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Crater. High ley
Donn Johnson Gels
Top State Position
As Conclave Ends
Corvallis Chosen
For '56 Meeting
Central Point Donn John
son, urater High, school, was
elected president of the State
Future Farmers of America at
a business session of the third
annual stats FFA convention
here yesterday afternoon.
Johnson is head of the Crater
FFA chapter, and earlier in the
four-day conclave won the state
wide speaking contest, which
entitles him to enter the reg
ional contest in Arizona next
month.
Other Officer!
Other new state officers are
Joe Colvin, Enterprise, High
school, vice-president; Ron Pitt-
man, Albany, secretary; George
Meyers, Newberg, treasurer;
Ken Chaney, Sherwood, report
er; Duane Beemer, McLoughlin
High school, Milton-Freewater,
and Richard Whittstein, On
tario, Mike Harms, Canby,
Delyn Williams, Lakeview, and
Dave Moss, Cottage Grove, dis
trict vice-presidents.
Delegates voted to hold next
year's convention in Corvallis.
The conclave came to a close
today with a morning business
session and a luncheon at noon.
Nearly 500 delegates from the
85 FFA chapters in the state,
representing some 3,700 mem
bers, attended the meetings.
Two Nw Chapters
Two new chapters were char
tered at ceremonies yesterday.
They include one at Illinois Val
ley High school. Cave Junction,
and at Joseph High school.
Six high school agricultural
instructors yesterday were hon
ored by being named "honorary
state farmers" of the FFA, the
highest honor the organization
can bestow to an adult. They
were Bill McKinney, Salem;
Cloyd Makinson, Eugene; Albert
McKay, Gresham; Wally wedin,
McLoughlin High, Milton-Freer
water; J. B. Thomas, Hillsboro,
and Leno Christensen, Madras.
To become eligible for the
honor, the men had to have been
on the FFA board of directors
for two years, had 10 years ex
perience and fulfilled other
requirements.
(See story on Pag 9)
Germany Ratifies
Paris Agreements
Bonn, Germany (U.R) The
Bonn government completed
ratification today of the Paris
nH: tn rearm 500.000 Ger
mans as a major force in the
Western defense system against
Communist aggression.
The West German upper house
set its final stamp of approval
on the set of treaties which re
stores German sovereignty, ends
the Allied occupation and per
mits Germany to arm as a part
of the Western European Union
and NATO.
. "What haDDened today means
the wiping out of Yalta," Chan
cellor Konrad Adenauer sam
after the successful conclusion
of his long and hard fight for
ratification.
Of the major powers, only
France has not completed ratifi
cation.
Hatoyama Elected
As Premier of Japan
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Xokyo (U.R) Ichiro Hatcn
yamo, leader of the ruling demo
cratic party, was a.icu i
mier of Japan today following
the election of opposition party
members as speaker and vice
speaker of the lower house.
Hatovama polled 254 votes
from the 467-member House
while his closest irval, leftist
Socialist Mosaburo Sizuki, re
ceived 160 votes.
The upper house still had to
vote on Hatoyama's election, but
its action is a mere formality.
Liberal Shuji Masutani was
elected house speaker and right
Socialist Motojiro Sugiyama be
came vice-speaker.
Weather
FORECAST: Fair tonight and
Saturday; a HtUe cooler Sat
urday. Low toniint 25; WtS
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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAYMARCH 18, 1955
TOP AWARDS Donn Johnson,
leader of the Future Farmers of
America chapter at Crater High '
school, Central Point, was elect
ed president of the state FFA
organization during the third
annual convention of the group
this week. The election was held
Thursday afternoon. Earlier in
the week, Johnson also won the
first place in the state-wide pub
lic speaking contest, which en
titles him to a trip to Arizona
next month to compete in
regional contest. He is shown
above (left) being congratulated
on winning the speech contest
by Dan Dunham, Lakeview, out
going state president. The con
vention closed today after four
days. Next year's session will be
in Corvallis. Nearly 500 dele
gates from the 85 state FFA
chapters, representing some
3,700 members, attended the
conclave, which was held at
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convention a new chapter,
Illinois Valley High school, Cave
Junction,' was chartered. The
Crater High chapter is the only
FFA group in Jackson county.
FFA CONVENTION SESSION Shown
above is a general view of a business session
of the third annual Future Farmers of Ameri
ca state convention which is concluding at
Crater High school, Central Point, today. At
the officers' table, left to right, are Max
Smith, Enterprise High school, agriculture in structor
and convention parliamentarian; Del
bert Kessi, Eddyville, state reporter; Ralph
Barker, Ontario, district vice-president; Jay
Nixon 'Lays Facte on
Chicago U.R) Vice Presi
dent Richard M. Nixon has laid
"the facts on the line" about the
atomic retaliation which would
surely follow new Communist
aggressions.
Nixon spelled out the nation's
"peace without surrender" policy
-Jin a crowded schedule of three
speeches and two news confer-
tences here.
LIt'was the third straight day
that one of the nation s highest
officials had issued a blunt warn
ing that the United States would
use atomic weapons in any new
war.
Nixon told newsmen "I'm go
ing to say it a little more blunt
ly," but denied that the adminis
tration is trying to prepare the
American people for any new
conflict.
"We're just laying the facts
on the line," he said.
Nixon said that:
1. "Our artillery and our tac
tical air force in the Pacific are
now equipped with atomic ex
plosives which can be and win
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
' New York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 404.75 off 0.48; 20 rail
roads 146.44 off 0.14; 15 utilities
63.69 up 0.43; and 65 stocks
151.07 up 0.04. Sales today were
about 2,050,000 shares compared
with 2,200,000 shares traded
yesterday.
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be used on military targets with
precision and effectiveness:
2. The conventional weapons
with which Americans fought in
World War II and Korea are "ob
solete." American Pacific forces
couldn't fight "an effective war"
with them even if they wanted
to.
3. It would be "insanity and
madness" for the . Communists
to launch new . aggressions "in
the face of the consequences we
have made clear will follow."
But, he warned, the danger of
the Formosa situation should not
be underestimated.. There won't
be any war "if the Communists
act like reasonable men," he
said, "but dictatorial leaders . . .
are always unpredictable.'!
Nixon's warnings echoed state
ments by President Eisenhower
Wednesday ' and Secretary of
Two Red China Junks
Said Sunk by Nationals
Taipeh, Formosa U.R) Two
Nationalist air force announced
today its planes sank two , Chi
nese Communists junks and
"auite seriously damaged" six
others in the second day of air
sea fighting near Quemoy.
The air ofrce said a wave of
Nationalist planes ' swept over
Communist waters south of
Tungyhan Island near the bor
der of Kwagtung and Fukien
provinces and attacked the Com
munist ships with blazing guns.
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Wright, Almo, Nev., national FFA vice-president
who was one of the convention speakers;
Charles Dorman, Forest Grove, district vice
president; Don Durham, Lakeview, state FFA
president (at podium); Burton Aus, Oregon
City, state secretary; Wilmont Elder, Enter-,
prise, treasurer; Ralph L. Morgan, Salem,
state FFA advisor; Dick Pahl, Pendleton, dis
trict vice-president (standing at rear); and ,
Johnny Weisz, Gervais,. state sentinel.
One'
State John Foster Dulles Tues
day; Mr. Eisenhower said atomic
weapons would be used withbul
let-like-precision in a new war
and Dulles also mentioned the
use of atomic weapons in the
Pacific. '
The vice-president hesitated to
reveal his views so forcefully
when he was questioned about
the release of the Yalta docu
ments.
He said he wanted to. look at
the documents before giving a
detailed opinion.
Boys on 'Operation Icicle'
In Good Shape, Pilot Says
All 34 boys and 4 adult leaders
on "Operation Icicle" are in
good shape and having a won
derful time, Pilot Gene Xooser
reported after a flight over
Lake O' Woods yesterday after
noon. . Kooser and ' Scout Executive
Cliff Hanson made the flight and
dropped food to the boys.. They
said the youngsters had tramped
out a big bulls-eye in the snow
on" the frozen lake, with an ar
row pointing to it and a message
challenging the fliers to hit the
bulls-eye with the food drop.
Kooser and Hanson were in
contact with the group by radio,
and they reported everyone is
I fine and there are no problems.
White Reindicted
On Murder Charge;
To Plead April 5th
Grand Jury Returns
Second Accusation
Bernice H. (Tex) White, 37,
of 228 Hartley rd., will appear
in court April 5 to enter a plea
to a first degree murder charge.
White was reindicted yester
day on charges that' he fatally
injured Eugene Raymond Birk,
32, Phoenix, by striking him
over the head with a two-by-four
piece of lumber on March 4.
White appeared in court this
morning, and was arraigned be
fore Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna.
It was Judge Hanna's first ap
pearance on the bench in sev
eral weeks. He has been absent
because of illness.
Second Indictment
The first degree murder in
dictment returned against White
by the grand jury yesterday was
the second brought against him
following Birk's death in an Ash
land hospital. The first indict
ment was dismissed on a motion
by District Attorney Walter
Nunley when it was found to
contain two errors.
Two other men appeared in
circuit court this morning before
Judge Hanna. They were Char
les Robert Quackenbush, 41, of
route 1, box 539, Talent, and
John Lindsay, 22, of 38 North
Front st., Medford.
Quackenbush was arraigned
and pleaded guilty to a sex
crime. His case was continued
pending examination by a psy
chiatrist. Lindsay was arraigned and
pleaded guilty to a charge of ob
taining money under false pre
tenses. His case was continued
until Tuesday, when he is sched
uled to enter a plea.
Released On Bond
In a district court case, Robert
Edmond Brandso, 28, Jackson
ville, has been released on
$1,500 property bond put up by
Mr. and Mrs. John Ysunza,, Med
ford. Brandso has been held on
a California fugitive warrant in
volving bad check charges, ac
cording to district court officials.
Three men were arrested yes
terday by state police. Lodged in
the Jackson county jail are Lia-
meal Jesse Haley, 35, Los An
geles, and Clyde Truman Haley,
38,;. . Porterville, Calif ., , b o.t h
being drunk on a public high
way, and LeRoy Hopkins, 60, of
447 North Fir st., Medford,
charged with no operator's li
cense. Nothing Derogatory
Found About Peress
Washington (U.R) An Army
dental officer testified today he
kept an eye and ear on Maj.
Irving Peress for Army Intelli
gence but discovered nothing de
rogatory. Col. Ruluff F. Leverich, chief
dental surgeon at Camp Kilmer,
N. J., said Peress was not in a
sensitive position and had no
access to classified information.
Leverich told the Senate In
vestigating" Subcommittee that
Lt. Col. Chester T. Brown, Kil
mer intelligence officer, told
him only that there was "a little
question" about Peress, not that
Peress was a security suspect.
Innocent Plea Entered
To Dentistry Charge
Lee Poirier, Jacksonville, yes
terday pleaded innocent to
charges that he has practiced
dentistry without a license, ac
cording to district court offi
cials. . The plea was entered in dis
trict court through Poirier's at
torney, O. H. Benglton.
The case, which has been
pending in district court for sev
eral months through a series of
legal moves, has been set for
trial on May 26.
EXPLOSION CANCELLED
Las Vegas (U.R) The Atomic
Energy Commission today post
poned for another day tomor
row's tentatively scheduled test
of a "sensitive" nuclear device
because of unfavorable weather
conditions.
The air drop was the last, and
the supplies brought in by air,
and those taken in by" Sno-Cat
yesterday, are ample for the
rest of the period. The Josephine
county boys will hike out Sun
day and the Medford-Ashland
group Monday.
Flights over the area will be
made each day to check with
the boys to make sure, everyone
is well. The plane was loaned
for the purpose by the George
brothers' Rogue Flying service
, This is the third year of "Op
eration Icicle," which is to train
older scouts and explorers in
wintertime snow camping and
survival techniques.
Knowland
Roosevelt
Congress
Washington (UP) The Eisenhower adminis
tration plans an early release of wartime documents
designed to repudiate the Truman administration's
1949 "white paper" on U. S. relations with China.
Coming on the heels of the Yalta papers, the new
series on China is sure to figure prominently in Republican-Democratic
campaigning in the 1956 elec
tions. The 1949 China "white paper" pinned principal
blame for Nationalist China's loss of the mainland on
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and his Kuomintang
Party. It rejected the Republican charge that the
Democrats at least shared the blame for the loss of
China to Communism.
Washington U.R) Senate Re
publican Leader William F.
Knowland charged today that
President Roosevelt "misled"
Congress when he reported in
1945 that the Yalta conference
did not cover problems of the
Pacific war.
"I think that comes near to
being a false official report to a
co-equal branch of the govern
ment," Knowland told the Sen
ate. "I doubt that any President
has the right to mislead Con
gress." Knowland's brief speech was
Senator Neuberger
To Continue Work
For Talent Money
Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D
Ore.) today informed the Mail
Tribune that he is going to "con
tinue to do all in my capacity to
bring about appropriations for
the Talent project."
(The $22,000,000 reclamation
proposal, involving irrigation
and power facilities in the south
ern part of Jackson county, was
approved by Congress last year,
but was not incluaed in the aa
ministration's budget in the cur
rent Congress. Attempts are be
ing made to obtain a supplement
al budget request for the proj
ect.)
Cites Benefit-Cost Ratio
Senator Neuberger said he is
sending a letter to the director
of the bureau of reclamation
Tjointinc out that the benefit-
cost ratio on the Upper Colorado
project and the Talent project
arp nearlv identical 1.3 to 1
for the Upper Colorado and 1.30
to 1 for Talent.
"Yet the administration , bud
get earmarks $10,000,000 for the
Upper Colorado and not a cent
for Talent construction," the
senator's wire said. He added:
Witnesses Silent
"Furthermore, administration
witnesses in recent weeks have
urged Congressional approval of
the Upper Colorado, but . me
same witnesses . are silent on
funds for the already-approved
Talent project, which adminis
tration political candidates used
in Jackson county during elec
tion year.
. "You can be sure I will con
tinue to do all in my capacity
to bring about appropriations for
the Talent project, which com
pares favorably with undertaK-
ings the administration is pru
moting elsewhere in the nation."
Quakes Continue
To Shake Hawaii
Pahoa, Hawaii (U.R) Fears
of new volcanic eruptions
nlaeued residents of Hawaii
Island today with eartnquaices
... . . m .
continuing to shake the island.
Omnous wisps of steam rose
from fissures in the earth, but
i-ara artivitv was confined to
sluggish bubbling from one sin-
ele vent.
The steam began rising ior
the first time late yesterday
from cracks that opened Sunday
and Monday across the lava
blocked road between Pahoa
and the evacuated coastal village
of TCalana'na.
Meanwhile, an anticipated
tidal wave from a strong earth
quake off the Kamchatka Penin
sula failed to materialize in the
Aleutian Islands last night and
the U.S. Coast Geodetic Survey
cancelled a tidal wave alert for
the Hawaiian Islands.
State's Share in Road
Program $593,100,000
Washington U.R) Oregon
would have to raise $593,100,
000 under President Eisenhow
er's proposed 10-year highway
urogram, the U.S. Bureau of
Public Roads said today in re
leasing a breakdown showing the
government's ' share and . state
local share.
The government's share to
Oregon would be $479,000,000
Charges
Misled
on Yalta
the opening gun in the expected
off and on arguing between
Democrats and Republicans over
the long secret Yalta documents
which were made public
Wednesday.
Knowland quoted from the
Congressional Record on Roose
velt's report to Congress on
March 1, 1945. He said the late
President told the joint congres
sional session: ' "Quite naturally
this conference (Yalta) concern
ed itself only with the European
war and the political problems
of Europe and not with the Pa
cific war."
Gave Concessions
The Yalta documents show
that Mr. Roosevelt and British
Prime Minister Winston Church
ill obtained from Soviet Premier
Josef Stalin a pledge to come
into the war against Japan two
or three months after Germany's
surrender. Roosevelt and
Churchill agreed to territorial
concessions to Russia in the Far
East.
At the time Mr. Roosevelt re
ported in person to a joint ses
sion of Congress, Russia was not
at war with Japan. Democrats
have said in the past that the
president could not have report
ed the Russian agreement to en
ter the Japanese war without re
vealing Pacific war strategy to
the enemy.
Knowland . said Yalta . "dealt
with many thijigs," other than
Europe; including Japan, Korea,
and "many other problems."
Knowland acknowledged that
the chief executive may have to
keep certain things secret dur
ing wartime. But, he asked,
"does any President have the
right to withhold information
from the public" in peacetime?
Democratic Reply
Senate Democratic Leader
Lyndon B. Johnson replied by
asking .whether domestic poli
tics led to release of the docu
ments. He noted that Chairman
Walter F. George (D-Ga.) of the
Foreign' Relations Committee
had said their publication would
have a bad effect on foreign
relations.
Johnson said he believes the
State Department should gear
all its activities to winning the
cold war and protecting the
United States against Commu
nism. (See story on Page 14)
Oakland Woman Held
Hostage by Husband
Roseburg (U.R) James Far-
rell Fanty, 28, of Indio, Calif.,
was charged with assault with
a dangerous weapon today after
police said he held his wife,
Dorothy Alice Fanty, 21, in ta
house at Oakland, Ore., at gun
point for some 20 hours.
Fanty surrendered at b:uo
a.m. today after officers had
surrounded the house and
pleaded with him all night to
give hismelf up.
Fanty told officers he went
to Oakland to gain custody of
his children. The three children,
oldest of whom is 5, and a baby
sitter were allowed to leave the
house to go to a friend's home,
Sanders said.
Soviet Note to France
Seen as Threat Renewal
Moscow (U.R) Russia today
handed a note to France.
It was believed the diplomatic
communication was linked to the
earlier Soviet threat to scrap the
Franco-Soviet friendship pact if
France ratifies the German re
armament pacts.
The note was delivered five
days before the French Senate
opens its three-day debate on
ratification of the London-Paris
pacts to rearm West Germany.
There was no immediate offi
cial word of the note's contents.
Salem (U.R) The Senate
has unanimously passed a House
approved bill oncerning the
importation of beef or dairy
cattle into Oregon.
New York (U.R) Handy
and Harman,' bullion dealers,
have slashed the price of foreign
silver in New . York by IVi
cents to 88Vi cents a fine ounce.
Captain Ordered
To Continue Course
'While Men Work'
Crewmen Fear Guns
Of Nationalist Navy
Helsinki, Finland (U.R) The
owners of the tanker Aruba or
dered its captain to proceed to
ward Red China with 13,000 tons
of jet plane fuel today as long
as its rebellious crew "continues
to work."
Crewmen have served notice
they will refuse to go past Singa
pore and risk the guns of Chi
nese Nationalist warships which
have been ordered to intercept
the tanker and seize her cargo.
Rendezvous Possible
The crew had demanded that
the captain put into "the nearest
available harbor," but the cap
tain refused to stop at Ceylon
and prepared if necessary to
transship his jet fuel at a rendez
vous in the open sea.
It was not known whether the
transshipment would be attempt
ed in an effort to get the cargo
to Communist China to which
the kerosene was originally con-,
signed, or whether the cargo was
open for dickering.
The United States brought the
China-bound fuel cargo of the
Finnish tanker Wiima off Singa
pore two years ago and took it
aboard a U. S. Navy tanker in
the open sea to end an earlier
Aruba incident.
High Drama Aboard
High drama apparently was
taking place aboard the 10,382-
ton Aruba, now two days off the
coast of Ceylon and still plow
ing eastward through the Indian
ocean.
The 42 crewmen plus the three
mates and the chief petty officer
signed on to sail to Red China.
But they unanimously rebelled
at sea against daring the guns
of the Nationalists.
The Nationalists announced
their intention of capturing the
Aruba if it ventured near For
mosa. Formosa newspapers de
manded the Aruba be sunk.
Klamath Disaster
Unit To Visit Here
The disaster car of the Klam
ath Falls suburban fire depart
ment will visit Medford next
month, it was announced today
by the local chapter of the In
ternational Association of Fire
Fighters.
The IAFF last week announc
ed plans to obtain a similar, unit
for use here. The Klamath car
will be displayed for one day in
downtown Medford. It has been
in service for about 18 months.
The drive to raise funds for
purchase and equipping the car
here is now under way, and
some contributions have already
been received. Those wishing
to help may send donations to
Fire Fighters, General Delivery,
Medford. Service organizations
and businesses in Jarkson coun
ty are being solicited for aid.
An advisory board for the
disaster unit has been set up,
with Col. " Charles E. Stafford,
director of civil defense for the
county, as chairman. Other mem
bers are Robert Cunningham, Dr.
Russell Barnes, Roy Huson,
Claude Haggard and Don Han
sen. Five Young Burmese
Schedule Visit Here
Four young men from Burma
will visit Jackson county during
May through the International
Farm Exchange program, ac
cording , to Glenn Klein,- county
agent for 4-H club work.
They are scheduled to arrive
in Medford on May 9, and will
remain in the county until about
June 1. While here, they will live
with county farm families, and
will seek to become acquainted
with the 4-H and Boy Scout pro
grams, and with farm and com
munity life in the United States.
County agents are requesting
that farm families interested in
providing homes for the youths
during their stay here get in
touch with Klein at the county
agent's office in the courthouse.
An orientation meeting for the
farm families will be held April
18 or 19 under the direction of
Clinton Gaylord, of the National
4-H Foundation, Washington,
D. C.
Sports Bulletin
'Eugene (U.R) 'lilwaukie
and Baker will meet for fifth
place in the Oregon Class A
' high school basketball tourna
ment here at 1:30 p.m. tomor
row as a result of consolation -games
played this morning.
Milwaukie battered an out
classed Redmond team 71 to
37 and Baker turned back
- North Bend, 69 to 59. The loss
es eliminated Redmond and
North Bend from the tourna
ment. . (See story on Page 13)
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