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Newspaper Page TextA. T Weather To report Improper or non-delivery of th Mail Tribune phone Ti41 before 6:45 pjn. dally and 10:30 a.m. Sunday. If regular delivery arrives rhort ly after you call please notify of fice thu eliminating special mes senger service. IvIEBFORD RIBUNE FORECAST: Fair Sunday, be coming partly cloudy Mon day. High Sunday 55; low Sunday night 23. Temp. Highest Yesterday .48 Lowest Yesterday - 26 United Press f-ull Lcdsed Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 49th Year 28 Pages MEDFORD, ORE MARCH 20, 1955 Price 5c No. 311 Subscribers T I 1 f ,-J yj : - 2 - yg(BDD(s Medford n n For S1 ism By DICK JEWETT Mail Tribun9 Sports Editor McArthur Court, Eugene A scorching Eugene basketball team defeated Medford's Black Tornado, 72 to 56, last night to take the state Class A basketball championship. Medford led at the end of the first quarter, and was a strong contender during most of the first half, during which the lead in the ball game changed hands seven times, and was tied twice. With the score at 22 all in the second quarter, Eugene's Mike Moran tipped in a shot, with 2Vi minutes left, breaking the tie. Eugene led all the way in from that breaking point. Eugene's Widest Lead 19 Points in Third Eugene's widest lead was 19 points, which it attained twice in the third quarter. The Axemen were paced by brilliant play all the way by Moran and nis rug ged teammate, Leighton Tuttle. Moran accounted for 33 points, Tuttle for 18. It was Tuttle that broke Med ford's back. His teammates kept feeding the tall foreward the ball, and he succeeded in get ting close-in shots over the head of Medford's men. The Tornado lost both Jerry Kalapus and Everett Cashier on fouls, Kalapus with 3V4 min utes before the end of the third quarter; Castner 5i minutes be fore the game ended. Quarter scores: 1st Eugene 11, Medford 12 2nd Eugene 31, Medford 24 3rd Eugene 58, Medford 42 Copple on All-State Medford placed one player, Co-CaDtain Larry Copple, on the all state first team, and Frank Rector, Medford's other co-captain and Copple's running mate at guard, made the all-state sec ond five. The all-state first team was made up of Dick Jolley, Cleve land; Leighton Tuttle, Eugene; Mike Moran, Eugene; Larry Cop ple, Medford, and Ted Miller, Milwaukie. - Members of the all-state sec ond team were Frank Rector, Medford; Bud Kuykendall, Eu gene; Jim Altenhofen, Central Catholic; Elmen Bloedel, Mil--rukie, and Don Stamps, Al bany. Cleveland of Portland defeat ed Central Catholic of Portland, 47 to 46, in an overtime, to win third place. A basket, fired by Hugh Springer, which dropped through the hoop as the buzzer sounded ending the overtime, gave Cleveland the win. 11,092 Attend An attendance of 11,092 for the final game set a new all-time tournament one-game record, and boosted the total 1955 tour nament attendance to over 77,- 000, setting another new mark, Awards and trophies were pre sented to the top six teams. They went to: (1) Eugene. (2) Medford. (3) Cleveland. (4) Albany. (5) Milwaukie (6) Central Catholic. Medford's second place trophy was accepted by the two co-cap tains, Copple and Rector. Sportsmanship awards were presented to (1) Eugene. (2) St. Helen's. (3) Baker. State Pay Report To Get More Study Salem (U.P.) Irregulari ties in the salary and classifica tion report for Oregon state em ployees prepared by Barrington and Associates of New York will be studied by Barrington vice president Carl Robinson. The decision to call Robinson to Salem came after a confer ence with Gov. Paul L. Patter son. Sen. John Merrifield of Port land told Robinson that the re classification of state employees and the salary schedules were "like 50 pounds of jelly on the floor." The senator said the ini tial work on the Barrington re port was satisfactory, but appar netly the Barrington staff got in a hurry later, .and the second half of the survey has resulted in confusion. He told Robinson that "in hearings held by the review boards, it was found that your report in numerous instances has placed supervisors and their aides in the same classifica tions." Washington (U.R) Demo crats indicated Saturday the House-approved plan to cut in come taxes $20 next year for every taxpayer and dependent is almost cetrain to be killed by a Senate-House conference committee. ieffeats 7 Isaac H. Porter Struck by Auto, Dies of Injuries Isaac Harris Porter, 78, of 614 Clark st., died in a Medford hos pital Saturday evening, several hours after being hit by a car on West Main st His death marked the third traffic fatality of the year in Jackson county. All of them have involved pedestrians. Two were in Medford and one was at the entrance to Camp White. The elderly man was struck by a car driven by Jerry Thomas Burroughs, 44 Quince st., who told investigating officers that the man stepped out in front of him on the street, and that he was unable to stop in time to avoid striking him. The acci dent was between Peach and Holly sts. at about 4:55 p.m. Burroughs was released by po lice last night after questioning. No charges were filed against him. Mr. Porter is survived by a son, H. G. Porter, Pasadena, Calif. The body was taken to Perl funeral home, where fun eral arrangements are pending, j McKay To Withhold O&C Road Approval Portland (U.R) A Western Forest industries spokesman said Saturday that Interior Secretary Douglas McKay has agreed to withhold final approval of pro posed revisions in Oregon & California road regulations pending a U. S. Senate investi gation. Leonard Netzorg, WFIA at torney, announced that U. S. Sen. James W. Murray, Mon tana Democrat, had notified him of McKay's decision. Murray told Netzorg that the latest controversy over O&C right-of-way roads had been as signed to the Interior sub-committee of public lands. Murray said Staff Attorney William H. Coburn had been as signed to the sub-committee for research and investigation. Co burn will also attend the next meeting of the O&C advisory board, composed of 18 Oregon ians headed by former Oregon governor Charles A. Sprague. Nationalists Sink Communist Gunboat Taipeh, Formosa (U.R) The Chinese Nationalist Air Force claimed the sinking Sat urday of a 150-ton Communist gunboat off the Fukien province mainland coast. The communique said an un disclosed number of Nationalist planes attacked the vessel and set it afire after four strafing attacks. Title Hearings Next Week By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington A battle of oil and gas interests vs. consumers begins in Congress next week which is destined to determine the level of natural gas rates to Pacific Northwest householders and industries after pipelines have been laid to the Northwest from southwestern U. S. and Can adian gas fields. a With the backing of the Ei senhower administration, oil and gas producers are pushing legis lation designed to end federal regulation of gas rates charged by producers at the gas wells a rate which ultimately becomes part of the monthly billing re ceived by consumers from their local gas company. Hearings on this legislation begin next week before the Churchill Declared Ready To Retire As Prime Minister Move Said Slated Within Next Month London (U.R) Prime Min ister Winston Churchill may re tire within a month, London newspapers reported Saturday, Half the London press and one of Britain's two internal news agencies reported the growing conviction among con servative members of parlia ment that Churchill, now in his 81st year, has been persuaded to put aside the cares of office. Eden Said Successor His successor is believed al most certain to be Foreign Min ister Anthony Eden. Among those sections of the British press speculating on his retirement, the consensus was that Churchill likely will step down for Eden sometime before April 19, when the 1955-'56 bud get is to be presented. Churchill himself was giving to the political guessers no help, A spokesman at No. 10 Down mg street said the Prime Minis ter was spending his weekend quietly" at Chequers, his of ficial country residence. Refuses Comment He refused, as during past rashes of retirement rumors, either to confirm or deny the reports. One Tory M.P., who asked that his name not be used, said the conservative Whips in Com mons had contacted lawmakers advising them to hold them selves available in case of a sud den summons. The Whips gave no explanation, he said. Medford, CP Phone Switchover Set for Evening of April 2 The switchover which will connect the Medford and Cen tral Point telephone exchanges is expected a few minutes after 11 p.m. on Saturday, April 2, according to Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company. Can Dial Direct When the change goes into ef fect, Medford customers will be able to dial direct for Central Point numbers, and Central Point customers will be able to dial Medford and White City numbers direct. Plans being set up call for Mayor Don Faber of Central Point to make the first tele phone calls under the new set up. Central Point numbers will have a prefix t NOrmandy 4. For example, the new number for the Central Point city hall and police will be NOrmandy 4 2424. Those seeking to dial the city hall would dial NO, (which is the same as the numbers 66) followed by the five numbers. Medford customers calling Cen tral Point numbers will dial the number 3, followed by the Cen tral Point telephone number. Alternate Numbers Alternate numbers for Central Point city hall and police are NOrmandy 4-2794, or Medford 3-3636, which is the Medford city police number. The number of the Central Point Rural Fire department chief will be NOr mandy 4-2244. Telephone company officials pointed out that some Medford customers have dial plates which do not include letters. These customers are- asked to call Medford 114, and the dial plates will be changed without charge. House Interstate Commerce Committee, where congressmen representing producing states such as Texas and Oklahoma are expected to clash with solons representing largely consuming districts. The Pacific Northwest has no congressmen on this committee. But in the Senate Sen. Warren G. Gagnuson (D-Wash.) holds the strongest position to influence the outcome of this political bat tle as chairman of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee. Magnuson is opposed to the gas bills that would kill rate regu lation. Debate centers on a controver sial section of the natural gas act of 1938 which was designed to require the Federal Power Commission to regulate rates of natural gas piped across state MM Ike Names Sfassen To Evolve Policies In Arms Controls Nuclear Weapons Are Special Concern Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower took an historic step Saturday and named Harold E Stassen to a special new post to evolve U.S. policies on interna tional disarmament and control of awesome nuclear weapons. Mr. Eisenhower said he created the post because the "un precedented destructive power of new weapons and the inter national tensions" caused by armament races "have been of deep concern to me for many years. Has Cabinet Rank Stassen, now Foreign Opera tions administrator, took over his new and difficult job im mediately. His title is special assistant to the President, with cabinet rank. "Being fully aware of both the difficulty and the import ance of developing basic policy towards the question of disarma ment, Stassen said, "I have ac cepted with humility, and will do the best I can to make a con structive contribution towards President Eisenhower's objec tive of peace. Nuclear Weapons The President charged Stassen to take "into account the full implications of new weapons in the possession of other nations as well as the United States" a clear reference to A-bombs and H-bombs. Stassen will continue as FOA chief until next month while the Foreign Aid Agency's new pro gram is presented to Congress. FOA expires June 30 unless Con gress extends it. Stassen's new post is un precedented in this nation and probably in the world, the White House said. In beginning the formidable task of arriving at an acceptable neclear weapons control pro posal, Stassen was told by Mr. Eisenhower that the United States, mindful of past "tragic consequences," will not try one sided disarmament again. Release of Yalta Data Said Harmful Washington (U.R) Chairman Walter F. George (D-Ga.) of the Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee, said Saturday publica tion of the Yalta papers may pre vent Russia, Britain and other big powers from entering into future "top level" international conferences with the United States. However, Senate Republican leader William F. Knowland (Calif.) praised the State De partment for releasing the long- secret Yalta records, and invited Britain and Russia to publish their own versions of wartime Big Three meetings. George told a reporter that a top-level big power conference presumably involving Presi dent Eisenhower, British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, Russian Premier Nikolai Bul ganin and perhaps others "may be vital in the months immedi ately ahead to bring about peace and stability." To Determine Natural lines. FPC interpreted the act to mean it should regulate only the rates charged by interstate pipe line companies for piping the gas, not the rate charged by the gas producers who sell gas to pipeline firms at the well. Last spring, however, the Su preme Court ruled that the 1938 act required the FPC to regulate gas rates charged by producers at the well and so that is the law unless Congress amends the 1938 act. Producers who want the act changed to exempt them from regulation claim that competi tion among the nearly 5,000 pro ducers in the gas fields is suf ficient to hold down the rate within reason. They argue that if regulated by the government, their rates won't be high enough to encourage full development mi FASTER THAN ATOM-POWERED NAUTILUS under water lined submarine Albacore. Its revolutionary design holds superstructure to minimum, eliminat ing customary flat deck. Experts say atom power would enable Albacore to attain speed of 40 50 knots under water, remain indefinitely at sea. (Collier's Magazine Photo from International) HO Air Force EPSanes BtecGared Sabotaged Birmingham, Ala. (U.R) The FBI investigated Saturday the "malicious sabotage" of 10 Air Force planes "that would certain ly have crashed an hour after takeoff." Harry Rowland, president of Hayes Aircraft Corp., said con trol equipment that guide planes in flight vas tampered with in 10 instances after the devices had been cleared and approved both 'Operation Icicle' Scouts to Hitte Out The scouts on "Operation Icicle" are all fine, it was re ported Saturday evening by the pilot who flew over the Lake O Woods area where the boys are camping in the snow. Pilot . Gene Kooser, accom panied by Weatherman Bob Church, made the flight and contacted the boys by radio re ceiving an invitation to "drop on down" for a ham dinner. They dropped a note with re ports on the basketball tourna ment in Eugene and other infor mation, including a weather forecast by Church. The Josephine county boys will hike out today, and the Jackson county group on Mon day. (See story on Page 12.) French Reject Red Rearmament Charge Paris (U.R) The French Foreign Ministry Saturday re jected the latest Soviet charge that West German rearmament runs counter to the Franco Soviet mutual assistance treaty of 1944. Russia warned in a note Fri day night that French ratifica tion of the treaties to rearm West Germany will mean can cellation of the Franco-Soviet pact and that France will be "entirely responsible. The note was delivered to French Ambassador Louis Joxe in Moscow. It was the latest Soviet move to block ratifica tion of the pacts and came just five days before the French Sen ate is scheduled to open the final debate on the accords. of new reserves since it custom arily takes some nine well dril lings to come up with one good well. They contend that their price for gas at the well is but a fraction of the consumer's monthly billing, and that even if they gave their gas away con sumers would save less than half a dollar a month. Farm, labor and public power groups, although less well or ganized against changing the gas act, have gone on record and mustered some consumer opposi tion to try and block the gas bills. They claim that history has demonstrated a need for con sumer protection through gov ernment regulation of utilities that have a monopoly franchise. They argue that ruthless deal ings, such as producers splitting profits with pipeline companies M by company and Air Force in spectors. Labor Dispute Blamed "These airplanes could have taken off all rgtit," Rowland said, "but in an hour the sabo taged devices, which are made of fabric, would have peeled off gradually and there would have been persons killed had we not detected it." Rowland blamed the sabotage on a labor dispute between Hayes, the Air Force's only com mercially-operated depot which modifies and overhauls plans for the government, and the CIO United Auto Workers Union . "There is absolutely no doubt about it," he said. "We never had anything like this before, just like the telephone company never had any cables cut before the strike there." (CIO telephone workers are on strike in nine southern states.) Union Denies Responsibility The union contract with Hayes expired March 15 and negotia tions for a new agreement have been deadlocked since. However, the union denied it was responsi ble or that the sabotage had anything to do with contract ne gotiations. The union issued a statement saying it "does not condone the destruction of government prop erty either at Hayes Aircraft or elsewhere and is as interested as is the FBI or the Hayes Corp. in putting a stop to such a prac tice." Cravey Sentenced To Silt-Month Term Billy Fay Cravey, 21, Colum bus, O., a i traveling magazine salesman, Saturday was , sent enced to six months in the coun ty jail, according to District At torney Walter Nunley. Cravey pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct, Nunley said. He was arrested by a state police officer Friday, and jailed on suspicion of assault with in tent to rape. The lesser charge was filed after Nunley talked to the people involved in the case. Nunley sa'id Cravey called at a home in the Red Blanket area near Prospect, and made ad vances to the woman of the house. He left, but was found later by the woman's husband, and held at gun-point until an officer arrived, Nunley said. Gas Rates in order to sell gas to the pipe line companies at high rates, make regulation mandatory in the public interest. Observers forecast gas inter ests will have difficulty getting their bill all the way through this Congress, despite support for it from House Speaker Sam Rayburn (D-Tex.) and a special advisory committee to the presi dent which recently came out in favor of the gas bills. Biggest hurdle for the bill is expected to be the House, where populous northern consumer states such as New York, Penn sylvania, Illinois and Wisconsin far outnumber southern produc er states in congressional repre sentation. If it gets past the House, Magnuson thinks chances good it may be blocked in his Senate committee. M wm (Fan this is TT s xraim'c no cfrm. Hoffbuhr Requests Careful Use of MID Wafer by Gardeners Jack Hoffbuhr, manager of the Medford Irrigation district, Saturday cautioned gardeners who plan to use MID water for their gardens this summer "not to expect too much." The precipitation during the winter has been the smallest since records were first kept here in 1912, with the possible exception of 1919, Hoffbuhr said, and there "just won't be enough water for everyone." Must Be Realistic "I hate to scare anybody, but we've got .to be realistic about it," Hoffbuhr said, explaining that rainfall during the rest of March and April would have to be about four times normal to bring the water supply up to an average amount. There are about 2,000 water users who depend on the irri gation district for their supply, he said, and all of them will have to share and share alike in the limited amounts of water which will be available. The proportionate share which each user can expect amounts to about 8te inches per acre, or about enough for only two irri gations for gardens, or one for fruit orchards. Supply Not Adequate Because of this, he said, those planning gardens are "just wast ing their time" because the wa ter supply will not be adequate. He also warned those with pas ture land that water supplies would not be enough to do them much good. Streamflow water was being picked up by the MID canal this week end, and is expected to ar rive in ditches of the district Monday. It will be available for those wishing to use it in ad vance of the regular irrigation season, he said. It is the stored water of which the district will have to be care ful later in the season, Hoffbuhr added. Funds Sought To Give A-Bomb Protection Washington (U.R) Civil De fense Administrator Val Peter son said Saturday a $12,000,000 emergency fund sought by Pres ident Eisenhower will be used to develop "a complete package plan" for protecting 92 critical target cities against H-bomb at tack. Mr.' Eisenhower asked Con gress yesterday for the special civil defense appropriation. Peterson explained in a state ment today that the money will finance the broadest study ever undertaken of how to evacuate, shelter and feed the refugee pop ulations of target cities. In addition to the 92 cities previously listed as critical areas, Peterson said the survey will include "a smaller number of additional cities which will be likely targets because of their proximity to miltary establish ments." He did not identify them. Las Vegas, Nev. (U.R) The Atomic Energy Commission Sat urday postponed detonation of a large nuclear device set for to day because of unfavorable wea ther conditions. Red Chinese Must 'Come and Get If Ship's Owners Say No Craft Available To Handle Transfer Owners of the Finnish tanker Aruba told Red China Saturday that if she wants the vessel's cargo of jet fuel she'll have to "come and get it" somewhere outside Red China's territorial waters. American sources in Hong Kong said the Chinese Commun ists have no tanker available in Far Eastern waters capable of handling a transfer of the nrizerf jet fighter fuel. Crew Has Rebelled The Aruba's owners said th vessel cannot proceed to Shang hai or any other Red Chinese port because the crew ha re belled against attempting to run the Chinese Nationalist blockade of the Red Chinese coast. Nationalist China has wamvf that she would seize or sink the Aruba to prevent the fuel from reaching Red air bases within range of Formosa and its off shore islands. The Aruba's crew has serve notice it will not sail the tanker beyond the Nicobar islands, off inaia. iunnar Damstroem, pres ident of the owning shipping line sdia me crew" rebellion makes delivery of the fuel, as contract ed, impossible. Seek Red Answer Damstroem said his firm has been attempting to find out what the Red Chinese want done with the disputed cargo. But the only word from Peip ing today was a propaganda blast by the Communist New China news agency charging that the Aruba incident proves "the desperate and criminal" efforts of the United States to cripple international trade. Damstroem suggested a solu tion might be the transfer of the jet fuel cargo to another tanker somewhere In international waters on the high seas. No Tanker Available Hong Kong shipping interests said such a transfer would not be difficult, if the Chinese Reds had a tanker capable of taking on the oil. But they said the Reds haven't. One well informed Hong Kong source said "I do not know of any Polish or other tankers out here right now which the Communists could use to get hold of the Aruba's cargo." Helicopter Feared Down in East Zone Stuttgart, Germany (U.R) Army authorities alerted the U. S. Military Mission in East Ger many Saturday to aid the search for a helicopter feared to have crashed behind the Iron Curtain with two men aboard. A 7th Army spokesman said the Mission in Potsdam will ask Russian and local Communist of ficials for aid in locating the H- 13 helicopter and its occupants, an American pilot and a German civilian. The missing Aircraft took off Thursday from Friedberg, 10 miles North of Frankfurt, on a routine flight to Fulda, a city some 12 miles west of the Iron Curtain. Visibility was bad and gale winds were blowing from the west, leading authorities to believe the craft may have strayed over the Red-held terri tory. "We have not had any official announcement, but because of the strong eastward wind and our failure to find any wreck age we are assuming it is down in East Gearmany . . ." the spokesman said. Premier of France Wins Confidence Votes Paris- U.R) Premier Edgar Faure squeaked by a "Get Faure" campaign of Communists and tax dodgers early Saturday, but his battle for ratification of the West German arms treaties hit new internal and interna tional snags. Faure won three unofficial votes of confidence by narrow margins in a fight for survival against a taxpayers' revolt. But only by telling the delegates that if they voted against him "to morrow another government will have to be constituted."