States as an "aggressor." '" '-' The demand was a broad hint Peiping would reject the United Nations invitation to participate in' Security Council discussion of the New Zealand measure but would be willing' to sit in on discussions of the Russian mea sure. ; ' : ' ; - ! Further Discussion Delayed The Security Council held up further discussion of the Formo san situation until an official re ply is received from Cbou En lai, the Chinese Communist pre mier and foreign minister. But Peiping radio broadcasts , an nounced - in advance the reply would be negative The Security Council voted 9 to 1 Monday night to invite Red China to New: York and an hour later Secretary -General Dag Hammarskjold dispatched a ca blegram to Chou. The United States Voted for the invitation but , made it clear, its vote did not affect, U.S. : opposition to Red Chinese membership in the United Nations.- j i i .' Nationalist China, which vot ed against inviting Red : China, was bitter over the U.N. move. Influence ' Open Guess -; . : Whether Moscow could influx ence , Red China to accept the U.N. invitation to send obseiv ers to New York. was an open guess. Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov relayed to Pei ping Britain's recommendations that it accept the U.N. invita tion. But whether Moscow itself recommended the . move was doubtful. ' Diplomatic sources in London said there were strong indica tions , Moscow, was : anxious to avert a head-on collision, with America's military might in" the Far East, although continue to back Peiping's policy , ia For mosa.' .. , ..A aJ ' . Prayda, , the - official Commu nist party newspaper iii Mo cow, reaffirmed' today; Soviet willingness to discuss "Ameri can aggression" in Formosa and "American : intervention - in the internal affairs of China" but unwillingness to discuss a sim pie question of cease fire. .. State Department Silent - Moscow also attacked the New Zealand proposal and said it was instigated by "American pol icy." Communist China was far more outspoken and bluntly suggested New Zealand with draw its proposal and support the Russian proposal. "; V In Washington the State de partmSnt said it would consider any diplomatic move it deems "useful or opportune" in an ef fort to solve the crisis with Red China. The State department still had not joined Britain in asking Russia to use its good of fices in averting war in the Far East. ' ' h "'::. ; " Senate Votes Delay on Fire Resolution Washington (U.R) The Senate Foreign Relations com mittee voted .today to delay ac tion on a resolution endorsing United Nations cease-fire nego tiations. ' ' , . ' The decision was made, after Senate Republican Leader Wil liam F. Knowland of California argued there must be no ''blank et endorsement of appeasement.' L The resolution was introduc ed last; week by" Sen. Hubert .H. Humphrey (D-Minn.). It would put the Senate on record in sup port of UN efforts to get a cease fire agreement between the Chinese . Communists and the Formosa-based Nationalist re gime. . v.. (See Story on Page 5) - . Portland U.R) Multno mah County commissioners to day voted ' to have Barrington Associates of New York conduct a aslary and job survey of coun ty employees. - tuck, ,Va.j 'last night. The chil dren's grandfather escaped with burns. . Firemen said a faulty chimney started the blaze. . Bus driver Michael. Keenan, : 55,, and; three of his eight chil dren died in a fire caused by an exploding kerosene stove in Brooklyn. Another daughter was burned critically but Keenan'a wife and ' four other ' children were rescued unharmed. ' - It was New York's third fire resulting from . faulty kerosene stoves in: three days. The fires have killed 11 persons, i I -II 4 -I jj
