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0 IN SsigiGiaflS . r. mm 111 Clone t IFote f AiirlDmieir J c Rome (U.R) An oil slick spotted on the Tyrrhenian sea e today provided the first appar ent clue to the fate of a missing Belgian airliner and its 29 pas sengers and crewmen. The oil slick was discovered by an Italian Air Force search 3 plane, off the port town of Santa Severa, 30 miles north of Rome, The Italian plane was one of the large American - Italian search team. ' Slick Investigated Italian sea planes immediately went to the scene from their base at the nearby Air-Sea Res cue Center at Vigna di Valley. 0 The Italian corvette Cedro ar rived off Santa Serva to investi gate and anotner corvette was ordered to the scene and due to arrive about nightfall. Among tne passengers were four Americans and Italian mov ie starlet, Marcella Mariani, 20, o who was "Miss Italy" of 1953. Search Near Rome o A search throughout the night and this morning failed to confirm earlier reports that the wreckage of the plane had been sighted in the barren moun tains north of Rome. Italian newspapers had report ed that an Italian Air Force hel icopter had sighted the wreck age near Madonna del Piano, near Sutri and about 30 miles north of Rome. The plane was a mere 15 minutes from its stop over destination at Rome, en route to Leopoldville in the Bel gian Congo from Brussels. s The search concentrated north of Rome, however, for shepherds reported they had seen a great fire raging in the woods some 10 miles south of Viterbo. Al- Independent Stores Cut Coffee Prices All Independently owned gro cery stores in the Medf ord area have cut the price on nationally advertised brands of coffee six cents a pound, from $1.09 to $1.03, it was announced today by C. R. Baucom, of the Inde pendent Grocers association. "Independent stores are lead ing the way in the price drop on nationally advertised brands," Baucom declared. He noted that there will be no immediate cut in nationally advertised brand prices in the Ashland and Grants Pass areas. Safeway stores last week an nounced price cuts on its three brands, with some of the de creases amounting to as much as 18 cents. Other brands were unchanged at that time. ., Burial Plans Made For Gen. Somervell Ocala, Fla. U.R) Plans for burial in Arlington National cemetery were being made to day for Gen. Brehon H. Somer vell, industrialist and former Arijny service and supply chief vsVo Soi ; ly of ,.o died here yesterday. v . Somervell, 62, died apparent- y of a heart attack at his home here during a leave of absence as board chairman and president of the Hoppers' Co., Inc., of Pittsburgh. He retired from the Army in 1946. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 411.39 off 2.60, 20 rail roads 145.69 up 0.17, 15 utilities 62.32 off 0.04, 65 stocks 152.07 off 0.48. Sales today were about 2,950,000 shares. Final Preparations Made for Atomic Explosion Scheduled in Nevada Tuesday Las Vegas (U.R) Officials today made final secret prepara tions for the first atomic, ex plosion tomorrow of "Operation e Teapot," a 1955 series of nuclear blasts designed to "keep our strength at peak level." No Alternative . Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Lewis L. Strauss, here to witness the test, told news men yesterday that recent So viet boasts of vast atomic stock piles leave the U.S. with "no alternative - but to, keep, our strength at peak level. The con sequences" of any other course , would, imperil our liberty, even our existence." Strauss said the current series of tests also will "prove highly important data which can be ob tained in no other manner on though the area is only about 30 miles north of Rome, it is one of the most desolate in Italy with rocky, barren hills and valleys of underbrush which have been the traditional hide out of bandits. . ; Americans Identified The Americans were: Paul Leroy. 28. Lake Hiawa tha, N.J., -Robert Singer, 30, of Brooklyn, N.Y., E. J. Suter, 48, of Brussels, and Mrs. Gloria Guerrieri, secretary of Miss Mar iani who lives in Rome. Crewmen were all Belgians with exception of the English co-pilot, Patrick MacNamara. Code Correction Package Approved By Vote in House Salem U.R) The Oregon House today opened its sixth week of business with a full calendar of 23 bills up for final passage, including a code correc tion package of 15 measures. The corrective bills were all given quick approval with the exception of one referred to the Tax committee where a similar bill is being considered. Purpose of the judiciary package was to correct errors discovered in the total code revision and rewrit ing job accomplished by the 1953 legislature. The measures were : previously passed by the Senate ; ir Tax Law Loophole The House also gave unani mous approval to a bill that would, plug a loophole that no one had. noticed before in the corporation excise tax law. The bill now goes to the Senate and if it is approved and signed by the governor, corporations will be required to report accounts receivable -,as taxable - income when they "; dissolve. Corpora tions are now free of that re quirement. A bill introduced by Rep. Ed win Johnson (R.-Eugene) to in clude park and recreation dis tricts : and . drainage districts among those whose assets and liabilities are accepted by cities annexing the districts was given unanimous approval. Also passed at today's long session was a bill permitting married persons under 21 to make wills. , (See story on Page 5) Factory Searched For Victims of Fire Minneapolis (U.R) An ex plosion : wrapped a Cargill, Inc., plant in flames today, critically burning at least 13 persons and possibly trapping more victims inside. Firemen said they had spot ted no bodies shortly after the exDlosion blasted through a three-story metal linseed oil ex traction plant. . However, firemen were ,sent into the ruins to search for pos sible victims trapped inside. The cause of the blast was not known, immediately. ' Oregon Observes 96th Statehood Anniversary Salem (U.R) Happy birthday, dear Oregon. Hap py biYthday lo youl Oregon, the Valentine state, eame into being just 96 years age today, Feb. 14, 1859. Sen ators and representatives paused briefly lo observe the state's S6th birthday. which to build a sound and ef fective system of civil defense." AEC and Defense Department officials planned to announce at a news conference, today whether the nuclear device will be detonated, from a tower . and whether any troops will partici pate. ' v -Weather Instruments Watched Scientists, meanwhile;, kept a close watch on weather instru ments for signs of weather dis turbances which could postpone the initial "shot." Strong public protests regarding "fallout" from previous tests here and in the Pacific are being kept in mind and any unfavorable weather conditions would cause a postponement, even at the last minute. But w t a t h t r conditions ap Pflimlin Gives Up Attempt To Form French Cabinet President Calls on Socialist Group Leader Paris (U.R) Pierre Pflimlin gave up attempts to form a gov ernment today and President Rene Coty issued an urgent call to Socialist Christian Pineau to attempt to gather support nec essary to become the next pre mier of France. The deepening 10-day-old crisis which began with the ouster of Pierre Mendes-Franc threw the future of German re armament and the Western Eu ropean Union in doubt. Ratfication Delayed Ratification of the Paris Agreements has been delayed in the upper chamber of parlia ment pending the confirmation of a new premier and cabinet. Pineau, 50-year-old leader of the powerful Socialist parli amentary group and a friend of the United States, agreed to start preliminary talks toward drawing up a program. He said he will seek permission of his party, which has 104 deputies, to become premier-designate. Head Franco-American Group Pineau is head of a Franco American friendship society in the National Assembly. The Socialists have remained outside the givernment for the last three years although . they compromise the largest single party in the assembly. They supported the fallen government of Mendes-France on West Ger man rearmament and other ma jor issues. By calling Pineau, Coty turn ed to a left-of-center majority in "an attempt to end the govern ment crisis that resulted from the fall of the Mendes-France government. Hall Thinks Ike Will Run Again Washington (U.R) Republic can National Chairman Xeohard W. Hall discussed 1956 GOP con vention plans with President Ei senhower, today and said after wards he still thinks the Presi dent will be available for a second term. Hall also said that Chicago, Philadelphia and San Francisco are the leading cities under con sideration for the 1956 GOP presidential nominating conven tion. He said Mr. Eisenhower favors a late date and a "shorter campaign," goals also desired by the Democratic party. Hall . said the subject of Mr. Eisenhower's own 1956 inten tions did not enter into today's discussion. But he added that nothing happened to change his assumption that Mr. Eisenhower will be available for renomin ation. .: , (See story on Page 3) Jessel's Girl Friend Apparent Suicide Beverly Hills, Calif. (U.R) Abigail Adams, the part time ac tress who waited in vain 11 years for Actor George Jessel to marry her, apparently took an overdose of sleeping pills to end her own life, police reported today. The 31-year-old beauty was discovered yesterday by Max Marks, who said he had escorted her to several night clubs Satur day. Marks' told police he ; ar rived at her apartment to fmd a "do not disturb" sign on the door. The coroner scheduled an autopsy for later today. ; A friend of Miss Adams tele phoned Jessel, who fainted when he heard Miss Adams had died. An, heiress, Miss Adams stop ped extensive dating with Jessel in December, saying she no long er wished to be a playgirl. ; peared ideal and spokesmen said the experiment apparently would come off on time unless some link in the intricate firing cnam should balk. . . . About Same as 1953 Tests Strauss . and test manager James E. Reeves said that the 1955 series of nuclear explosions would be about the same as the 1953 series here in number of devices tested and their power. Two years ago, ten devices, few of the explosions are of com pleted weapons, were tested with their -power ranging up to an estimated equivalent of 65,000 tons of TNT. The series will be climaxed in mid-April with a major civil defense test involving a replica city now being built on the Ne vada desert. Some flOOO troops will participate. Medfokd United J?rss full Leased Wire 49th Year 14 Pages Girl Critically Injured in Crash; Two Others Hurt Accident Victim Still Unconscious A young Medf ord woman is in critical condition today at Sacred Heart hospital and two others are hospitalized as r the result of a one-car accident early Sunday northeast of the Med ford city limits. Donna Nelson, 20, of 408 Beat ty st., has not regained consci ousness since the accident which occurred at about 1:30 a.m. Sun day at Spring st., and Pierce rd. The girl received a bead in jury and a minor leg injury in the mishap. Miss Nelsdn underwent sur gery last night at the hospital. Two Girls Hospitalized Also hospitalized are Donita Wright, 19, of 1461 East Mc Andrews rd., who received hip and ankle injuries, and Jean Ragsdale, 20, of 513 Palm st., who received cuts and bruises and hip and leg injuries. Hos pital attendants said both were in good condition. Also taken to the hospital were Robert Yarnell, 22, Phoe nix, driver of the car, and Ted Dean Yarnell, 20, of 2348 Camp Baker rd. Both were examined and released. All five of the young people were taken to the hospital by Medford Abulance service. Car Overturned ' Police said the car was turn ing from Pierce rd. to Spring st. when the accident occurred. The car went out of control, go ing over a four- foot mbankment and rolled over several times ac cording to investigating officers. Two Woman Tumble From Auio; One Dead Eugene (U.R) Mrs.Mar- jorie Stewart, 51, of Seattle, died here today, of injuries suf fered in an automobile accident yesterday in which another Seat tle woman was injured. Mrs. Stewart had suffered a skull fracture and other injuries when she was thrown from a car and run over by a truck four miles east of Willamette Pass. Mrs. Ruby Featherstone suf fered internal injuries and a possible fractured arm. State police said the two wo men were riding in a car driven I by Cullen Avery Witener, 61, also of Seattle. When the veh icle went out of control on an icy spot, one of the women grab bed the door handle and, as the car , door opened, reached for her companion. Both; women fell to the pave ment. An , oncoming delivery truck, driven by Furman Skill- em Milburn, Creswell, Ore., was unable to stop and passed over them. , 4 GUERRILLA LADY Famed Chinese lady pirate and guer rilla leader, "Two Gun Wang Pa-Mei" (above), told news men on her arrival at Taipeh, Formosa that the Communist Chinese have been crucifying women guerrilla fighters they capture on offshore islands. "I've seen five of their vic tims. They were crucified on poles and then floated down so we could see them." The 46 -year -old anti-Communist leader is also known as Miss Huang Pai Chi. I MEDFORD, OREGON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1955 - t. w y - 4. ... UNUSUAL NEW AIRPLANE, capable of rising vertically and then tilting helicopter rotors to conventional propeller position for horizontal flight is rolled out at Bell Aircraft Corp. plant at Fort Worth, Tex., for inspection. It is reported designed for high speed. ; (International) Criminal Mailers Keep Law Officers F - Busy Over Weekend Local law enforcement offic ers were busy with several crim inal matters over the weekend. The sheriff's office and city police interrogated a youth who admitted, in a signed statement, 13 crimes in the Rogue valley, most of them last summer. The district attorney's office reported this morning that the youth, Milton Edward Wallace, 18, Box 55, Phoenix, would be charged with ' larceny from a building. It involves a theft of fotrKbows' and :25" arrows last August from Southern" Oregon college, they added. Admits Other Thefts Other admissions, included gas, tire and wheel thefts in the Medford and Ashland areas, and 14 watermelons from around Talent. Two other SOC thefts included a bed and mat tress and clothing items. Three Grants Pass youths were arrested early yesterday morning , in a raid by sheriff's deputies, state police and Liquor commission representatives at Rogue River. Charged with il legal possession of liquor were Paul, Leslie Seagoe, 18, and two 17-year-old boys. The arrests were , made on the grounds of the VFW hall in that city . Frank Sylvester Jantzer, 39, Prospect, was arrested Friday by the sheriff's office on a charge of contributing to the delin quency of two minor girls.' Bail was set at $2,000 on the war rant, officers said. Pleads Guilty In district court action on Friday, Robert Lawrence Ray, 22, of 11 B st., Ashland, charged with furnishing' liquor to minors pleaded guilty and was fined $50 and $5 costs on the charge. Three , others charged with il legal possession of intoxicating liquor, were fined $20 and $5 costs, after pleading guilty to the charges. Included were Ev elyn Jean Todd, 18, of 171 B st., Ashland, Paul Leon Jacks, 19, of 54 Mountain ave., and a 17-year-old girl from Ashland. Sheriff Howard Gault took two men, sentenced to three year in the state penitentiary, to Salem today. They were John Arthur Showalter, 29, Porters ville, Calif., charged with grand larceny, and Donald William Coggins, 19, of 1700 Prune st., charged with parole violation. Work Now Underway on Third Floor at Annex Pouring of the second floor concrete slab in the new court house annex was completed last week and work is now being done on the third floor. Earlier, freezing weather de layed concrete work. Workmen did wall work until the floor work could be resumed. . Salem (U.R) - John Moore of Salem has been reelected president of the AFL Oregon State Council of Retail Clerks. Weather FORECAST Variable high cloudiness tonight and Tues day. Continued mild in after noons. Low tonight about 30. High Tuesday 58. Temp. Highest yesterday 59 Lowest this ' morning 30 fcTRIBUNE United " -ym-m at- , - , , IJN ""w . . . NafipnaSists To Move Civilians Off Hanchi As Attack Expected Taipeh, Formosa U.R) Generalissimo Chiang , Kai-shek said today it had "been made nrefectly clear" that the United States would defend Matsu and Quemoy islands. He said the two Nationalist outposts . just off the Communist- held mainland were vital to the defense of Formosa itself and that in no case will they be abandoned. ," Quemoy, only a few miles from the Communist-held port of Amoy, was the scene Sunday of a 3Vi-hour duel between National ist and Communist artillery. Matsu is about midway between Quemoy and Tachen. Taipeh, Formosa (U.R) The Nationalists prepared today to evacuate civilians from the tiny northern pjpost islanoV4JH chi in expectation, of anHrlyl chi in ' expectation of an early Communist attack, Nanchi lies 120 miles north of Formosa and became General issimo Chiang Kai-shek's north ern block to Red Chinese island hopping forces with the loss of the Tachens. Some of the Tachen garrison was reported transfer red there. Military sources said 2,000 civilians on the island would be brought out starting Tuesday in order to avoid casualties, . but Gen. Peng Meng-Chi, the Na tionalist commander, said the island was not being evacuated but would be defended at all costs. , , '; Island Front Quiet i' i The island front was report ed quiet' today although heavy concentrations of Airierican war ships were still reported north of Formosa. There wasio new report of Communist shelling of Quemoy Island just off the Red Chinese port of . Amoy. . Chinese Communist artillery and Nationalist ,- artillery on Quemoy .fought : a three-hour battle Sunday, afternoon until the .Nationalists silenced .the Red guns, the military informa tion service reported. ; ; The announcement : said Red units firing from tiny Tatang Island, one of the islands form- Judge Barnett To Hear Civil Cases in County Circuit Judge Pro Tem Bar nett . H. Goldstein, Portland, began work here today for two weeks in the Jackson county circuit court, according to court officials.. ; -: Goldstein, who was; here re cently for a brief period, will handle civil matters in the ab sence of Judge ; H, K. ;Hanna, who is recuperating from an ill ness . Judge Orval Millard, Jose phine county, is-expected here on Thursday to hear criminal cases. .. . .' . , . . , .' AMBULANCE CALLED Medford Abulance service was called to Antelope rd. in the Camp White vicinity, early this afternoon. A California Oregon Power company man on a line truck reportedly was hurt. There were no details. - MORSE TO SPEAK .. j Portland : (U.R) Sen. Wayne L. Morse (I-Ore.) will deliver a political address here Thursday night at a public meeting of the Multnomah County Democratic Central Committee. Portland (U.R- Alva , Allen Cooper, 78, of Gladstonedied of an apparent heart attack while climbing a tree to rescue his cat: Cooper died as a neighbor attempted ' to ' assist :hiin' from the tree. ress full leased Wlr Price 5c No. 282 .jjJMr 1 .s'Sr!ifwWT ing a half moon around Que' moy, lobbed about 250 shells onto Quemoy's main defense, in- 9"?"ns... - f ? uitary observers inJTaJpeh were convinced the Communists would strike soon against either Quemoy, which is just opposite Formosa, or against Matsu which is halfway between Quemoy and the abandoned Tachens. Oregon City Police Raid Nets Teen-Agers Oregon City (U.R) - Five teen-agers were arrested and two of them booked on morals charges early Sunday as police raided an ; apartment here fol lowing complaints from neigh bors. - : : - ' " Sgt Stanley J. Orzechowski said police found two babies in the apartment, a : two-year-old and a 19-month-old. Occupants of the apartment, Bertha Marie Sumpter, 19, and Glenn Levern Arnett, 19, of Portland, were charged with lewd cohabitation. Orzechowski said Miss Sump ter admitted maternity, of the younger child. .Three . other teen-agers seen leaving the apartment were charged with illegal possession of liquor. Chou Says US Attack Would Bring Defeat ' London (U.R) Red China's Premier Chou En-lai said ' today "if the United States aggressive circles dare to launch n aggres sive attack against us, the Chi nese peoples are determined to defeat them." "We warn the United States aggressive circles" that the Red Chinese "are determined and have the strength to defend their own .territory," Chou said.' The Chinese Premier-Foreign Minister spoke at a reception in Peiping given by the Soviet charge -d'affaires in honor of today's fifth anniversary of the signing of the Sino-Soviet mutual assistance treaty. ' ' Warden, Sheriff To Appear On Charges of Eugene (U J?) Clarence T. Gladden, , warden of the '. state penitentiary, and C. H. Baird. Sr. Douglas county sheriff, were to appear today in Lane Coun ty Circuit Court here for a hear ing on charges of contempt of court filed against them. ' " Transfer of Prisoner , The charges grew out of the secret transfer of Donald ' " E. Bailey, convicted robber, from the Salem prison to the Douglas county jail at Roseburg in No vember, 1953. .V : v Bailey, who has been called the "boss con" of the statelSs- on. was returned to SalesAft. Communists Said Still Determined To Seize Island Soviet Support Pledged To China United Nations, N. Y (U.R) The U. N. Security Council today surveyed the failure of its efforts to arrange a For mosa cease-fire and then step ped aside lo let diplomats make a new attempt, outside the United Nations. ' The brief counsel stition was adjourned, without set ting a date for its next meet ing, after defeating a Russian move to force debate of So iet resolution branding the United States an aggressor in Formosa. - United Nations, N. Y. CU.TR) : The Formosan crisis entered a dangerous new phase today. Both Nationalist China and the Communist regime in Pei ping served blunt notice that the evacuation of Nationalist torces from the Tachen Islands has not eased Communist deter-' minatlon to seize Formosa. Alerted for New Efforts Diplomats in the United Na.; tions and ; across the Atlantic were alerted for new efforts to o prevent the Formosan dusnnte from flaming into war. The U. N. Security Council.' meeting today to resume its dis cussion of the situation, was con- . fronted with these facts: 1. Generaliscimn fViiro vj - shek, in Taipeh, predicted the- enmese Reds will be encour aged now to attack Formosa itself and he declarer tha TTnito States will assist him in defend ing Quemoy and Matsu Islands, just off the mainland coast. Washington Disagrees . Washington sources insisted the United States had taken no hard and fast position on the de fense of Quemoy and Matsu and tne ultimate decision would de pend upon the circumstances ex isting at the time the issue be-, came urgent. 2. Moscow Radio pledged So- . viet support to Communist China in its efforts to "liberate" For mosa and the offshore islands. evacuating civilians from the tiny northern island of Nanchi, in anticipation of an early Com munist attack. ; 4. Quemoy was subjected to a heavy Communist artillerv pounding from Red guns on the mainland, only 2,000 ; yards away, yesterday. Nationalist bat teries on the islands claimed to have silenced the Communist guns after a three hour dueL Attacks Expected 5. Military observers ' in Tai peh predicted the Reds will strike next at Quemoy. just on- posite Formosa or at Matsu, half way between Quemoy and the abandoned. Tachens. Diplomats here doubted any new U." N. action would be taken or recommended pending efforts of "secret diplomacy" to solve the crisis. 1 ; - The key man in the diDlo- ma tic maneuvering, I n d i a's Prime Minister . Jawaharlal Nehru, said in London today that he still is confident di plomacy can win a truce. Oral Arguments Set In State High Court District Attorney Walter Nun- ley reported today that he has received notice that oral argu ments ; will be made March Z before the state supreme court on the constitutionality of the law on ' not sufficient funds checks. The matter is up for review by the state's highest court, aft er a local circuit - court ruling termed the law questionable. The local case concerned a charge against Walter Pirkey, 4Z, uentrai Point, and involved a $120 check payable to Cook- sey Motors on April 3, 1953. Attorney Edward Kelly is rer resenting the defense. Corvallis (U.R) Albert Bauer, Portland businessman. has been elected president' of the uregon Mate College Dads club. Contempt er his attorney, Charles O. For-" ter oi jLugene, petitioned for writ of habeas corpus, charging that Bailey was' held illegally and incommunicado. ' Made To Restore Order Warden Gladden said he made the transfer to restore order and discipline to the prison follow ing an inmate riot Bailey was alleged to have played a mF--Part in the riot . , i,f; Porter filed an earlier writ in the Douglas County Cu-cuii Court, but Judge John X w SSSbC " i declared the petition mx mm
