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3)(Q Mil! Bfei f?w-sir J ilk 1 .. iiniw irrn .mi,.,,,,, ! itf.fffMmyg STRAIN OF WINNING first prize of winners at New York's 79th Annual Westminster Dog Show Is too much for St. Bernard Orion of Dolomount n, who submits glumly to an ice pack for head ache after standing too long during judging. (International) James Miller Named Stockmen President , James C. Miller Jr., Medford, was elected president of the Jackson 'County Stockmen's as sociation yesterday at the organ ization's eighth annual meeting, held at the Central Point Grange hall. - . ' Other highlights of the meet ing, one of the best attended in the history of the organization, included a unanimous vote in favor of the federal brucellosis, or Bang's disease, control pro gram. ! Warren Bayliss was elected vice-president of the association, and W. B. Tucker was reelected secretary. A treasurer will be selected by the board of direc tors. ; j Six directors were elected at the meeting, and three others, for the Prospect, Sams Valley and Rogue River districts, will be chosen later. The association, which previously i ncliided seven districts, has been expand ed to nine through division of the old Medford-Central Point district and addition of the Eagle Point district. ' . ' ? Those named to the board in cluded Frank Preston Jr., Apple .gate, reelected; W. Lloyd Stew art. Ashland, elected: Alfred : Peile, ., Sams ; Valley-Beagle, re elected; John Bohnert,. Central Point, elected; ,' Gail P. Buffing ton, Medford, elected; Charles . Stanley, Lake Creek, elected. ' The , association's recommen dation concerning the brucel losis control program will be forwarded to the Jackson county court, which will make the final decision on county acceptance of the plan. -The county court already has indicated that it will abide by any decision reached by the stockmen's association. The resolution on the brucel losis control program included a request that the county court allow members of the associa tion to ask a change in the veter inarian assigned to any one herd if conditions make such a change I desirable. ; The association named a five man disease problem committee to represent and act as spokes- Knowland in Accord With Dulles' Speech Washington (U.R) Senate Re publican Leader William, F. Knowland, who often has been at odds with the administration's Far East policy, said he was "per fectly satisfied" with Dulles' speech last night. He said Dulles "made it perfectly clear that we do not intend to permit Commu nist China to nibble away on the free world." Knowland, asserting that Nationalist-held 'offshore islands are important to the defense of Formosa and the Pescadores," said the United States "should not adopt a doctrine that every thing within a 12-mile limit off the China coast should belong to Communist China." Count Hasn't Of O&C Fund Jackson, county has, as yet, re ceived no formal notification concerning its share of more than $5,000,000 in funds to be disbursed to 18 Oregon counties from the Oregon and California land fund. County Commissioners L. G. Morthland and Chester Wendt said this morning that they will be unable to comment on what use will be made of the county's share of the funds until such notification is received. Second Largest Share ' United Press yesterday listed Jackson county's share as $815, 047.88. This is the second largest share, as reported by the news service. Only Douglas county, with f $1,3 11, 523. 74, will receive a larger portion. The funds are in addition to those which the county receives each year from O&C land tim- t men for the association. Those named to the group were B. M. (Bud) Hoover, J. W. Bigham, Don Nichols, Gene Hansen, and Henry Owen. Don Smith, a member of the Southwest Medford 4-H lamb club, reported on his experiences at a range camp held last sum mer on the Deschutes river. The camp was sponsored by the Northwest Section, . American Society of Range Management. Smith, who was sponsored by the stockmen's association, was one of three youths attending the camp from Jackson county. Three Guilty Pleas Entered in Court Three people pleaded guilty to charges in district court yes terday, and ; two others were lodged in the county jail, ac cording to court and jail records. Roy Dean Shepherd, 18, of route 2, box 670A, Central Point, and a 17-year-old Central Point boy, pleaded guilty to larceny of two wood stoves, a plow, and scrap iron from Juichi Joe Ko yoma, 320 South Central ave. Sentencing was .postponed un til M arch 2, and both were released to the younger boy's father. The boys are scheduled to appear Saturday in juvenile court. , . . Edwin Maurice Hayes, 46, of route 1, box' 87, Eagle Point, pleaded guilty to fishing with prohibited methods and was fined $25 and costs. He was charged with using a spear to fish for steelhead in Antelope creek. ." . Jailed were John Samuel Smith, 22, Chico, Calif., wanted by Orange county, Calif., au thorities on a grand theft charge, and Grace Rose Strunk, 35, Klamath Falls, arrested in Klam ath Falls by Paul Hanlin, depu ty U.- S. Marshal, on a parole violation charge. Churchill Would Welcome Eisenhower London (U.R) Prime Minis ter Winston Churchill said again today he would be "glad to wel come" President Eisenhower on a visit to Britain. . . Asked . by a Socialist in . the House of Commons whether he would invite ; Mr. Eisenhower here to discuss Formosa, or go himself to Washington, Church ill said: "The President has long known how glad we should be to welcome him in our country, to which he has had cordial in vitations. "I have, in fact, been to see him three times in . the United States or Bermuda since he was elected President and I would gladly go again if the occasion was opportune, but I must be the judge of that." - ; Yet Received Payment; Share 2nd Largest ber sales. Authority for the pay ment, was provided in a -bill passed last year, and the funds, which represent past timber sales, have been in dispute since 1916. W. A. Lafferty, attorney who represented Clackamas county in an effort to obtain disburse ment of the funds, is seeking from each of the counties in volved a fee would be based on the percentage of the total which each of the counties is to receive. Jackson county is among those which has set aside funds to ob tain the services of a Washing ton, D. C, attorney to fight the case in court. 5 """" 25 Vs.. 75 A ) Under law only 25 per cent of the proceeds from the sale of forest service timber is distrib uted to counties where the tim ber is located. Under the Oregon- 142 Aged Trapped In Condemned Wooden Mission Lack of Escape Route Adds to Heavy Toll Yokohama, Japan (U.R) A lire raged through a condemned wooden dormitory of a Catholic mission early today trapping and burning to death 99 aged Japanese women. The former Japanese Navy barracks had no fire escapes, onlv one exit and an inariemiate water supply. A well pump had Been out 01 order tor two days. Because of the bad water sup ply Japanese and 'American firemen who arrived 10 to 15 minutes after the blaze was dis covered were unable to check it. It was Japan worst postwar fire disaster. Welfare Ministry and Fire De partment officials said the Fran ciscan Missionaries of Mary, an international group that oper ates the home, had been warned repeatedly that the main dormi tory Duiiaing was unsafe. Asleep in the building at the time were 142 Japanese women ranging in age from 60 to 96, and three nuns.' Ninety-eight died in the flames, one suc cumbed to severe burns later and one was missing, the district tire cmef announced. Forty-five women escaped, in cluding the three nuns. Firemen Poke Embers Mother Superior Marie St. Longin of Canada, her white habit black with soot, stood be side the flattened ruins of the two-story dormitory and convent cnapei and watched firemen pok ing with shovels through embers for bodies of victims. "There was no water. What can you do with no water?" she kept saying over and over. Scores of bodies were found piled in front of doorways. ( Authorities said the dead in cluded Hisako Oyama, 80, who helped Italian Composer Oia- como Puccini arrange the Jap anese melodies for his opera, "Madame Butterfly." . - Fires KilM3 In U. S.r Canada By UNITED PRESS Roaring fires in the United States and Canada have killed at least 13 persons. The lethal rash of blazes also included a gas explosion which ripped through a downtown ac counting firm office in Seguin, Tex. Three persons were in jured, one critically. This country's worst fire Wednesday night was at Balti more, Md., where a three-story building's fire-weakened walls collapsed on 20 firemen. At least one fireman was killed, five more were missing in the rubble and presumed dead, and 10 were injured. In Montreal, Canada, at least 11 persons were killed and 10 were injured when fire de stroyed a five-story, block-large apartment house during a swirl ing snowstorm. John Wesler Gunter. a 67-year- old naralvtfc was burned to death as he lay helplessly in his bed at Indianapolis. Ind.. Wednesday. - Radio Highlights Sen. Wayn Morse (Ind. Ore.) will make . ' major address over radio station KYJC (1230 kc) tonight at 8:30. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 410.41 up 0.43; 20 rail roads 145.65 off 0.47; 15 utilities 63.60 off 0.19, and 65 stocks 151.86 off 0.14. Sales today were about 3,030,000 shares compared with 3,660,000 shares yesterday. Notification California programs, the coun ties get 75 per cent. A bill passed last year settled the distribution of funds according to the larger Oregon and California payment. In Sinking Fundi In the past, Jackson county has used money received in the annual O&C payments in a se ries of sinking funds, which have been used to offset taxes. The major sinking funds have been used to offset taxes : for road construction, and to construct the courthouse annex, which is slated for completion this year. - Last year the county paid off the last of its road bonds, and was free from indebtedness for the first time in more than 30 years. It was a leader among Oregon counties in highway con struction in the early 1920s, and was among the first to bond it self for the purpose. MEDFORDe&JTRIBUNE united fress Full Leased Wire 49th Year 24 Pages Dulles Warns Red China, Western Europe in Speech American Forces Won't Be Hog-Tied By LYLE C. WILSON, United Press Correspondent Washington (U.R) Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles' blunt warning that Red China shall not shoot its way toward Formosa was equally a warning to the Western European Allies of the United States. Beyond that, it was a reassur ance to the American people that the military might and diplo matic efforts of this country would not again be hog-tied, handcuffed and sewed in a sack, as in the recent Korean war. Fight Implied Dulles spoke Wednesday night in New York before the Foreign Policy Association. He strongly implied that the United States would fight if Red China sought to, make the near-shore islands of Quemoy and Matsu stepping stones toward the seizure of For mosa. It is confidently expected that this firm position will be badly received by the Western European Allies of the United States. Western Europe is jittery with anxiety over a third world war. Its press and diplomacy alike are exerting great pressure on the United States to back down in the Far East. Dulles' speech was deliberate notice to Red China and Western Europe that the United States would stand fast. There is an urgent hope in Washington that the Commu nists in control of China will not miscalculate the determination of this country. Bi-Partisan . Praise . . . There was bipartisan congres sional agreement but in vary ing degrees that Dulles did a good- job, in letting, the Com munists know where. this coun try stands, even though he did not spell out every detail. Chairman Walter F. George (D-Ga.) of the Senate Foreign Re lations Committee, said Dulles made U.S. policy on Formosa "as clear as he could." Chairman Styles Bridges (N.H.) of the Senate Republican Policy Committee, said the speech "clearly indicates our in tention to assist in the defense of Quemoy and the Matsus if they should be attacked as step ping stones for an invasion." Major Points But there was much more in Dulles' speech than a show of willingness to fight if necessary. The speech may prove to be one of the most significant in Dulles' State Department career. Under careful .analysis, the speech proved to be more conciliatory than otherwise. Here are some major points: 1. The United States' prime objective is a peaceful' settle ment and stability in the Far East. . . ... 2. There was a strong hint that Red China might, in the end, gain control of the near-shore is lands by peaceful negotiation. 3. The United States is not pledged to defend the near-shore islands but is pledged to defend Formosa and the Pescadores. 4. The "massive retaliation" concept of meeting Communist aggression which Dulles spon sored a . year ago apparently is dead. 5. The speech left the United States in a position of inviting further, negotiation of the Far Eastern problem on any reason able basis. ,; Key Reference The key reference to negotia tion in Dulles' speech was this: "It is hardly to be expected that the Communist Chinese will de nounce their ambitions (to seize Formosa). However, might they not renounce their efforts to realize their goals by force?" Dulles added that the United States was wholly committed to "assure that Formosa and the Pescadores will not be forcibly taken over by the Chinese Com munists." Taipeh, Formosa (U.R) Na tionalist officials predicted fail ure today for Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' appeal to Peiping for peaceful solution of the Formosan crisis and noted a big Communist buildup on Southeast China's "invasion coast." - '.' - The semi-official" Chinatone News Agency said Red Gen. Lin Piao, commander of the Chinese volunteers" in Korea, had de- MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1955 Morse Schedules Major Speech in Portland Tonight Solon Expected To Tell Political Plans ' Portland (U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse scheduled a major speech here tonight amid speculation that he might disclose his 1956 political plans. Morse so far has not said whether he will run for reelec tion as a Democrat next year al though he now sits on the Demo cratic side of the Senate and voted with the Democrats to give them control of the body. Statewide Broadcast Morse was to speak before the Multnomah county Demo cratic Central Committee - Jack Travis, secretary of the Friends of Wayne Morse Committee in charge of the broadcast, said it would be carried throughout the state at 8:30 p.m. A recent exchange of tele grams between Morse and How ard Morgan, state Democratic chairman, added fuel to the speculation. Morgan earlier this week telegraphed Morse com mending him for a . "public service" in his speeches on the Formosa treaty and. the "fight if -necessary". ... Formosa resolu tion. Morse opposed both 7 the treaty and resolution while most Democrats supported them. ' Deeply Moved by Wire The Oregon senator replied to Morgan that he was "deeply moved' by Morgan's wire. -"I am perfectly willing to let time and future events be the judges i my' record on this issue," he said. Morgan's telegram was inter preted in some Washington D.C. circles as another Demo cratic bid to get the independ ent senator into the fold. Paul Butler, Democratic na tional chairman, said Sunday that the Democrats would wel come Morse into their ranks whether he disagreed with them on foreign policy or not. Britain To Start Bomb Development London (U.R) Great Britain announced today that she will start developing and producing hydrogen bombs. The disclosure that Britain will become the world's third H- bomb power was made in an of ficial government white paper, giving Britain's defenses their most drastic overhaul in history, to keep them abreast of the atomic age.' In deciding to join the United States and Russia in producing the world's most deadly explo sive, the government of Prime Minister Winston Churchill said the H-bomb's terrible power would, in its view, "act as a de terrent to war." Communist Guns Bombard Quemoy Taipeh, Formosa (U.R) The Chinese Communists broke a lull of almost four days in the Formosa Strait today with a bom bardment of the Nationalist island outpost of Quemoy. The Communists, who have built up massive forces opposite the Nationalist held islands, fired more than 90 rounds of ar tillery at Greater Quemoy before Nationalist guns silenced them, a military communique , an nounced. There were no Nationalist cas ualties, the announcement said, Convicted Communist To Leave for Poland New York (U.R) A convicted Communist leader was granted permission today to leave the country and take up permanent residence in Communist Poland. Irving Potash, one of ' the 11 top Communist leaders convicted in 1949 for a conspiracy' viola tion of the Smith act, is present ly under indictment for mem bership in the Communist party. He is a native of Russia and a warrant for deportation is also outstanding against him. ployed two divisions of his battle-hardened troops along the coast and begun giving them amphibious training. - United SaoppDemnieiniftaD TaOemitl IFumidl Ekpest Urged Congressman Harris Ellsworth has urged the bureau of the budget to submit a supplemental budget request, for construction of the Talent project, to this session of Congress, it was re ported today. ' Dispatches from Washington quoted Ellsworth as saying that revised information on the project has boosted the benefit-cost ratio up to 1.42 to.l, higher than earlier figures. This is a "consic( erably more favorable figure" than those used by the budget bureau, Ellsworth said. He showed newsmen an exchange of letters between him and Budget Director Rowland Hughes, in which he urged the bureau's earliest possible" consideration of the new data. ' . Hughes' reply acknowledged the importance of the Talent pro ject to Oregon, and said he would advise . Ellsworth as soon as their study of the new figures is completed. Congressman Cites 62 Return - Ellsworth stated the project's repayment schedule "now shows that farmers will pay $5,730,000, equal to a return of 47 per cent on the government's investment in 50 years,", or a 62 per cent return on the irrigation portion of the project for the pay-out period. , ..." He compared this 47 per cent figure with a 36 per cent return for Washington's Foster Creek project, for which funds were rec ommended in the budget. He said this indicates the Talent figures certainly are "not inferior to other approved projects." The $22,000,000 project would provide new and supplemental water for irrigation in the Talent and Medford Irrigation districts, as well as power production. It was authorized by the last session of Congress and the bill was signed by President Eisenhower. , Construction funds, however, were not included in this year's budget, presumably because of the low benefit-cost ratios cited in bureau of reclamation reports, which have now been revised and corrected. Frost-Hit Farmers Get PC A Loans; Third Meeting Held Phoenix Medford area farm ers whose crops were hard hit by the . May I, ' 1954 killing frost received a large share -of the loans approved', this week by members of the Southern Ore gon .Production"' Credit associa tion. ' V A total of 427 loans for nearly $1,899,961 was approved at the association's' annual- meetings, last of which was held here yes terday. Association members also approved 285 requests for additional advances totaling $432,989. 3 Things Hurt The killing frost was one of three things which hurt south ern Oregon farmers last year, Lawrence Luy, Medford, a mem ber of the SOPCA board of di rectors, told the group yester day. He listed the other two as repeal of the state milk market ing act in the November election last year, and the "poultry-egg' feed ratio of the last six months, which was ' about the worst I have seen." A financial report for the asso ciation, made by Secretary Irven Patten, Medford, listed SOPCA's net worth as $421,256, with as sets of $1,498,088, and liabili ties of $1,076,832. Officers Named 1 Ballots cast at the three meet ings, held in Coquille, Roseburg and Phoenix, were counted fol lowing yesterday's session. Wes ley Chapel, Bandon, was named president, succeeding James Conn, Douglas county. Luy was reelected to the board of direc tors, and Lawrence Michaels, Days Creek, was elected: to his first term on the board. Oppos ing Luy for the Medford district position on the board was Frank Hammond. Speakers at yesterday's meet ing, which was held at the Phoe nix Community hall, included Dr. Grant E.' Blanch, professor Ike .Gives Pattern For Republican Victory , ' Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower told Republicans today the party ., can win - the 1956 presidential election if it chooses a candidate with per sonality and ideals. He did not say whether he will be a candi date. ' Mr. Eisenhower spoke off the cuff to a closed door lunch of the Republican National Committee shortly after it had voted to hold the 1956 nominating convention in San Francisco the week of Aug. 20. . - v.';: . Pittsburgh (U.R) Dr. Peter Linstrom, former husband of In grid Bergman, said he has ac cepted the post of chief of the Department of Neuro-surgery. at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Coos Bay (U.R) James Mi chael Daugherty, 18, of Alle gany, a choker-setter, was killed Wednesday when he was struck in the head by a sapling. Press Full Laed Wire Price 5c No. 285 of agricultural economics at Oregon State college, and A. B. Robertson, vice-president of the Production Credit Corporation of Spokane. Luncheon . was . served by women of the PhoeniivGrange and their husbands.. . Note Thrown Through of Legation Washington U.R) The State Department waited today to see a mysterious note which the Romanian legation claims was attached to a stone thrown through one of its windows here. So far, the legation has failed to produce , the note despite a department request to look at it, ; Washington police, meantime, kept a special watch on the Communist legation to avoid repetition of the reported inci dent. ; . " The episode was reported by the legation Tuesday night, According to the Romanians here, someone threw a stone through a basement kitchen win dow. Attached was a note offer ing money to anyone who would open a legation door. The Romanians reported see ing a figure disappear into the darkness. . Pineau To Request v Assembly Approval Paris U.R) Two members of the Gaullist party backed out of Socialist Christian Pineau's newly formed Cabinet today, but he said he still planned to seek National Assembly appro val tomorrow as Premier. The. two Gaullists were Gen. Edouard Corniglion - Molinier, slated as minister of justice, and Pierre ; Ferri, named as minis ter of posts and telegraphs. ; The Gaullist party balked yes terday afternoon at supporting the pineau coalition but said 'the two men could go ahead on a personal basis. Today they de cided to go along with their own party after conferring with party leaders. - ? loll Elliott, Former Multnomah Sheriff, Held for Forgery Van Nuys, Calif. (U.R) For mer Multnomah County Sheriff Marion L. (Mike) .Elliott was held in jail here today on charges of .forgery. ' ' Elliott, 35, and his wife, Fran ces, were arrested eb. 3 aiter a store operator became' sus-, picious of an $118 check passed by Mrs. Elliott. Police said they found 70 checks in the ex-sheriff s car, half made out for $118.76 and the rest for $56.45. Police testi fied at a preliminary hearing in Municipal Court that the firm names on the checks and the sig natures were fictitious. ' - Weather FORECAST: Fair tonight and Fridav. Patehef of morning tog. Colder tonight with low near 24. High Friday 48. Temp. Highert Yesterday , i 49 Lowest this Morning , ,,. 29 Go To Support Oregon Schools Rules Committee OK's Introduction Salem (U.R) The House Rules Committee today allowed introduction of Rep. Earl Hill's proposal for a state sales tax that would be used to support schools. ; The measure would be submit ted to the people for approval under the terms of a companion bill also introduced by Hill. Labor Opposition The state sales tax has been opposed by Gov. Paul Patterson and has strong labor opposition. Oregon voters, in the past, have repeatedly rejected such a tax plan. Hill estimated the tax would raise some $60,000,000 per bien nium and would make it possible to divert other revenues from school support into other chan nels. Whether the sales tax would be in addition to other taxes now on Oregon's statute-books would be up to the taxation commit tees of the Legislature to decide. Other Measures Approved , The rules committee also ap proved two other tax measures for introduction. One would boost, the i state gasoline tax by two cents to eight cents a gal lon. The other would authorize $11,000,000 in bonds for high way construction. These were sponsored by Sen. Warren Gill (R-Lebanon). ;:- Approval of "the sales tax bill for -introduction followed ap proval Tuesday by the Senate Taxation Committee of a resolu tion that would allow the Legis lature to put an emergency clause on a tax measure. This could make a tax bill effective when signed by the governor. International Police Seek Bern Anti-Reds Bern, Switzerland (U.R) Two heavily , armed anti- Com munist Commandos carrying diplomatic documents seized from the Romanian Legation evaded police patrols in Swit zerland today and : authorities asked International Police for help. Police broadcast a description of one of the men identified s "Dimitru X," "Man is armed, probably heavily," the description said.1 Police lacked a description of the second. . , International Police Head quarters in Paris was asked for help as suspicion mounted the two men eluded border police and fled abroad. Speculation was that they had fled.to Southern- Germany where numerous anti-Communist refugees have banded together. House Vote on Tandem ' Statehood Bill Eyed Washington U.R) Key state hood supporters expressed cau tious optimism today about get tine the tandpmn Hawaii. A lacL-.. statehood bill to a House vote. This hope was based on indi cations that Speaker Sam, Rav- burn (D-Tex.), may not order the bill locked in the Rules Commit tee, although he still finds it personally objectionable. Chairman Claire Enele fD- Calif.) said "the prospects are good" that the Rules Committee will consent to its goine to the floor. Mrs. Elliott was released under $i000 bond. Elliott was unable to raise similar bail. Police here said Elliott also was wanted in Topeka, Kan., on a charge of forgery. An attorney for Elliott - said the checks were passed as a "publicity stunt" for a book on police work he is writing.. Elliott,' who has been living in Los Angeles, was recalled as sheriff in 1949 after about a year in office during which time it was made public he had made false statements about his mili tary service, age and education. Revenue Would - v f " 1- r
