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Subscribers Weather To report improper or non-delivery of the Mai) Tribune phone 2-6141 before 6:45 o.m daily and 10:30 a.m. Sunday. If regular delivery arrives ?hort ly after vou call please notify of fice thus eliminating special mes senger service. MEDFORD TRIBUNE FORECAST: Increasing high cloudiness through Friday. Low tonight 38-40. Cooler Fri day with high 68. Temp. Highest Yesterday 74 Lowest this Morning 36 Unitea Press rull Uwsed Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 26 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, L 7, 1955 Price 5c No. 15 l i r . .-- Em E Life of , London U.R) Sir Anthony tden began his career as prime minister today by retaining for the time being the cabinet mem bers who served Winston Churchill. The new prime minister called his first cabinet meeting for this afternoon, and the members summoned were those who had worked with the retiring Prime Minister. But Eden is expected to make some appointments of his own. Pending completion of the ap pointments in his own govern ment, a process that is continu ing, Eden chose to extend the life of the old cabinet. Tin Off To Election If, as expected, Eden makes few changes, it will be a up on to an parlv general election, perhaps in May. The two most frequently mentioned dates are May 16 and May 26. A major reshuffle would mean a fall election since Eden would have to give the elector- Money Allocated To Bring Relief in 'Dust Bowl' Region Washington (U.R) Presi d e n t Eisenhower allocated $5,000,000 today to help allev iate critical "dust bowl wina erosion in seven Western states. He authorized the advance from his special .disaster relief fund 'pending congressional ac tion on a $15,000,000 supple mental appropriation request. The emergency action was taken on advice from the Agri culture Department that 7,000-. 000 acres of land in the affected states already have been seri ously damaged and an addition,-, al -20,000,000 acres have insuf ficient grass or stubble to pro tect them against severe erosions in the event recent strong winds continue. A substantial part of the mon ey probably will be used to help farmers pay the cost of emergency tillage deep plow ing to turn the topsoil under so that it doesn't blow away. The areas affected are East ern Colorado, Western Kansas, Northeast New Mexico, the Ok lahoma Panhandle, Northern Texas, Southwestern Nebraska and Southeastern Wyoming. Portlanders Plagued By Love-Sick Anfs Portland (U.R) Hordes of love-sick ants descended on bal my Portland yesterday as haras sed citizens struggled between onslaughts of the winged aven gers and recurrent attacks of spring fever. Experts blamed the appear ance of the millions of ants on the weather, Entomologist Rob ert L. Furniss of the U. S. forest service said the 74-degree wea ther caused the hibernating ants to finish sprouting their wings and take to the air in swarms in search of a mate. They are quite harmless, how ever, and he says they are much too busy with love-making to cause much trouble. Furniss added that a few days of warm weather and they will all be grounded anyway. Measure Would Make Churchill 'Citizen' Washington (U.R) Sen. George A. Smathers announced today he will introduce legisla tion to make Winston Churchill an honorary citizen of the Unit ed States. 1 The Florida Democrat, an ar dent admirer of the retired Brit ish prime minister, said he has instucted his staff to work with the legislative counsel's office and the Library of Congress on drafting the necessary legisla tion. Smathers said he will intro duce" it when the Senate returns next week from its Easier re cess Churchill's mother was born in the United States. i Uranium Prospectors Said Tearing Up Lands Washington (U.R) Mem ber of the National ' Grazing Lard, representing 10 Wato states, declared today that pros pectors for uranium and other materials are tearing up valuable grazing lands. xtends Cabinet ate time to get used to the new members. But the betting was that Eden simply would promote Defense Secretary Harold Mac Millan to be' foreign secretary, the job Eden has held for 10 of the past 20 years. Housing Minister Duncan Sandys, son-in-law of out-going Prime . Minister, is the favorite for MacMillan's defense post. Works Into Night Eden worked late Wednesday night at his Carlton Gardens residence, nlanning for the eventful months ahead. Churchill moved out of the official prime minister's resi dence, No. 10 Downing Street, Wednesday. But Eden and his pretty wife, a niece of Church ill's, are net expected to move there until after Easter. Eden officially became prime minister Wednesday at the mo ment Queen Elizabeth' II asked him to form a new government and he accepted the offer by kissing her hand in the ancient sign of pledging allegiance to the sovereign. A Mere Formality Today's meejing was merely to confirm Eden in the office, and its significance was much the same as the 1953 coronation which confirmed Elizabeth as Queen.' She actually had been Queen since the moment of her father's death. The Privy Council, an advis ory body for the crown in mat ters of state, is largely a figure head body. It is made up of all the cabinet ministers and nearly 300 other prominent persons who have pledged themselves to aid the queen. The Privy Council was the next-to-last act setting the seal on Eden's leadership. The last is a mere formality, too a Conser vative Party caucus at which he will be named party leader. The caucus had not yet been called. Blood Donations Exceed Quota Here A total of 276 pints of blood 36 more than the quota were collected during the visit of the bloodmobile here yesterday, Red Cross officials reported happily this morning. There were 323 donors, with 47 of them rejected for various reasons. Two groups of donors were replacing blood used by friends or relatives, or were giv ing in anticipation of need. Six people from the Shady Cove Trail area gave six pints in ad vance of an operation which is needed by a friend, who will need blood transfusions. Another group from Camp White gave six pints used re cently by Ralph Doty during an operation and convalescence at Sacred Heart hospital. The excess 36 pints have, been sent to the regional blood bank in Portland, it was reported to day, in partial "repayment" of blood which the bank has fur nished Jackson county in the past because recent blood collec tions have not met needs here.- Izaak Walton Head Raps Resources Bill Eugene (U.R) A bill pro viding for a state water re sources board in Oregon was at tacked today by Don Allen, pres ident of the state Izaak Walton league. Allen said the measure was a "backward step in fish and wildlife conservation." He he quested a : hearing before the Senate Natural Resources com mittee on the measure, which has passed the House. "Existing statutes which pro tect fish and wildlife interests are being scuttled in HB25 in its present form," he said. He said it is proposed that future of both commercial and sports fishing be left in the discretion of a board "which may be to tally unfamiliar with such man agement." Burns Man Tells Guilt On Income Tax Charge Portland (U.R) Ray O. Ap plegate, alias Ray O- White, 52, Burns cardroom operator, plead ed guilty today to an income tax charge. U.S. Judge Claude Mc Colloch ordered a presentence investigation, The government had charged that Applegate claimed his in come in 1948 and 1949 was $2300 or less each .year on which no tax was owing but that he really made $18,893 the two years and should have paid a tax of $2142. w -A FRIENDLY WARRIORS Foreign Aid Director Harold E. Stassen (right) who had warred with Senator John L. Mc Clelland (D., Ark.), left, chairman of the Senate investigat ing subcommittee, last week over a disputed government contract involving construction of grain elevators in Pakis tan, is greeted with handshake as he arrives to testify. Stassen had refused a subpena issued for his appearance. Good Friday Service Slated by Ministerial Association The annual three - Lour Good Friday service of worship will be held at the First Presbyterian church from noon to 3 p.m. to morrow. Theme of the service this year is "People That Meet . 41 in xne woss. The program, under the spon sorship : of. the Medford Mini- steriar association, is divided in to nine sections dealing with the various : personalities -associated with the crucifixion. The topics and speakers will be: "Caiaphas," the Rev. Nor man K. Tully; "Mary," the Rev. Elmore J. Gilstrap; "The Sol diers," the Rev. Sherman Moore; The Thief," the Rev. F. Wildon Colbaugh; "Pilate," the Rev. William C. Piper: "Peter." the Rev. Floyd H. Yates; "Judas, Ellsworth Working For Partnership Dams Portland. (U.R) Rep. Harris Ellsworth (R-Ore.) said today he was making every effort to get approval at this session of Con gress of a partnership construc tion program on Green Peter and Cougar dams in Oregon. Ellsworth said the House sub committee on flood control had scheduled a public hearing on his bill for May 2. He said the Eugene Water and Electric Board was ready to put up $11,000,000 for financing of the power at Cougar dam and that the same was true of Pa cific Power and Light Co. for Green Peter dam. Green Peter would cost $58,000,000 and Cou gar $36,000,000. Ellsworth said if the partner ship program can be approved it would speed up construction. It is "possible," he said, "to get money apropriated and construc tion started this fall." Two More Ministers Xeave Diem's Cabinet' . Saigon, Indochina U.PJ Two more ministers " resigned today from American-backed Premier Ngo Dinh Diem's Cabinet in the moderating crisis which had brought free Viet Nam to the edge of civil war. . ' While no real peace apeared possible in the country under the present circumstances," an uneasy truce won by the French and by President Eisenhower's special envoy, Gen. J. Lawton Collins, still held between Diem's army forces and troops of the Bing Xuyen sect, his most bitter opponents. The Binh Xuyen and Hoa Hao sects want Diem to reorganize his Cabinet to suit them. Harrisburg Salesman Gets Six Months Term Portland U.R) A Harris burg salesman was sentenced to six months in prison yesterday for violation of Federal Hous ing Administration regulations. U. S. Judge William J. Lind berg sentenced Mark Warren felt, 40, who was convicted three weeks ago of presenting false documents for FHA home im burg branch of the U. S. Nation provement loans to the Rose al bank. c'! ysiidieinitiiiol isc-H mas y if r ' -A r-um Tomorrow the Rev. Clynton G. Crisman; "John," the Rev. Raymond W. Hum, and "Jesus," the Rev. Ray mond E. Balcomb. Ministers in charge of the wor ship will be the Rev. Messrs. Willis J. Loar, Lawrence Krause, Thomas McCamant, Lt. George Johnstone, C. V. S.tern, R. H. Mathewson, Herbert Hunter and Robert W. Root. yv-. jThere';will be three 'vocal los. Mrs. William McAllister will sing, "Lead Me to Calvary," Mrs. F. Wildon Colbaugh, "I See A Crimson Stream," and Mrs. Howard Bush, "O Was Ever Loneliness Like His." Or ganists will be MrsfRichard Hart and Mrs. Eva W. .Marsh. People will be free to come and go while the'seryice is in progress, but are requested to do so during the interludes each 20 minutes. - - A service for Junior High students . will pe held at the Church of the Nazarene from 1:15 to 2 p.m. Speaker will be Dr. D. K. West, and Dr. J. Thom as Dixon will be the worship leader. There will be three musi cal selections by the Junior High Mixed Chorus under the direc tion of Ray Lewis Senior high students' are invit ed to attend the three hour ser vice. Sen. Lowry Opposes Measure on Libel - Salem (U.R) Three sena tors, all lawyers, told a State and Federal Affairs Committee hearing yesterday that a mea sure designed to protect publi shers against heavy damages in unintentional libel cases vio lated the state constitution. Sens. Philip Lowry,' Medford; Carl Francis, Dayton, and War ren Gill, Lebanon, spoke against he bill. Francis and Lowry took issue with an opinion by the attorney general which ruled it constitutional. The measure would limit re covery of damages in cases of unintentional libel to those where amount of injury to the defamed person could be mea sured in money, providing a re traction and apology were published. Music Contest, Festival, Opening Here This Evening; Many Students Attending The Southern Oregon Music Educators contest and music fes tival opens at 7 o'clock this even ing in the Medford High school auditorium. ' Class C high school bands from Jacksonville, Talent and Phoenix, and the Medford Junior High school band, will perform this evening. Starting tomorrow, bands, choirs and orchestras from high schools in five counties will per form in both the high school auditorium and gymnasium. Ses sions will begin at 9 a.m. and will continue until '10:30 'p.m. Each group is entered for a con test rating or for criticism only Schools represented in the 'Crucifixion' of Stassen Declared Subcommittee Aim $en. Bender Accuses Fellow Investigators Washington (U.R) Sen. George H. Bender (R-O) set off a new controversy among Senate investigators today with a charge that his colleagues are seeking the "modern crucifixion" of Foreign Operations Administrator Harold E. Stassen. Bender also accused fellow members of the Senate Investi gating Subcommittee ' of using "headline hunting tactics" in questioning Stassen. Others Differ Sharply Other subcommittee members differed sharply, with him. Sen. Karl E. Mundt ' (R-S.D.) said the hearings, in recess until Wednesday, were not an effort to crucify Stassen. "No charges have been made against Mr. Stas sen up to now that I know of," he remarked. Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R Wis.) did accuse Stassen of per jury. Wednesday and demanded that he be prosecuted, but Mundt said that was "a collateral issue growing out of a gratuitous press statement," by Stassen and had nothing to do with the investi gation. Hearings Never Protested Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) said "Sen. Bender has never protested the hearings to me in fact, he acquiesced in them." Bender's blast came several hours after Stassen testified in a hearing about a controversial ftontrisct to-brjiid grain 'elevators in Pakistan. The former Minne sota governor announced he would cancel all bids and start over. . Crippen Innocent Of Gold Charges Portland (U.R) Stephen Crip pen, 45, Mediord, was found in nocent late yesterday of a charge of illegal possession cf gold bul lion. A Federal Court jury de liberated the case for four hours. Norman Easley, Crippen's at torney, had argued that his client was entrapped and that he never possessed the gold within the le gal sense of the word. Crippen, Wbodrow Atwood, also of Medford, and Wilbur Walls, Portland, were arrested on similar charges last year after a federal undercover agent said an attempt was made to sell him two gold bars valued at $4300. Atwood had received permis sion to change a guilty plea to in nocent but did not come from Medford to change it. Walls has pleaded innocent. Federal Judge William Lind berg ordered Atwood to appear April 29 for sentence. Easley earlier had attacked the charge against Crippen and Atwood as unconstitutional, but Judge Claude McColloch and' Lindberg held it constitutional. Roseburg Assault Case Under Advisement Roseburg (U.R) Douglas County Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly had under advisement today the assault with a dang erous weapon case against James Darrel Fanty, 28, Indio, Calif., who held his estranged wife at gunpoint for 23 hours last month. festival include Jacksonville, Talent. Phoenix, Ashland, Cra ter (Central Point), Central Point Junior High, Eagle Point, Prospect, Rogue River, Grants Pass, Illinois Valley, Kerby Je rome Prairie, Myrtle Creek, Glide, Sutherlin, Yoncalla, Lake-" view, Henley, Klamath Falls, and Medford, both junior and senior high schools. All events are open to the public at a nominal charge, and one ticket will admit the bearer to any or all the day's perfor mances. Class AA bands will perform Friday evening, and the climax to the three-day event will be the "grand festival concert" Sat- eirmrDoon Four Groups Propose To Build Atom Power Demonstration Plants Washington (U.R) The Atomic Energy commission an nounced today that four groups have proposed to build nuclear power "demonstration" plants which would cost a total of $150,000,000 and generate 455, 000 kilowatts of electricity. AEC " Chairman . Lewis L. Strauss hailed the proposals as proof that industry is ready to risk money on atomic energy. They were made under the AEC's recently announced pow er demonstration reactor pro gram. Those making them Burglary Suspect Will Be Returned; White in Court Edgar Delbert Bentley, a 24-year-old transient, is to be re turned here tomorrow from Stockton, Calif , to face charges that he was involved in a Feb. 24 safe burglary at Elk City market. A Jackson county deputy sheriff and an Oregon state po liceman have been questioning Bentley concerning the bur glary, and are to return him here. Today Bentley was to undergo questioning by California au thorities concerning crimes, in the Stockton area." r - Sheriff Howard Gault says Bentley has made some admis sions "concerning the Elk City market burglary. Gault credited "excellent police work and co operation between sheriff's dep uties and state police," for Bent ley's arrests White Appears In another case pending for mow than a month in circuit court, Bernice Hampton (Tex) White,37, of 228 Hartley rd., Medford, appeared in court yes terday while a motion to quash a first degree . murder indict ment against him was argued. White is charged with the slaying of Eugene Raymond Birk, 32, of 215 Fourth st., Phoe nix, who died m an Ashland hos pital early in March after being struck on the head. Eyewitnesses said Birk was. hit by a two-by-four piece of lumber wielded by White. The court has taken the mo tion made by Defense Attorney Robert T. Duncan under advise ment. Two Out on Band Richard Orval Rhoten, 23, and Conley Carl Rhoten, 34, both of route 1, box 74, Rogue River, yesterday were released from the county jail on $1,500 prop erty bond. They are charged with grand larceny involving the theft of logs valued at $280 and owned by Robert Dollar company. The two have been bound over to the grand jury on the grand larceny charge. They are repre sented by Medford Attorney O. H. Bengtson. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York ' (U.R) Dow Jones final stock averages: 30 industrials 418.20 up 1 ?8, 20 railroads 154.42 up 1.92: 15 uti lities 63.78 up 0.05, and 65 stocks 156.15 up 0.94. Sales today were about 2,330,000 shares compared with 2,500,000 shares traded yes 'terday. ruday at 8 p.m., when selected musicians from all schools at tending will perform in large fes tival groups, including a 120 piece orchestra, a 180-voice choir, and a 198-piece band. Judges will be Clarence Saw hill, band director at the Univer sity of California at Los Ange les; Maurice Brennan, band di rector at Willamette university, Salem; Karl Ernst, director of fine arts at San Jose state col lege; Oscar Bjorlie, assistant pro fesor of music at Southern Ore gon college; Charles Lawrence, Urchestra conductor at the Uni versity of Washington, and John O'Connor, orchestra director at the University of Oregon. Soginio'Syire would pay 80 to 90 per cent of the costs with the commis sion paying the rest. One of the four was a pub lic power proposal submitted by the consumers public power dis trict of Columbus, Neb. The AEC also noted that in addition to these proposals, the Consolidated Edison Co. of New York has applied for a license to build, entirely on its own, a 250,000-kilowatt atomic power station to cost about $55,000,000. Private Enterprise This plant, which would take about five years to build, would be the first financed entirely by private enterprise as a strict ly business venture. The other proposals were made under special offers by the AEC designed to encourage industry to enter the atomic power field faster and on a big ger scale than it might otherwise do. In none of the five instances has the AEC granted formal ap proval so far. It has not yet drafted licensing regulations covering such proposals as Con solidated Edison's. Of the four power demonstra tion proposals, the AEC said they, will be considered on a competitive basis within the lim its .of money and materials av ailable to the commission for the program. It has asked con gress for $75,000,000 to finance the program in the year start ing Tuly 1.; . -The Four Proposals Strauss said the aim of the program is "to advance the time when nuclear power will become economically competi tive." He said the significance of the four proposals lies in "the extent to which the proposers are prepared to risk their own capital." The proposals: 1. Boiling water reactor plant of 180,000 kilowatts capacity to be completed by 1960. It would be built by companies associat ed together as the Nuclear Pow er group. 2. Light water moderated and cooled reactor plant of. 100,000 kilowatts capacity to be com pleted in late 1957. It would be built by companies associated together as the Nuclear Power group. 2. Light water moderated and cooled reactor plant of 100,000 kilowatts capacity to be com pleted in late 1957. It would be built by corporations assoc iated in the Yankee Atomic El ectric Co. of Boston. 4." Sodium graphite reactor plant of 75,000 kilowatts capac ity, to be completed in 1959, proposed by the Consumers Public Power District of Colum bus, Neb. Ridgway Successor Said Speculation Washington (U.R) An Army spokesman described as "mere speculation" reports that Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor- will succeed Gen. Matthew B. Ridg way as Army chief of staff. : - The Army refused to confirm a published report that Taylor, now commander of U. S. forces in the Far East, would succeed Ridgway. "No decision has yet been made on who will succeed Ridgway," the spokesman said. "Reports as to who his successor might be are mere speculation." There have been other re ports that Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther, Supreme Allied com mander in . Europe, might suc ceed Ridgway. Ridgway, -60, was subject to mandatory retirement last Mar. 31. ' ' ' ' Scenic Columbia Gorge Land Acquired by BLM Portland (U.R) Preservation of Oregon's ' scenic Columbia George . highway was a step nearer .today with the acquisi tion by the Bureau of Land Man agement of a tract including Mist falls and Angel's Rest. Action Expected To Prompt Allied Talks With Russia Moves Mark Sharp Defeat for Kremlin Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower today signed histor ic Allied agreements to end 10 years occupation of West Ger many and to add German man power and resources to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The twin moves marked a sharp defeat for Russia which has tried to keep free Germany out of the Allied defense organiza tion. The actions are expected to prompt new Allied negotia tions with Russia later this year on Germany and other East-West problems. It is expected that after all na tions complete final approval West Germany will start build ing a defense force of approxi mately 500,000 men trained and ready within five years. White House Ceremony At a White House ceremony, the President formally signed: 1. U.S. accords with Britain, France, and West Germany to and free them from occupation controls in the three Western zones of Germany. 2. U.S. approval for the ad mission of the German republic to the North Atlantic treaty's defense system against Commu nist aggresion. Germany will be the 15th nation in NATO. 3. An agreement changing the status of American forces in Ger many from occupation troops to that of invited euests under the MATn rlofcnoo circtow. , The Senate gave its consent to ratification of the first two agree ments April 1. Senate ratifica tion was not needed on the third. Final Technicalities The President's signatures did not clear final technicalities re maining to be accomplished. The sovereignty will not be actually granted to the Germans until the four powers meet at a formal ceremony, perhaps in Bonn, Ger many, within a month or so. Sovereignty means, in addi tion to ending the occupation, that the Germans can have full fledged diplomatic relations and other rights denied them since the end of the war. The Allies, by German agreement, have re served their right to deal with Russia on a final peace treaty. U. S. officials hope that the formal admission of Germany to NATO can be accomplished at a meeting of NATO powers next month in Europe. ,The Dutch upper house and Denmark alone have to complete parliamentary approval of Germany's admis sion to NATO. - Six Lebanon People Injured in Accident Sweet Home (U.R) Six Leb anon young people wound up in Langmack hospital Wednesday afternoon after a borrowed con vertible plunged 30 feet down a bank on a hill at the edge of town. Jerry Young, ' 21, who state police said was driving the car, was pinned beneath the over turned vehicle and had to await the wrecker before he could be remover. His condition was re ported as fair. Three of the occupants were thrown clear. They were identi fied as Sharon Yvonne Black burn, 21; Clarence John Prima sing, 21, and Twyla Cone, 15. Trapped in the wreckage were Young, Shirley May Alley, 16, and Kenneth Ray Gilmore, 21. Police said Young told them his brakes failed as he was rounding a curve. Oil Company Leases . Land in Benton County Corvallis U.R) The Sinclair Oil and Gas Company, Tulsa, Okla., has leased 540 acres in, Benton county for possible de velopment of oil and gas wells, according to leases on file in the county clerk's office today. The leases are the first such to be filed here, although drill-. ing for gas and oil has been done in the past without success. Thev are located on private land in southeast Benton county, be tween Alsea and Lobster valley. All are for 160 acres except one for 60 acre.
