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preme Court today that Southern states seek an "interminable
continuation of racial segregation" in public schools
They made the statement in briefs as the high tribunal opened
hearings on how and when separate school systems for white and
Negro children should be abolished. The court ordered the argu
ments last year when it ruled that segregated schools are unconstitutional.
Attorneys general for the border states of Kansas and Delaware
led off today's oral arguments
tegration has progressed in their states.
No Positive Plan To Carry Out Decision
Attorneys for the National
of Colored People, representing Negro parents in four of the five
original segregation cases, contended that none of the states has
come up with any positive plan to
The arguments, the NAACP
ending racial segregation in our
gation within a reasonable time.'
Representatives of Southern states will present their oral argu
ments tomorrow and Wednesday.
''immediate integration might produce violence
Attorneys for Negro groups,
shift is the best way to solve the
Court Musi Decide
Method of Operation
The Supreme Court first
scheduled the arguments, expect
ed to last about three days, when
it struck down last May the doc
trine that "separate but equal"
school facilities for whites and
Negroes are constitutional. The
court now must determine how
its historic decision should be
carried out.
Kansas, first of 10 states to be
heard, said that as far as it is
concerned there is no need for
further Supreme Court action.
Almost all schools in the state
now admit children regardless of
race, Atty. Gen. Harold R. Fat
zer told the court.
Delaware reported that inte
gration has worked out smooth
ly in the northern section of the
state. But it said that southern
counties, where there is strong
pro - segregation sentiment,
should be allowed time for "a
gradual transition program."
Other Recommendations Due
The positions of the state were
set forth in briefs that are fol
lowed closely by attorneys argu
ing before the high tribunal.
The District of Columbia, Vir
ginia and South Carolina, the
other parties to the original seg
regation suits, will present their
recommendations Tuesday
They will be followed by the
Justice Department, represent
ing the administration, and Flori
da, North Carolina, Arkansas,
Oklahoma, Maryland and Texas.
Each side is allotted one hour.
The District of Columbia,
where integration already is tak
ing place, reported in its brief
that no further court action is
needed in its case.
South Wants Unlimited Time
But all of the southern states
joined in asking for unlimited
time to lower school color bars.
Immediate integration would
not work, they assert, and might
wreck the existing public school
structure because of public op
position. The administration asked the
justices to allow lower federal
courts to handle the integration
problem and to order that it be
accomplished as rapidly as pos
sible. However, the Justice De
partment added that considera
tion should be given to the prob
lems of southern states in setting
any deadline for compliance.
Planning Commission
To Talk Annexation
The Medford city planning
commission will hear reports on
.annexation of five or six sub
divisions at its regular meeting
scheduled for 7:30 p.m. today.
The meeting will be held in
the council chambers of the city
hall.
Up for final approval at to
night's meeting will be a plat of
an extension to Siskiyou Heights
subdivision.
Other items on the agenda
will include a public hearing on
a change of zone, from multiple
dwelling to heavy industry, on
Clark st.
300 to 350 Persons Expected to Attend
67th Annual Episcopal Convention Here
An estimated 300 to 350 dele
gates are expected here next
Monday and Tuesday for the
67th annual convention of the
diocese of Oregon of the Protest
ant Episcopal church.
The convention, which will
have St. Mark's Episcopal
church as host parish, will hold
sessions at the church, the
church annex, at Blackoaks, the
Rogue River estate recently
given the diocese, and at the
Elks temple where the annual
banquet will be held Monday
evening.
The diocese includes all of
Oregon west of the cascades. The
Rt. Rev. Benjamin D. Dagwell
is bishop, and the Rev. George
R. V. Bolster is rector of the
for Negro groups told the Su
with optimistic reports on how in
Association for the Advancement
carry out the court's decision
said, "seem to be directed against
time, rather than toward desegre
They generally maintain that
however, contend that an abrupt
problem.
Mrs. Myrtle Lee,
Museum Curator at
Jacksonville, Dies
Mrs. Myrtle Pearl Lee, 54,
curator of the Southern Oregon
Historical museum at Jackson
ville since July 1950, died in a
local hospital early Sunday mor
ning. She had been in ill health
for some time.
Funeral services will be held
at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the
Perl Funeral home. The Rev.
N. K. Tully will officiate. Pri
vate Cremation services will be
held at the Siskiyou cremator
ium.
Born in Jacksonville
Mrs. L.ee, an autnority on
early Indian folklore and his
tory of Southern Oregon, was
born Oct. 6, 1900, in Jackson-
ville. She left Jacksonville as
a teen-ager to reside in the Wil
lamette valley, and returned to
Jacksonville from Portland in
1948 to make her home. Prior
to taking the museum post, she
was employed at Mann's De
partment store here about two
years. ."
Mrs. Lee received her educa
tion at Jacksonville High school
and LaSalle university. She was
a member of the Jacksonville
Order of Eastern Star, Rebekah
Lodge, The Zonta Service club,
business and Professional Wo
men's organization, and the Sons
and Daughters of the Oregon
pioneers.
Granddaughter of Judge
She was a granddaughter of
Silas J. Day, pioneer Jackson
county judge. Day was the first
assessor in the gold rush years
at Jacksonville.
Surviving relatives include a
daughter, Mrs. James (Audrey
L.) Mitcheltree, and three grand
children, Robert, Susan and
Thomas Mitcheltree, all of Port
land. Adarel Chapter 3, Order of
Eastern Star of Jacksonville will
participate in the funeral ser
vices. Hearings on School
District Budgets Set
Budget hearings for individ
ual school districts will be held
Tuesday by the Jackson county
rural school board, it was an
nounced today. The hearings are
scheduled to start at 9 a.m. in
the county schools office in the
courthouse.
Four districts already have re
quested hearings, and others de
siring them are requested to con
tact the county schools office as
soon as possible. Twenty dis
tricts are served by the rural
board.
Eugene (U.R) Dr. J. Robert
Oppenheimer will discuss "The
Constitution of Matter" at the
University of Oregon April 19
and 21 as this year's Condon lec
turer of the state system of
higher education.
host church.
The convention will open at
9 a.m. Monday with a service
of holy communion at the
church. Bishop Dagwell will give
his annual report at this ser
vice, which will be . for dele
gates, women's auxiliary mem
bers and visitors. A buffet lun
cheon will be held at Black
Oaks at noon Monday for cler
ical and lay delegates. Business
sessions will begin at 2 pjn.
Monday, and continue , through
Tuesday.
Convention business sessions
will be in the recently- acquired
church annex, and the women's
auxiliary, of which Mrs. Blaine
B. Coles of Portland is presi
dent, will meet in St. Mark's
Medford
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Corsi Turns Down
Substitute Post
Offered by Dulles
Administration Faces
Loss of Support
Washington U.R) Edward
J. Corsi, ousted as State Depart
ment immigration adviser, today
rejected a substitute post offered
him by Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles.
A spokesman for Corsi said he
notified Dulles of his decision by
letter today. The spokesman is
sued this brief statement:
"Mr. Corsi has notified the
secretary by letter this morning
that he regrets his inability to
accept the secretary's offer. He
has no further comment at this
time."
To See GOP Chairman
Corsi planned to see Leonard
W. Hall, chairman of the Repub
lican National committee, during
the day. The firing of the Italian
born New York Republican has
provoked a storm of protests
from Republican groups and
some Democrats.
Corsi was appointed Jan. 10 as
Dulles' special assistant on rem
gee and immigration problems,
He was told last week that the
post was a temporary 90-day job
and that Dulles could not con
tinue him in it because his secu-
rity investigation had not been
completed. However, he was told
there was no question about his
security status.
Survey Job Offered
However, Dulles offered Corsi
a job surveying immigration
possibilities in Latin America
and other underdeveloped areas.
Corsi's family said today that
at present he has no future
plans.
Corsi said last week he was
amazed and shocked when told
his job was a. temporary 90-day
one. He said he was fired for his
previously expressed opposition
to the McCarran-Walter immi
gration act
The Corsi-Hall conference was
disclosed on the heels of a warn
ing from the Columbia Repub
lican league of New York
that the administration faces the
loss of support of 1,400,000 Ital
ian - Americans in New York
state because of the Corsi ouster
The Group's Executive com
m'ittee telegraphed President
Eisenhower urging him to over
rule Dulles. The telegram said
"the Corsi fiasco, after the high
est praise by Dulles only three
months ago, shakes to the very
core the confidence of our
people." . '
Museum Closing
All Day Wednedsay
Jacksonville The Southern
Oregon Historical Society an
nounced today that the Jackson
ville Museum will be closed all
day Wednesday, April 13, out
of respect to the curator, Mrs.
Myrtle P. Lee, who died Sunday.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lee
are to be held Wednesday at the
Perl funeral home.
The society, which adminis
ters the museum, also announced
that Miss Mary Hanley of Jack
sonville, who was appointed as
sistant curator at a meeting of
the board of directors on April
5, has been placed in charge of
the museum, effective today.
Miss Hanley, daughter of a
pioneer southern Oregon family,
has long been active in the so
ciety and in helping to develop
and maintain the Jacksonville
Museum.
church.
The convention will fill va
cancies on the diocesan stand
ing committee and board of trus
tees, on Portland's Good Sam
arian hospital board of trustees,
St. Helen's hall board of trus
tees, and other diocesan organi
zations. Eight deputies, four clerical
and four lay, will be elected to
attend the 58th triennial general
convention of the Episcopal
church to be held in Honolulu
Sept. 4 through 15.
The women's auxiliary will
elect a president, first vice-president,
recording secretary and
educational secretary, as well as
delegates to the triennial wo
men,' mooting in Honolulu.
MEDFORD, OREGON,
Saik Prepares Report Showing
Anti-Polio Vaccine Successful
Francis Findings
On Mass Testing
Scheduled Tuesday
Reports Expected To .
Reveal Effectiveness
Ann Arbor, Mich.' (U.R) Dr.
Jonas E. Salk has prepared a
scientific report which shows
that his anti-polio vaccine is a
success in the vast majority of
cases, it was learned today.
The New York scientist will
read his report tomorrow at the
same scientific meeting at which
A closed circuit telecast for
the medical profession on the
Francis evaluation of the Salk
polio vaccine will be held at
station KBES - TV tomorrow
from 3 to 4 p.m., it was an
nounced today. Members of
the profession from the Na
tion's coverage area are invit
ed, the announcement said.
Dr. Thomas Francis Jr. will de
liver his long awaited report on
last spring's mass testing of the
vaccine in 1,800,000 children.
Based on Testing
Dr. Salk's report is based on
the doctor's testing of his vac
cine among more than 8,000 chil
dren and adults in the Pittsburgh
area. It was prepared without
knowledge of the contents of the
Francis Report.
It is reported that the two re
ports will bear . out generally
held belief that the Salk vaccine
is. effective in most instances, '
In the minds of the involved
scientists there hasn't been any
doubt of the worth of . the vac
cine for over a year, when Salk's
long and detailed series of exper
iments, first in monkeys, then in
human beings, demonstrated that
it could and did protect against
all of the three polio virus types
To Prove Effectiveness
The big purpose of the mass
testing with so many children
was to prove the effectiveness
of the vaccine on such a large
scale and so dramatically that
"we i-uumu i uc me bugmest,
doubt about it and no one any
where could fail to know that
means of wiping out polio was
eventually at hand and was both
cheap and easy to use.
And so Tuesday at 10:30 a.m.
the resultl of the mass testing
will be disclosed by Dr. Francis.
Scientific 'Stars' Attend
The National Association for
Infantile Paralysis, which has
spent $10,000,000 for the vac
cine and the mass testing, assem
bled an audience of some 500
scientists from all over the coun
try to hear the triumphant cul
mination of its long fight to con
quer the crippling disease. The
program itself at which both Dr.
Francis and Dr. Salk will read
reports, was star-studded scien
tifically speaking.
Meanwhile, Dr. Francis was
putting the last touches to his re
port. It will go to an offset
printer, today for duplicating in
large numbers, and it was under
stood private guards will be in
side and outside the printers to
see to it that no one gets a pre
mature look.
New Reporter Starts
Work at Mail Tribune
Earl H. Adams today started
work as a reporter for the Mail
Tribune, replacing Harry Nord
wick, who is now employed at
Madera, Calif.
Adams arrived in Medford
last Friday from Columbus, Mo.,
where he was employed at the
Columbia Daily Tribune.
He and his wife, Virginia, re
side at 800 Oakdale ave. here.
Year's Biggest Timber
Sale Held at Roseburg
Roseburg (U.R) The bureau
of land management staged the
biggest timber sale of the year
last week in Roseburg.
Timber totaling 22,700,000
board feet was sold for $855,-
384. This was 225 per cent above
the appraised price of $379,148.
Highest bid price for Douglas
fir came in the sale of timber 12
miles east of Roseburg. Western
Battery Separator Company of
Roseburg paid $225,453 for 5,-
096,000 feet of green timber ap
praised at $103,263.20.
MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1955
POLIO VACCINE REPORT Dr. Jonas E. Salk of the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh explains how his poliomyelitis vac
cine is produced.
Ten Uranium Claims
Filed i n T r
By Central
Ten uranium claims have been
filed in the Trail area by E. L.
Frederick, route 2, box 141, Cen
tral Point .according to records
on file in the office of the Jack
son county clerk.
Five claims, in a unit called
the Morning Star group, are lo
cated approximately four miles
from Trail on the Board Moun
tain trail, . according to , Fred
erick's filing.
The other five, in the Rainbow
group, are located west-' of the
Morning Star group.
Locations Shown
Maps in the county assessor's
office show that the section in
which the Morning Star group
is located includes land owned
by the federal government un
der O&C, by Timber Products
company, and by a private own
er. "
The segtion in which the Rain
bow group is located is all own
ed by Elk Lumber company, the
maps indicate. '
The filings ' were the ' second
in Jackson county since the start
of the year. Earlier claims were
filed in the Evans Valley area
by two Grants Pass men.
Reports also have been receiv-
Red Installations r
On Amoy Damaged
Taipeh, Formosa (U.R) The
Chinese Nationalists said today
inflicted heavy damage on Com
munist installations on Amoy Is
land in an eight-hour bombard
ment by Nationalist- guns on
Quemoy.
An official dispatch from Que
moy said Nationalist guns knock
ed out two Communist radar
stations, two artillery positions
and one arsenal depot. -
The Nationalists said Red
guns on Amoy Island fired about
50 rounds' against Quemoy in
the afternoon but that no damage
was done to Nationalist installa
tions. The shelling was reported as
Lt. Gen. R. H. Pepper, U. S.
Marine commander in the Pa
cific, arrived here for a three-day
inspection of Chinese Marines
and conferences with high U.S.
and Chinese officials.
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Point Man
ed that a group of men. are plan
ning to file claims east of Ash
land on property owned by Wey
erhaeuser Timber company if
clearance can be obtained from
the company.
Last in Sanitation
Study Series Set;
Bill Report Slated
The last in a series of meet
ings held to study the problems
of sanitation and sewage dispos
al in Jackon county will be held
at 8 p.m. Wednesday, it was an
nounced today by Mrs. Chester
Guches, president of the Jack
son County Public Health as
sociation. The association has sponsored
the meetings of the special com
mittee which has conducted the
study.
Consideration will . be . given
Wednesday to county planning
and zoning as they effect sani
tation, and a guest speaker will
be Victor Morgan, sanitarian for
Lane county, the only county in
the state which has county zon
ing. He. will tell how it has af
fected the sanitation problem.
Report on Hearing ...
:.. There will also be a report on
a legislative hearing on Senate
Bill 434, introduced by State
Sen. Philip B. Lowry and others,
to authorize the organization of
large sanitary districts in coun
ties where they are needed.
- The hearing will be held in
Room 301 of the State Capitol at
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, and
a number of local people, includ
ing Mrs. Guches, county health
officer Dr. A. E. Merkel and
others, probably . will attend to
present local views on the meas
ure - .
The study committee recently
went on record as supporting the
senate bill. Other aspects of the
study have included considera
tion of city annexation and for
mation of additional sanitation
districts.
Jacksonville Man Held
As Embezzlement Suspect
James Roy Rowden, 23, of
route 1, box 80, Jacksonville, has
been jailed by deputy sheriffs on
an embezzlement charge, accord
ing to county jail records.
Rowden is charged with em
bezzlement of approximately
$80 from Fortune Service sta
tion, Sheriff Howard Gault said.
Rowden is being held under
$2,500 bail.
Weather
FORECAST: Generally cloudy
with occasional light rain
through Tuesday. Contin
ued cool. Low tonight 35.
High Tuesday 55.
TEMP.
Highest yesterday 55
Lowest this morning 40
Prec.
To 4:30 a.m. today trace.
Raab Receives
Warm Welcome on
Moscow Arrival
Colorful Reception
Staged by Russians
Moscow U.R) Austrian
Chancellor Julius Raab received
a gala welcome when he flew
here from Vienna today to nego
tiate with Soviet leaders for his
country's freedom.
The Soviets staged one of the
most colorful ceremonies ever
given a visiting foreign states
man when the two Russian air
liners carrying Raab and his par
ty of 10 landed at Moscow's Cen
tral airport in a snow storm.
A host of top Soviet diplomats
led by Foreign Minister V. M.
Molotov and a 60-piece brass
band met Raab. The foreign dip
lomatic corps, including U.S.
Ambassador Charles E. Bohlen,
also was on hand.
Negotiations Tuesday
Molotov and Deputy Premier
Anastas Mikoyan greeted Raab
warmly. Molotov suggested in a
short airport speech that they
begin negotiations tomorrow,
Raab agreed.
One of the main purposes of
his four-day visit at invitation of
Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov
is to arrange new four power
talks on an Austrian state treaty
that will end 10 years of occupa
tion. Newsmen Invited
Foreign newsmen in the So
viet capital were invited to the
Central airport, usually reserved
for top Soviet government offi
cials and high foreign statesmen,
to see the Austrian party arrive.
The tentative program fixed
for Raab's visit included a prob
able meeting with Premier Niko
lai Bulganin at a reception
Thursday night.
Before leaving Vienna Raab
said, "If our '-talks at Moscow
lead to new four power discus
sions on Austria, then the goal
of our . mission will have been
accomplished."
Plans Being Made
For Guard 'Alert'
Plans for a . National Guard
"alert," to be called without
advance notice some time during
April, are being made by Med
ford's two Guard companies.
Cooperation of employers of
National Guard personnel was
asked by Guard officers today.
They explained that the practice
alert will be to test the mobili
zation readiness of all Oregon
Guard units, and men will be
called to duty with no advance
notice.
The alert was announced re
cently by Gov. Paul Patterson
and by Maj Gen. Thomas A. Ri-
lea, adjutant general of the Ore
gon military department. The
alert will last for four hours, and
reports will be sent hourly to
the adjutant general on the stat
us of the units' mobilization ac
tivity. .
If the alert should come dur
ing business hours, employers
are asked to release their Guard
employees immediately, to as
sure; success of the program.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 418.77 off 0.57; 20 rail
roads 155.03 up 0.61; 15 utilities
64.13 up 0.35, and 65 stocks
156.59 up 0.44. Sales today were
about 2,680,000 shares.
Operator of
Resort Dies; Rites Tuesday
Funeral services for William
Emerson (Bill) Fox, 48, Ash
land, operator of the Diamond
Lake resort, who died in a Med
ford hospital Friday, will be held
at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Moun
tain View chapel in Ashland,
with " the . Rev. Wendell Herbi
son, of the Christian church, of
ficiating. Burial will follow in
Mountin View cemetery.
Mr. Fox suffered a heart at
tack a little more than a week
ago, and had been hospitalized
since. He had been operator of
the Diamond Lake resort, one
of Oregon's best-known, for the
past six seasons. Prior to that
time he was associated with a
Portland automotive firm for
more than 10 years.
Mr. Fox was born at Coburg,
Ore., on Aug. 22, 1906, and at
tended schools at SrowocviU.
Three Distress
Messages Heard;
Search Started
Declared Possible
Ditching in Water
Hong Kong (U.R) An In
dian airliner carrying nine mem
bers of the Chmese Communist
delegation to the African-Asian
conference at Bandung, Indone
sia, was overdue today and fear
ed crashed on a flight from Hons
Kong to Djakarta.
Airline officials said the plane
left Hong Kong at 8:31 p.m.
(PST) last night, and was due to
arrive in the Indonesian capital
at 3:50 p.m. (PST) today.
R. N. Kaul, manager in Singa
pore for Air India International,
said that he was unable to con
firm that the chartered aircraft
from Hong Kong had ditched
east of Singapore.
Confirmation Sought
He said the plane was over
due, but he was trying to obtain
confirmation from Djakarta and
other points on the whereabouts
of the craft.
He said the last report he re
ceived came about 1:30 a.m.
(PST), but he was unable to pin
point the position of the plane at
that time although he said it
probably had passed Saigon, In
dochina, by then.
Three distress messages from
the plane were reported picked
up at Kuching, the capital of
Sarawak.
It was not immediately clear
whether other passengers were
aboard the plane with the Red
delegates to the conference.
The number of crew members
aboad was not known immedi
ately. Flying Boat Searches
A British Royal Air Force fly
ing boat was reported to have
taken off from the naval base at
Singapore to search the South
China Seas and the numerous is
lands in the area for signs of
possible survivors.
The SOS report raised specula
tion here that the plane may
have been ditched in water
rather than have crashed, and
therefore survivors may be a
. float in rubber life rafts. - -
In Los Angeles, a spokesman
for Lockheed Aircraft said that
Air India Airlines has advised
them that a Constellation trans
port, manuf acutred by Lockheed,
was "down in the South China
Sea."
May Sessions Seen
For State Legilature
Salem (U.R) Some Ore
gon legislators who predicted a
week ago the current session
would adjourn April 28 have
changed their minds. They felt
the session might continue into
May. '
Biggest hurdle was the delay
in adopting or rejecting the
House tax program which may
not be reported on for a week.
House Speaker Edward Geary
said he hoped the Legislature
could be through by April 28,
but added that he would insist
on completion of all important
legislation.
Twenty-three bills were on
the House calendar for today.
seven of them originating in the
Senate. The Senate had 16 bills
slated, 13 of them originating in
the House.
Most of the House bills con
cerned appropriations reported
out by the joint ways and means
committee.
Radio Highlights
A speech by Adlai Steven
son, in which he is expected to
state his stand on the Formosa
crisis, will be carried over
radio stations KYJC (1230 kc)
and KMED (1440 kc) at 10:30
p.m. today.
Diamond Lake
He later moved to California,
and was in the ' service station
and parking lot business at Long
Beach for 20 years. He returned
to Oregon 12 years ago, and has
made his home in Ashland -for
eight years.
He leaves his widow, the for
mer Miss Thelma Beckett, and
a daughter, Toby Kay Fox. He
was a member of the Christian
church and the Elks lodge.
Othe rrelatives include his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Fox,
Tangent; four brothers, Ray,
Tampa Fla.; Gene, Albany;
James, Lynchburg, Va.; and
Robert, Monterrey, Mexico; four
sisters, Mrs. Lorena Schoinp,
San Francisco; Mrs. Thelma
Sherrill, Tampa, Fla.; Mrs. Myr
tle Owen, Bellflower, Calif., and
Mrs. Irene Newport, Tangent.