Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 12, 1955, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text15 lb V A Lb Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 24 Pages jP$0 $ s 8 9 " e - J i ,ij-i-it,ir ,nTr-rtrnrri' mil lwT in imnnmrrr-TrrTniTTiiira M-wm-n m -n r ' ' - n h i ; ' T . ? EASTER EGG HUNTERS-Several thousand youngsters, most of them accompanied by their parents, participated - in the annual Easter egg hunt sponsored-by Medford Kiwa nians last Saturday morning. The upper pic ture is a general view of Hawthorne park at the height of the hunt. The lower. shot shows two "rabbits" (actually Boy Scouts Jack Adlai Belittles Quemoy, Matsu; Urges Rally for Formosa Defense Thieaeo (U.P.) Adlai Stevenson has called on Presi dent Eisenhower and the nation to rally its allies for the defense of Formosa instead of risking a third world war over Quemoy and Matsu islands. Stevenson, titular leader of the Democratic Party and its J952 presidential candidate, broke a four month's silence on major issues in a nationally-broadcast speech Monday night. He voiced the "greatest mis givings" about defending Que moy and Matsus and said that the issue had created "a greater peril" by dividing and -weaken-' ing the allies of the free world. The Eisenhower administra tion was accused of running its Far Eastern policy into a "dead end" through a policy of "blus ter . . saber rattling . . . and bluff." Stevenson Offers Alternative Stevenson offered a three point program as an alternative: 1. The United States should consult its friends and uncom mitted nations to join in a declar ation "condemning the use of force in the Formosa Strait" and vowing to resist any aggression there pending a final settlement. Preliminary School Budget Work Planned Preliminary work on the 1955 56 budget for School District 49 will be done at a meeting of the school board this evening, according to E. H. Hedrick, school superintendent. This evening's meeting will be to review budget figures pre pared by the superintendent's office, he said, and a detailed study of the budget by the board and budget committee will be held within a week or so. LAST MEETING The Jackson county budget committee held its third and last scheduled meeting with depart ment heads and the county court today. The county budget prob ably will be ready about Jun 1. MEDFORD, OREGON, McQuigg, 224 Portland ave., left, and John Hohensee, 331 Haven st, right, who added to the atmosphere) giving an assist to the three Hayes youngsters, Kim, IVz, Karla, 4, and Kevin, 5, of 1201 Mt. Pitt ave. Some 7,000 eggs were distributed by Kiwanians for "the . hunt, .and prizes were given for special eggs. ' ' (Brainerd photos) 2. Russia should be asked to say where it stands and what it wants on the Formosa issue. 3. The United Nations General Assembly should be asked to condemn any effort to alter the present status of Formosa and to seek a . formula for the island's "permanent future." If this is done, "I should think Quemoy and Matsu would have little importance to the Chinese Nationalists, let alone us," Stev enson said. He noted that Quemoy and Matsu have always belonged to China and "lie almost as close to the coast Of China as Staten Island does to New York." Warns Against War "If we join in their defense we are at war, perhaps world war, without major allies and with most of public opinion in Asia and Europe against us," Steven son said. 1 The Democratic leader's be littling of the importance of Quemoy and Matsu placed him at odds with many top congres- Mayor and Mrs. Miller Grandparents Again Mayor and .Mrs. Earl Miller became grandparents for the second time Easter Sunday, the mayor proudly announced this morning. The vital statistics: A son, Garl Chris Miller. 6 12 pounds, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Earl Miller, 1325 Stewart ave.. at Sacred Heart hospital at 9:30 p.m. Sunday. The elder Millers' first grandson is 14 months old. Baseball AMERICAN New York-Washington, pod., rain. NATIONAL Philadelphia-New York ppd. rain. Brooklyn - Pittsburgh, ppd xauu . - . i TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1955 sional leaders of his own party, Sen. Walter F. George (D-Ga.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, questioned whether Russia could be per suaded to make a declaration on the Formosa issue. But he added that he agrees with Stevenson's objectives. Other Democrats praised Steven son's attack on the Eisenhower foreign policy. Republicans united in denounc ing the speech. Rep. Dewey Short (R-Mo.) said "it's almost an invitation to the Communists to take those islands " Sen. Styles Bridges (R-N.H.) said the speech indicates that "one more national leader is travelling down the road to appeasement." ; : Neuberger Attacks Legal Wire-Tapping Omaha' Neb. U.R) Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) attacked "those who promote the concert of guilt by associa tion" and warned against legal ized wiretapping last night. Neuberger addressed about 250 persons at a Democratic din ner in honor of the late Sen. George W. Norris of Nebraska. Referring to "guilt by associa tion," Neuberger said "I think the admirers of the late Senators Norris should resist this move me'nt by some person in a re sponsible position." He also warned against pro posed legislation, to legalize wire tapping evidence saying it would circumvent the bill of rights. Weather FORECAST: Cloudy tonight with light rain; partly cloudy and showery Wednesday. Wednesday. Snow at higher elevations. Low tonight 38; high Wednesday 52. Temp. Highest Yesterday 55 Lowest this Morning -38 Pree. to 4:30 a.m. Today. Trace .tIBUNE United Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 19 First Aid Credited Following Accident; Woman in Hospital Quick first aid work by City Police Officer Robert Allen to day was credited with possibly saving the life of Mrs. Inez Im ogene Davis, 24, of 86 Vashti way. Mrs. Davis and her three small children were injured yesterday in an automobile accident on West McAndrews rd., near Buil der's Supply company. Her car was involved in a broadside col lision with a pickup truck op erated by Allay Leo Duin, 427 South Central ave. , Mrs. Davis received a severe forehead laceration in the acci dent, and the attending doctor said" today that first aid admin istered by Allen may have saved her life. , Children Injured She also received a broken wrist and knee injury. Her two daughters, Susan Loraine, 6, and Gladys Inez, 5, received fractur ed collar bones, bumps, and bruises, and her son, Daniel Duane, 4, received multiple cuts and bruises and lost a tooth. All were taken by Medford Ambulance service to Osteopath ic hospital, where Mrs. Davis' condition was listed as "satis factory." All three children were said to be in good condition. Duin was cited for failure to yield right of way, police said. School Inoculations May Start Next Week Portland (U.R) Dr'Haifold Erickson, state health-officer, said today that inoculation of some 84,000 Oregon first and second graders with Salk polio vaccine may start next week. The vaccine today was de clared to be safe and effective. Dr. Erickson said the vaccine would be flown to Portland, pos sibly within 48 hours, as soon as shipments can be cleared by the National Foundation for Infan tile Paralysis. Dr. Erickson said his office would go along with NFIP pol icy as to whether the state would shift to the two-shot series recommended today by Dr. Jonas Salk, with a booster seven months later,' or abide by the originally-planned thre e-shot series. His office has wired for a policy statement on this, he said. Oregon Senate Approves Bill Setting $35 for Unemployment Compensation Salem (U.R) The Oregon Senate today passed, with only two dissenting votes a bill which sets unemployment compensa tion at a fop $35 a week.' The measure now goes to the House. Those voting against it were Sens. Walter C. Leth (R- Monmouth) and Lee Ohmart (R Salem). Major fight on the bill came Saturday when the Senate voted to adopt a minority report pro viding the $35 top instead of a majority report which called for $32. Sen. George Ulett (R-Co-quille) who led the fight on Saturday for the $32 top, said today if you can't beat the op position you "gracefully join them." Sen. Monroe Sweetland (D Milwaukie) said he was voting far the bill but called it "18 Airliner Carrying Chinese Delegates Crashed in Flames Three Crewmen Saved From 1 8 Said Aboard Singapore (U.R) An Indian airliner carrying a Chinese Com munist delegation to Indonesia crashed in flames in the South China Sea, killing 15 of the 18 persons reported aboard, the British Royal Air Force said today. The RAF said there were three known survivors, all members of the crew of the Air India Constellation Kashmir Princess which was chartered by the Pei ping government to fly eight government officials from Hong Kong to Djakarta. A government spokesman in Hong Kong said he believed there were additional survivors. But mofe than a dozen planes from Singapore, Borneo and In donesia searched the sea off North Borneo and found only charred bits of wreckage, yel low - orange life jackets and scorched pieces of baggage drift ing on the sea. The RAF said the survivors were taken aboard the British naval frigate H. M. S. Dampler, one of many rescue craft that sped to the scene 250 miles northeast of Singapore when the American-built luxury plane sent a series of frantic distress messages yesterday; Rumors swept Hong Kong that anti-Communists had sabotaged the big plane during its 24-hour layover Sunday, but airline offi cials scoffed at the reports. There also were rumors that some of the eight Chinese aboard were high officials travel ing under assumed names. Fishermen See Crash The delegation included eight Chinese Communists, vanguard of Peiping representatives to the Afro-Asian conference at Ban dung, two European journalists and a member of the Communist Viet Minh government of North Indochina. The flaming crash was wit nessed by fishermen on small un charted islands in the Natuma group midway between Singa pore and Borneo. The 250 - ton boat Taype reached the scene first and picked up the first offi cer, the navigator and the ground engineer. The crew of the plane, all In dians, was headed by the air way's ace pilot, D. K. Jatha. The crew included a hostess, Miss Gloria Berry. , Pioneer Daughter Dies After Illness Mrs. Effie Lewella Hemstreet, 82, daughter of a pioneer Jack son county family, died at a local hospital yesterday after a protracted illness. Prior to her hospitalization some time ago she resided at 919 West 11th st. Mrs. Hemstreet was the daugh ter of Lewis and Isobel Rofe, and was the granddaughter of Samuel and Huldah Colver, who were pioneers of this area, and built the Old Stage house at what was then known as Gas burg, and is now Phoenix. The town plat of Phoenix was laid out on property donated by the Colvers. Survivors include a son, Ar mond Taylor, Port Orchard, Wash., and a brother, Arthur Rose, Medford. Funeral services are pending, with Chapel Mortuary in charge. Portland (U.R) Floyd Lansdon, Associated Press bur eau chief in Portland since 1939, has been transferred . to San Francisco. pages of patchwork." He said, "I hope the good will outweigh the bad." Ulett said the measure, which also tightens restrictions on el igibility, "so far as I can ascer tain, doesn't please anybody." ' Present maximum weekly benefit is $25 a week for 26 weeks. The time remains the same under the $35 top. The bill as passed eliminates the so-called "seasonality" clause under which an employer could remove his industry from the act if he established a four - year pattern of operation only a lim ited time' each year.' But it set up requirements for eligibility which are designed to eliminate all those who are not in the la bor market the year around. ,A person must earn $600 a year to be eligibl and must Mies Says CorsS Unqualiffledl tor Job Washington (U.R) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles said today that Edward J. Corsi was ousted as his special adviser on refugee matters principally- be cause he was not qualified to press forward with administra tion of the refugee relief act. He denied that he removed Corsi because of charges by Rep. Francis E. Walter (D-Pa.) that Corsi had had associations with subversive groups. Corsi has de nied Walter's charges. Dulles said today he found no security question about Corsi. McLeod Respect Unshaken Dulles also told a news con ference that his respect for and loyalty to Scott McLeod, head of Nine Men Appear In Circuit Court; Two Plead Guilty Nine men appeared in circuit court this morning before Judge H. K. Hanna. Two pleaded guilty to felony charges ; and a third was sentenced to a term in Ore gon state prison. The other six had appeared in court earlier to plead guilty, and their cases were continued again this morning pending re ceipt of FBI reports. Wayne Edward Ralph, 24, of 211 East 12th st., pleaded guilty to two counts of forgery, and was sentenced to two consecu tive two-year terms in Oregon State prison. Pleading guilty this morning were Edgar Delbert Bentley, 25, Stockton, Calif., and James Mil lard Walker, 33, of Camp White. Bentley was charged with burglary not in a dwelling. His case was continued for pre-sentencing report. Admits Stabbing Walker was charged with as sault with a dangerous weapon in the Friday night stabbing of Guy Martin, 63, Camp White, in a Front st. tavern. Martin suf fered a deep flesh wound, but was able to sign the complaint against Walker. Martin is hos pitalized at the Veterans Domic iliary center. Others appearing in court this morning, and ; the charges to which they already have pleaded guilty, are Paul Ronald Holteen, 22, Winston, Ore., assault and battery; John Silva, 27, route 1, box 191, Rogue River; Lincoln Eldred McFall, 35, route 1, box 215, Rogue River and Earl How ard Brown, 25, route 1, box 773, Grants Pass; Earl Wayne Taylor, 17, Butte Falls, all larceny;, and Darwin Coda Power 20, O'Brien, larceny from a dwelling. ' 11 More Mining Claims on File Eleven mining claims, all lo cated in the Trail Creek-Board Mountain mining district, have been filed in the Jackson county recorder's office. Ten of the claims are listed as the Board Mountain group and were filed by Nate H. Smith and D. C. Mapel. The 11th claim listed as Jane I, was filed by Smith and Rafe L. Anders. All 11 claims, which did not indicate the nature of minerals on the property, are in the same general area of 10 uranium claims filed last week by E. L. Frederick of Central Point. About three weeks ago Dewey L. Bristow and Richard W. Bris tow filed uranium mining claims in the Evans Creek Mining dis trict. earn a total wnicn equals one and one half times the earnings of his highest quarter. Portland OI.R) Saying the new state unemployment bill excludes too many workers, the Portland Central Labor council Monday night unanimously de clined to support it. The new bill would raise max imum weekly payments . from $25 to $35. However, Jim Marr, executive secretary of the Ore gon Federation of .' Labor and George Brown, secretary of the state CIO council,- warned that only a small percentage of those now covered would be eligible for the increased, benefits. John Gillard, member of the council's legislative committee, said the bill "forced" a working man to stick to his job. "just like in Russia." '- the department's Bureau of Se curity and Consular Affairs, re mains unshaken. Corsi has attacked both Walter and McLeod in the repercussions of his ouster. Dulles conceded that he never bothered telling Corsi that Cor si's appointment as special as sistant, a job Dulles called sensi tive, could be only for 90 days if Corsi's security investigation were not completed by that time. He said that the State Depart ment may have been guilty of a degree of culpability for that failure. General Government Rule But Dulles said the 90-day rule was a general government ruie applying on sensitive positions and he thought it was generally known. He said maybe Corsi him self was culpable for not know ing about that. Corsi was hired Jan. 10 as Dulles' special assistant on mi gration and refugee problems. He was told only last week that he could continue in the post only until last Sunday because of the 90-day rule. Dulles said Corsi was sepa rated because the refugee job now is mainly an administrative one. Under the law, he said, the administration is the responsi bility of the head of his Bureau of Security and Consular Af fairs, now McLeod. Sayt Corsi Unwilling He sajd that Corsi was unwill ing to accept administrative work in the bureau and had indicated he was unwilling to do adminis trative work. Dulles asserted that Corsi wanted to circumvent the law making McLeod responsible for the program and get Dulles' au thorization to act independently In a statement yesterday Corsi said he did not want to work for McLeod and therefore sought to serve as Dulles' personal ad viser. But Dulles said no matter how much anybody dislikes the law it cannot be ignored. The result of ignoring the law, he said, would be confusion of government. Long Mercy Flight Started by Plane The twin-engine air ambu lance plane operated by Mercy Flights, Inc., left early this morn ing . on the longest flight ever made by planes of the non-profit corporation. The plane was en route to Mazatlan, Sinaloa, . Mexico, to bring home Dr. Raymond Smith, 1015 Reddy st., a Medford den tut who suffered a stroke while on vacation in Mexico Feb. 2. His wife was with him at the time. Dr. Smith has been hos pitalized at Mazatlan since his illness. The plane is expected to re turn to the Medford airport late Wednesday afternoon after the overnight trip. Mazatlan is some 500 miles south of the U.S. border on the Pacific coast, just across the Gulf of California from the tip of Baja, California. Four Young Burmese Will Visit in County Four young men from Burma will live in Jackson and Jose hine counties between May 16 and June 12 to acquaint them selves with family life and youth activities, Glenn Klein, 4-H club agent here announced today. A special orientation meeting will be conducted by Clinton Gaylord, Washington, D.C., on April 19 at 10:30 a.m. in the courthouse auditorium for fam ilies and agents who will work with the students. The Burmese will visit the area under the sponsorship of the International Farm Youth Exchange program. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.P.) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 420.94 up 2.17; 20 railroads 157.01 up 2.05; 15 utilities 64.80 up 0.47 and 65 stocks -157.82 up 1.23. , , Portland (U.R) Philip H. Hulley, 56, tax and right-of-way agent in Oregon and Washing ton for the Southern Pacific rail road, died yesterday. Radio Highlights Highlights of the polio ev aluation report 'prepared by Dr. Thomas Francis will ' be heard over radio station KYJC (1230 kc) at 10 p-m. today. Results Hailed as Among Greatest of Events in Medicine 80-90 Per Cent Effectiveness Shown Washington (U.R) Th Health, Education and Wlf ar Department postponed plans to license the tale of the new Salk vaccine today. The delay was ordered to give experts more time to study today's report on the vaccine's effectiveness. The department said an earlier announcement that sale of the vaccine would be li censed this afternoon was "premature." A spokesman said it was taking longer than expected to evaluate the re port on the vaccine's effec tiveness. Ann Arbor, Mich. (U.R) The Salk anti-polio vaccine today was pronounced safe and effec tive. The long awaited results, hail ed immediately by the Ameri can Medical Association as "one of the greatest events in the history of medicine," showed the vaccine was 80 to 90 per cent effective. "The vaccine works." Those were the first words an nouncing the results of a thor oughly scientific evaluation of last spring's mass testing among more than 1,800,00 children. Among the 460,000 children who actually received the vac cine, only one died. This child succumbed after a tonsillectomy which was performed two days after he received the second in the series of three anti-polio shots. Dr. Thomas Francis Jr., pro- -fessor of immunology of the University of Michigan, who di rected the study of the results, made his momentous 113 - page report at a specially invoked scientific meeting. Simultaneously, Dr. Jonas E. Salk, creator of the vaccine, re vealed at the meeting that 16, 000,000 more children than had been anticipated will be able to receive the anti-polio vaccine be fore this year's polio season be gins. Salk said his latest experi ments showed that at least seven months should pass between the second and third "shots" of the vaccine to produce maximum and most lasting effects. That means enough vaccine will be available to raise from 33,000,- 000 to 57,000,000 the number of children who can be protected. Most significant in Dr. Fran cis' long and complex report was the data showing that the vac cine is particularly effective, 80 to 90 per cent, against the para lytic or fatal type of polio. Strangely enough, it proved least effective against the non paralytic type of polio, the least to be feared among the three types of polio viruses. Francis' report on the vaccine marked a brilliant victory in mankind's long battle against diseases. "In strong statistical language. the historic trial of the vaccine and its subsequent analysis was revealed," the medical abstract read. "There can be no doubt now that children can be inocu lated successfully against polio. There can be no doubt that hu manity can pull itself up by its own bootstraps and protect its children from the insidious in vasion of ultra-micoscopic dis ease." Breaking the report down sta tistically, there were 1013 cases of polio among the 1,829,916 children who either were vacci nated or served as observed con trols. In the control states, 428 cases of polio developed among the 749,236 children involved. Among the 1,080,680 children who took part in the observed control states, there were 585 cases. For all of the 44 states, 33 of the 460,000 children who got the vaccine, were paralyzed. But there were 115 paralysic cases among the unvaccinated children. The report emphasized the ab solute safety of the vaccine. Only four-tenths of one per cent of the vaccinated children had reactions, which were de scribed as minor. Those who had so-called "ma jor" reaction, formed the ex tremely small percentage of four one-thousandth to six one-thousandth of one per cent. ,The report specified that the vaccine successfully stimulated the body into producing high levels of anti-bodies in most cases, and these high levels per sisted "with but moderate de cline after five months." .This was the limit of the study and thus the report could not deal with how long the high, levels actually last. (See eion a Page 3)