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SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, March 23, 1 955 Vicious Weather Leaves 43 Persons Dead; Floods and Wind Bring Damage By UNITED PRESS Blizzards, winds and floods of spring left thousands of persons homeless and more than 40 dead across the nation today. Damage was counted in the millions of dollars. The young season's first storm whipped into eastern Canada after burying the Midwest under a blizzard, sending wind storms and tornadoes whistling through the Ohio Valley, and unleashing some of the worst floods in a half century on the South. ,But a new major snow storm roared into the Dakotas and parts of eastern Wyoming early today. There was six inches of new snow in northern Wyoming and winds were rising in the area. The floods, storms and cold weather took at least 43 lives in Flan of NationaBSst Leader Taipeh, Formosa U.R) Gen. "Tiger" Wang Shu-Ming, Nation alist Air Force commander, said today he would recommend air strikes against Communist main land jet air bases now under con struction when they become a threat to Formosa. Wang told United Press he will urge the Taipeh government to destroy Red China's air strength before it can attack For mosa or the offshore islands of Quemoy and Matsu. May Be Ready Soon Wang said the Communists may be ready within a month to move jet planes into two re constructed fields within easy flying distance of Nationalist China. "As soon as they move in that Sams Valley-Beagle Soil District Meets; Work Reports Given George A. Loftin, Beagle, has been reelected to a three-year term on the board of supervisors for the Sams Valley-Beagle Soil Conservation district. Loftin was reelected at the district's annual meeting, held this week at Eagle Point Grange hall. The board will reorganize at the next regular meeting of the district. Present members of the board, in addition to Loftin, are L. E. James, Sams Valley, chair man; R. Bruce Grieve, Prospect, vice-chairman; Earl B. Day. Cen tral Point, treasurer; Frank Straus, Sams Valley; A. T. Wat tenberg. Eagle Point, and B. L. Dodge, Medford, supervisors, and W. B. Tucker, Medford, sec retary. The program for the annual meeting, which was attended by about 40 district members, in cluded a report by Lester James ; on district accomplishments dur ing the past year. These included 1,023 acres in conservation crop rotation, 720 acres in crop residue utilization, 217 acres in cross slope farming, 914 acres in fertilization, 2,567 acres in proper use of pasture, and 9,245 acres in soil surveys. Water-use work done by the district during the past year in cluded seven irrigation reser voirs with a combined capacity of 1,573 acre feet; 425 acres un der improved water application, 603 acres under irrigation water management; 1.75 miles of open drain ditches, 563 acres under sprinkler irrigation; .17 miles of streambank stabilization, and 2.2 acres of waterway development. The district's 1954 program also included start of two certi fied tree farms containing a com bined total of 345 acres. The district had 144 cooper ators to Jan. 1; 121 applications for assistance, and 68 applica tions for assistance. Robert C. Baum, executive secretary of the state soil conser vation committee, reviewed bills affecting soil conservation dis tricts which are now before the state legislature. These include a measure which would allow the Sams Valley-Beagle district to change its name. Other items on the program included a discussion of soil sampling, by County Agent W. B. Tucker; a talk on minerals and present day prospecting methods in Oregon, and a mo tion picture on the history of plant and animal life, shown by Lester V. Davenport, Grants Pass. CAP Cadet Earns High Test Rating The Medford squadron of the Civil Air patrol presented a cer tificate of accomplishment to Cadet Jerry Ross Conners at the regular Monday night meeting. Conners completed a test cov ering weather in the CAP study manual with the highest grade of any cadet in the Medford squadron. Cadet Conners is one of the newer cadets in the squadron and it required out side studying and work to pass the stiff test with such high honors, CAP officers said. The certificate was signed by the training officer, Lt. Cecil Davis, aeronautical instructor, and by the commanding officer, Capt. Marella Luschen.' Captain Luschen presented the certifi cate to Conners. Annual UMC Dinner Tomorrow Evening , The annual dinner meeting of the United Medford Crusade will be held at the Medford YMCA building at 6:30 p.m. to morrow. Frank Lockman, secretary of the Springfield Chamber of Commerce will be the principal speaker, and will be introduced by G. R. (Spike) Durham, Salem, of the Oregon Chest. A. R. (Tony) Manno, presi dent of the UMC, will preside. Election of directors will be held after the dinner. Some 175 to 200 persons are expected to attend. Cub Pack 44 A meeting of Cub Pack 44 will be held Thursday, March 24, at 7:30 p.m., at the Lone Pine school. Cubs and parents are in vited. Howard J. Veal Committeeman. SEE--- The MEW WdDKLED Society on Action SEE SEE SEE SEE 165,000 conventioners from 97 lands gath ' - Ynke tad-ni and Trailer-City for the 1953 New World Society Assembly how books and magazines are printed in the Watchtower Society's Brooklyn, N. Y. fac tory the Watchtower Bible School of Gilead and the results of the world-wide missionary work by its graduates this educational film showing tht activities of Jehovah's Witnesses worldwide TO BE SHOWN ON... MARCH 24 7:30 P.M. THURSDAY Jackson School Gym SUMMIT and JACKSON STS., MEDFORD All Persons of Good Will Welcome. Seats FREE - No Collection is the time for us to strike," he said through an interpreter. "We should hit them before they get off the ground." Asked if he would seek top military approval for mainland attacks against Communist build ups, he replied, "yes, we will recommend that the government do that." The 49-year-old air chief said the two major air fields under construction for the use of jet fighters and bombers were near the South China coast. From the fields to Formosa the flying time is barely 20 minutes. He said one field is at Foo chow, only about 30 miles west of Matsu island and about 150 miles northwest of Taipeh. The second is near Luichow, about 32 miles west of the Tachen Islands which were abandoned in February. He said the concrete runway at Foochow had been lengthened "and we have seen evidence that the Communists are building ground installations needed in combat operations." The installa tions include fueling dumps, fire fighting equipment, ground shops and anti-aircraft artillery. "Luichow airfield is still under construction and probably will be completed in one month," he said. He added that some air craft already had been moved into the bases but that the main Communist forces had not yet arrived from the north. Seaside Weekly Paper To Observe 50th Year Seaside (U.R) The Seaside Signal will observe its 5th anni versary Friday and Saturday with a two-day open house. Max Schafer, editor and pub lisher, said the first edition went to press March 25, 1905, just a few hundred feet from the news paper's new plant. The paper was started by R. M. Watson who published it until 1911. It has not missed a single weekly edition since then. 17 states. "Traffic accidents kill ed 21 persons; six died in tor nadoes or wind storms; six died in floods; two by exhaustion, two by exposure and two were elec trocuted by fallen wires. Fires killed four. Spring Outdoes Winter Spring was only three days old, but its storms had already outdone winter in viciousness and destructiveness. Broken down by areas, this is ! what the first three days of spring had done to the nation: The Midwest: Drifts were 10 feet deep in northern Indiana and more than 14 inches of snow hit Wisconsin's Fox River Val ley. Damage was estimated in the millions in Michigan, where 70 mile - per - hour winds blew in hundreds of windows and drove waves from Lake St. Clair into Fair Haven homes. Hun dreds of flooded - out families were receiving care at the Fair Haven firehall. The South: Torrential rains swelled flood waters in Mississip pi. Alabama, and Tennessee, and 2,000 persons were already homeless. Red Cross disaster teams moved in along Missis sippi's Tombigbee river to avacu ate lowlanders living in the path of the worst flood crest in 50 years. A convoy of National Guard trucks went to Columbus, Miss., with equipment to care for 600 families. Ohio 'Wind-Lashed' The Ohio Valley: Damage was estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars in Ohio after winds hit 70 miles per hour and a tornado lashed east Masillon. W estern Pennsylvania and north ern West Virginia were also hard hit. A tornado killed a man at West Chester, Pa., and winds of almost 60 miles per hour smashed in windows in down town Pittsburgh, Pa., hotels and suburban homes. The Southwest: The cold wave proved a boon to parched farm lands, but was a death blow to peach crop was a total loss and damage to plum trees was ex pected to be as bad. Humans weren't the only ones to feel the storm's fury. The birds had it almost as bad. At La Porte, Ind., freezing rain iced the wings of a flock of robins. 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They will meet for a 7:30 a.m. breakfast with the newly-organized education committee of the chamber here, and will at tend the noon round-table ses sion open to all members at the Jackson hotel. To Work With Schools Their visit is in connection with a nation-wide effort on the part of the U. S. chamber to work toward better understand ing of American business and economics in the schools. The formation of the education com mittee, which is headed by Ron Gandee, a former schoolteacher, is along the same lines. Chamber leaders point out that recent surveys in the schools have shown a great mis understanding of the motives of the business community, and of the economic system as a whole. The objective of the ed ucation committee is to work toward a better understanding among American students. Discussions with the two U.S. chamber officials will include this problem, and also national affairs as they reflect on busin ess conditions, according to chamber spokesmen. 57 GREATER PICTURE CONTRAST McKay Concerned by OC Road Fund Slash Salem (U.R) A slash of $20,000 from a $2,250,000 re quest for funds to construct ac cess roads in O and C lands in Oregon by the House Appropria tions Committee is of great con cern to Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay, he said here today. "While this amount is compar atively small," he said, "none theless we need every cent of the requested amount to build access roads if we are to cut out vast amounts of ripe timber now standing on these revested lands. Unless this timber can be cut during the next two years much of it will become worthless." I j ' f :w RCA VICTOR 21 Inch Smartly Styled Table Set. Ebony Finish m Motor 2f95 Television NEW 270 sq. In. Picture Tube does not extend beyond cabinet in back of set - allowing FLUSH TO WALL installation! 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