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! 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.
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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
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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1955
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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
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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.
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