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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.
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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
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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.
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