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Newspaper Page TextA fUl M u iruu UOVJ u 0111 II TEST SIT IFF MedfordJ Tribune united crest i'ull Leaua wire united fress f ull leased Wire 50th Year 18 Pages Oregon $27,000,000 Seen As Revenue From Key to Tax Plans Salem (U.R) A new income tax bill, largest revenue producer in 19o5 legislation in Oregon and the key to this session's biggest headache, was introduced in. the House today. If approved, the masure would raise nearly $25,000,000 and, with a series of smaller revenue measures, would balance Ore TAX FORUM SLATED The Oregon legislature's ef forts to solve a multi-million dollar deficit facing the state will be described here Thurs day by State Sen. Lee Ohmart, Salem. Senator Ohmart will be the speaker at a public tax forum, slaied for 8 p.m. at the senior high school auditorium. The non-partisan forum has been arranged by the forum com mittee of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. A feature of the forum will be what committee members call "a no holds barred" ques tion and answer period follow ing Senator Ohmart's talk. Sponsors of the forum have ex pressed the hope that all view points will be represented in the question and answer per iod. Members of the committee en arrangements are Ray Johnson, chairman: Frank J. VanDyke, Elwood Hedberg, and Robert Root. gon's budget without a sales tax and without a state property tax. Bulk of the corollary revenue bills passed the House yesterday and were sent to the Senate, thus speeding the session toward ad journment as the lawmakers neared what they hoped would be their last month in Salem. Although the House Taxation Committee voted to introduce as a bill the income tax plan pro posed last week by Rep. C. Allen Tom (R-Rufus), they still had under consideration the so-called "universal income tax" plan of fered by Rep. Walter Pearson (D-Portland). The committee learned yester day that Pearson's plan, in some income brackets, would levy a heavier tax than that proposed by Tom. It would raise $27,000, 000 per biennium and would not require the surtax on top of the base rate as the Tom plan would. Pearson argued that the best rec ommendation for his idea was its simplicity and its repeal of the federal income tax offset. On the floor of the House yes terday, members gave strong sup port to bills increasing the with holding tax from one to two per cent and including farm workers; repealing utility and skyscraper exemptions; and increasing the tax on insurance premiums one half of one per cent. The withholding tax increase and inclusion of now exempt farm workers would put the state $3,700,000 closer to a bal anced budget. It will not mean new revenue, but will bring it in faster leaving a new headache for the 1957 legislature. Tax committee members conceded it simply meant borrowing against the future. It also will mean that taxpayers will have less cash to pay each April 15 with their tax returns since a larger amount will be withheld from their pay checks. The increased tax on insur ance premiums will create $1, 200,000 in new revenue. Actress Judy Garland Becomes Mother of Boy Hollywood (U.PJ Actress Judy Garland, nominee for "best actress" in tomorrow's Ac ademy awards, gave birth to a 5 pound, 8-ounce boy today. Both were reported doing "just fine" at Cedars of Lebanon hospital. Miss Garland, nominated for her "comeback" performance in "A Star Is Born," has two daugh ters, one by a previous marriage to Director Vincente Minnelli and one by her present husband manager, Sid Luf t. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York - U.R - Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 413.73 up 0.83; 20 railroads 151.36 up 07; 15 uti lities 63.85 off 0.09, and 65 stocks 154.39 up 0.30. Sales to day were about 2,770,000 shares SJiJawd with 2,540,000 shares yesterday. , - MEDFORD, O' v Donee. jr-, a, .... .. - , , ,, pgB.Mw " ,, VISITS WHITE HOUSE Italian Premier Mario Scelba shown at White House here where he had lunch and a one hour conference with President Eisenhower. Seated Heft to right): President Eisenhower; Clare Boothe Luce, U. S. Ambassador to Italy and Scelba. Back row: Gaetano Martino, Italian minister of foreign affairs: Secy, of State Dulles and Italian Ambassador Manlio Brosio. New Ground Water Code, Resources Board Bills Gel Nod Salem U.R) A new code governing the use of ground water and a Water Resources board to-control water-use in 4he state are provided for in two bills (HBs 25 and 26) reported favorably out of the House Com merce and Utilities Committee late yesterday. The two bills, recommended by an interim committee on water resources, were amended by the committee to remove most of the objections of irri gation interests, farmers who felt they had vested rights in water, and well operators. Eastern Oregon now has a ground water code but the bills reported out yesterday would set up a statewide code limiting indiscriminate well drilling and other uses of ground -water. The board proposed in the bill would have wide powers over water conservation but many of the powers included in the first draft of the proposed bill were eliminated by the committee after weeks of hearings and con ferences. Siamese Siamese-Twins Separated by Surgery Chicago U.R) Siemese twin girls from Thailand, Siam, were successfully separated today in a S-hour operation. The 22-month-old twins, Pris- sana and Napit Polinyo, "sur vived the operation in good con diton," the chef surgeon re ported. . The chldren wee joined by a band of flesh, bone and muscle from the chest to the stomach. The operation disclosed that only one vital organ was shared. It was the liver. The surgeons cut the liver in half, giving each twin a chance at a normal life. Fruit Developing Rapidly; Heating Still Despite rapid development of fruit buds over the past week end, it appears that orchard heating will be unnecessary in the Rogue valley for at least five days, according to Don Ber ry, county agent for horticulture and Roy Rogers, federal meteor ologist. Rogers warned, however, that temperatures may be near the danger point tonight. At the present stage of development, fruit buds could stand temper atures of 23 or 24 degrees with out damage, Berry said. Development Slower The pre-pink stage of devel opment for pear blossoms is still expected late this week or early next week, according to Berry. He stated that development of buds has been slower during the past two days than it was over the week end. "Lows during the next few days hava been predicted for , MARCH 29, 1955 SIX Mm Ike Doesn't Think China Will Attack Matsu and UJWN Press-X&r.respondent.;. J Washington (U.R) Presi-j dent Eisenhower does not be lieve that Red China is prepar ed to attack Quemoy and Matsu islands in the near future. He disagrees emphatically with those U. S. military and Washington (U.R) Some Senate Democrats were ready today to label the Re publicans as the "war party." The phrase was one used in debate Monday by Senate Democratic Leader. Lydon B. Johnson (Tex.), in chiding GOP leaders for trying to pressure Mr. Eisenhower into taking a firmer stand in the Far East. Johnson named no names, but it was obvious he was re ferring to Senate Republican Leader William F. Knowland (Calif.) and Chairman Styles Bridges (NH) of the Senate GOP Policy Committee. Both have emphasized their belief that the United Slates should fight to defend Quemoy and Matsu Islands. naval leaders who have recently been saying that war may begin in the Formosa strait by mid April. - On the basis of all the mili tary and political intelligence reports available to the White House, he feels that Red China does not yet have enough air fields along the coast to under take a full scale attack soon. Doesn't Discount Danger The President does not dis count the danger of war in the Formosa strait at some later date, when Red China has mass ed more strength, particularly Unnecessary the high 30s or the low 40s, Ber ry said this morning. The county agent noted that spraying of all types of blossoms will begin throughout the valley during the next few days. The first spraying for commercial apricot orchards should be made when the blossoms reach the "popcorn" stage he said. Formula Advised Berry recommended use of one half pound of phygon or 1M pounds of Ziram for 100 gallons of water for brown rot control, with an added two pounds of 50 per cent DDT for twig borer control. The spray should be repeated when the trees are in full bloom. Home garden apricots should be sprayed as soon as blossoms open. Berry suggested use of two heaping tablespoons of fix ed copper or one of Ziram, plus one tablespoon of Malathion to a gallon of water. No. 7 Quemoy air power, on the coast oppo.- sitejQuempy ..and ..Mstsu. . His objection is to recent news stories reporting that some of his top military advisers regard the conflict as imminent. The White House believes that it knows who inspired these re ports, but the President does not plan, at present, to adminis ter any direct personal rebuke to the sources. - He feels that public know ledge of his displeasure at the war-scare talk should be a suf ficient warning to the officials concerned. Warn of Red Attack A senior naval officer met privately with some reporters here last Thursday night. On Saturday morning, dispatches were published reporting that some high military officials ex pected a Red attack on Matsu around April 15, with an assault on Quemoy likely to follow within a month. This set off a sharp debate in the Senate yesterday, in which Republican Leader William F. Knowland of California and Sen. Styles Bridges (R-N.H.), took a stand in favor of a firm U. S. pledge to defend Quemoy and Matsu. Official Fire Season Will Start April 1 The State Forestry depart ment announced today that the official fire season will start Ap ril 1.- All regulations pertaining to the season will go into effect at that date. . Logging and sawmill operators were warned that all require ments pertaining to fire tools and equipment must be met in order to keep operating. Should operators be in doubt as to the necessary requirements they should contact their forest inspector at once. All operators must have an operation permit before they be gin logging or sawmilling. Fail ure to secure this permit will result in action as prescribed by law. Two Juveniles Charged With Curfew Violation Two Medford area juveniles were picked up by city police early this morning and were jailed on a charge of violating the curfew, according to police records. The arrests were among the first on a curfew violation charge in several months. The boys, 15 and 17 years of age, were arrested at 3:50 a.m. and were lodged in the county jail under authorization of the county juvenile officer. Portland (U.R) Mrs. 'Ed ward A. Bloom, supervisor of adult family life education for Portland public schools, died yesterday. She was 54. , Price 5c Weather FORECAST: Partly eloudy and cooler tonight. Increasing cloudiness Wednesday with beginning In afternoon. Low tonight 32-35, high Wednes day 55-58. Temp. Highest Yesterday 59 Lowest this Morning 39 Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today 21 Introduced 9 Ministers Quit Indochina Cabinet; Diem Crisis Grows Saigon, Indochina . (U.R) Nine ministers resigned today from pro-American" Premier Ngo Dinh Diem's cabinet, plunging free Viet Nam deeper into its po litical and military crisis. Eight of the ministers were members of the three religious political sects which have been feuding with the premier and which have threatened to use their private armies in a civil war to bring down Diem's gov ernmhent. Conciliation Impossible The Nationalist minded sects, grouped in a loosely knit anti government "Nationalist unified front," took the decision to leave the cabinet after a hurried meet ing. They said "any conciliation with the premier is impossible and harmful." Pham Cong Tac, "Pope" of the Cao Dai Sect and leading mem ber of the front, sent an urgent message to absentee Emperor Bao Dai on the French Riviera urging him to form a new gov ernment. The Premier called an emer gency cabinet meeting to exam ine the new developments which followed, by one day his efforts to seize control of the Saigon po lice from the rebellious Binh Xuyen sect. H Hunger May Force End of Prison Riot L'ncoln. Nph. mm n. Victor. E. . Anderson . predicted today that hunger will force riot ing COnvictS Who hoM two nric. on guards as hostages to "make an oner soon. The governor, in personal com mand of the strife-torn Nebras ka State Penitentiary, also re vealed he believes one of the nine convicts holed up in the stone maximum security build ing is actually a captive of his fellow prisoners. The rebel convicts probably have not eaten since shortly be fore they staged their outbreak early Sunday. Anderson said there is nothing the convicts can gain by hold ing out. The governor said he will not compromise with the rebels and repeated his refusal to act on their list of grievances until guards Warren Miller, 43, and Eugene Swanson, 34, are re leased. Interceptor Missiles Said in Test Stage Seattle (U.R) The first official disclosure that long range supersonic interceptor missiles have reached the test firing stage was made yesterday by the Boeing Airplane Co. The firm's annual report did not specify the testing site for its IM-99 Bomarc missile, but it was presumed to be at the Air Force missile-test center at Co coa, Fla. It also was confirmed that the missile, designed to seek out and destroy attacking planes still some distance from the in tended target, is powered by a rocket to get the missile off the ground and by ramjet power for sustained flight. Canada Receives Most Of Pacific NW's Fruit Portland (U.R) Most exports of Pacific Northwest fruit went to Canada between July, 1953 and July, 1954. The United States Department of Agriculture crop and live stock reporting service said Can ada was the largest importer of Northwest apples, grapes and pears, dried peaches, canned cherries, canned plums and prunes. An estimated 46 per cent of its fruit imports came from the United States, according to the USDA. Eugene (U.R) Funeral services for Marine Capt. Martin P. Olsen, 27, will be held here Thursday. Olson was a member of the Navy's Blue Angel jet flight team who crashed to his death last Thursday in Texas. Swedish Engineer Reveals Malenkov Sent to Siberia 'On Inspection Tour7 Russ Visitors Told Stockholm, Sweden (U.R) A member of a Swedish engi neering delegation just back from Russia said today, ousted Soviet Premier Georgi Malenkov has been sent to Siberia "on an inspection tour." - The report came from Sture Ekefalk, technical director of the Swedish Power Plant board who spent 18 days in the Soviet Union inspecting Russian power plants. He said his delegates failed to meet Malenkov, now minister of electric power stations. Ekefalk, a member of a dele gation of seven Swedish techni cal experts who returned from Russia Monday, commented on Malenkov's disappearance from the Moscow scene. "Visiting" Power Plants "Our program did not include talks with Malenkov but he sent us his personal regards and com plained that he could not receive us because he was carrying out a wide inspection tour of Siber ian power plants," Ekefalk said. Ekefalk's interview with Uni ted Press broke six days of sir lence on the whereabouts of the former premier who was fired for concentrating on the produc tion of consumer goods instead of heavy industry. Malenkov last appeared in Moscow a week ago Wednesday at a session of the Supreme Sov iet of the Russian Republic. The Kremlin silence on his whereabouts touched off specu lation his disgrace was more ser ious than generally thought. Rearmament Pact Ratification Urged By UNITED PRESS Secretary of State John Fos ter Dulles today said arming of West Germany will enhance hope of progress toward peace in a big-power meeting. The secretary urged the Sen ate Foreign Relations commit tee to approve quickly the Ger man' rearmament treaties which already have been ratified at Paris and Bonn. The committee and the Senate are expected to do so later this week. He said final ratification of the treaties making West Ger many a part of the European defense system would make it possible to meet with Russia "with greater hope." .' , Dulles said there have been no talks so far with Russia about the prospects of a Big Four meet ing. Apparently referring to U.S. and British-French discussions on the subject, he said there has been "only parleying about par leying." But if such a meeting is ar ranged, he suggested, it will have to be a 'Big Five' meeting, with West Germany included. U.S.r Russ Delegates Exchange Hot Words Tokyo U.R) The United States and Russian delegates to the Far East Economic Confer ence exchanged heated words to day over the American trade em bargo on Red China. M. A. Menshikov, Soviet Am bassador to India, charged the hardships experienced by Far East countries in foreign trade "to a great extent are the results of the policy pursued by the U.S.A." John Allison, U. S. Am bassador to Japan, immediately replied, "the Soviet Union ap parently believes that aggression should be rewarded." They spoke at the second day session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East. The Philippines delegate pro tested against the presence of six Chinese Communists as ob servers at the conference. They are part of the eight man delega tion from the Communist run World Federation of Trade Unions. Bandit Needs Translator Oakland, Calif (U.R) Harry W. Rasmur. 27, attempted to hold up a Chines market last night, police said, but forgot to bring a translator. Ramsur, simulating a gun in his pocket, demanded that clerk Janice Chung hand. over the money. At that moment the store's owner, Alton Wong, 31, entered and asked "What's Wrong?" in Chinese. In a rapid fire exchange of Chinese across the bewildered Ramsur, Miss Chung told her boss she was being held up. Wong told her to rut the money on the counter. As she opened the cash drawer Wong jumped Ramsur and yelled for Miss Chung to get his gun in the back room. She could not find the gun, but returned with a hammer which she handed to Wong, still battling the would-be bandit. The store owner laced Ramsur across the scalp with the hammer, stunning him. then called police. On booking Ramsur for suspicion of robbery, police noted he is S feat Ull and weigh 180 pounds. Wong is 5 feet. WILL CONTINUE SERVING Peering over his glasses, Prime Minister Winston Churchill sits with hands on knees during meeting of his constituents. Referring to rumors of his retirement, Sir Winston said he has every hope of serving his constit uents in Parliament "longer still." Sheriff Transports Two Men to Salem; 3 in District Court Two men were taken to Salem this morning by Sheriff Howard Gault, and three others appear ed in district court yesterday on misdemeanor charges. Those taken to Salem were Charles Robert Quaqkenbush, 41, of route 1, box 539, Talent, and Eugene Allen Crandall, 20, of 209 North Grape st. Quackenbush is scheduled to undergo 30 days of mental obser vation at the State Mental hos pital before being sentenced on a sex crime charge. Crandall will start a one-year prison term on a charge of par ole violation. In District Court The three irfen who appeared in district court were Oliver Briant Hinge, 49, of 1978 Table Rock rd.; John Lamont David son, 58, of Little Butte ' Star route, box 135, Eagle Point, and Ralph Waldo Bridger, 44, Sac ramento, Calif. .Hinge pleaded guilty to a charge of angling with prohibit ed methods, and was fined $25 and court costs. The court sus pended $20 of the fine. Davidson entered an innocent plea through Attorney Edward Kelly to a charge of driving while intoxicated. Trial was set for June 9. Bridger pleaded guilty to a petty larceny charge involving theft of a jar of coffee valued at 73 cents from Luman's mark et. He was fined $10 and court costs and was jailed in lieu of payment of fine.. ' Plane's Crew Member To Remain in Seattle Miss Natalie Parker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carold J. Parker, 610 South Central ave., who was a member of the crew of the Pan American plane which ditched off the coast of Oregon Saturday morning, will remain for the present in Seattle, Wash., her home station, her par ents said today. Miss Parker, though not criti cally injured did receive bruises and shock, and some ill effects from oil spilled at the scene of the rescue, according to a tele phone conversation last evening with Mr. and Mrs. Parker. She also needs to remain in the city until investigation of the acci dent has been completed. Later she plans to visit' here with her parents. (See story and pictures on Page 10) INVESTIGATE ENTRY Sheriff's deputies today -were investigating a reported break and entry at Hunter's tavern, Crater Lake Four Corners, ac cording to Sheriff Howard Gault. The amount of loss was not re ported. A second break and en try, in the Talent area, was re ported this morning. 'Granddaddy' Burst Seen in Medford; Oilier is Air Drop Ceiling 75 Miles Away Split by Blast Las Vegas (U.R) Two ato mic bombs were exploded in a single day todav for the first time in Nevada test history. One was a whopper so power ful it snilt a ceiling 75 miles away. The other was a "baby" air burst of an undisclosed se cret weapon in America's ex panding nuclear arsenal. First the Atomic Energy Com mission triggered in the pre dawn darkness the miehtiest blast of the 1955 testing, esti mated as packing the punch of 25,000 tons of TNT, the kick of the bombs that leveled Hiroshi ma and Nagasaki. The flash from this morn ing's "granddaddy" atomic blast in the southern Nevada desert was seen in various parts of the Rogue valley. It was disclosed in the log a the airport control tower by CAA Operator Warren Broemmer as a very, very bright flash of light, 15 to 30 degrees wide on the horizon toward Mt Ashland and Wag ner butte. The time was list ed as 4:55 a.m. Mrs. O. T. Heyerman, Wi nema way, reported the blast "lit up the whole sky." and looked like a sudden coming' of the dawn. Weat.her conditions here generally were good for seeing the flash from the blast. There were only a few clouds at the time. It was noticeably felt over a 150-mile radius in three West ern states, the AEC reported. This was from a 500-foot steel tower at the Nevada Proving Grounds at 4:55 a.m. PST. Its shock wave, as though from a Vesuvius eruption, roared 75 miles into Las Vegas and crack ed a ceiling, the first report of A-bomb damage in the 1955 ex periments. Dropped From Plane Five hours and five minutes later, an Air Force B36 flying at 15,000 feet dropped a compact , device in the "baby" A-bomb class. It burst at 10 a.m. PST, right on schedule, at an unan nounced height over the desert rated at some 5,000 tons of TNT. The white flash of the air burst was seen in Las Vegas, lasting for less than a second, or a "small instant," observers said. t Compared to the ceiling-cracking blast earlier, the air burst , merely quivered some windows in Las Vegas, even though its detonation height was believed to be much higher than the tower shot. The exact nature of neither of today's devices was detailed by the AEC. Much Speculation Both experiments were label ed merely as "of primary inte rest" to the Defense Department, leading to speculation among veteran observers that the mili tary either was testing new-type weapons or perfecting ones al ready past the protype stage. An AEC spokesman forestalled speculation that today's air burst was an atomic airborne missile by declaring the drop was "not similar" to last Fri day's 30,000-foot non - nuclear detonation. Las Vegas U.R) The Atomic Energy Commission said today that there would be no more nu clear detonations in the present test series for at least four days. ' Senator Neuberger Urges Airline Approval Washington (U.R) Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) today urged federal approval of an application by Alaska Freight Lines, Inc., as a common carrier on the grounds it would benefit the economy of Oregon cities. Sen. Neuberger said favorable action by the Interstate Com merce Commission would aid the economy of "Portland, Oregon coastal cities and the entire state ..." He said that lumber trade with Gulf of Alaska ports, "once a big market for Oregon lumber, could also be reestablished. Co. McCormick III; Takes Turn for Worse Chicago 4J.R) Col. Robert R. McCormick, editor and pub lisher of the Chicago Tribune, is seriously ill and his condition has taken a turn for the worse, his physician announced today. Col. McCormick, who is 74, was operated on Jan. 19. He is suffering from an internal ail ment. . . Washington (U.R) The Sen ate Armed Services Committee today unanimously approved a $745,000,000 selective pay in crease for military personnel.