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AW LT A U U wan) Y i ; united fress uU Leased wue X " united fress Full ceased Wire ; 24 Pages Price 5c Mo IF 'Fight To Death' Ordered in Defense Of Quemoy, Mafsu Strong Support ,. Expected From U.S. Taipeh, Formosa (U.R) o Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek has surrendered Nanchi, his northernmost outpost island, to the Communists without a fight but has issued orders . to his troops on Quemoy and Matsu islands to "fight to the death in their defense. - Premier O. K. Yui told anxious Nationalist legislators that . poini nas Deen reacned now from which there can be no further retreats. He said Chiang has, ordered Quemoy and Matsu, both located just off the Red China coast and approximately 100 miles from Formosa, defended to the last man, if they are attacked. Strong Support Expected Military authorities said Chiang, after following Ameri can advice in the evacuation of the Tachen Islands and Nanchi, expects the United States to give strong support if the Reds move against his-iwo remaining is land strongholds. . Nanchi was Chiang's northern most outpost and its loss cleared within two weeks half of a 300 mile . coastline which he once dominated with his island stronghold. He still holds a 150 mile line from Tinshan in the north to Quemoy in the south and it was seriously threatened. . The Nationalist air force an nounced it had carried . out a .heavy bombing attack against a new enemy buildup threatening Matsu Island, a few miles below Yinshan and one. 'of the two major defense posts still left. The other is Quemoy. Three Boys Picked Up In Vandalism Cases : Three juvenile Medford boys were picked up yesterday by sheriff's deputies in connection with damage to property owned by Mrs. W. H. Muirhead, 2003 Hillcrest rd., and two others were questioned regarding a se ries of thefts in Ashland. ; The three Medford boys were nicked up after reports that windows and doors had been broken at the home of Mrs. Muirhead, who is out of town The families of the boys, who are 12, 14 and 15 years of age, were contacted and they said the boys would replace the win dows and clean up the mess which they created. The Ashland boys admitted taking part in a series of thefts in which four other boys have been -implicated. A 16-year-old picked up yesterday also admit ted malicious mischief includ ing breaking off car aerials and tipping over tombstones in Ash land cemetery.. Veteran Garage Operator Plans Retirement Saturday William A. (Billy) Young, the veteran among Medf ord's inde pendent parage operators, is closing the doors of his firm at 119 North Front st. Saturday and will retire. Young has been in the garage business in Medford since 1910, when he came here from Kan sas. He opened his own business in 1915 in a site on South Bart lett st. During World War I, Young operated the largest weld ing shop in southern Oregon. In 1930, Young built his pres ent , garage building on North Front st. and has been in busi ness at that location since that time. -To Close Business In announcing his retirement this week, Young said that the garage will not be kept in opera tion. "I'm going out of busi MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 25, 1955 (LflirftDneir LEAD FIGHT AGAINST TAX CUT House Republican leaders in the fight against income tax cuts prepare to present their view at a closed party caucus of all 203 House Republicans in Washington. Left to right: niinois Reps. Leslie Arends and Leo Allen, Massachusetts' Joe Aiartin and New York's Daniel Reed. Fo ld (MEi wed; for lacks Full cooperation of the Jack son County chapter of the Na tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis has been offered in support of the prospective polio vaccine program now being or ganized by the Jackson county health department. At a meeting of chapter per sonnel last night, plans for the Sen. Morse Raps State Republicans Washington (U.R) Senator Wayne Morse today charged Re publicans in the Oregon Legisla ture with "looking for an ex cuse for advocating so-called partnership" on : the proposed John Day dam. , The Oregon Democrat made the charge on the basis of part of the language in a memorial passed by the Republican-con trolled Oregon Legislature and sent to Congress. The memorial called upon Congress to authorize participa tion by local agencies unless the federal government "indi cates its intention to build the John Day project promptly and solely with federal funds by making the necessary oppropria tion ..." Morse renewed his attack on the partnership plan for building the dam on the Columbia river. "It is unfortunate that the Re publican leadership in Oregon has made opposition to public power development a partisan issue," he said in a speech pre pared for delivery in the Sen ate. "It does not. represent the rank and file Republicans of my state." ness,', ne said, i m selling out all my equipment, and will lease the building." The longtime Medford busi ness man expressed his apprecia tion to the people who have pa tronized his firm while he has been in business ; here, and to George Armstrong, who has worked for Young for 38 years. Ill Health Cause . Young is retiring because of ill health. However, he plans to keep active in several organiza tions. These include the Med ford Gun club, which he has served as a director for 20 years, the Elks lodge, which he joined 40 years ago this month, and the Shrine. - V In general, , however, Young just plans to "take "it easy." He and his wife live at 815 Ben nett st . Up iloiniclhiD; i aeclnsation IPflwra mass inoculation of all first and second' grade school children in the county were outlined. The vaccine program will be carried out in the same manner as other immunization programs through the schools, Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health officer and chair man of the polio chapter's medi cal advisory committee, said. Parental consent will be re quired, it was brought out. Educational literature regard ing the vaccine will be available through the state board of health which will control the inocula tion program in Oregon, Harry Chipman, chairman of the county polio chapter, stressed that the final go-ahead on the vaccine program will await re sults of evaluation tests now OLCG Refuses To Rescind Resignation Portland (U.R) The Oregon Liquor Control Commission has refused to rescind the written resignation of Karl Glos, a" for mer hearings officer, who quit under fire. - Glos yesterday asked the com mission to withdraw his resig nation which he said was made involuntarily while he was under emotional strain. He told the commission he had not been given the chance to see exactly what he had 'done that led the commission to, ask his resigna tion. ' At this point in his appear ance ' before the commission, Lester Ireland, commission chah man, handed Glos a copy of a report made to Gov. Paul L; Patterson by two Portland at torneys. The report accuses Glos of accepting a $250 payment and a $25 retainer a month for two months from a Portland tavern owner for ' whom Glos agreed ', according to the report, to get a liquor license. House Unanimously Approves Pay Raise Washington (U.R) The . Sen ate, in a surprise move today, rejected a compromise con gressional pay raise bill. Washington (U.R) House members today unanimously ap proved a compromise bill to give themselves and senators a $7500 a year: pay raise, a $1250 tax-free expense allowance, and six round trips home each year. The bill was passed by voice vote without objection. The pay bill, hammered out in a Senate-House conference yesterday, is a revision of other measures previously approved by the House and Senate. 49th Year No. 292 Iyed being conducted, by the Uni versity of Michigan. The results are expected about the middle of April, he said, and if the re port is favorable and the vaccine is granted a federal license, the inoculations will start immedi ately. Series of Three 'Shots' Children in the first and sec ond grades of public, private and parochial schools will re ceive the vaccine on request of their parents, as will children in the trial groups last year who did not receive vaccine at that time, it was stated. The "shots" will be given in a series of three, the first two a week apart and the third a month later. Cooperation of physicians in the county, school authorities and volunteers will be solicited to carry out the program in Jackson county, Chipman said. The March of Dimes organiza tion has contracted for $9,000, 000 worth of vaccine to be used this spring if the vaccine is licensed. This committment has assured an immediate supply of vaccine and has helped keep pharmaceutical houses tooled up for full production1 while wait ing for the evaluation report, Chipman' said. It will also make possible vaccine for distribution to physicians through usual channels. Private Supply Available Persons who will not receive the vaccine through school chan nels in the spring program will have an opportunity to obtain it through their private physician, it was stated. . "Preparedness does not mean that polio prevention has been established as yet and parents are cautioned not to let their hopes run away with them," Chipman stressed. "It only means that if the vaccine is licensed in the spring, we will lose no precious time in putting it to use," he said. . New No-Turn Signs In Operation Today Overhead neon "no turn" signs will be placed in operation to day on both streets at the inter section of Central ave. and Sixth st., according to Vernon Thorpe, director of public works. The signs will be turned on at peak traffic periods, he explain ed, in order to facilitate traffic flow in the downtown district. The council authorized the signs at a recent meeting. Cosf of Living Reported Unchanged Washington (U.R) The cost of living was unchanged be tween December and January and reflected a -"high level eco nomic stability," the Labor de partment reported today. Weather FORECAST: Decreasing and colder tonight. Variable high cloudiness Saturday. A little warmer Saturday after noon. Low tonight 25. High Saturday 50. . Temp. Highest Yesterday 47 Lowest this Morning 32 East-West Talks On Disarmament Open in London Need Seen To Attain Real, Lasting Peace London (U.R) The United States and its Western Allies to day opened a circuit East-West disarmament conference with Russia amid sharp British re minders that there is "impera tive need" for agreement to avoid the threat of atomic war. British Minister of State An thony Nutting told delegates of the United States, Russia, France and Canada at the opening ses sion: "All mankind will agree that there is no hope of attaining real and lasting peace without real, all-around disarmament." 90-Minute Session The initial session of the con ference lasted only 90 minutes. A routine communique, issued afterward, gave no details. The next session was scheduled for Tuesday. The dread power of nuclear and thermonuclear weapons hung over the conference: The United States just exploded a series of nuclear weapons in Nevada; Britain just announced it will build the H-bomb; Russia said it had outstripped the Uni ted States in H-bomb production. Lodge States Position The conference meeting today is technically the United Nations disarmament Commission Sub committee. Delegates from the United States, Britain, France, Canada and the Soviet Union sat down togetherto try to find a solution. The West was in a "show me" mood for the same diplomats or their twins have been seeking the end of the disarmament rain bow since the end of World War II. They have not been able to reach agreement because Rus sia has insisted that any system controls and inspections would violate its sovereignty. U. S. Delegate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. gave the Western position Thursday when he said the West is not cynical despite the long history of failure. He said it would leave no stone un turned to find an "honest, work able" system. He emphasized the "honest" part by using it twice. Local Meetings Will Draw 2,700 At least 14 state or regional conventions, meetings or sports events, which will attract an es timated 2,700 or more visitors to Medford, have been scheduled here during 1955, the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce has reported. , Others may be added later, and some already scheduled may not have been listed with the chamber. The largest gathering will be in October when a regional con vention of the Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan will meet, with an estimated 550 to 700 delegates. : The Oregon State Federation of Labor will meet here in July, with about 500 persons attend ing, and a state convention of Future Farmers of America will be held March 14 to 18, with 400 to 500 in attendance. Others include Business and Profession al Women, about 65 persons; Episcopal , Diocese of Oregon. state convention, 300 to 35u; state DeMolay convention; Ore gon State Life Underwriters as sociation, 125 to 150; Building Trades council; state convention of Women's Christian Temper ance union, about 200; and Knights of Pythias grand lodge, about 350. Sports events will include the Oregon Open Golf tournament in March, the southern zone and Grand Pacific trapshootings meetings and the Mail Tribune shoot. Nehru Favors Chiang's Evacuation of Islands New. Delhi, India (U.R) Prime Minister Jawaharlal Neh ru said today that Nationalist China should evacuate Quemoy and Matsu islands just off the Red China coast as the indispen sable first step toward any For mosan settlement. omb ees Bynarise m .... ii . fJext ievelopmemit Berkeley, Calif. (U.R) Dr. Edward Teller, famed nuclear physicist generally recognized as the "father of the H-bomb," pre dicted today that the next major development in atomic power will come as a "complete sur prise." Teller made this prediction in an article written for the maga zine Science. In the article, the University of California scien tist traced the laborious steps that culminated in the explosion of the first hydrogen bomb on Eniwetok Island in November, 1952. Teller said he was given "too much credit and perhaps too much blame" for. developing the world's most terrible weapon. He said development of the H-bomb was the result of "hun dreds of ideas and thousands of technical skills." New Dangers Loom Among the scientists who con tributed initially to the creation of thermonuclear weapons, Tel ler said, was Dr. J. Robert Op penheimer, who had recently been accused of "blocking" their development. Recognizing the inherent dan ger of the H-bomb's destructive power, Teller added his personal belief that "we would be unfaith ful to the tradition of Western civilization if we were to shy away from exploring the limits of human achievement." Teller said the "very size" of our progress has "opened up other dangers." "We may be led to think that this accomplishment, (the H-bomb is something ultimate. I do not believe that this is so. "Where the next steps will lead, I do not know. It is not likely that it will be just bigger bombs again. The world is full of surprises and great develop ments rarely, go along straight lines. Praises Oppenheimer "But .the skills and the knowl edge that developed the A-bomb and the H-bomb can undoubtedly be turned to new directions, and we shall fail if we rest upon our accomplishments." Teller gave Oppenheimer full credit for development of the A-bomb and for stimulating Tel ler to research on the H-bomb. Teller testified a year ago against Oppenheimer in hearings which resulted in the cancella tion of Oppenheimer's security clearance. He told the Atomic Energy Commission , then that Oppenheimer "acted in a way which was hard for me to under stand." He also said he preferred to see "the vital interests of this country in hands whfch I under stand better and therefore trust more." Intercontinental Missile Revealed Washington (U.R) The Air Force today let Atlas a fantas tic intercontinental missile of the future out of its bag of secret weapons. For the first time, the Air Force admitted it was working on an intercontinental ballistic missile called Atlas. But the work, it was indicated, is still in the early development stage. Gen. Nathan F. Twining, Air Force chief of staff, told repor ters that work on the Atlas was "just getting going." Twining's statement was the first time any Air Force official has even admitted the existence of the Atlas project, being car ried on by Convair Division of General Dynamics Corp. . DOW-JONES AVERAGES . New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 409.50 off 0.80; 20 rail roads 147.75 off 0.58; 15 utilities 63.78 up 0.09, and 25 stocks 152.45 off 0.29. Sales today were about 2,540,000 shares, com pared with 2,920,000 shares traded yesterday. Myrtle Creek, Ore. (U.R) The Umpqua Lumber Company has announced the permanent closure of its plywood division here. Road Conditions State police reported six inches of new mow on the ; Greensprings mountain past and three inches on Siskiyou pass this morning but said highways had : been well scraped and sanded. Last in formation was that traffic was proceeding without chains al though motorists were advised to carry them. 'Father DR. EDWARD TELLER Too Much Credit Gives Eight Men Appear In Circuit Court Two Get Sentences Eight men appeared . before Judge Orval. Millard in circuit court this morning, and two of them were sentenced to terms in Oregon state prison. Three others received suspended sen tences. Those sentenced to prison were Frank Sylvester Jantzer, 39, of Box 375, Trail, and Don ald Neal Ware, 20, San Dimas, Calif. Jantzer was given a two year term on a charge of con tributing to the delinquency of a minor. Ware was sentenced to one year in prison on a forgery charge. Suspended Sentences Suspended sentences were given to Oscar Freeman Stalls worth Jr., 20, of 'route 4, box 250, Grants Pass; Alex James Heagle, 36, Cottage Grove, and Milton Edward Wallace, 18, of Box 55, Phoenix. ' Stallsworth was given a sus pended two-year term for bur glary not in a dwelling; Heagle received a suspended three-year term on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, and Wallace was given a two-year suspended term on a charge of burglary not in a dwelling. Probation was continued for George Edison Moore, 23, of route 1, box 671, Central Point, who was charged with probation violation. Pleads Guilty Larry Wilson Irvin, 23, of route 4, box 64,-Grants Pass, pleaded guilty to a charge of larceny in a building, and Charles Edwin Joy, 22, Spokane, was arraigned on a charge of attempted burglary at Bullock's Orthopedic Appliances, 902 East Main st-, last night. Joy was captured by city po lice at about 11 p.m. yesterday following . a brief chase. The court this morning ordered him committed to the county jail in lieu of $1,000 bail. He is sched uled to enter a plea to the charge on March 5. ' Oregon Production Earnings Increase Salem (U.R) Earnings of more than 100,000. production workers in Oregon rose to an all-time high of $88.92 a week in January, the State Unem ployment Compensation Com mission said today. . , Hourly pay also reached a new top of $2.22 as compared with $2.12 a year ago. Construction workers led all groups with ayerage earnings of $100.48 a week. Juvenile Detention Home Preliminary Plans Discussed Preliminary plans for a juve nile detention home, ' approved last fall by Jackson county vot ers, were discussed here yester day at a meeting of members of the county court and members of the juvenile advisory com mittee v Taking part in the meeting were Commissioners L. G. Morthland and Chester Wendt, James V. McGoodwin, chairman of the executive committee of the-juvenile advisory group, Dr. William Miller, and Bill Abbott. : The purpose was to correlate efforts, make preliminary plans and to discuss financing of the project. Jackson county voters last fall approved, by an overwhelming majority, a . measure providing for a tax levy to raise $65,000 Ike's Protests Overridden by 210 to 205 Vote Package Deal Faces Rough Road in Senate Washington (U.R) The House overrode President Eisenhower's protests today and passed a $20 tax cut for everybody, effective next year. . By a five-vote margin in a photo-finish roll call vote, the Democrats kept in a package tax bill the $20 cut which Mr. Ei senhower had denounced as the height of "fiscal irresponsibil ity." : The crucial roll call was won by the Democrats, 210 to 205. By that margin, the House defeated a Republican vote to take the income tax cut out of, corporation and excise (sales) tax rates which otherwise would be reduced April 1. Sent To Senate The whole combined bill then was passed and sent to the Sen ate on an anti-climactic roll call of 242 to 175. The income tax cut would cost ' the government up to $20,300, 000 a year. Extending the cor poration and excise taxes would save the treasury $2,800,000,000. The income tax cut faces a doubtful future in the Senate. Whatever the outcome, the House debate is sure to leave political scars. Republicans had denounced the Democratic plan as "black jacking" and an attempt to "buy votes." ; Just before the vote, speaker Sam Rayburn (D-Tex.) took the floor and uttered an angry vow. " .' . .1 am in no shoddy deal," he said. "I am not trying to blackjack anybody. And I'm not trying to buy any votes. "And you who have made those statements will live to re gret it." On the crucial vote 16 Demo crats from the East and South backed the Republican move to . knock out the income tax cut . Five ; Republicans from, the East supported the income tax cut. , . . .. On .final, passage, 221. Demo crats and 21 Republicans voted aye. Voting against passage were two Democrats and 173 Republi cans." ' The vote meant it was all over as far as the House was con cerned. . . However, the tax-cutting drive faced an uphill fight in the Sen ate. It faced powerful opposition from Chairman Harry F. Byrd (D-Va.) of the Senate Finance Committee and his senior com mitteeman, Sen. Walter F. George (D-Ga.). Should the Sen ate reject the tax cut, the bill would be sent to a conference between Senate and House tax writers. Should the bill reach the White . House with the tax cut still on it, President Eisenhower could either sign it reluctantly or veto it and demand that Con gress immediately enact a bill to extend - present corporation and excise rates. Air Force To Claim i ' Desertion 'Sheriff Howard Gault said this morning he has been con tacted by the U. S. Air Force concerning ' the status of David Werner Hanson, 21, who is being held in the county jail, charged with being a deserted from the Air Force. Hanson, who under the name Hal Sheppard organized and led a band in this area, was arrested Wednesday by FBI agents and city police. . Gault says there are no local charges against Hanson, adding that he expects him to be picked up here by Air Force authorities within the next few days. for construction of a detention home, and $12,500 annually for operation. However, it was pointed out at the meeting yesterday, that funds for construction and oper ation this year will not be avail able until the levy is assessed. This assessment is not made un til June. . In the campaign leading up to approval of the home, those fa voring it pointed out that such a facility offers no over-all solu tion to the problem of juvenile delinquency, but that it is a long forward step. The biggest argument favor ing the home was the fact that it was necessary to detain minor children in jaiL Until the deten tion home can be constructed, it will be necessary to continue to detain minors in the county jaiL 1 1 i i I ! "; i ; ' 'i f ! i rr If ! If i I .3 ; j .1 snip iiil n -is m 111 ' " - : L.
