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Newspaper Page Texthm Declared Determined To Attack f orasa Despite lnJar Threat London (U.R) Chinese The sources said he was "to last Friday Britain's charge de'- which Nationalist Chin M cation Chou Is ready to change or informal commitment on a cease fire. In the light of this attitude, Indian Premier Jawa harlal Nehru was said to be bid ing his time In trying to per suade Peiping to compromise. Despite the bleak outlook, Eden remains determined to start a new diplomatic drive with India sounding out the Chinese, the sources said. They warned it will require time, patience and a great deal of restraint. The Foreign Office firmly dis missed suggestions that it was "worried" at the policy state ment Tuesday of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. It declined official comment on the statement and its refer ences to Formosa which came at almost the same time Eden asked for the evacuation of Que moy and Matsu. Diplomatic observers said a close scrutiny of the two seem ingly opposed statements show ed the gap between American and British policy has narrowed considerably, with both agreed that a peaceful settlement is nec essary and both hopeful that a cease fire might be attained. Communist Premier Chou En lai was pictured today by auth oritative diplomatic sources as totally unyielding on his deter mination of attacking Formosa despite the grave threat of war. The outlook for a cease fire was described as "bleak." The diplomatic sources said Chou coldly had turned down all appeals for a negotiated Form osa settlement and has rebuffed third party mediation efforts by Britain and Moscow as in terference. tally uncompromising" and "seemingly disinclined to nego tiate at all." This is "the grim story behind the terse statements in the House of Commons Tuesday by Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden that the necessary conditions do not yet exist for solving the Formosa conflict through a conference or "other discussions." Eden said he had maintained contacts on this problem with Moscow as well as with Peip ing, and it was learned that only affairs in Peiping, Humphrey Trevelyan, conferred with Chou. It was understood that visit dis- The sources said the Commu nists firmly declined any meet ing on the Formosan crisis in be represented. This ' the West's conditions ference, and there v "'s mood. sources said Peiping is prepared for any formal V Medford JBUNE sr.? United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full -Leased Wire 49th Year 22 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY j5 Price 5c No. 303 ia i r K NATIONALIST All IASES I eft COMMUNIST All IASES I J1A NATIONALIST Alt IASES COMMUNIST All IASO SOUW CHK't Sit 1 c. 11 1 hA china : a fASTCHINfSU TSINKIANG Wrj I NATIONALIST CHINA SHRINKS Newsmap above shows the shrinking island perimeter of Chiang Kai-she and his Nationalist Government on Formosa. Since Jan. 1, 1955, Chiang has lost the Tachen Islands and now Matsu and Quemoy are threatened. Commies, Nationals Said Getting Ready For Island Showdown Washington (U.R) The Chi nese Nationalists appear to be getting ready for a showdown in the Quemoy-Matsu islands area, officials said today. The United States apparently haj not decided exactly what it will do if the current buildup on both sides results in a Chin ese fight. The role of interven tion or non-intervention will be decided by President Eisen. hower Moving Up Gunr Experts report that Red China in recent weeks has mov ed more artillery of longer range calibre to positions oppo site the Nationalist-held Quemoy and Matsu island groups. This was the ominous techifique em ployed on the ground by the Reds in Indochina last year when they got the upper hand there. The Communists alsq are know to be concentrating troops and supplies in nearby coastal areas. Small naval craft releas ed from duty following the Na tionalist evacuation of the Tachen Islands, farther north, have appeared in waters near the Quemoy and Matsu groups. Chinese i Nationalist forces likewise have been moved from Formosa and the Tachen Islands to the Quemoy-Matsu area. United States ships and planes are dispersed in the Formosa area. Pressure on Nationalists The United States is putting pressure on the Nationalists not 10 Puerto Ricans Declared Guilty ' New York (U.R) A federal court jury today found 10 Puer to Rican Nationalists guilty of conspiracy in connection with the attempted assassination of former President Truman and an attack on representatives on the floor of Congress. The verdict ruled the Nation alists were guilty of conspiring to overthrow the government of the United States by force and violence. They face a possible maxi mum penalty of six years in prison and a $5000 fine. Sen tence was not immediately pro nounced. The verdict was widely inter preted as a death blow for the Nationalist Party in Puerto Rico. Myrtle Creek Mill Operation Scheduled Myrtle Creek, Ore. (O.R) Op tions on lease of the plywood plant and sawmill of the Ump qua Plywood Corporation's Myr tle Creek operation have been taken by a group of Myrtle Creek, Roseburg and Portland people who plan to operate the mill as a cooperative. The group yesterday filed ar ticles of incorporation at Salem. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 406.83, up 1.93; 20 rail roads 149.82. up 1.55; 15 utili ties 63.67, up 0.10, and 65 stocks 152.47, up 0.88. Sales today were about 2,760,000 shares compared with 4,590,000 shares yesterday. fmYUSHAN Ayikiang TACtffN It 1 NATIONALIST DEFENSE LINE JAN. I. I9S5 NATIONALIST DEFENSE LINE TODAY PACIfIC OCEAN to undertake any suicidal main land invasion campaign. India, Britain, and perhaps the Soviet Union are similarly putting pressure on the Chinese Reds to avoid any military ac tion that could spark a fight in the Matsu-Quemoy area. The outcome of this two-way pressure campaign is in doubt. Some . high officials believe a tacit ceasefire already exists in the Formosa Strait. Others be lieve that the absence of any major action now is only the calm before the storm of a large scale Red attack on the offshore islands. The scale of any Red offen sive action will be an important factor in U.S. action. Two Men Sentenced To Terms in Prison Two men have been sentenced to terms in Oregon State prison on parole violation charges, and a third man, wanted here on a bad check charge, has been ar rested in Eureka, Calif., accord ing to Sheriff Howard Gault. The two men who were sen tenced in circuit court to prison terms were Roland Charles White, 19, Box 254, Jacksonville, and Lawrence Daniel Scroggins, 210 Bliss St., Medford. Arrested in Eureka was Wal ter E. Keller, 28, Kootenai, Ida., wanted here on a charge of obtaining money under false pre tenses. Keller has been sentenced to a term in the Humboldt coun ty jail, and will not be available for possible extradition until Oct. 7, Gault said. Couny Budget Deadline For Departments Set March 14 is the deadline for submission of county depart mental budget estimates for the coming fiscal year, it was an nounced today. County budget meetings ten tatively have been set for March 23, April 5, and April 12. Mem bers of the county budget com mittee are Arnold Bohnert, Tom Wray, and Roger Rath. Revamping of State Constitution Halted Salem U.R) A move for a constitutional convention to re vamp Oregon's constitution com pletely and at one time came to a halt today after the Senate re jected the proposal 22 to 8. Military Pay Raise Gets House Approval Washington U.R) The House approved and sent to the Senate today a $745,845,015 pay raise for 2,000,000 servicemen. Washington (U.R) The Sen ate Government Operations Com mittee has approved the long stalled nomination of Joseph E. Campbell to be comptroller gen eral. The committee vote was 7 to 3. Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul I. Patterson has announced the re appointment of Austin Dunn of Baker as a member of the State Board of the Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. WINCHO PCNSHAN II Water Supply Seen Far Below Normal In Southern Oregon Forecast Cites Low Winter Precipitation The water supply outlook in southwestern Oregon is far be low normal, it was reported to day. Summer irrigation season water shortages can be antici pated because of lack of precipi tation this winter. This forecast was made this morning by R, D. Church, of the Medford weather bureau, and W. T. (Jack) Frost, of the soil conservation service in Portland, following compilation of snow survey and streamflow reports from throughout the area. , Storms Below Normal February storms brought only one-third of the precipitation considered average over the 10 year period of 1943 to 1952. This left the mountain snowpack fur ther below average than at the same time last month. The report said March and April storms would have to be three to four times normal to bring the situa tion up to normal. Although the Rogue Basin over-all snowpack averages 72 per cent normal, the snow cover is- below this figure on the Up per Rogue and in the Little Butte creek-Bear Creek water sheds. Only in the Illinois wa tershed is snow anywhere near normal. The water situation is made more acute because of the rela tively dry soils under the snow as indicated by fall precipita tion of only 40 per cent of nor mal. Snow surveyors in many areas have reported dusf "under the snow instead of the usual damp or wet soil. Some Holdover Water Reservoirs fortunately have some holdover water from last season, but water inflow has been negligible during the win ter, and expected spring and summer inflow will be far be low average. Fourmile lake, with 9,253 acre feet in storage compared with 15,900 a year ago, can ex pect an inflow of only 5,000 acre feet in the six-month per iod April through September. Fish lake already has 5,516 acre feet in storage, and the flow of the north fork of Little Butte creek is forecast at 10,200 acre feet for the irrigation season, or 62 per cent of average. Hiatt lake stores water for the Talent Irrigation district, and now holds 9,900 acre feet, compared with 13,100 a year ago. Inflow to this reservoir is estimated at only 3,100 acre feet for the irrigation season. Em igrant lake held only slightly more than 2,000 acre feet on March 1, but will increase some what with future snow melt and the spring rainstorms. However, snow cover on Wagner Butte is only half that of a year ago, and is less than half at Hiatt lake. Flow on Rogue Spring and summer flow of the Rogue above Prospect is forecast at 267,000 acre feet, or 78 per cent of the 1943-52 av erage. The flow at. Grants Pass is forecast at 720,000 acre feet, and chances are reasonably good that low flow will not fall be low 870,000 cubic feet per sec ond when alternation "B" be gins on canals of the Grants Pass Irrigation district. Applegate river near Copper is forecast to discharge 113,000 acre feet, or 93 per cent of av erage April through September. The Illinois river at Kerby should discharge 180,000 acre feet or 99 per cent of average. Crescent Boy Killed When Struck by Auto Bend '(U.R) Eight-year-old James Sparks of Crescent died at St. Charles hospital here last night of injuries suffered yes terday when he was struck by an automobile shortly after he stepped from a school bus. Weather FORECAST: Considerable ' cloudiness with a few show ers tonight and Friday. A lit tle cooler Fridav. Low tonight 38. High Friday 48. Temp. Highest Yesterdav 56 Lowest this- Morning 37 PJIPJM mi MecTco Crew Assists Stranded Couple Dr. and Mrs. William E. White of the Veterans Admin istration domiciliary. Camp While, were a happy, relieved couple last Monday morning when a Medford corporation construction crew arrived for work on a lonely road in the mountainous Butle Falls area. Dr. While, ohysician at the veterans home, and his wife had been stranded 14 hours, overnight, in biller cold. Their car was stuck and out of gas oline. The doctor, in expressing publicly his thanks to the Medco workmen, said that he had turned up the road, which he thought was another, while on a piclure-taking expedition. He reported that the car be came stuck at just about sun down Sunday and the road crew did not arrive from Butte' Falls until about 7:15 a.m. Monday. Mrs. White had a light coat on. He had none and there was no heat in the car when it ran out of gasoline. The Medco men got the couple into the cab of a truck with a heat er and gave them hot coffee and hot chocolate from their lunches, the doctor said. , Cincinnati in Path ofRampagingOhio; First Death Told By UNITED PRESS The Muddy Ohio river's flood crest was to hit Cincinnati to daj It had already claimed at least one life and some river front buildings were completely under water. The city's worst flood crest in seven years was expected to sweep down the swollen river at a height of 61.2 feet. The silt-laden waters stood at 61 feet at Cincinnati early to day and were' rising at a rate of a tenth of a foot every four hours. Many Evacuated Upstream, the rampaging Ohio had - forced evacuation of 3,823 persons in Ohio, West Vir ginia and Kentucky. Water ran through the business streets of river towns and damage was esti mated in the millions. In the Cincinnati area alone, the Red Cross was caring for 925 persons. Basements were flooded and water ran three feet deep on the first floors of warehouses, tene ment buildings and stores along the waterfront. Drowns In Elevator It was in one of these flooded warehouses that the flood claim ed its first victim Wednesday. Trenton Harton Jr., 27, lowered a freight elevator to check the water depth and drowned when the car stuck. , 'Indestructible Lady' Marks I02nd Birthday Anniversary Ashland Mrs. Sarah Blevins Wing, Ashland's "indestructible lady," is celebrating her 102nd birthday today. Born in the Tualatin valley near Oregon City on March 10, 1853, to parents who were mem bers of the famous Applegate caravan to Oregon, Mrs. Wing spent her early years in a log cabin. She still has vivid memories of the early pioneering days of Oregon which did not become a . state until she was nearly 6 years old. While still a young girl, she moved with her family to Cali fornia, and until 1901, when she and her husband and children moved back to Oregon, she lived in California and Idaho. She has lived in Ashland since. Her hus band died in 1916, and she has made her home with her daugh ter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McGee. Still alert and keen, Mrs. Wing keeps up with the events of the day, and is in constant contact with her church and with neighbors. She has survived many adventures and crises, in cluding injuries she suffered in an automobile accident and an emergency appendectomy she underwent recently. She was re covered in leu than a week. ftMa)7V'iu. lo)i Surtax on Present Income Tax Seen To Fill State Gap Proposal Would Be Effective Two Years Salem (U.R) Republicans and Democrats on the House Taxation Committee agreed ten tatively today that the final gap between money the state can raise and the money it needs to operate will be filled by a sur tax on top of the present income tax. The surtax would be effec tive only two years, unless con tinued by the next Legislature. The committee estimated it can raise some $17,500,000 in new revenue with a half-dozen new tax plans. Figuring a $55, 000,000 deficit, that would leave $37,500,000 to be made up with the surtax. Pearson Objects Rep. Walter Pearson (D-Port-land) objected to the plan and urged, instead, that his "univer sal" income tax plan be adopted because 80 per cent of the re venue raised by that plan would come from the federal govern ment. Pearson's tax bill incor porates Gov. Paul Patterson's proposal for the federal income tax offset. Ren. Loran Stewart (R-Cut- tage Grove), committee chair-' man, promised Pearson his plan would be considered. Revised Earlier Plan The committee revised its ear lier plan of piecemeal tax in creases to replace the proposed increase on telephone bills with a tax on tobacco, the so-called Massachusetts plan. That would bring in 7,000,000 new dollars a biennium. Another plan tentatively adopted would require estimates of anticipated income to be filed by professional and business people as they are on the federal level. Hearings on bills for repeal of the skyscraper clause and util ity exemptions will be held Wednesday, March 16, at 1 p.m. Two Planes Missing In Salt Lake Region Salt Lake City (U.R) Two airplanes carrying nine men and a boy were missing in the Salt Lake City area today and search craft took advantage of clearing skies to look for the missing planes. , A twin-engined Beechcraft be lieved carrying an Illinois lum ber broker, his nine-year-old son and three associates had been unreported since passing over Ft. Bridger, Wyo., at 4:14 p.m. (PST). An Air Force B25, carrying a crew of three and two passen gers, dropped out of sight short ly after passing over Salt Lake City at 6:37 p.m. (PST). MRS. SARAH BLEVINS WING Starts 103rd Year Today Her only living children are Mrs.- McGee and Wallace Roy Wing, Concord, Calif. She has four grandsons and 13 great grandchildren, and expects soon to become a great-great-grandmother. TAX. CUT cotsapROcai g" m Mi iKKca . ':' -- "' "! mILh Bllini irilli ' m PORTLAND'S EMERGENCY CAR The disaster car used in Portland since 1939 is shown above. It is similar to the type of unit planned for Medford by members of the International Association of Firefighters, whose local members today an nounced a fund raising campaign seeking $20,000 for pur chase of a bus to be equipped with all types of disaster and emergency equipment. Firemen here would construct and op erate the unit on a completely volunteer basis. Disaster Car Planned By Firemen; Campaign Goal Set at $20,000 Plans for a drive to raise some $20,000 for a disaster car unit for the Medford area were an nounced today. The campaign is being spon sored by the Medford local of the International Association of Fire Fighters, of which most Medford firemen are members. Spokesman for the organiza tion, Fire Capt. Dale, Davis, pointed out that while Jackson county has been fortunate in the past, there is always the possi bility of a disaster at any time. Some of the possibilities he list ed were plane crashes, train or bus wrecks, floods, explosions, cave-ins, widespread fires, or even bombings. The firemen have long felt the need for a unit of this type, he said. Equipment Planned The disaster unit would con tain all types of rescue and emergency equipment, such as hand tools, portable light gener ators and power equipment, re suscitators, and other items. It would be carried in compact apartments in a large modern bus. Estimated total cost is $20, 000. It is proposed to purchase an inter-city bus from Evergreen Bus lines, and convert it into the disaster unit. Captain Davis pointed out that a number of other cities already have disas ter units, including the Klamath Falls suburban fire department, which has made use of theirs frequently, and Portland, which has had one since 1939. The Portland unit has been in con stant use. Also At Ambulance The unit also could serve as an auxiliary ambulance, al though it would be used for such a purpose only when other am bulance services cannot handle the needs, and call for assist ance. It is planned to finance the unit through donations, and several cash gifts and offers of equipment have already been pledged by some individuals and groups, Captain. Davis reported. He said that donations from any citizen, business, organization or group would be welcome. Gifts of cash, no matter how small, are solicited, and can be mailed to "Fire Fighters, care General Delivery, Medford, Ore." A board of trustees has been organized to accept the dona tions and administer the funds. Robert J. Cunningham of the U.S. National bank here is chair man. An advisory board is being organized, with Col. Charles A. Eisenhower Reaffirms Armed Troops in Europe Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower today affirmed U.S. willingness to maintain armed forces in Europe, includ ing Germany, if the Paris agree ments establishing the Western European union are ratified ful ly. The President restated U. S. Dolicv on the rearmament of Western Germany and other as pects of the Paris agreements in a special message to the prime ministers of Belguim, France. West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg. The Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Stafford, director of civil de fense for the county, as chair man. . On Off-Duty Time The fire fighters organiza' tion proposes to construct, main' tain and operate the unit on their off-duty time, on a full 24 hour, seven-day basis. They will receive no compensation. The unit will be centrally housed in Medford. - All members of the depart ment are fully trained in first aid. Members of the Fire Fighters association hope to be able to organize auxiliary disaster crews in fire departments, or other groups, in each town in the coun ty. These could assist with the unit if and ;when it is called to their area. ' France JGets Warning On Rearmament Plan Paris (U.R) British Prime Minister Winston Churchill has warned that someone else will occupy France's chair in the NATO alliance if France fails to ratify German rearmament, Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay said today. Pinay made the statement be fore the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee in discussion on the Paris pacts to rearm Western Germany. There was growing hope the government could push the pacts through the upper house on schedule this month. Informed sources 6aid Pinay told the senators that Churchill had issued his warning in a let ter to former Premier Pierre Mendes-France in January. The letter said France must not leave its "chair" empty in the alliance or someone else would occupy it." Atomic Explosion Scheduled Friday Las Vegas -U.R) The Atom ic Energy commission said today it will detonate the fifth nuclear blast of its 1955 spring tests to morrow at 5:25 a.m. (PST). The announcement came after a morning weather evaluation determined present wind and cloud conditions would permit the firing over Yucca Flat. The AEC, added, however, another evaluation would be made at 10:30 p.m. The device planned for to morrow will be touched off from a 300-foot tower. Aircraft will simulate attacks and bombing runs during to morrow's shot, the AEC said. Butler's Statement on Mamie's Health Attacked Washington (U.R) Repub lican leaders today denounced Democratic National Chairman Paul M. Butler for suggesting that Mrs. Eisenhower's health might influence the President against seeking a second term. Noting that Mrs." Eisenhower has been confined to bed this week with influenza, House GOP Leader Joseph W. Martin Jr., said "it is certainly poor taste to drag a temporary ill ness into the political offensive." Plan Could Lead Nation to Doom, Secretary Says Senate Slates Vote On Plan Next Week Washington U.R) Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey today denounced a compromise tax-cutting plan proposed by some Senate Democrats as "ir responsible . . . political" and "silly." He told the House Ways and Means Committee the proposal might take the nation down the road to "gloom and doom." Speaker Sam Rayburn indi cated meantime that House Dem ocrats might not be too unhappy with the compromise proposed by their fellow party members in the Senate. Rayburn played a key part in sponsorship and passage of a $20 per person tax cut approved by the House. He told reporters the proposed Senate compromise looks "very interesting." "If they pass it," he said, "we will be willing to consider it seriously." Vote Next Week The Senate started debate on the tax bill today, but will not vote until next week. The com promise faced an uncertain fate there. Some key Democrats such as Sens. Harry F. Byrd of Vir ginia and Walter F. George of Georgia, were against it. Humphrey blasted the Senate proposal for a smaller income tax cut as "just as irresponsible, just as political and just as bad from every point of view as the original proposal" to cut income taxes $20 a head which passed the House. He said the Senate plan would have "the added disadvantage" of repealing tax relief enacted last year for business which "re versed the trend from gloom and doom to better times." Compromise Proposal The compromise Senate pro posal calls for a tax cut effective next Jan. 1 of $20 a head for all taxpayers plus $10 for all de pendants except wives. It would be restricted generally to fam ilies earning less than $5,000 a year. The loss of revenue would be offset by repeal of new de preciation rules and the special tax relief for stockholders that Congress enacted last year. As the Senate opened debate on the tax bill, Republican lead er William F. Knowland of Cal ifornia told reporters that the Eisenhower administration is "opposed" to the Democratic compromise and "we GOP sena tors are going to resist it." "The proposed compromise is not satisfactory and .1 do not think it will be adopted by the Senate," he said. Portland Hotel Fire Suspect Arrested Portland U.R) Police today took into custody Russell Arn old U'Ren, who was wanted on a negligence charge in connec tion with yesterday's Lind hotel fire here that resulted in five deaths. U'Ren was spotted by two pa trolmen at W. Burnside st. and 8nd ave. He told them, "I was going to turn myself in to you fellows today." He said he spent the night in a room near where he was picked up. Police said the charge arose from a statement U'Ren made to a reporter and Fire Marshal C. W. Stickney. Stickney said U'Ren told of a blanket catching fire in his room, that he tossed it into & hallway, poured water on it and thought it was out. Divorces, Marriages In 1955 Are Listed Forty-eight marriages have been performed in Jackson coun ty and 36 divorces have been, granted since the first of Janu ary, according to figures released today by the county clerk's of fice. During January, 22 marriages were performed, and 20 divorces, involving families with 21 chil dren, were granted. There were 26 marriages and 16 divorces in volving families with 14 children during February.