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CIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Sunday, March 20, 19SS
Stream of 'Weekend Prospectors' Floods
Into Bakersfield Area To Hunt Uranium
Bakersfield, Calif. U.R) A
, itream of "weekend prospec
tors" swelled the ranks of
uranium-hunters Saturday and
the sheriff! office sent rein
forcements to guard against pos
sible claim-jumping violence.
Hundreds arrived in cars,
trucks, jeeps, hftlicopters, air
planes and on foot to take part
in California's first major urani
um boom. Most planned to re
turn Monday to their regular
, Jobs in aircraft plants, groceries,
department stores and even civil
lervice.
One grizzled miner who had
searched a lifetime for precious
metals in the Sierra foothills
of the San Joaquin valley
claimed the invasion was com
posed of "greenhorns who don't
know what they're looking for."
Map Shows "Hot Spot"
The stampede was touched
off earlier this week when the
Atomic Energy Commission re
leased a map showing three "hot
pots" in Eastern Kern county.
Hordes of prospectors, mostly
amateur, flocked to the area, in
cluding two unidentified men
who cleaned out an East Palo
Alto, Calif., research laboratory
of more than $3,000 worth of
Geiger counters and other uranium-hunting
devices in a burglary
Friday night. .
Six additional deputy sheriffs
were ordered into the area to
watch for any of the lawlessness
that went with the California
told rush of a century ago.
So far most claim differences
have been ironed out without
trouble, officers said.
Mrs. Ina Adkins, postmistress
in the town of Caliente de
scribed the rush as the "biggest
I thing that has ever hit Caliente."
Biggest Thing on Map
We've been asleep for the
last four years," she said. "Now
you'd think we're the biggest
thing on the map what with all
these people coming here."
She said all the stores in town
(six) were doing "a landslide
business. We ll be sold out of
everything soon."
Highway patrolman John L.
Benson Announces
Plan To Promote
Wool Consumption
Salt Lake City (U.R) Sec
retary of Agriculture Ezra Taft
Eenson announced Saturday that
agreements have been signed to
inaugurate a unique, government-aided
program to promote
consumption of lamb and wool.
The promotional and advertis
ing campaign, costing more than
$2,000,000 a year, will be design
ed to raise America's production
of "the vital fiber of wool" to
300,000,000 pounds a year, a
goal set by the last congress.
Subject to Approval
An agreement between the
government and the American
Sheep Producers Council, which
includes representatives of seven
major groups of sheep raisers, is
subject to approval by producers
at a referendum to be held this
summer. No exact date has been
set.
Local and Personal
Kegg, who was dispatched to
patrol traffic along Highway
176 near Caliente for the first
time in history, remarked dryly:
"The only thing I have ever
herded along this road was
sheep. Today though the chore
is about the same. Cars are big
ger than sheep but the drivers
are beginning to act like them."
Stewart Patterson, resident
engineer for the Miracle Mine
Co., California's first uranium
ore producer, reported he was
having more trouble with news
reel and television camera crews
than prospectors.
"I've had to chase those birds
off about 10 times already, he
said.
350 Claims Filed
So far about 350 claims have
been filed since the AEC un
veiled its map Tuesday. AEC of
ficials said about 2,000 persons
had jammed the local office to
study the map.
Mining Attorney Alfred Sie
mon said most of the uranium
hunters were doomed to dis
appointment because "the hot
spots are located on federal re
serves." "The AEC wants everyone to
find mountains of uranium," he
said. "At the same time, other
government agencies are wor
ried about forest and power re
serves. It's going to take a lot
of congressional action to clear
up the matter to allow mining
in these areas."
Nevs About
Servicemen
Radiator Stolen James W.
; Rolls, 512 Summit ave., told
i city police Friday that an auto-
i mobile radiator had been stolen
from his residence.
Binoculars Missing City po
j lice said Saturday a pair of
binoculars, owned by Emmet M
Tucker, 543 Tucker st., Ashland,
had been reported stolen from
his car while it was parked near
the Medford post office.
Dog Bitts Boy Gary Spaf
ford, 9, was bitten by an uniden
tified dog on West Jackson st.
, Friday, his mother, Mrs. Marga-
i ret Velma Spafford, 437 Ross
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Billfold Lost Avory John
Monckton, 200 Ashland st., Ash
land, lost a billfold containing
$18 in downtown Medford Sat
urday, he reported to city po
lice.
f Bike Licenses Phoenix bi
' cyclists may purchase licenses
I for their vehicles each Monday
'. between 3 and 5 p.m. at the
( Phoenix City hall, the city re-
corder there announced Satur
J day.
Rummage Medford Lions
' club members will sponsor a
I rummage sale Tuesday and
Wednesday, March 22 and 23, at
; 106 North Ivy st., from 8:30 a.m.
, to 5:30 p.m., each day. Those
j having rummage to donate are
- asked to deliver it by 7 p.m.,
i Monday, March 21, to the Ivy
. street address, or call A. M. Per
kins, telephone 2-7103, for pick
T up service.
Bika Stolen Stephen H.
Shorey, 706 Beekman st., re
ported to city police Friday that
a girl's bicycle had been stolen
from the residence at that ad
dress. In Hospital Harry Ropp, 407
Beatty st., was admitted for sur
gery, and Mrs. Clara Bjork.
1405 West Main st., for medical
treatment, at Osteopathic hospi
tal Saturday, the hospital report
ed. Falls From Ladder Lee
Cook, 28, of 121 Walden lane,
Talent, fell from a ladder at the
Phillips orchard, on Fern Val
ley rd., Saturday morning, ac
cording to Medford Ambulance
service attendants who took him
to Community hospital for treat
ment. The hospital reported him
in good shape yesterday after
noon.
No Representative City po
lice have received a letter from
Margaret Burnham's Candies,
Oakland, Calif., which indicates
the firm has received reports
that someone in the Medford
area is representing himself as
an agent of that company. No
such authorized agent is in this
area, the letter said.
Property Sold Sale of the
property of Mr. and Mrs. Thom
as J. Morehead at 1429 East
Main st., to Mr. and Mrs. S. H.
Gay was announced Saturday by
Bill Kerr of the Fidler - Mac
Kenzie agency. The Moreheads
are taking a suite at the Med
ford hotel for the present.
ON LEAVE
James Ray Goin and Dan Roy
Goin, both Army privates, sons
of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Franklin
Goin, Phoenix, are visiting on
leave with their parents after
completing basic training in the
Army. Both entered the Army
Dec. 27, 1954. and both former
ly attended Phoenix schools.
Dan Goin will report to his
new station at Ft. Knox, Ky., on
completion of his two - weeks
leave. He will be a member of
the 3rd armored division there.
James Goin will go to Ft.
Lewis, Wash., where he is as
signed to the quartermaster
corps with the 2nd infantry division.
OPERATION SPRINGBOARD
Frank M. Hayes, a Navy chief
aviation electronics technician,
son of Martin A. Hayes, of Med
ford, is participating in "Opera
tion Springboard," in the Car
ibean area. The operation is a
winter training session conduct
ed annually to maintain indivi
dual units in readiness and to
insure effective coordination of
units which function together as
teams.
AT PROVING GROUNDS
Marine Cpl. Bill H. Day, son
of Mrs. Robert Force, Route 1,
Box 970, Medford now is at the
atomic energy commission prov
ing grounds at Camp Desert
Rock, Nev. He has been there
for the latest series of atomic
tests. While there he will par
ticipate in an air-ground exer
cise. He is a member of the
3rd Marine Corps provisional
atomic exercise brigade which
was flown to the desert site to
participate in the atomic attack
problems. Day's wife is the form
er Miss Alice Hale of Central
Point.
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Obituaries
NEWTON SHARPLES
Servicves for Newton A.
Sharpies, 85, of 16 Chestnut st.,
who died Friday, will be held in
Conger-Morris chapel Tuesday
at 1 p.m. with Maurice Tisdel of
the West Main Church of Christ
officiating. Committal will be in
Siskiyou Memorial park.
The deceased was born May
15, 1869, in Harrodsburg, Ind.,
and had lived in southern Ore
gon since 1930. He was a mem
ber of the West Main Church of
Christ.
Survivors include two broth
ers, J. F. Sharpies, Zurich, Mont,
and Thomas, Clinton, Mont.; and
four sisters, Mrs. David E. Wil
son, Central Point; Mrs. A. J.
Ketcham, Bloomington, Ind.;
Mrs. Gayton Armstrong, Havre,
Mont.; and Mrs. C. H. Smith,
Fort Benton, Mont.
LULU SAYLOR
Private services for Mrs. Lulu
M. Saylor, who died Friday, will
be read by a Christian Scientist
in Conger-Morris chapel Mon
day afternoon. Interment will be
in Siskiyou Memoral park.
The deceased was born June
22, 1886, at Lincoln, 111., the
daughter of Thomas B. and Ber
tha L. Rimmey. On Oct. 12, 1911,
at Lake Creek, Ore., she was
married to Claude L. Saylor, who
survives. She had been a resi
dent of southern Oregon since
1910.
Other survivors include her
mother; a daughter, Mrs. E. Clair
Stearns; five sisters and three
brothers in Peoria, 111., and a
grandson, Fellow.
LELA HANGAS
Mrs. Lela Y. Hangas, 58, died
Friday at her home in Gold Hill.
Conger-Morris has charge of the
funeral arrangements.
ADELARD D ALLAIRE
Funeral services for Adelard
Dallaire, 76, Route 3, Jackson
ville, who died March 18, will
be held at the Sacred Heart
Catholic church at 9 a. m. Tues
day, with the Very Rev. N. J.
Deis officiating.
Interment will follow in the
Jacksonville cemetery. Recita
tion of the holy rosary will be
held at the Perl funeral home at
7:30 p. m. Monday.
Mr. 'Dallaire was born in Can
ada on Dec. 2, 1878, and had
been a resident of southern Ore
gon for the past 38 years.
He leaves his widow, Agnes,
Jacksonville; five sons, John F.,
Raymond B. and Phillip A. Dal
laire, Medford; Victor J. Dal
laire, Rome, Italy; and Thomas
D. Dallaire, Hayfork, Calif.; a
daughter, Mrs. Mary French,
Paradise, Calif.; four brothers,
Victor, Jacksonville, Ame and
Joe, New York, and Tressley,
Alberta, Canada; and a sister,
Mrs. Anna O'Niel, Canada.
McWHORTER DAUGHTERS
The twin infant daughters of
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McWhorter,
Trail, died at a Medford hospital
Saturday morning.
Graveside funeral services will
be held at the Medford IOOF
cemetery at 2 p. m. Tuesday.
with the Rev. George R. V. Bol
ster, rector of St. Mark's Epis
copal church, officiating.
Perl funeral home is in charge
oi arrangements.
LONGAN INFANT
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs
Wilford Lee Longan, Sunset on
the Rogue, Trail, died at a local
hospital Saturday moraine. Fun
eral arrangements are pending,
and will be handled by Perl fun
eral home.
GEORGE P. FOSTER
Funeral services for Georse
Parker (Dutch) Foster. 46. a resi
dent of the Applegate valley for
tne past live months who died at
a local hospital Tuesday, will be
held Wednesday at 10:30 a. m.
at Perl funeral home, with T.t.
oeorge S. Johnstone, of the Sal
vation Army, officiating.
Interment will follow at Sis
kiyou Memorial park.
A native of Kane, Pa., he was
born Sept. 1, 1908.
He leaves his wife. Katherine
Foster, and four step-children,
Jack j; rederick, Medford, Robert
Frederick, Compton, Calif., Mrs.
Pauline Flint. Montebello. Calif..
and Mrs. Mary Brighton, Belling-
nam, wash.
The first white Inhabitants of
the Farallone Islands off San
Francisco were fur gatherers
from the Russian colony at Bo
dega Bay, around 1809.
The United States Senate ap
proved the purchase of Alaska
on April 9, 1867.
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Wartime Red Hero,
Marked for Death,
Dies After Illness
London (U.R) Deputy So
viet Defense Minister Marshal
Leonid Govorov, one of the five
Soviet leaders who were report
ed marked for death in Russia's
so-called "doctor's plot," died
Saturday.
The death of the defender of
Leningrad and one of Russia's
outstanding artillery experts,
was announced by Radio Mos
cow in a broadcast monitored
here.
Moscow Radio said the Mar
shal died after "a prolonged and
grave illness."
The broadcast announcement
was made by the Central Com
mittee of the Communist party
and the Council of Ministers.
Govorov, Deputy to Defense
Minister Georgi Zhukov, also
was a candidate member of the
party's Central Committee.
Praises Govorov
The broadcast described Gov
orov as "one of the outstanding
military leaders and builders of
the U.S.S.R. armed forces, a fa
mous hero of the great father
land (Second World )war."
Govorov commanded the Len
ingrad front in January, 1943,
when the city was saved from
the invading Nazis.
He later commanded the Kar
elian offensive.
The Supreme Organization of
the Soviet Union made the an
nouncement of the Marshal's
death "with great sorrow" and
said Govorov had suffered a
long and serious illness.
In January, 1953, Marshal Go
vorov was named as one of the
five high officers of the Soviet
Army who were supposedly
slated for death at the hands
of a group of Jewish doctors Pre
mier Stalin accused of treason.
The "doctor's plot" was ex
ploded and the doctors were ex
onerated after Stalin's death.
CHIROPRACTORS MEET
Salem U.R) More than 100
chiropractic physicians and their
wives met here Saturday for the
annual tri-district convention of
the Oregon Association of Chiro
practic Physicians. The meeting
will continue through today.
Man Surrenders in Douglas County After
Holding Wife at Gunpoint for 24 Hours
Roseburg (U.R) James Dar-
rell Fanty, 28, who hitchhiked
to Oregon from California in an
attempt to regain the custody of
his three young children, wasin
custody Saturday after police
said he held his wife prisoner at
gunpoint for nearly 24 hours.
Fanty, of Indio, Calif., was
arraigned in Justice Court at
Sutherlin Friday for assault
with a deadly weapon. He was
arrested at 6:05 a.m. at Oakland
afteT officers had surrounded
his wife's house and pleaded
with him all Thursday night to
surrender.
Asked for Children
Fanty, an unemployed con
struction worker, said he first
visited his estranged wife, Doro
thy Alice, 21, Wednesday after
noon to ask for custody of their
three children, aged two and
three years and 10 months.
Mrs. Fanty refused, he said.
He returned to the two - room
cabin at about 7 a.m. Thursday
with the pistol, which he had
purchased in a Los Angeles
pawnshop.
Later in the morning a baby
sitter and Alvin Maurice Cock-
rum, 31, Mrs. Fanty's landlord,
came to the house and were
held. , .
Mrs. Jerry Blalock, a sister of
SUCCEEDING John G. Adams,
resigned, Frank Millard (above),
Michigan, is Army's new general
counsel. (International) '
Mrs. Fanty, went to the house
at 3 p.m. to see why Mrs. Fanty
had not gone to work, and per
suaded Fanty to release the
children and the baby - sitter.
She then called police. Cockrum
was released at 9 p.m.
State and county officers and
police from Oakland and near
by Sutherlin, some 30 officers
in all, responded to the call and
surrounded the cabin. Officers
pleaded through an open win
dow with Fanty to release his
wife, while the man held tne
pistol to the woman's head and
threatened to shoot her.
Finally he threw the weapon
through the window and sur
rendered. Mrs. Fanty, nervous and ex
hausted from her ordeal, said,
"It was hell."
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