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'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
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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;
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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.
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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.
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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
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