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j f ii mm i fcaaaft v . " ' ' s ! - fflest ady for Fresh Appraisa Chancft :ing: Isettiir Of Fruitful Jig 4 ; STAY WAY FROM OUR DOOR Ferry that formerly ran between Buffalo, N. Y., and Fort Erie is slammed against this house on Grand Island after one of the worst ! ice jams in history swept down Lake Erie and the Niagara River. The river at the time I was six feet above normal. Mississippi's Worst Flood in 50 Years Chases 1,200 Persons By UNITED PRESS New wintry blasts whipped in to the snowy Midwest today and Mississippi's worst flood crest in 50 years forced 1,200 persons to flee their homes. - The savage series of storms which ushered in spring four days ago had claimed at least 47 lives 22 on snow - swept high ways, nine in flood waters, six in tornadoes and windstorms, four in fires, and two each from exhaustion, exposure, and elec trocution. Winter's latest punch hit North Dakota with blizzard pow er on Wednesday and spread be low zero temperatures from northwest Minnesota to the Moo tana Rockies. Damage in Millions - Temperatures which reached appropriately springlike levels zoomed down to below freezing as far south as the Texas Pan handle, central Missouri, and central Illinois. There was two or three inches cf new snow in northern Minne sota and the Montana Rockies and more snow was forecast for Midwest areas-wbich weathered a blizzard only two days ago. Many states reported that damage caused by spring storms would run into the millions of dollars. Floods Threaten Alabama , In Tennessee, 3,500 persons Cancer-Causing Virus Isolated Washington (U.R) A Vet erans Administration physician has isolated a virus that has caused cancer and can be trans mitted from parent to offspring in mice. Congress has been told. The Veterans Administration reported this "rather startling" discovery to a House appropria tions subcommittee. It was" made by Dr. Ludwik Gross, of the Bronx, N. Y., veterans hospital. Dr. Gross said in New York that while his research has been conducted with mice it may have implications for other species. The Veterans Administration, in reporting Dr. Gross' discov ery, said another VA researcher has developed a sort of device which, through electronic sound ings into deep body tissues, "may prove most effective, in early diagnosis of cancer." Belgian Students Riot Over State Subsidies Brussels, Belgium (U.R) A seething dispute over state sub sidies to Catholic schools ex ploded into riots and arrests throughout the country today. Police and students clashed in Ghent, Liege, Mons and Ma lines. In Antwerp, students staged a sitdown strike in the middle of a main street. Mounted po lice broke up the demonstration after students blocked traffic for several hours. Applegate Man Arraigned; Dispute Results in Charge Kermit C. Combes, Apple- gate, was arraigned in district !ourt yesterday following a dis pute over use of the Squaw Creek rd., in the Applegate area, according to court records and deputy sheriffs. ; Combes was given until Mar. 28 to enter a plea to a charge of disorderly conduct and was released on his own recogniz ance. ' A complaint signed by Bert G. Haar charged that Combes sat "in the middle of Squaw Creek public road so as to pre vent repair and maintenance work from being done . . . and did assault . . . Bert G. Harr by striking him with a stone when objection was made to his prepared to return to their homes as flood waters on the Buffalo, Cumberland, Elk, Duck and Harpeth rivers fell. But new floods threatened western Alabama and National Guardsmen evacuted families in amphibious ducks $nd helicop ters in Mississippi's floodlands. The flood on the Tombigbee river in Mississippi was the big gest in half a century. It crest ed at Aberdeen at six feet above flood level, isolating the city, and rolled down on Columbus today. Britain To Retain Hong Kong Position London U.R) Prime Minis ister Winston Churchill told Parliament today the British government "are resolved to maintain their position in Hong Kong." Churchill said the late Presi dent Roosevelt understated the situation when he told Josef Staljn at Yalta 'that Churchill would object to returning Hong Kong to China. "The passage in the recently published American record of the Yalta talk refers to a meet ing between President Roosevelt and Marshall Stalin on Feb. 8, 1945, at which I was not pres ent," Churchill said. "According to the record, President Roosevelt said he knew I would have strong ob jections to this suggestion. "That was certainly correct and even an understatement." He was replying at the time to a question on the govern ment's plan for the future of Hong Kong should Communist China exert pressure to push the British from the crown colony. Portland Factory Levelled by Flames Portland (U.R) A three alarm waterfront fire last night destroyed the Lectro Speed company's main building here with loss estimated at $250,000. Cause of the blaze was not determined. Two firemen suf fered minor injuries. ' The firm manufactures elec tric hot water tanks and had been located in the old Oregon shipyard frame building for 4 years. A company warehouse was saved. The threat of a propane gas explosion hampered early ef forts to quell the fire. The pro pane tanks were in a building next to the burning structure and water from the fireboat was ordered shut off for . fear the stream would rupture the tanks. Hollywood (U.R) Actress Grace Kelly is back in the good graces of her studio after she agreed to return from New York and discuss her objections over appearing in a western. . . conduct by . . . Harr Deputy sheriffs said Harr stat ed he was driving a bulldozer up the road to Squaw lake, which Harr owns, when Combes sat down in the middle of the road and refused to allow him to pass. The road passes'through property owned by Combes at the point where the dispute took place. : According to the report, Harr attempted to get past Combes two or three times, and then at tempted to get Combes to move. In a resulting dispute, the com plaint charges that Harr was struck with a rock. A disagreement over road rights in the area was resolved some time ago in Harr's favor. Eugene Man Admits Robberies Here, Eugene, Corvallis Robert Edward Ross, 22, Eu gene, has been jailed by city police on burglary charges in volving $120 taken late Tues day or early Wednehday from the Greyhound Post House, 20 North Bartlett st., and a break and entry at the First Baptist church. Ross was arrested in Roseburg yesterday morning on a tip from Medford city police. He was re turned here yesteday, and under questioning, admitted the two local crimes. Ross also admitted to Medford officers that he took part in 17 burglaries in Eugene and Cor vallis, and that he was impli cated in a strong arm robbery at Eugene. Another Burglary Charge In another case, Robert Greene, 35, Sacramento, Calif., was returned here yesterday by city police from Portales, N.M., to face charges of burglary. The charge involves articles taken Feb. 12 from the home of Ira D. Zimmerman, 346 South Holly st. Greene is scheduled to be ar raigned in circuit court here to day" 6V FridayV "" '" ' ' Fred Powers Jr., Applegate, was arraigned in district court yesterday on a charge of con cealing stolen property. He pleaded guilty and imposition of the sentence was continued by Judge Rawles' Moore until Sept. 23. . : , . Chinese Pirates Fail To Seize US Vessel Hong Kong (U.R) Chinese pirates tried to seize a U. S. Navy ship Saturday night but were scared off, naval sources said today. The sources said two armed junks closed in on the LST League Island as it sailed toward Hong Kong, but fled when an other Navy ship arrived in an swer 'to the transport's radioed call for help. No shots were .fired, the sources said. , The junks were described as "obviously pirates and not Com munist Chinese naval vessels." It was the first time since the U. S. Navy began using Hong Kong as a recreation port that pirates have attempted to stop an American naval vessel. Austrian Chancellor Invited to Moscow Moscow (U.R) The Soviet government today invited Chan cellor Julius Raab to come to Moscow to negotiate an Austrian treaty. Foreign Minister V. M. Molo tov issued the invitation in an oral statement to Austrian Am bassador Norbert Bischoff after handing Bischoff the Soviet Un ion's written reply to an Aus trian note of March 14. Contents of both the note and Molotov's statement later were given to Western newsmen at a Foreign Ministry press confer ence. Riddle Ore. (U.R) Voters 1 in this southern Douglas county community have approved, 256 to 146, a $275,000 bond issue for local school improvements. Washington (U.R) A Senate Interior Subcommittee has ap proved legislation for the $1,600,000,000 Upper Colorado River Basin development. Weather FORECAST: Mostly cloudy with a few light showers through Friday. Low tonight 35-38. High Friday 5S. Temp. Highest Yesterday 56 Lowest this Morning 44 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 03 Session Could Pave Way for Ike To Meet Bulganin Allies Said Certain To Exchange Views Washington (U.R) The West is getting ready for a fresh ap praisal of the chances of hold ing a fruitful Big Four meeting with Russia later this year, dip lomats indicated today. The meeting, if it develops, would be a foreign ministers' session on the world's war and peace issues. Could Be Icebreaker If successful it could be the icebreaker for President Eisen hower to sit down face to face with Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin and the .chiefs of state of Britain and France. But first the Russians would have to give some evidence of good faith. Diplomats said the Allies are certain to exchange views in formally on Big Four talk pos sibilities as a result of comments on the subject by Mr. Eisen hower and high-ranking con gressional leaders of both parties. Exploratory Talks Mentioned The possibilities also will be discussed further in official cir cles in this country. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles sched uled a meeting today with Sen. Walter F. George (D-Ga.), power ful chairman of the Senate For eign Relations Committee, who made the first recent suggestion for a Big Power conference last Sunday. Mr: Ei v lhower told his news conference Wednesday he be lieved new exploratory talks with the Rusians should be held below the chiefs-of-state level. These talks, presumably on the with the Russians should be held only after the Paris agreements on West German rearmament are ratified, the President said Not Sounding Board Mr. Eisenhower made it clear formal conference must be more than a propaganda sound ing board for the Russians. But he indicated that almost any sign of Russian 1 willingness to agree ' with the West on an im portant issue would be taken as evidence of good faith and a sign conference might ease East- West tensions. George reiterated today that he "wouldn't attach any rigid preconditions; otherwise you would never have a conference." He also said he would like to see a neaas-ot-state meeung "This year, if possible." Sere Republican Leader Wil liam F. Knowland (Calif.) cau tioned "there are a 16t of very real hurdles to be crossed" be fore such a meeting could be held. Red China Must Go To Romania for Fuel Helsinki. England (U.R) Owners of the Finnish tanker Aruba washed their hands today of a deal to ship jet fuel to Red China and left it up to the Com munists to come and get it at the Romanian port of Constanza. Gunnar Damstroem, president of the Re-Be Shipping Company, said the Aruba's crew whose re bellion forced cancellation of a trip to Red China, will unload the 13,000 tons of fuel at Con- stanza when the vessel returns there in about 14 days. Then, he said, it becomes "an affair between the ship brokers and the Peiping authorities." Couniy Budget Group Holds First Meeting The first meeting of the Jack son county budget committee was held yesterday in the coun ty courthouse. Members of the budget com mittee are Tom Wray, Medford, chairman; Roger Rath, Ashland, and Arnold Bohnert, Central Point. They met with members of the county court including Judge Rodney Keating and Com missioners Chester Wendt and G. Morthland. Next county budget commit tee meeting has been set tenta tively for April 5. Fixtures, Inventory Of Timberline Seized Portland (U.R) Federal agents yesterday seized the fix tures and inventory of Timber line Lodge to help satisfy a $19, 625 tax lien for non-payment of federal withholding taxes. R. C. Granquist of the Bureau of Internal Revenue said the for mer operators of the Mt. Hood resort lodge had failed to pay the government money which was withheld from employee sal aries for the last three quarters of 1954. 7 iv.. F0RD United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 22 Page Responsibility for Peress Discharge Placed on Adams Senator McClellan Calls Decision Bad Washington (U.R) Sen. John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) told Army Counselor John G. Adams today he made a "bad decision" and must take full responsibility for letting Maj. Irving Peress out of the Army 4 without a court mar tial. Adams denied that he had made a mistake, although he agreed with the chairman of the Senate Investigating Subpommit- tee ne bad "the last clear chance to shut the door" on Peress. "You must take the full re sponsibility . . . You made a bad decision," McClellan told Adams for allowing the New York den tist to be discharged Feb. 2, 1954 in the face of a demand by Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R- Wis.) that he be court martialed Peress Was 'Subversive' Peress did not sign a loyalty oath when commissioned and later refused to answer ques tions put to him by McCarthy on alleged Communist connec tions. "The man was put out of the Army," said Adams. "He belongs out of the Army. He was a sub versive." He said if Peress had broken any laws, he could still be prose cuted by the Justice Department. He added that a year later, the Justice Department still has not decided to try him. Adams also denied that high administration figures hatched a "conspiracy" to attack Mc Carthy or block hislhVestigation of Peress and of Fort Monmouth, N.J. The "conspiracy" charge has been made repeatedly by Mc Carthy. Adams denied it in detail. Peress Not Mentioned McCarthy has said Adams, At ty. Gen. Herbert 'Brownell Jr., and high White House aides joined in a "successful conspi racy,", cooked up at a secret meeting Jan. 21, 1954, to block McCarthy's investigations of Pe ress. Adams said Peress was not mentioned at the meeting, held at the Justice Department. He said he never heard the name of Peress until Jan. 26 or 27, five or six days after the Justice Department meeting. The subcommittee is investi gating to find out why Peress, a New York dentist, was "re adjusted in rank" from captain to major and honorably, dis charged although he had not signed a loyalty oath. Scelba Leaves for North America Visit Rome U.R) Italy's anti-Communist Premier Mario Scelba left today by plane for a good will visit to the United States and Canada that had urgent economic overtones. The premier, accompanied by Foreign Minister Gaetano Mar tino and their aides, left Rome's International Airport aboard a special Italian Airlines plane. Scelba was seen off by vir tually the entire cabinet. .1 am happy to visit two great nations allied and united with us in the defense of liberty and social progress," Scelba told newsmen before boarding the plane. The announced purpose of their North American visit was to strengthen the links in inter national policy which has found the United States and Canada linked to Europe through NATO. Family Eating Survey Due in Klamath Falls Klamath Falls (U.R) The U. S. Department of Agriculture has .selected Klamath Falls as the only Oregon City for in clusion in its new survey to de termine what families are eat ing in 1955. Lincoln and Benton counties will also be surveyed. A private firm will collect the data for what will be the first nation-wide food survey in both urban and rural areas since 1942. Portland (U.R) W. C. Cole, Portland traffic consultant, has been nominated for president of the Pacific Northwest Advi sory Boards - jmTRIBUNE MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1955 la PAUL V. MC NUTT Once Near Presidency Paul V. McNult Philippines High Commissioner, Dies New York U.R) Paul V. McNutt, 63, former governor of Indiana and high commissioner to the Philippines, died here to day. ' McNutt was hospitalized with a throat ailment here last year and was brought to New York last month from the Philippines where he suddenly .became - ill while-ori" round the' wdrlcrtoui1. Appeared Haggard McNutt died at his Fifth ave. apartment where he had been since his hurried return from Manila. The silver-haired poli tician and diplomat, who had been engaged in law practice here since shortly after World Was II, appeared haggard with illness on his arrival. Associates said later, however, that he was improving ' and able to work daily from his apartment. He is survived by his wife, the for mer Kathleen Timolat, and a daughter, Louise. Once Near Presidency McNutt, born July 19, 1891, the son of a ' Franklin, Ind., judge, -rose in politics to within what at one time appeared a hair's breadth of the presidency. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomina tion in 1940, and was promi nently mentioned for the nomi nation again in 1944, both times losing out to Franklin D. Roose velt's decision to run again. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York' (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 414.49 up 3.62; 20 railroads 149.68 up 1.29; 15 utilities 64.27 up 0.39, and 65 stocks 154.23 up 1.27: Sales today were about 3,170,000 shares compared with 2,730,000 shares traded yester day. ; 1 - " Hospital Progress Reported Progress toward a new, mod ern Memorial hospital in the Medford area, to replace the present inadequate Commun ity hospital, was reported today. Otto Frohnmayer, recently el ected general finance .campaign chairman for the project, said that the 20-acre site on Barnett rd., just south of the Rogue Val ley Country club, has been ac quired. Fifteen acres have been purchased by the ; board ' of di rectors of Community hospital, and five acres have been do nated by. Dr. Ira D. Phipps, Frohnmayer stated. Building Committee Named A building committee has been named, with Floyd Hart as chairman. The other mem bers are George Flanagan and B. L. Nutting. The architectural firm of Rog ers and Butler, New York City, is working on plans for the new hospital, and is expected to have them well along by early July. At that time, Frohnmayer re ported, a community-wide cam paign will begin to raise the nec essary funds for construction. The total needed will be in the neighborhiod of $1,200,000 and of this amount substantial sums have already been given or Sen. Etnowland Takes Issue With President On Yalta Documents Washington U.R) Senate Re publican Leader William F. Knowland today took issue with President Eisenhower's state ment that "there is nothing to be gained by going back 10 years and showing . . . that someone may have been wrong" at Yalta. Mr. Eisenhower made the statement at his news confer- New Dial Telephone Changeover Near At Central Point A new telephone directory for customers of Pacific Telephone'6 new dial office at Central Point will be in the mails early next week. Central Point customers will also receive an eight-page booklet containing information about their new dial service. J. H. Creager Pacific Tele phone manager, said the direc tories are for use after the dial office is "cut" into service at 11 p.m. Saturday, April 2. The new Central Point tele phones will have "2-5" numbers with a NOrmandy 4 (NO 4) pre fix. Creager pointed out that the "O" in NOrmandy is the letter which appears with "M" and "N" on the dial not the figure "O" (zero). Copies Available Copies of the current Central Point directory will be available for Medford customers at , the Medford telephone office. In the future, Central Point numbers will be included in the regular Medford directory. With the hew dial equipment at Central Point, residents of the Medford - Central Point - White City area will be able to reach about 14,000 telephones without long distance charges. Medford. telephone users will dial "3" and then the new NOr mandy number to reach Central Point. Central Point residents will dial "7" followed by the listed Medford number to reach that city. Between Central Point and White City only the two let ters and five digits of the respec tive numbers are necessary. For quick reference, emer gency numbers and service call information are listed on the first page of the new directory. John W. Davis Dies Of Pneumonia Attack Charleston, S. C. (U.R) Constitutional lawyer John W. Davis, 1924 Democratic presi dential nominee, died today of pneumonia. He was 81. Davis had argued more cases than had any other lawyer be fore the Supreme Court, his fi nal great one being on behalf of the state of South Carolina that segregation in the public schools should not be outlawed. pledged An advisor, L. D. Barr, of the Hospital Planning and Fi nancing organization, Oakland, Calif., has been engaged to or ganize the campaign.- He has been in charge of successful fund-raising campaigns for the construction of hospitals in Springfield, Bend, Lebanon, Prineville, Nyssa, Stayton and Mill City, Ore., as well as in Washington and California. Ready by July 10 All details of building, equip ment, organization and other necessary data will be ready by about July 10, Frohnmayer stated. Then the campaign will start through a large organiza tion of men from this area who will serve as volunteer workers to raise the necessary funds. Barr has announced that under his fund-raising method no one will be asked to subscribe any special amount. He said there will be no high-pressure cam paign, nor payroll deductions requested. The names of all those acting as volunteers, together with all those who give to make the hos pital a reality, will be placed on metal plaques in the lobby I of the hospital. The Community hospital board is meeting regularly with United Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 3 ence yesterday in an apparent effort to halt partisan political squabbling over the long-secret Yalta papers which the State Department released last Week. Discussion To Continue Knowland told reporters that he agreed with Mr. Eisenhower that public discussion of the Yalta papers "not be on a parti san basis, as between Republi cans and Democrats." However, the California Sen ator said, "I'm confident that there will continue to be discus sion of the various conferences that have been held." "This operates in the constitu tional field, of the legislative arm having adequate knowledge to perform its function as against the executive," he said. To understand the problems now confronting the countrv and those which may confront the country, if any conferences are held in the future, it is ex tremely important that Congress have full information and that there be discussion." The State Department mean while refused to shed any light on who leaked the Yalta papers, despite heavy congressional pressure for an answer to the mystery. Official spokesman Henry Suydam said he couldn't talk about the matter. Secretary of State John Fos ter Dulles took a tougher posi tion. When asked yesterday who leaked the controversial papers, he didn't open his mouth. Youth Js-Arresied In Molesting Case A 16-year-old Medford boy has been arrested by police after he" admitted molesting three small girls, all under seven years of age, according to Po lice Chief Charles Champlin. The youth was picked up at about 10 a.m. yesterday follow ing a complaint received from the father of a four-year-old girl. The child and her older brother had identified the youth from a picture. - In a statement given to city police, the youth admitted two other molestation cases, involv ing a seven-year-old girl, and one about six. The latter case had not been reported to police. Officers are investigating the possibility that the youth also may be implicated in . two cases of indecent proposals made to two teenage Medford girls a few weeks ago. Auto Chains Needed by Austin-Bound Motorists Salem (U.R) Motorists traveling to Austin were advised by the State Highway depart ment today that chains were a must. Four inches of new snow fell in the area overnight. the campaign advisory commit tee to formulate plans to ensure a successful campaign. The ob jective is to provide an institu tion so built and equipped that, together with Sacred Heart hos pital, Medford will become a real medical center to serve the people of southern Oregon and northern California. Campaign committeemen pointed out that the recent sur vey conducted by the Stanford Research Institute, sponsored by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, indicates an urgent need for additional hospital ac comodations. It pointed out that Medford is the center of wide spread farming and lumbering operations industries rated as having the highest and most ser ious accident incidence in the state. ' Many Doctors The survey also revealed that the area served by the Medford . hospitals is exceptionally well' served by physicians and sur geons, many of them specialists. It is felt that with correspond ingly excellent hospital facil ities, Medford will become a great medical center which will not only safeguard the lives and health of the people of Jackson county, but also provide, spec ialized service for a wider area. j: 1
