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WINDS HIT OREGON Winds up to 75 m.p.h. tore these steel hangers apart and
wrecked five pianes at Trohs Air Park in Portland, Ore. Sixteen other planes came
through undamaged when the hangers they were housed in blew apart Damage was
estimated at $50,000.
OLCC Tightens Up
"Regulations on ,
Gifts, Gratuities
Portland -(U.R) The Oregon
Liquor control commission yes
terday tightened up its "gift and
gratuity" regulation following a
furor that has caused two sus
pensions and one resignation of
commission employees in recent
months.
A regulation already was in
effect prohibiting licensees from
accepting gratuities, gifts, re
bates or refunds, but it' said
nothing about employees.
The new section states: "No
member, agent or employee of
the Liquor Control Commission
shall accept any gift, gratuity or
thing of value from any manu
facturer, distributor or retailer
of alcoholic liquor or from any
agent, employee or officer of
such manufacturer, distributor
or retailers."
The section further prohibits
manufacturers from giving gifts
to commission employees and
prohibits suppliers' representa
tives from using more than one
case of their product for
sampling in the state. They pre
viously were allowed three cases.
February BuNding
Permits Take Jump
February building permit to
tals for Medford reached
$324,770 the highest February
total in at least 10 years, except
in 1951.
City building officials pointed
out that in February, 1951, the
permit for the new St. Mary's
school totaled about $350,000,
raising the month's figure to
$561,000. Permits for last month
included no large projects, but
rather reflected a strong trend
toward residential growth and
renovation.
Last month's building was an
increase over the same month in
1954 by $182,954, and even a
greater increase over that
month in 1953 when only $131,
347 was recorded. Last month
also topped January, 1955,
which registered $161,910 in
building valuation.
A total of 75 permits was is
sued last month, including 17
new residences at a $195,000
valuation.
.72 Inch of Rain Falls;
Winter Unusually Dry
A total of .12 of an inch of
rain fell in Medford in the 24
hour period ending at 10 a.m. to
day, the weather bureau re
ported. The rain is nothing out
of the ordinary in a normal win
ter, but was noteworthy in an
unusually dry winter such as
this.
The forecast is for a few scat
tered showers.
." Rainier periods this year were
on Jan. 16, when .22 of an inch
fell, and Jan. 26 and 27, when
there was .16 of an inch. -
Chief Says Statistics Show
Traffic Campaign Results
Police Chief Charles Champ
lin today reported traffic statis
tics for February which reflect
a stepped-up traffic enforcement
program in the city of Medford.
He stated the figures show a
considerable increase in cita
tions for basic rule violations,
reckles driving, and failure to
yield the right of way to both
pedestrians and vehicles.
Violations Total 78
Total number of violation of
road and driving laws for last
month was 78, an increase over
February, 1954, of 44 citations.
There were 66 cases of basic
rule violation, 12 of reckless
driving, and 11 each for failure
to yield the right of way to pe
destrians and to vehicles.
Champlin pointed out, "these
types of violations are causing
the most accidents. We started
our harder-hitting program as a
Stockmen, Farmers
Slate Consideration
(DfMftainffaGD (Program
A meeting of county stockmen
and dry land farmers will be
held Friday to consider joining
with fruitgrowers in cloud seed
ing for a four months period to
produce rain or snow.
James Miller Jr., Medford
City Traffic Light
Contract Awarded
The State Highway commis
sion today awarded a contract
for . the installation of ' traffic
signals at six Medford intersec
tions to Trowbridge and Flynn
Electric Co., according to Un
ited Press. The bid was $15,593.
The contract calls for instal
lation of signals on Central and
Riverside aves., between McAn
drews rd. and 12th st. They have
previously been approved by
the city council. The work, in
cludes the lights, auxiliary cab
inets and relays.
The commission, meeting in
Portland,- also- awarded - the
Frank Wat Construction Co. and
the S&D Construction company
at $25,450 contract to replace
two timber bridges with con
crete bridges on the Upper Ap-
plegate road.
Den Herder and Strobel, Med
ford, was awarded a $22,184 con
tract to repair road damage near
Winchester bay in Douglas coun
ty, and F. L. Somers, Medford,
won at $63,400 contract to im
prove the Salt creek channel
and riprap Willamette highway
embankments near Oakridge in
Lane county.
Korea Railway Coach
Fire Kills 39 Persons
Pusan, Korea (U.R) Flames
enveloped a parked railway car
in Pusan tonight and first re
ports said 39 persons were killed
and 50 were injured.
A U.S. Army spokesman said
Army fire fighting trucks rush
ed to the scene of the disaster.
The burned railway car report
edly was one of four waiting
for an engine to pull them to
Seoul.
The other three apparently
did not catch fire.
One report said a kerosene
lantern might have exploded,
sending the flames leaping
through the wooden car.
No Americans were reported
among the injured or dead.
SOLDIER RETURNS
Pfc. Harold Stayton, Medford,
is scheduled to arrive in Seattle
tomorrow aboard the transport
Gen. John Pope from the Far
East, according to United Press.
Available city directories do not
list an address for him.
result of a department meeting
on Jan. 27 where we analyzed
the causes of accidents. "The
February results reflect a
stepped-up program, which will
continue in connection with our
general traffic enforcement pro
gram begun in 1954," he said.
Other Arrests '
During February 62 persons
were cited for failure to stop at
a stop sign or signal, and 12 for
illegal turning. Total traffic ci
tations for the month were 335.
Another section of the report
showed that major offenses
dropped from the same period
a year ago. A total of 35 cases
were reported, as compared .to
52 in 1954. Last month there
were four burglaries, four larceny-thefts
over $50, and 27
under $50. Per cent of the major
cases cleared was 40, compared
to 27 per cent in 1954.
president of the Jackson Coun
ty Stockmen's association, call
ed the meeting for his group's
members and interested farmers
for 8 p.m. in the county court
house auditorium, according to
W. B. Tucker, county extension
agent. The meeting will be open
to the public.
May Join Fruilmen
The purpose is to determine
whether stockmen and farmers
desire to join the Rogue Valley
Traffic association in a cloud
seeding program from March 15
to June 15. The subject was dis
cussed at a meeting of the Traf
fic group Monday when cooper
ation in financing the proposal
by other interested groups was
sought.
It is hoped to have a represen
tative of the Water Resources
Development Corp., Denver,
Colo., operated by Dr. Irving P.
Krick, at the Friday meeting,
Tucker said.
The program would be de
signed to increase rain or snow,
and is not connected with the
fruitgrowers' bail suppression
program, Tucker said. The same
grtfund generation method
would be used'," but" the opera
tions would be at different
times.
Separate Programs
The rain proposal is also sep
arate from the winter cloud
seeding program of the California-Oregon
Power company.
This program, which Is designed
to produce an increased snow
pack in a specific target area,
will conclude about March 31.
No duplication in area is plan
ned while .both are in operation.
Copco has a contract with North
American Weather Consultants,
Inc., a Pasadena, Calif., firm.
No airplanes are involved in any
of the three' programs.
Tucker said Friday's meeting
will be public, and that all
farmers and stockmen who
could were requested to attend.
Russian Ministers
Purged by Bulganin
London (U.R) Premier Niko
lai Bulganin today purged two
Soviet officials who served
under ousted Premier Georgi
Malenkov. He fired both the
minister of state farms and the
minister of the coal industry for
"unsatisfactory work."
The purge, which was the
first openly disclosed since Bul
ganin assumed the premiership,
was announced "in a Moscow Ra
dio broadcast, monitored here...
The ministers dropped were
A.. I. Kozlov, minister of state
farms, and A. S. Zasyadko, min
ister of the coal industry.
In their places, the Presidium
of the Supreme Soviet appoint
ed A. N. Zademodkohas minis
ter for the coal industry and
Ivan Benediktov, to be minister
of state farms. The Moscow an
nouncement said the actions
were taken "on the recommen
dation" of Bulganin. ,
'Adequate' Defined
By Liquor Commission
Portland (U.R) The Oregon
Liquor Control Commission has
defined its use of the word "ade
quate" in regulations requiring
food service where liquor is sold
by the drink.
The commission said that
"adequate" food service was
defined to mean that a liquor
licensee, when his establishment
is open, must offer meals to the
public during the hours such
meals are normally served.
Establishments also must have
food service available at least
six hours each day, the commis
sion said.
' Salem (U.R) Charles R. Hol
loway Jr., Portland, has been ap
pointed by Gov. Paul Patterson
to the State Board of Higher edu
cation. He succeeds Edgar W.
Smith whose term has expired. .
Nationalists Fear
Dulles Will Ask
Island Surrender
Meeting Scheduled
With Chiang Thursday
Taipeh, Formosa (U.R) The
Nationalists , fear that Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles will
ask them to give up the islands
of Quemoy and Matsu in ex
change for a cease-fire in the
Formosa strait, reliable sources
reported today.
Dulles is .scheduled to arrive
here tomorrow from Manila for
an important "war council" with
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek
and top American and Chinese
Nationalist military commanders
on the Formosan crisis.
Fleet Said Prepared
Vice Adm. Alfred M. Pride,
commander of the U.S. Seventh
Fleet who arrived here today
from Japan, told newsmen the
fleet is "substantially" as strong
as it was during the Tachen ev
acuation and is prepared to meet
any Communist attack. ' .
Pride refused to disclose
whether the fleet would move
deeper into the strait between
Formosa and China to head off
threatened Communist invasion
of Quemoy and Matsu and said,
"I won't reveal our tactics, but
I'd like for the other fellow to
reveal his."
Defense Hinted
Dulles has hinted the Seventh
Fleet would defend Quemoy and
Matsu if a Communist attack
were aimed at Formosa and the
Pescadores, but has not made
a clear cut announcement.
Britain, seeking to end the
Formosan crisis through "secret
diplomacy," has suggested that
giving up the two offshore bases
would mean an automatic cease
fire. National leaders have vow
ed repeatedly they will never
give up these two reniaining islands.
Manila, P. I. (U.R) Secr
tary of State John Foster Dulles
clearly spelled out the Ameri
can position on Formosa, Matsu
and --Quemoy today in.s a , two
hour secret meeting with his key
diplomats in the Far East.
But most of what he said eot
no further than the darfypaneled
conterence room of the Ameri
can embassy under his nolicv
of keeping the Communists
guessing on the United States'
exact position on the Nationalist-held
offshore islands.
Dulles talked for two hours
and 10 minutes non-stop today
in telling American diplomats
serving in 17 Far Eastern na
tions of the events leading to
the Southeast Asia conference
in Bangkok, the conference it
self and results of his visits to
Burma.
Reliable sources said he dwelt
in detail on the U.S. views on
invasion-threatened Quemoy and
Matsu and the Pescadores and
Formosa. The only news to leak
from that was that he made a
point of referring to Formosa
as "Taiwan," which he said he
considered more appropriate.
'Granddaddy' Atomic
Explosion Postponed
Las Vegas (U.R) The big
A-bomb shot of the 1955 test
series was postponed again this
morning just 45 minutes before
its scheduled detonation atop a
500-foot tower m the Nevada
desert. . .
The Atomic Energy commis
sion decided to postpone firing
the "granddaddy" nuclear de
vice after a weather briefing
which ended at 4:45 a.m. fPST).
Reason for the postponement
was not given.
A spokesman said there will
be no test shots today or tomor
row. Another weather evalua
tion meeting was scheduled for
late tomorrow morning to de
cide if a shot can be fired Fri
day. !
Cambodia King
Abdicates Throne
Pnom Penh, Cambodia U.R)
King Norodom Sihanouk, 33,
abdicated today in a dramatic
protest against the leftist politi
cal groups which oppose his pro
Western policies and his plans
for early democratic general
elections.
The young saxophone-playing
monarch announced his abdica
tion to his 3,700,000 subjects
just 48 hours after he conferred
here with Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles on raising
and training a 55,000-man Cam
bodian army.
Norodom resigned in favor of
his father, Prince Suramint, 60,
who has never been king. .
Norodom is regarded as a bul
wark against Communism in
Southeast Asia.
West tear j
President
Central California
Coastal Region
Feels Earthquake
Excited Residents
Flee Into Streets
Hol'lister, Calif. (U.R) An
"easy going" earthquake rolled
along the Central California
coast today, rattling dishes and
sending excited residents run
ning into the streets.
Reports indicated that the
temblor, which lasted five min
utes on the University of Calif
ornia seismograph, did little
damage. Sheriff's offices receiv
ed scattered reports of broken
china and spilled canned goods.
Quake Felt Widely
The quake hit at 8 a.m. and
was felt widely, ranging along
the coast from Watsonville to
Paso Robles and inland to Holli
ster and Seneca.
Residents who tumbled from
their houses said the quake was
"hard" but "slow rolling." They
said it was felt strongly for
"about 30 seconds." Dishes rat
tled and, chandeliers swayed
here.
At Monterey, residents said
the quake was "felt strongly,"
but described it as an "easy go
ing, kind of lazy roller."
In Paso Robles, china was
tumbled to the floor. A staff re
porter at the Paso Robles Press
described the quake this way:
"My Shoes stood still, but the
rest of me rocked."
Magnitude of Four
The University of California
seismograph registered the
quake as having a Richter mag
nitude of 4, and indicated the
center of the temblor was 200
3iiles southwest- of Berkeley,
probably off the toast at Paso
Robles.
. It was the second local shock
to be recorded by the Berkeley
quake reading machine in the
past 12 hours. A 3.45 earthquake
centering in the Hollister area,
was recorded at 10:05 p.m. (PST)
yesterday.
Skiers Recovering
From Exposure
Bishop, Calif. U.R) Two
skiers were recovering here to
day from frostbite and exposure
after a seven-man team rescued
them from a remote cabin in the
High Sierras of Yosemite Na
tional park.
The skiers, Janice Off, 25,
Beverly Hills, Calif., and Frank
Dunn, 22, Sunland, Calif., were
brought in from the mountain
last night.
The couple credited a radio
and food drop by Bob Symons,
pilot of a search plane, for sav
ing their lives. Symons spotted
their snow-printed "help" at the
10,000-foot level of Rush Mead
ows, near the Madera-Mon coun
ty line. '
The pilot instructed the
stranded skiers to ski to the
Rush Creek power company
cabin, where the ground rescue
party reached them yesterday.
Churchill Says U.S. Only Nation Able
To Deliver Full-Scale H-Bomb Attack
London Prime Minister
Churchill says the United States
is the only country in the world
able to deliver a full-scale hydrogen-bomb
attack "on a few hours'
notice."
Further he said the United
States has an overwhelming lead
over Soviet Russia in the
"knowledge and power to make
nuclear weapons." .
"The threat of a hydrogen at
tack on these islands lies in the
future," Churchill told the house
of commons in opening a debate
on defense planning.
"It is not with us now," accord
ing to information which we have
been able to obtain.
"Only three countries possess,
in varying degrees, the knowl-
DOW-JONES
New York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indust
rials 417.18 up 3.47; 20 railroads
153.32, up 2.47; 15 utilities 64.68
up 6.27, and 65 stocks 156.00
up 1.53. Sales today were about
3,370,000 shares, compared with
2,830,000 yesterday. -
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Cairo, Egypt (U.R) Egypt accused the Israeli army today of
opening fire against an Egyptian outpost yesterday and Premier
Gamal Abdel Nasser held an emergency cabinet meeting to re
view the worsening military crisis.
Lt. Col. Salah Gohar, in charge of Palestine affairs for the
Egyptian army, said the Israeli army opened fire against an out
post southeast of Gaza. He said there were no casualties.
The incident increased the tension between the two countries
even more, and authoritative reports from Gaza said the Egyptian
army rushed a "strong" infantry force into the area during the
night.
Bursts of rifle and machine gun fire echoed nightlong along
the Egypto-Israeli border, but the Gaza dispatch said the firing
was "targetle'ss."
The Israeli press called for increased preparedness on the part
of Israeli combined with a firm stand against what it called
Egypt's "criminal acts" of murder and sabotage.
Egypt Accused of
Espionage Activity
Almost every Israeli paper ac
cused Egypt of sending espion
age agents and spies deep into
Israel territory. Some accused
Egypt of trying to show the Arab
states how strong it was to cover
up for its failure to halt the de
fense pact between Iraq and Tur
key. Egypt already was reported on
a near-war footing, and the
sending of reinforcements into
the Gaza area increased its readi
ness for eventualities.
Security regulations prevented
disclosing military dispositions,
but the reports said a "sizeable
force" .moved under cover of
darkness to El Arish, some 40
miles south of the scene of the
Israeli attack Monday.
Strict security precautions
were put in force at key points
along the Israeli border in the
Egyptian-occupied Gaza strip
which thrusts up the Mediter
jj$ftan coast for 20 miles, cutting
part oflsraeT off from the sea. .
Fear Open War ,
The growing tenseness along
the border heightened fears the
growing bitterness between the
two nations might erupt once
again into open warfare.
The U.N. Mixed Armistice
Commission met in emergency
session in Jerusalem to Btudy the
crisis .while Egypt protested to
the U.N. Security Council
against an Israeli attack Monday
night which it called an "act of
aggression." . .
A dispatch from Tel Aviv said
Israel protested today to U.N.
truce observers against the pre
liminary report blaming Israel
for the Gaza incident. A note
was sent to U.N. headquarters in
Jerusalem where the commis
sion met to hear Egypt's formal
protest.
Nautilus Completes
Tests on Deep Diving
Groton, Conn. (U.R) The
atomic submarine Nautilus was
back, in port today after com
pleting deep dive trials in the
Atlantic off the Maine coast.
The Navy said it was prepar
ing a report on results of the
latest tests.
' The submersive, first vessel
ever powered by atomic power,
left her berth at the Electric
Boat Co. Sunday to begin what
proved to be her longest cruise
since the tests started Jan. 17.
edge and the power to make nu-1
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clear weapons. Of these,, the
United States is overwhelmingly
the chief," the prime minister
declared.
Churchill said Britain has
started making a hydrogen
bomb.
The United States exploded its
first hydrogen device in the Pa
cific in November, 1952. The
Soviet Union declared last month
that Russia leads the United
States in hydrogen-bomb produc
tion. U. S. Secretary of Defense
Charles E. Wilson promptly
challenged this... He said the
United States was in the lead and
that the Russians knew it.
Churchill said the United
States and Britain must be able
in the event of war to strike at
a number of Communist bases in
the first few hours and deal a
paralyzing blow at the. outset.
"There is no defense no abso
lute defense against the hydro
gen bomb," he said.
"Nor is any method in sight by
which any nation or any country
could be completely guaranteed
against devastating injury, which
even a score of them might in
flict in wide regions."
- Members of the house listened.
weapons
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IHlyirSs
Council Sets More
Study on Requests
For Annexation
Two proposals to annex prop
erty to the city were held for
further study after discussion at
a regular Medford council meet
ing last night.
One area is the Wilson tract
south of Stewart ave. and west
of Peach st. The land involved
is contiguous to the city. Ap
proval of the annexation pro
posal is being upheld pending
installation of water and sewer
lines and paved streets. Tenta
tive approval of the plat has
been given by the city planning
commission. A total of 43 houses
is planned on the tract.
Proposal OKd
In the other proposal, the
planning commission has recom
mended to the council that the
Vista Heights subdivision be an
nexed, with certain restrictions.
These provide that four of the
lots will not have houses built
on them until adequate sewage
connections are made. A total
of 11 lots are involved, on High
land dr. next to the IOOF ceme
tery. '
The commission's report was
accepted for the record, but no
final action was taken until the
legality of the proposal is stud
ied. The city is preparing a de
tailed report on annexation pro
cedures and qualifications. A
tentative report was submitted
to the council last year. The
council is now enforcing a policy
which permits no annexations
without city sewage and water,
in order to alleviate the sanita
tion problem in many adjacent
areas.
Road Conditions
Fresh snow has fallen on all
mountain highways in the
area, but the roads are sanded
and chains are not necessary
to drive over them, state police
reported early this afternoon.
gravely as Churchill began his
I 1 ' l . ; i T-v - . -
policy-making speech. Discussing
the power of hydrogen weapons,
he said a bonafide system of gen
eral disarmament was the solution.
Brownsville Woolen Mill
Destroyed by
Brownsville, Ore. U.R)
The Brownsville woolen mill, a
pioneer Oregon mill, was gut
ted by fire last night as firemen
from seven Willamette valley
towns tried to contain the blaze
and hundreds of valley residents
gathered to watch flames which
were visible for 15 miles.
Cause of the fire was undeter
mined. - -Half
Insured
Damage was estimated at
$280,000 by the mill owner,
Chester A. Page. He said about
half of it was covered by insur
ance. The mill, which specialized in
caracul wools, was built in'1860
and its original machinery, was
brought around Cape Horn. The
mill burned down in 1865 with
Sace,
U.S. Will Never
Start Aggressive
War, Ike Declares
No Invitation Due
Marshal Zhukov Now
Washington U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower said today that
the Western world has a lead
over Russia in development of
atomic and hydrogen weapons.
But the President said one
could not know exactly how long
the lead can be sustained. At
one point in a news conference
discussion he said that in the
past the West has had a great
lead over in development of nu
clear weapons.
The President underscored the
Western world's lead' in atomic
and hydrogen weapons in com
menting on Winston Churchill's
statement - yesterday that the
United States and Britain must
increase their superiority or the
Russians would pull even within
three or four years.
- Mr Eisenhower emphasized
that the United States will never
start an aggressive war.
Aid To China
He was asked about reports
that Generalissimo Chiang Kai
shek had said his government
expects moral and material aid
from the United States to rein
vade the China mainland. The
President, replying firmly, de- -clared
Ithat the United States
was not going to be a part or.
any aggressive war. He said that,-'
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Mr. Eisenhower, commenting,
on Churchill's speech, said he
felt that any statements in the '
nuclear arms field . generally
were nothing more than specu
lative estimates.
But the President said the
United States- does know that
the Western world has had a
great lead over Russia in devel
opment of atomic and hydrogen
weapons. Exactly how long this
can be sustained is problemati
cal. Russian Visitor
On other foreign affairs mat
ters, the President:
1. Said he was not going to
issue an invitation now to Mar
shal Georgi Zhukov, Soviet de
fense minister, to visit the
United States. ' The President
said he had thought this over
himself and decided to do noth
ing about it now because of the
world situation.
2. Declared that the free
world- wants peace and the only
way the West could become em
broiled in another war would be
by the other side's action. The
President related this statement
to the Formosa situation.
Need Good Faith
3. Asserted that a dozen dif
ferent disarmament solutions
could be worked out if world
problems were approached in
good faith. The United States
will never start an aggressive
war, the said, and it merely
wants to develop the security
of the American people and
their Allies. '
4. Disclosed that the admin
istration is developing an Asian
aid program that will be pre
sented to Congress soon.
5. Emphasized that the ad
ministration has no plan undr
study to send surplus grain to
Russia. - ',-
(See Story on Page 14)
- Pendleton (U.R) Regular
mail service between here and
Lewiston, Ida., has started by
highway. Airmail is not affected.
The new service replaces that
formerly handled by five rail
roads. Night Blaze
loss of $60,000 and was re
built. - ' , r ,.
Last night's fire was spotted
by an employee, Gordon Lee, .
who turned in the first alarm
about 7:15 p.m. Later, fire
equipment from Brownsville,
Lebanon, Sweet Home, Albany,
Shedd, Halsey and Harrisburg
responded to the call.
Employed About 60
Page, who purchased the plant
in 1935, said only the boiler
house and a warehouse, located
away from the main building, '
escaped. .
The mill, along with the Tim
ber Products company, was one
of two main payrolls for this
town of 1200 persons. It employ
ed about 60 persons. -