Medford mail tribune., February 13, 1955, Image 1

Recommended
A feature story on a local
m a n's participation In the
Quoddy tidal power project
now being revived by" the
Eisenhower administration ap
pears on Pace 12 of today's
Mail Tribune.
FORECAST Inereailai cloudi
ness this afternoon. Possible
light rain tonight. Clearing
Monday afternoon. High to
day 48. low tonight 35.
" Temp.
Highest yesterday , 58
Lowest yesterday , 32
United Press Full Lapsed Wire
United Press Full Leased Wire
26 Pages Price 5c
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1955
49th Year No. 281
. ... 05L,tM,.JV- J -
enatdrs Propose
hairing of I.S.
Atomic t&iow-How
. Washington (U.R) A Senate
House subcommittee recommend
ed Saturday that the United
States begin broad scale sharing
of peacetime atomic know-how
and materials without waiting
for the -United Nations to set up
its atoms-for-peace agency.
A five-member, all-Republican
subcommittee of the congres
sional atomic energy committee
said the sharing should be accom
plished through direct bilateral
agreements with as many friend-
l i. ' : i i
iy couniries as possiDie.
May Lose Good Will
o Reporting on a five-week visit
to 11 nations in Europe and the
Far East, the subcommittee said
much of the good will that Amer
ica has won abroad by offering
Offer of Funds for .
Radar Control Made
By Safely Council
-. The Medford Safety council
has made an offer that would
allow the city of Medford to ob
tain radar traffic control equip
ment with an expenditure of
only $200. '
The action was taken Friday
when the Safety Council mem
bership voted unanimously to
provide $1,000 if the city would
put - up the remaining $200
needed to purchase the, equip
ment. ,
To Go io Council
; The resolution will be placed
before the traffic committee of
the city council, and before the
entire city, council in the near
future?""" t-"--"'''-T"; j
Reception given radar traffic
control equipment here Wednes
day in a demonstration by a unit
of the Eugene police department
was described as good by Police
Chief Charles Champlin : and
Safety ; Council v President Al
Cameron.
Champlin declared that Med
ford police officers who worked
with the equipment during the
demonstration were enthusiastic
about its possibilities. Public
support was good, Champlin de
clared, noting that 11 drivers
who were given warnings based
on radar clockings evidently
were impressed by the accuracy
of the equipment.
Request Included
" A part of the same Safety
Council resolution was a request
for the -city to provide funds to
send a city official to the Na
tional Safety - Council annual
meeting. Vernon Thorpe, city
public works director and a
member of the Medford Safety
council, has attended 'the na
tional meetinff for the oast, two
years.
y-ll-J HT.Ji 3
iiaumeii jt seven ivi.euj.uru
Safety council committees were
appointed by Cameron at the
meeting, which was held in the
Pioneer room of the Jackson
hotel. : They included Elliott
Becken, newspaper publicity and
schoolboy safety patrol dinner;
Emerson Anderson, radio public
ity; Dr. Bill Thompson, child
safety conference; Thorpe, radar
project; John Smith, "T Man"
program, and Miss Dorothy
Huskey, home safety.
Display of Atomic Devices
Slated In Next Few Days
Las Vegas, Nev." (U.PJ Semi
public display of America's 1955
model atomic "devices" begins
within the next few days, weath-
ing grounds north of Las Vegas.
I Many of the eight to 12 nu
clear gadgets few, if any, will
be completed weapons ex
ploded during the next? two
months are expected to be the
warheads of missiles, including
a nuclear anti-aircraft rocket.
Troops To Take Part
The military services and at
omic energy commission have
announced that ' some 9,000
troops will participate in this,
the fifth series of tests sched
uled for the Navada proving
ground. Here, 31 atomic explos
ions have been triggered since
the winter of 1951.
i The actual time of .the first
test is expected to be announced
this afternoon during a briefing
at the joint office of test infor
mation headquarters in . Las
Vesa,s. ,
The - initial detonation most
likely will be before dawn Wed
nesday, although it eould come
;
, to share its peacetime atomic
! skills will , be lost unless this
country comes forward immedi
ately with "some concrete and
formal way of demonstrating its
willingness to get on with atomic
cooperation."
Fitting action to the subcom
mittee's words, the atomic energy
commission announced it has
agreed to sell 10 tons of heavy
water to India for use in a nu
clear research reactor to be built
near Bombay. Heavy water, a
source of Deuterium for H
bombs, is also one of the most ef
ficient materials for moderating
atomic reactions under con
trolled conditions in a reactor.
One Of Proposals
Helnine India meet its need for
heavy water was one of the sper
cmc proposals made by the iive
member atomic subcommittee. It
also, recommended prompt U. S.
actions to aid peacetime develop
ment of atomic energy in Aus
tralia. New Zealand, the Philip
pines, Formosa, Thailand, Pakis-
stan, Iran, Turkey, Greece and
Spain. These, with India, were
the countries it visited.
The subcommittee urged the
State Department to negotiate
direct bilateral agreements with
these countries and as many
other friendly nations as possible
to start the ball rolling on ex
change of atoms-for-peace know
how and materials at once "de
spite any delays which may be
encountered in the establishment
of (an) international agency." ,
U.S. Jet Fighters,
Troops To Be Based
On Island Bastion
Washington (U.R) U.S. jet
fighters and forces, combat-ready
for any eventuality, soon will be
based, on Formosa ona some
what permanent ; basis for the
first time, it was disclosed Satur
day. - ' ' '
The ; jet fighters could be
thrown into combat immediately
in event the Red Chinese 'seek
to invade Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-shek's island bastion or the
nearby Pescadore islands.
To Rotate Aircraft
Gen. Nathan "F. Twining, air
chief of staff, said Saturday that
the U.S.1 Far East' air forces will
begin rotating fighter aircraft to
Formosa "a squadron at a time
for familiarization and train
ing." ' : . . - '-,; -
A "rotational" program would
mean that a squadron of 25
planes would be on the island
fortress all the time as one
leaves, another takes its place.
He also said a small head
quarters of air force personnel
will be on Formosa to administer
the tactical squadrons "as each
is rotated .-"the re for a short
period." ..
Twining disclosed the pro
gram while announcing at a
Pentagon briefing on the evacua
tion of the Tachen, islands that
the 18th bomber-wing will fly
back to Okinawa and the Philip
pines. . '. -
earlier or later in the week de
pending upon( weather condi
tions and preparations in the
test area.
Only military, AEC and pub
lic health service personnel
plus four members of the joint
congressional atomic energy
committee will be permitted to
enter the proving grounds for
the first blast. -WU1
Test Violence
Restrictions will be relaxed in
mid-April, when the . effect of
atomic violence on a typical res
idential community will be test
ed. Civil defense, officials, local
government leaders and news
men then will be allowed to
view the detonation from com
paratively close range.
Severer typical . residences
have been constructed on the
proving ground for the April
climax of the series, code-named
"operation teapot." '
: - They will be under the bomb
when it goes off,, along with test
arrays of utility installations,
canned food, automobiles, shel
ters, electric equipment and liq
uid, natural and manufactured
gas containers.
'
o
TAKING OVER TOP MILITARY JOB in. Russia, that of defense
minister, Marshal Georgi K. Zhukov is regarded as possible in
fluence tor moderation in Russia's foreign relations. Earlier this
week, he expressed a desire to visit America. (International)
Wo
Chicago (U.R)t The worst cold
wave 6f the winter hung over
much, of i the nation Saturday,
sending , temperatures . below
freezing in the southland, and
forecasters said another big blow
was on the way. '
.' The third of a, series of cold
waves from Canada hit the west
ern plains last night, scooting
temperatures to as low as 28
below In ; NcthDakota.. L. Ijapl
pearedo"bef headed ''for" Dixie.
36 Dead In Fires
. Fires killed at least 36 persons
and sent more than 300 others
into the bitter cold. ' .
A fire in a skid row hotels in
Chicago, killed 25'men and "drove
250 into sub-zero cold outside.
At Milwaukee, fires in an apart
ment house and a rooming house
sent 50 persons into the cold. Ten
children were led from a burn
ing house in Indianapolis.
At Aiiburndale, Fla., three Ja
maican citrus workers were
burned to death in a fire, which
destroyed a mess hall.
Winter held a firm grip on the
entire nation east of the con
tinental divide. Chicagoans pre
pared for their' third night of
below-zero temperatures. A lo
cal snow storm left an accumu
lation of 10 inches in South Bend,
Ind. , .'
Late 'Saturday the freezing
Survivors of Crash
Sighted in Canada
Winnipeg (U.R) An Amer
ican B-47 plane crashed in the
sub-zero wasteland of northern
Manitoba Saturday : a n'd two
survivors were .- sighted . in the
vicinity of their downed plane.
The plane crashed 125 miles
north of The Pas, Man. Canadi
an air force spokesmen said the
men could not survive long in
the bleak, windswept muskeg.
The plane carried four persons.
The Air Force dropped a res
cue team "arid emergency" sup
plies at the scene. The tempera
ture was 25 degrees below zero.
Fifteeii civilian, American
and Canadian Air.Force . planes
continued a search for the other
two men known to have-been
aboard the six-jet bomber when
it crashed.
" First-word of the-crash -was
radioed by another B-47 which
was accompanying 'the downed
plane. " " ' - '
Cohn Says Security
Risk Reinstated
Milwaukee, Wis. - (U.R) Roy
M. Cohn has charged that a: ra
dar scientist who was twice la
belled a security risk had been
reinstated in his job at the top
secret Fort Monmouth, N. J.,
radar laboratories.
The former aide to Sen. Jo
seph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.) said
the order for the reinstatement
came from "the office of the sec
retary of the Army' .'and had
taken place on Dec. 14, 1954. -
Cohn said the scientist, whom
he did not identify, had distrib
uted within the laboratories a
"pamphlet advocating an end to
rearmament and to our efforts to
defend ourselves."
orair
Cold Wave off
line extended from the North
Carolina coast southwestward
through central Alabama and
Mississippi then northwest to the
Oklahoma panhandle, across the
Rockies and around most of Utah
and Idaho. It was still below
zero in the eastern Dakotas and
most of Minnesota and western
Iowa.
But in Los Angeles it was near
70. J. ,
There was snow on the ground
at Nashville, Tenn., and Wash
ington, D. C., and it piled up
eight inches deep-at Lebanon,
Pa. :s
Frost and freezing tempera
tures were forecast for all Flor
ida farming areas and citrus and
vegetable growers prepared for
all-night vigils at the smudge
pots to protect their crops.
Tax Cut Plan Ended
By Formosa Crisis
Washington U.R)' Key
Democrats. , on the tax-writing
House Ways and Means commit
tee said" Saturday the Formosa
crisis has killed .off prospects
for an early drive to cut income
taxes. ',. .' '"
They still hope, however, that
world tensions will ease so a cut
can-be put through before Con
gress adjourns this summer. .
. : President Eisenhower has
warned against reductions now
but indicated in his Jan. 17 bud
get message-he may change his
mind by the time the Democrat-!
lc congress opens its second ses
sion next January.
Some Democrats have been in
favor of beating him to the
punch to gain a political advan
tage. But party tax experts do
not see how cuts can be justi
fied in view of the Far Eastern
situation and when Democrats
are questioning the wisdom . of
the President's military man
power cutback. '' -
President Honors
Memory of Lincoln
v Washington U.R) Repub
licans " led : by President Eisen
hower paid tribute to Abraham
Lincoln Saturday, at wreath-lay-ingt
ceremonies, ;, banquets and
political conclaves throughout
the nation. "
i The. 146th birthday of the be
loved Civil War president was
celebrated with ' an hour-long
ceremony - at the snow-capped
Lincoln Memorial here at which
the 85-voice choir, of Philadel
phia's Fellowship House sang
a contata, "I. Am. .The People'
written by. Lincoln's biographer,
Carl Sandburg, Maj. Gen. John
H. Stokes, commanding officer
of the Washington Military dis
trict, placed a wreath at the
memorial on behalf of the Pres
ident. .
Mr. Eisenhower himself, on a
weekend hunting trip to Thom
asville, Ga.f issued a statement
urging Republicans to live up
to Lincoln's standards. '
"The' greatness of the Repub
lican party is, and will be, mea
sured by the intensity of its de
votion to the faith of Lincoln,"
he said. .
fo).
an
U V
log
250 Driven Into
Freezing Weather
By Skid Row Blaze
Ramshackle Old Hotel
Becomes Death Trap
Chicago (U.R) Fire turned
a skid row flophouse into a death
trap Saturday, killing 25 men
and driving 250 others into the
street in sub-zero weather.
The Cook county morgue listed
23 bodies recovered and firemen
said they had sighted two others
in the ruins of the ice-encrusted
Barton hotel, an ancient five
story brick structure.
Search Discontinued
A search of the debris was
discontinued after the, fourth
floor caved in. A wrecking com
pany moved in to knock out the
top floors.
Wealthy Mrs. Thomas D.'Mc
Guire, owner of the hotel, said
she spent $65,000 to "fire-proof"
it in recent years. She said she
leased the building to the Gandy
Hotel Co.
Twelve men were injured in
the fire, and were taken to
County hospital. '
Many of the dead were trap
ped in upper floor cubicles par
titioned off with wood, corru
gated iron and wire mesh, each
containing a single bed and little
more. Others perished as they
struggled through smoke-filled
hallways.
Firemen . said, the blaze ' may
have started from ignition of a
bottle of rubbing alcohol a ten
ant upset to rub on his crippled
legs.
The coroner's Office began an
immediate -investigation.
. Scores of the shivering home
less crowded into the nearby
Salvation Army Harbor Lights
mission, many of them clad only
in their underwear.
The fire broke out at 2:30 a.mi
EST, and quickly turned the
ramshackle building into a blaz
ing deathtrap. Outer walls of
the building were left standing,
but the interior was a. shambles
of charred debris.
Night clerk C. W. Harvey said
the fire apparently started in a
rude cubicle occupied by J. Arm
atyz, 63, tentatively identified
as one of the dead.
Another tenant heard Armatyz
scream and found him and his
bed ablaze. Harvey said Armatyz
habitually used rubbing alcohol,
and that it may have caught fire
from a cigaret. v ,.
Ike Chooses Hayes
For Important Post
Thomasville, Ga. (U.R)
President Eisenhower Saturday
named a Negro attorney who
successfully defended one of
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy's, "red
influence" targets to an import
ant post in the District of Col
umbia. The appointment of George. E.
C. Hayes to the District Public
Utilities commission was an
nounced at the President's plan
tation retreat where Mr. Eisen
hower had nothing but the
sniffles to show for a quail hunt.
The President contracted a
slight cold Friday when he set
out from Secretary of Treasury
George Humphrey's 600-acre
estate, only to run into wintery
blasts that tumbled the temper
ature to 22 degrees before dawn
today. Because of his cold and
the continuing raw weather Mr.
Eisenhower decided to stay in
doors. ' ? """" """"":"
Carpenters Reject
Proposed Agreement
Portland -r- (U.R) Some . 5000
Portland ' district carpenters
have decided to do their own ne
gotiation ' apart from the ' state
council of carpenters and have
turned down a proposed new
state-wide wage contract.
The Portland District council
rejected the proposed agree
ment which was the first submit
ted to a vote after four months
of negotiations between the state
carpenters council and the as
sociated general contractors and
Portland- Home Builders assoc
iation." i- "V,.-
Sports Bulletins
Medford defeated Grants
Pass 68 to 39 in a Southern
Oregon Conference basketball
fracas here last night. It was
the Black Tornado's fourth
win this season over the Cave
men and the eighth straight
triumph in the circuit. Jerry
Kalapus, Medford, topped all
scorers with 21.
Crater 54, Illinois Valley 34.
Phoenix 52, Eagle Point 34.
Oregon 70, Idaho 44. -Washington
63, WSC 49..
Yellow Cab 78, Alsea Lum
ber 67.
Russians Reveal
Terms of Proposal
For 10-Power Meet
London (U.R) Russia made
public Saturday its proposal for
a 10-power Formosa conference
in Communist Shanghai, or
New Delhi, India. Britain, with
United States endorsement, al
ready has rejected the Soviet
suggestion.
Moscow radio Announced that
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M
Molotov eight, days ago propos
ed in a meeting with Britain's
Ambassador Sir William Hay ter
that a conference on Formosa
be held in the Red Chinese city
or the Indian capital this month.
Included U. S.
The Russians suggested that
Britain, India and the Soviet
Union invite the other nations
to the meeting including the
United States, Pakistan, Indon
esia, Burma and Ceylon.
Nationalist China ' was not to
be invited, but Red China .would
be. Britain refused the proposal
because it did not include the
Nationalists , and the " United
States has made it clear that it
would attend no talks on For
mosa at which Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-sheks government
was not represented.
Exclusion Impractical ,
The British said they refused
the bid because the exclusion of
Nationalist China from the talks
was "impractical" and the Un
ited States would not consider
such a meeting.
Britain in its diplomatic , re
jection emphasized that a meet
ing on the Formosan ' crisis
would need careful preparation
and advance likelihood it would
achieve concrete results. There
fore the British refusal did not
bar the idea, of a conference
outside the United Nations.
McCarthy, Lee Attack ,
Eisenhower Leadership
' Chicago (U.R) Sen. Joseph
McCarthy and Republican Gov.
J, . Bracken Lee of Utah Satur
day joined in an attack on the
Eisenhower administration for
alleged failure to follow Repub
lican principles. -
Lee questioned. President Eis
enhower's party loyalty and
issued a qualified proposal, for
a new political coalition among
conservative Republicans ... and
dissident Democrats.
McCarthy charged that the ad
ministration . has .dropped .. the
policy of liberation as propound
ed in the GOP platform of 1952
and has. reverted instead to the
Truman administration's policy
of containing Communism.
. McCarthy and Lee spoke at a
meeting sponsored by the Abra
ham Lincoln National Republi
can club and other groups.
No Special Meeting 7 :
Slated at Phoenix
Phoenix Mayor Dan Adams
of Phoenix - reported yesterday
that no special council meeting
to consider Jim Perry's resigna
tion as police chief has been set.
Perry was suspended last Mon
day.... . . - 1--;- .
He said the council was wait
ing for the audit by a Medford
certified public accountant of
the police and court records. It
is expected to be completed early
this week, he added. ;'V
Perry was to submit his writ
ten -resignation last night to
Frank . Lovett, council police
ccramittee chairman. .
IF tire
De Gaulle Backers
Refuse To Support
Premier-Designate
Decision Hurts
Pflimlin Chances !
Paris (U.R) The powerful
rightwing followers ; of ' Gen.
Charles De Gaulle refused' Sat
urday night to join the proposed
government of Premier-designate
Pierre Pflimlin, greatly re
ducing his chances of winning
National Assembly "approval
next week. . '
However, the 48-year-old
Pflimlin still i may succeed in
forming a cabinet to replace the
government of Pierre Mendes
France ousted by the Assembly
last Saturday.
Sharp Blow io Hopes
The Social Republicans, as De
Gaulle's followers now call
themselves, voted 81 to 32 not to
join a cabinet headed by Pflim
lin. This was a sham blow to
the Popular Republican's hopes
of establishing France's 21st
post-war government.
The principal rightist objec
tion was Phlimlin's tentative ap
pointment of Radical Socialist
Rene Mayer as foreign minister,
Mayer is one of the leading ad
vocates in France of a united
Europe, a pro; ect to .which the
JJe uauJUists strongly, object.
May Win Votes .
Western observers said that
although the De . Gaullists - re
fused v their full support to
Pflimlin, the Catholic . MRP
leader may win about 25 of the
rightwing deputies votes when
he asks the Assembly for ap
proval of 'his government late
Monday or early Tuesday.
Diplomatic sources reported
Pflimlin was losing ground ; in
another area in his attempt to
muster some 300 Assembly votes
of approval for. his government.
The Independent Republicans,
who have 138 votes in the As
sembly, were grumbling that
Pflimlin had. not given them
enough of the "plum posts''' in
his cabinet while Radical So
cialists were receiving too
many. ;
U.S. Hearings Set
On School Program
Washington (U.R) The Sen
ate Labor committee will begin
hearings Wednesday On Presi
dent , Eisenhower's school con
struction program.
Chairman Lister Hill (D-Ala.),
said Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby,
Secretary of Health, Education
and Welfare, will be the first
witness. She will be accompan
ied by Dr. Samuel M. Brownell,
education commissioner.
The following day, Hill said,
spokesmen for the National Ed
ucation association will testify
On Friday the committee will
hear, representatives of the
Council of Chief State School
officers. . -
President Eisenhower's pro
gram designed to produce $7,
000,000,000 worth of schools ov
er a three-year, period, features
loans as., well as . some direct
federal grants. ...
U.S. Takes Over Training
rtf YiAi Mum MrifiAnnl Airmr
Saigon, Indochina (U.R) The
United , States Saturday ' took
over.,he. . training , of .. the Viet
Namese National Army in an ef
fort to, build it up as a bulwark
against Communism, Premier
Ngo Dinh Diem announced. ; ,.
Seek 140,000 Man Army
Diem said " the1 program was
aimed at building up a. 140,000
man army by the end of the year
to counter' .the threats of aggres
sion from Communist North Viet
Nam. " ' " " '." '
The premier told a press con
ference the full responsibility
for organization and training of
the Viet Namese forces would be
in the hands of , Gen. John W.
O'Daniel under the overall au
thority : of Gen.- Paul Ely,
France's supreme commander in
Indochina. ' v a ; v
Test of American
Readiness to Fight
May Be in Offing
Tachen Evacuation
Project Completed
Taireh. Formosa. flJ.EJ
A new Red invasion fleet was
reported massing near Matsu is
land today within hours af ter
the evacuation . of the Tachen
islands. The reports indicated
the Chinese Communists may
plan to test the United State's
readiness to fight for the strate
gic off-shore islands.
Nationalist sources said Com
munist gunboats, motorized
junks and other invasion craft
were, concentrated in the past
48 hours near Matsu, 150 miles
south of the Tachens, which
were evacuated to the Reds un
der cover of the U.S. 7th fleet.
No Troops Sighted'
.in wasnington vice Admiral
Robert P. Briscoe said that
from all indications and recon-
naisance reports the sighted
Chinese junks are engaged in
fishing." He conceded junks
were used by the Reds for troop
movements, but said "it's hard
to hide troops on a junk" and
that no troops had been sighted
in the area.
He said the Tachen evacua
tion "turned out to be an en?
tirely. routine operation" and
that 28,500 Nationalist soldiers
and civilians along with 40,000
tons of military equipment were
removed irom tne lsiano.
. High . military officials in
Washington said that the Com
munists probably will continue
trying to make trouble in For
mosa strait with probing attacks
but they doubted the Reds would
fnr fi a'nt.iiTH Matsii rr Oitmr)V
in the immediate future. .
f Matsu and Quemoy island, 150
miles still farther south, now are
tne Key lsiana outposts lor lien
eralissimo : Chiang Kai-shek's
forces guarding the approaches
to Formosa. . -
Matsu Probe Predicted
' Nationalist sources said today
that with Tachen evacuated the
Communists probably will probe
Matsu, Quemoy and Nanchishan
io see wnere ine umiea oiaies
stands in backing the new
Chiang' defense line.-
The Communists were expect
ed to " follow the; pattern they
set around Tachen. The Reds
shelled and bombed Yikiang is
land, just north of Tachen and
found : they had not yet come
up against the American "fast
line" of defense, the National
ists said.
- The Communists probably
will make stabs at the other
little offshore islands still, held
by the Nationalists to see where
the U.S. now stands on protect
ing such outposts as Matsu, the
Nationalists said. ' '
. The miphtv U.S. 7th fleet.
which covered 1 the evacuation
operation at Tachen, had steam
ed south today to take up its
defense positions in the Formosa
straits. .'
Hill Named Chief
Of Eugene Police
rt.n :iidi r;r if. n
Robert Finlayson announced
Saturday that State Police Ser
geant Vern Hill has been 'ap
pointed chief fit police at Eu
gene. fi--:: . .,v:,..
The 42-year-old Hill has been
a member' of the state police for
20 years and for the last nine
years has been assigned to the
Eugene area. He will take his
new office about the first of
March.
f , "This - program, which has
been studied and discussed for
long months, has met with the
agreement of the interested par
ties: Viet Nam, France and the
United States," Diem said. - r
Praise For Generals
He said the number of coun
selors and instructors would be
progressively decreased with
the improvement "in the Viet
Namese Army's effectiveness.
: He " praised Ely and Gen. J.
Lawton ' Collins, special U. S.
ambassador to Indochina, for
their efforts to build up war and
strife torn south Viet Nam. -i
The premier stressed that the
program for the armed forces
was only a part of the total aid
program of France and the Unit
ed States-