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Chinese Reds
Purge
Leaders
Of Rival 'Parly'
Mao's Foe Said
Victim of Suicide
Tokyo (U.R) The Chinese
Communist party disclosed today
that it has purged two top lead
ers who attempted to seize con
trol of the Red government head
t ed by Mao Tze-tung.
According to a broadcast by
Peiping Radio, Kao Kang, for
mer boss of Manchuria and one
time "comrade in arms" of Mao,
was purged and then "committed
suicide."
Purged with Kao was Jao Shu
Shih, another veteran Commu
nist leader who once was polit
ical commissar for the Northeast
China militay district.
Seven Others Accused
This pair, and seven other
men, were accused by the Com
munist party's Central Commit
tee, of "shameless deceit" in
forming an "anti-party alliance"
in an attempt to seize control of
the party and government.
"Kab Kang not only did not
admit his guilt," said a Central
Committee resolution revealing
the purge, "but even committed
suicide as an expression of his
ultimate betrayal of the party.
The resolution added that Jao
"has never shown any signs of
repentance and now persists in
an attitude of attacking the
party."
Might Still Be Alive
However, the broadcast ver
sion of the resolution indicated
that Kao still might be alive
despite the "suicide" statement.
It said " the committee "decided
to expell" Kao and Jao from the
Communist party and "to re
move them from all posts they
held inside and outside the
party."
The basis of the attack
against Kao, the resolution said,
was the fact he raised the "utter
ly absurd theory" that there ac
tually were two parties in Red
China, with himself at the head
of the dominant one.
100 Blood Donors Still
Needed for Tomorrow
Some 100 or more blood donors
are still needed for tomorrow's
visit of the Red Cross bloodmo
vii it was reDorted this morn
ing.' Appointments to give blood
may be made Dy xeiepnmims
3-3813.
The quota is 240 pints, to pro
vide enough blood for local use,
plus a small supply for the re
gional blood bank, which has
furnished blood to Jackson
county recently when local do
nations did not meet local needs.
The bloodmobile will be at the
YMCA from 1 to 6 p.m. Drop-in
donors will be welcome, and all
donors were reminded not to eat
fatty foods for four hours before
giving blood.
Parking will be available
across the street from the "Y"
building for those giving blood.
Red Cross Approves
Federated Fund Drives
Washington (U.R) The Amer
ican Red Cross today announced
a new policy which gives its lo
cal chapters the right to join in
Community Chest or other fed
erated fund-raising drives under
certain conditions.
The new policy statement says
local chapters must participate
in annual fund campaigns of
some type, but they may deter
mine for themselves whether a
joint appeal with other groups
or an individual Red Cross drive
will best serve the interests of
their communities "as well as
those of the Red Cross."
Photographs
As Evidence in Log men
Photographs taken by a wom
an who noticed two men loading
logs near her home may be used
as evidence in the case of two
men arrested this morning on a
grand larceny charge.
District Attorney Walter Nun
ley said the woman noticed the
two men taking the logs, and
decided to take their pictures
with a Polaroid cataara. SQfi
MEDFORD, OREGON,
Policeman Fooled fay Toy Gun; Fellow
Officers Aren't Kidding Him About It
Portland (U.R) A Portland
police officer today told how
he was fooled by a trick gun,
but none of his fellow officers
kidded him about it.
Officer Perry Turner said
he was getting ready to go to
church Sunday when a neigh
bor called and told him a
drunken youth was staggering
down the street.
Phenomenal Blizzard
Claims Six Lives;
Autoists Marooned
By UNITED PRESS
A phenomenal, record - bust
ing April blizzard swirled over
Wyoming and Montana for the
third straight day today.
At least six persons were dead,
seven were missing in the snowy
wilderness, and scores of motor
ists were marooned by drifts
which sometimes covered their
cars. Many towns were isolated.
It was the worst blizzard in
history for the area, outdistanc
ing the great storms of 1887
and 1949. The U.S. Weather bur-
Young Eugene Man
Given Five-Year
Penitentiary Term
A Eugene man, who has ad
mitted taking part in some 70
crimes during the past 18
months, this "morning .was sen
tenced to five years in Oregon
state prison on a Medford bur
glary charge.
He is Robert Edward Ross,
22, of 667 Willamette st., Eugene.
He was sentenced this morning
on a charge of burglarizing the
Medford Greyhound Post House,
Fourth and Bartlett sts.
Since being arrested on the
local charge, Ross has admitted
a series of crimes, most of them
burglaries and car thefts, com
mitted in the midwest and along
the Pacific coast. A large num
ber of them were burglaries com
mitted in Eugene.
Three-Year Term
Also appearing in circuit
court this morning for sentenc
ing was Peter Allen Key. 32,
Bakersfield. Calif. Key was
given a three-year term in prison
on a charge of obtaining money
under false pretenses.
Three men pleaded guilty in
circuit court, this morning to
charges of larceny from a shop.
They were Lincoln Eldred Mc
Fall, 35, of route 1, box 215,
Rogue River; John Silva, 27, of
route 1, box 191, Rogue River,
and Earl Howard Brown 25, of
route 1, box 773, Grants Pass.
The three are charged with
taking equipment from a shop
owned by I. D. Hardin. Sentenc
ing was withheld pending
receipt of reports from the FBI.
High Altitude Nuclear
Explosion Set Tomorrow
Las Vegas (U.R) The At
omic Energy commission took
another look at the weather to
day and decided to try to ex
nlode a high altitude nuclear
missile at 9 a.m. tomorrow.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 415.90 up 2.93; 20 rails
151.99 up 1.17; 15 utilities 64.00
up 0.03, and 65 stocks 155.07 up
0.94. Sales today were about
2,100,000 shares compared with
2,500,000 shares yesterday.
May Be Used
forwarded the pictures to his of
fice. The two men arrested this
morning were Richard Orval
Rhoten, 23, and Conley Carl
Rhoten, 34, both of route 1, box
74, Rogue River.
They were charged with tak
ing logs owned by Robert Dollar
company from the side of the
company's private road in the
Graves Creek area,
jnited fres
TUESDAY, "APRIL 5, 1955
The officer left his house,
and saw the youth pull what
appeared to be a .22 rifle from
his trouser leg. Turner, re
membering last week's shoot
ing in Pasco, Wash., in which
a patrolman was shot to death
by a youth, rushed to get his
service revolver.
As the boy worked his way
down the street toward a group
eau, which rarely uses such
phrases, called it "phenomenal."
In the Midwest, a tornado
swooped down on two farms
near Milburn, la., destroying six
buildings and sending a farm
family scurrying to shelter in a
cave. Hail stones three to six
inches deep followed the twist
er. Dust Storms End
Another storm dumped four
inches of snow on Duluth, Minn.,
and in the Southwest farmers
hoped that two days of high
winds and land-tearing dust
storms were over.
But none of these disturbances
could compare to the freak cy
clonic mass which rotated over
a vast area of the northern
Great Plains with its crippling
blizzard. -
The massive snows mounted
steadily late Monday and were
whipped into 14-foot drifts by 70-mile-per-hour
winds.
38 Inches at Sheridan
Sheridan, Wyp., .the, focus, of
the storm, had 38 inches of
snow.
The storm covered a circular
area over parts of Wyoming,
Montana, Utah, South Dakota
and Nebraska. Snow depth early
today included 35 inches at
Billings, Mont., and 27 inches at
Havre, Mont.
In the East, April was relent
ing, i
Rapidly warming tempera
tures melted up to two feet of
snow which belted southern New
England with its worst spring
snow storm in 20 years. It was
generally warmer east of the
Mississippi river and in the Pa
cific coast and Great basin
areas.
East Germans Extend
Highway Truck Toll
Berlin (U.R) The Com
munist East Germans extended
their exorbitant highway tolls
today. to trucks bringing milk
and fresh meat into West Berlin.
Until today milk and meat
refrigerator trucks were classi
fied in a special category and
rolled through the Soviet zone
to Berlin at rates the same or
only slightly higher than before.
The new move to harass West
ern controlled West Berlin co
incided with East German hints
that the Reds may demand
heavy back payments for "re
pairs" to highways used by West
German truck traffic during the
past 10 years.
Rogue River Chief
Kept Busy By One
Auto, Two Drivers
Two men were jailed her
yesterday, charged with driv
ing the same car while they
were intoxicated.
John P. Wilson, 23, Grants
Pass, was stopped by Rogue
River city police and arrested.
When Police Chief W. J.
Peters saw the other occupants
of the car were in no shape to
drive, he had a service station
attendant drive the car to a
lot, while Peters called state
police.
But the attendant, unexper
ienced in such things, left the
keys in the car, and while
Peters telephoned, Edward
Everett McWilliams, 34, Grants
Pass, another occupant of the
vehicle, slid under the wheel
and started away.
Peters gave chase and ar
rested McWilliams. Both Wil
son and McWilliams appeared
in district court yesterday
where they pleaded guilty to
driving while intoxicated.
They were jailed in lieu of
$250 iinat tmd court astta,
Tribune
Jfuli ueased Wire
Price 5c
No. 13
of youngsters playing, the offi
cer stalked him. Just as the
boy aimed his weapon at the
children, Turner leaped on
him and knocked the weapon
to the ground.
The weapon turned out to
be a realistic toy. But Offi
cer Turner doesn't joke about
the incident. Two of the child
ren playing in the group were
his small daughters.
Albert E. Orr, 10,
Dies Unexpectedly
At Home Monday
Albert Eugene Orr, well-
known Medford merchant and
civic and business leader, died
unexepectedly at his home, 220
North Barneburg rd., yesterday.
Hevwas 70.
He died while working in the
yard, and his body was found
some time later.
A native of Woodstock, On
tario, Canada, he moved to Med
ford while a youngster in 1888,
with his parents, the late Eu
gene M. and Edith Orr. In 1906
he became associated with his
uncle, the late Fred Weeks, in
the furniture buiness then
known as Weeks and McGowan.
They built the present store
building in 1909, and in 1920
the name was changed to Weeks
and Orr, the name it still bears.
He was an active participant
in the management of the busin
ess until his death.
Mr. Orr was a veteran of
World War I, serving as a Navy
pharmacist's mate first "class on
the USS N. rthern Pacific: He
was a" fong-fmie member of the
American Legion, was a 45-year
member of Lodge No. 1168 of the
Elks; was a member of Medford
Lodge 103, AF and AM; Crater
Lake chapter No. 32, RAM;
Malta Commandery No. . 4,
Knights Templar, and Hillah
Temple of the Shrine. He was
a past president of the Oregon
Retail Furniture association.
He leaves his widow, Mrs.
Clara Grimes Orr, who he mar
ried on Aug. 9, 1908, in Red
ding, Calif.; a son, Eugene, and
two grandsons, Gregory and
Richard.
Funeral Thursday
Funeral services will be held
at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the
Conger-Morris chapel, with Dr.
D. Kirkland West, minister of
the First Presbyterian church,
officiating. Honorary pallbearers
will be Ed Nichols, E. C. Jer
ome, Ron Gandee, Cole Holmes,
Phil Hoffman and William Gates.
Active pallbearers will be Sam
Hamilton, Harold Kohler, Ken
Weaver, Amos Ayres, Marion
Robbins, and Ray Hamilton.
.Private committal services
will follow at the Medford IOOF
mausoleum.
Increase in Medford
Milk 'Consumption Noted
Salem (U.R) Lester Adams,
manager of the Oregon Milk
Producers Association, said milk
consumption has increased up
to 17 per cent in areas where
newspaper advertising has oeen
intensified.
Largest increase came in the
Eugene area, where stepped up
advertising brought about a 17
per cent raise in milk consump
tion. In Medford and Tillamook,
14 per cent increases were noted,
he said.
Demos Crack
Hold in Michigan Election
Detroit (U.R) Michigan
Democrats, who swept the state
elections for the first time in
two decades last November, fol
lowed it up today by smashing
a 22-year-old hold Republicans
had clamped on spring elections
in the key state.
Democrats Elect Regents
Democrats elected both of
their candidates for University
of Michigan regents and both of
their candidates for the stale
Agriculture Board, which is the
governing body of Michigan
State College.
They held narrow, shrinking
leads over the Republican candi
dates for state superintendent of
public instruction, and member
of the Board of Education, which
directs teachers' colleges. It ap
peared tbek candidates for toote
Dulles Says Peace
Or War in Hands
Of Chinese Reds
Statement on Defense
Of Islands Rejected
Washington U,R) Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles said
today the Far Eastern situation
is highly dangerous and the
question of war or peace is up to
the Chinese Communists.
"If the Chinese Red leaders
mean what they say about want
ing peace, Dulles told a news
conference, there will be no war
in the Pacific.
Dulles at the same time flat
ly rejected new proposals in
Congress that the United States
say now whether it would de
fend the Chinese. Nationalist
held Quemoy and Matsu islands
against a Chinese Red attack.
Difficult Ground
Dulles said he did not see how
this could be done. He said it
would amount to entering onto
very difficult ground.
Dulles described American
policy toward the offshore1 is
lands in this way:
The United States is commit
ted by treaty to defend Formosa
and the Pescadores Islands is no
additional commitment of any
sort, direct or indirect, to defend
anything else.
In Related Attack
Then the question arises as to
how vou defend Formosa, he
said.
He said the defense of the is
lands of Quemoy and Matsu
would be important only if an
attack on them was related to
an attack on Formosa and the
Pescadores. i
President Eisenhower has told
Congress he would order U.S.
forces to defend Quemoy and
Matsu only if an attack on
them was recognizable as a "pre
liminary" to assault on Formosa
or the Pescadores.
Ashland Underpass
Bid Due April 17, 18
- Salem Bids will be received
for rfour Jackson 'county" projects
at the April 13 and 14 meeting
of the state highway commis
sion, it was reported this mor
ning. The biggest of the four is for
widening the Highway 99 under
pass just north of Ashland, and
building .72 of a mile of high
way from the point where it
now narrows to two lanes into
the city of Ashland. Completion
date is July, 1956.
Other projects are a box cul
vert and concrete bridge at
Quartz creek and McNeil creek
on the Butte Falls rd.; paving
and reshaping Main st. in Tal
ent between Pacific ave. and
Second st., and paving a section
of First st. in Phoenix.
Scattered Heating
Needed in Orcahrds
There was scattered orchard
heating in the Rogue valley last
night, for the second day in suc
cession. Little or no commercial
damage to fruit was reported by
orchardists.
The minimum temperature re
corded this morning at the
weather bureau was 26, which
set a record for low temperature
on this date. The mercury fell
below that in the colder spots of
the valley, however.
BONUS CHECK WAITING
Salem Delbert Horace Gep-
pert, whose last - known address
was 1409 Cunningham ave.,
Medford, is entitled to a World
War II state bonus, the state de
partment of veterans affairs said
today. He is one of 13 World
War II veterans who filed bonus
claims, then moved without
leaving a forwarding address so
the claim can be paid.
Republican
two officers might be nipped in
a photo-finish, but the races
were so close recounts appeared
likely.
In addition, in the non-partisan
race for two state Supreme
Court justice spots, a Democratic-sponsored
candidate had a
commanding lead for one of the
spots. The incumbent Republi-
can-sposored candidate, Justice
Leland Carr, was the only Re
publican to win a clear victory
He ran on a ballot where candi
dates weren't under party labels.
Victory For Williams
Democratic leaders hailed the
election as a personal victory for
Gov. G. Mennen Williams. Wil
liams, now serving his fourth
term as Michigan governor, per
sonally campaigned for the
Democratic ticket.
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL
Retirement Now Official
Senators Propose
Delay in Cutback
Of Marine Strength
Washington (U.R) Two Dem
ocratic senators urged today that
proposed cutbacks in the Marine
Corps be postponed until the
Formosan situation clears up.
Sens. A. Willis Robertson (D-
Va.) and John Stennis (D-Miss.)
protested against a planned re
duction of 27,000 in Marine
Corps manpower at a Senate
Military Appropriations Subcom
mittee hearing.
They contended it is unwise to
cut the military service that
probably would be called upon
first if U.S. land forces are
needed -in the ; Formosan area,
including the Quemoy and Mat
su islands just off the Red Chi
nese coast.
Defends, Economies
Secretary of Navy Charles S.
Thomas agreed that the Formo
san situation is not getting any
better but said that he doesn't
think it has worsened enough
since last December to change
the military planning that was
done then.
Thomas said even after the
planned cutback, the Marine
Corps would have one and
three-quarters division ready to
go in any emergency.
"Basically, I don't think it
(the cutback) affects the striking
power , . . the amphibious
power of the Marine Corps," he
said.
As for the Navy, Thomas said
it is shifting rapidly over to
guided missiles, giving the fleet
greater mobility and striking
power.
More Guided Missiles
He defended the fiscal 1956
budget of the Navy, including
the Marine Corps, as "sound." he
Chicago Republicans
Eye Mayoralty Race
Chicago (U.R) Chicago
elects a new mayor today and
Republicans hoped for a huge
turnout to overthrow the long
entrenched Democratic "mach
ine." The GOP staked its comeback
hopes on a 36-year old reformer,
Robert E. Marriman. Merriman
was a Democrat until a few
months ago, but broke with the
party charging a link between
crime and politics.
His opponet was Richard J.
Daley, 52, a veteran officehold
er who also heads the powerful
Cook County Democratic organ
ization. The expected vote ranged
from 1,000,000 to 1,400,000 or
higher. Republicans were frank
in admitting they needed a
heavy turnout to overcome the
hard core of at least 600,000
votes which the Democratic
"machine" can usually throw
into a major election.
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower will not hold
a news conference this week,
the White House has announced
today.
Weather
FORECAST: Fair and slightly
warmer through Wednesday.
Low tonight 28; high Wednes
day 70.
Temp:
Highest Y'esterday 58
Lowest this Morning 26
said it will provide for "a bal
anced naval establishment with
a high degree of flexibility."
Thomas noted that the Navy's
$8,918,000,000 appropriations
budget for the coming fiscal
year contains requests for
"nearly twice as much for
guided missiles as last year."
Thomas was leadoff. witness
among the service secretaries as
they defended their budgets
against Democratic attacks on
scheduled manpower cutbacks.
County Budgeters
Conduct Meeting .
The Jackson county budget
committee met this morning.
and it was understood that funds
for a juvenile detention home
were to be discussed. The meet
ing was the second of three
scheduled by the committee.
Committee members have in
dicated that the detention home
will not be budgeted for con
struction this year because of the
necessity of collecting funds lec
ied for that purpose after the
start of the new fiscal year.
However, budget experts say
it may be necessary to include
the home in the budget this year
as a collection item, so the levy
can be collected. The detention
facility would be constructed,
probably next year when the
levy was collecte.
The county rural school board
has completed initial review of
district budgets. A final check
on computations now being
made is set for 1:30 p.m. Thurs
day. Districts will be notified of
changes by April 10, and hear
ings will be held April 12 and
13. Final action on budgets will
be sent to the district by. April
20, and a budget election will be
held May 16.
Annexation, Milk Plan,
On Council's Agenda
Hearings on annexation of
subdivisions, including the Wil
son tract and Vista Heights sub
division, are scheduled for to
night's meeting of the city
council, according to Mayor
Earl Miller.
Other items on the agenda will
include discussion ot the pro
posed milk ordinance, paving
petitions, and airport leases.
The council meets at 7:30 p.m.
in the city hall.
Injunction Sought in Road
Dispute in Squaw Lake Area
Kermit C. Combers and Eve-
ly G. Combes have brought suit
in circuit court seeking an in
junction against Bert G. Harr,
Christine Harr, Art Brown, and
D. B. Winningham, according to
records filed in the county
clerk's office.
The complaint, filed yester
day, seeks an order enjoining the
defendants from use and tres
pass on property owned by Mr.
and Mrs. Combes along. Squaw
Creek , rd., in the Applegate
area.
The complaint points out that
on Nov. 23, 1954, an order was
issued decreeing Squaw Creek
rd. to be a public road, "as locat
ed - on the ground." It claims
that the defendants have ' no
Anthony Eden
To Be Successor
As Prime Minister
Queen Elizabeth II
Accepts Resignation
London (U.R) Sir Winston
Churchill, 80, the grand old man
of empire, officially resigned as
Prime Minister of Great Britain
today. .
Tears glistened in his eyes as
he presented his resignation to
the Queen.
Sir Anthony Eden, 57, will be
his successor.
Churchill, who battled and
defeated every enemy save the
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower said today
the free world will continue
to draw upon the experience
and wisdom of Sr. Winston
Churchill even in his retire
ment. Addressing himself directly
to the retiring British Prime
Minister, Mr. Eisenhower
said:
"We shall never accept the
thought that we are to be de
nied your counsel, your ad
vice.
"Out of your great exper
ience, your great wisdom, and
your great courage, the free
world yet has much to gain,
and we know that you will
never be backward in bring
ing those qualities forward
when we appeal to you for
help, as all of us are bound
to do."
relentless passage of time, pre
sented his resignation to Queen
Elizabeth II at Buckingham
Palace.
The venerable statesman
drove alone from his official
residence at No. 10 Downing
Street to the palace in the sun
shine of a bright spring day.
Cheering thousands applauded
him in the streets.
Then he went home to Down
ing Street and stood for a time.
old and mute, his fingers raised
in the "V for victory" sign and
tears standing bright in his eyes.:
while from Buckingham Palace
the announcement came official
ly that he had quit.
The palace announcement
said: "The Right Honorable Sir
Winston Churchill had an aud
ience of the Oueen this evening
and tendered his resignation as
Prime Minister and First Lord
of the Treasury which Her Maj
esty was graciously prepared to
accept."
Eden is expected to be sum
moned to the palace tomorrow
to receive the seals of office as.
Churchill's successor as first
minister of the crown.
The emotional ordeal of hand
ing his resignation to the youth
ful sovereign he considers his
"young, gleaming champion,"
unnerved Churchill.
He cancelled a scheduled ap
pearance in the House of Com
mons. Ke held a private fare
well meeting with his ministers.
Then, alone and in silence, he re
tired to become a back bench
elder statesman in the House of
Commons.
For Churchill it was the win
ter of a lifetime of achievement
seldom matched, and exceeded
by few.
But time and age came to
gether on this warm and tran
quil day in spring to bring his
stewardship to an end.
He quit quietly and with sad
ness at the end of a final 24
hours as Prime Minister that
were filled with deep emotion
and rich affection.
Last night he played host to
his sovereign at a farewell for
mal dinner party and received
the rare tribute of a personal
toast from the Queen.
Churchill goes next week to
Sicily for a vacation in the sun
shine, free at last of the burdens
of a lifetime which has earned
him regard as statesman, soldier,
author and orator. t
right to widen the road.
On March 23, 1955, the com
plaint says, the defendants wid
ened the road with a bulldozer,
taking earth from land owned by
Mr. and Mrs. Combes on each
side of Squaw Creek rd., and
extending the road at numerous
places in areas not included in
the Nov. 23, 1954 order.
It further charges that the de
fendants have "forcibly commit
ted trespass," and are continuing
to operate log strucks on prop
erty owned by the plaintiffs.
On March 23, Kermit Combes
was arraigned in district court
after a complaint charging him
with disorderly conduct had
been filed by Bert Haar. The
case is still pending.
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