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LOOKOUT FOR THE CURVE! Famous cry of cable car motormen as their colorful cars whip around a turn on San Francisco hill takes on an extra meaning with this bevy of passengers. Will Aubrey (left) is not even trying to collect fares from Joan Anderson, Mary Lou Connors, Betty Woodyard, Jeannine Burris, Stella Blaylock and Juliette Vandernagel. They are sprucing up for the Cable Car Festival in San Fran cisco's Union Square April 23 in which the little cars will be the stars. Old vaudevil lian Aubrey will MC the event. hou Tun Mi tailing Ueet Bandung, Indonesia (U.R) Premier Chou En-lai of Com munist China passed up a chance today to use the forum f the 29-nation Afro-Asian conference for propaganda purposes, and it appeared he had turned to a "soft line" to win support for Peiping. The conference opened with speeches by President Sukarno and Foreign Minister Ali Sastroa midjojo of Indonesia. It adopted a broad, five point conference agenda and then reversed itself on an earlier ruling and de cided to let delegation chiefs speak. Free Viet Nam distributed an Commie Hungary Formally Removes Nagy as Premier Budapest (U.R) Ailing Imre Nagy was ousted today as Pre mier of Communist Hungary and his successor immediately called for new emphasis on heavy industry, defense and work discipline. Nagy's ouster was announced formally to an extraordinary meeting of the Hungarian Par liament at which he was not pres ent. Andras Hegedues, former minister of agriculture and first deputy premier, then was unani mously elected as his successor. Defense Minister Out : Also deposed with Nagy was former Defense Minister Mihaly Farkas. Both were stripped of their Communist party posts. " Nagy, who has been ill with a coronary thrombosis since early last winter, has been on the way out ever since Soviet Premier Georgi Malenkov re signed and confessed his "ad ministrative failures." - Malenkov had stressed the pro duction of consumer goods and Nagy had followed the party line. But when Russia switched to an emphasis on heavy industry and replaced Malenkov with Premier Nikolai Bulganin, satellite heads of state were doomed to fall. Formal Announcement Nagy's ouster was announced formally to the Hungarian Par liament, meeting in extraordi nary session, by Hungarian President Istvan Dobi. Hegedues then was named Premier by unanimous vote v of the house. Dobi told the house that Nagy had carried out his duties as Premier in an inefficient manner. Dulles Tells Eisenhower Of Buildup by Aueusta. Ga. (U.R) Sec retary of State John Foster Dulles told President Eisenhow er Sunday that Red China has launched an intensive buildup of offensive air power opposite Formosa which has "grave im plications" for the United States. Learned in Last Few Days . Dulles, who visited President Eisenhower at his vacation re treat here, said this country only learned of the Communist air activities in the "last few days" but they had been going on for several weeks. - Most congressional leaders re fused to comment immediately on Dulles' disclosures but Sen. Karl E. Mundt (R-S.D.) said the Buildup was "not surprising" and "as Mr. Dulles pointed out, it doesn't mean that an attack is imminent.', 8 To ' appeal to the nations attending the conference to help its peo ple in the north flee the Com munists' "dictatorial regime." Chou ignored Viet Nam's charges that Red China had in terfered in Indochina and turned down his opportunity to speak before the assembled delegate when his nation's turn came on the alphabetical order of speak ing arrangements. Diplomatic sources had spec ulated 'before the conference began he might try to win sup port for his policies by impec cable behavior. Today he was all smiles. Just before the speeches started Sastroamidjojo anounced a five-point agenda of economic cooperation, the problem of de pendent people and interna tional peace and cooperation. Atomic Energy Discussion The last item set the stage for discussions of the peaceful uses of atomic energy. Jordan's Foreign Minister Walid Salah, speaking for the Arab bloc, said he accepted the agenda with the understanding Palestine could be discussed under item one. Viet Nam Delegate Nguyen Van Thoai broke the opening day calm with a direct attack on Communism and asked the delegates to support an exten sion of the mid-May time limit for those wishing to flee to the free south. Thoai's speech brought a sharp note of realism into the : pro ceedings as he spelled .out the reason why 1,000,000 Viet Namese have fled their ances tral homes in the north. Episcopal Diocese Opens Convention The 67th annual convention of the Episcopal church's dio cese of Oregon opened in Med- ford this morning. More than 400 delegates from all parts of the state were expected to attend the convention. A feature of this morning's program was an annual report by xhe Rt. Rev. Benjamin Dag- Lwell, bishop of the diocese. Bishop Dagwell's report was pre ceded by a communion service. Other items on today's pro gram included a luncheon for clergy and lay delegates, to be held at Blackoaks, the church's new convention center and re treat on Rogue river, and busi ness sessions. The annual banquet will be held this evening at the Medford Elks temple. Red China House Republican leaders called Dulles statements "too delicate" for comment. Dulles, who returned to Wash ington Sunday after a two-hour conference with the President, said the Red buildup was "a considerable intensification and considerably broader in scope than . anything that was known until recently." -Implications Discussed ' ' He and the President dis cussed the "grave implications" surrounding the buildup, Dulles said, but he refused to say whether attacks on the off-shore islands of Quemoy and Matsu or on the Nationalist stronghold of Formosa might be forthcoming The secretary of state went on to say, however, that the in creased airpower foreshadows a greater capability" for attack "than we had been aware of a lew weeks ago. mtUm i 0) pens His charges came after milder speeches from Sukarno and Sastroamidjojo who directed their criticism against colonial ism and racialism. Thoai said Communism "com pletely disregards human values and personality and the basic rights of man." More than 1,000,000 Vietnam ese are fleeing south "because they cannot bear the increasing burden of a so-called national government, servile to a foreign ideology and a foreign people which has several times in the course of our national history demonstrated its imperialistic designs," he said. Three Men Injured In Auto Accident; Two Hospitalized , Two men suffered multirfe in juries in a three-car accident on Highway 99 south of Talent about 11 p.m. yesterday, accord ing to state police. A third man was reported injured but was not hospitalized. In Sacred Heart hospital were Richard T. Hanson, 21, of 963 Marshall st., and Leonard D. Lewis, 21, of 309 East Main st. Hanson was the driver of one of the cars involved in the acci dent, and Lewis was a passenger in the same vehicle. Roland F. Hughes, 49, Raymond, Wash., driver of another car, was in jured, but was not hospitalized. Injuries Listed Hospital attendants said this morning that Hanson was treated for shoulder, chest, and facial in juries. Lewis, who recently was discharged from the Army, re ceived two broken arms, and chest and facial injuries. Hughes, according to state po lice, reportedly received knee injuries and possible broken ribs. James William Shaw, 23, of 323 Newtown st., Medford, the driver of the third car, was listed as not injured. Investigating officers said the accident occurred when Hughes swerved to avoid a car which he thought was going to go through a stop sign without stopping. Hughes' car collided broadside with' the vehicle operated by Hanson, which, in turn, collided with the car driven by Shaw, police said. All three vehicles were towed from the scene of the accident. The. injured were taken to Sacred Heart hospital by Lit willer Ambulance service, Ash land. Sales Tax Seen Winning Sentiment . Salem (U.R) Sentiment . ap peared to be swinging today to ward a sales tax as. a solution .of Oregon's financial problem, and the. House Taxation . Committee scheduled a 'discussion on the subject at 1 p.m. today The House committee has implied- approval of the Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation to send over such- a measure as another "tool" with Which to work." r The Senate committee met yesterday and after studying the increase in income tax it would take to make ud an anticinated $62,000,000 deficit, invited the House Tax Committee to draft a sales tax bill. All revenue meas ures must originate in the House. Portland (U.R) Swiss-born composer Ernest Bloch, Agate Beach, Ore., Has received Hon orary Doctor of Letters degree at a Reed College convocation. Medford umled Press Full Leased wire 50th Year 16 Pages United States To Pay Expenses of Japanese Army Concessions Avert Threatened Standstill Tokyo (U.R) The United States has agreed to foot the bill for expanding the Japanese armed forces this year, it was officially disclosed today. Major U.S. concessions avert ed a threatened standstill in Japanese rearmament which would have seriously affected U.S. defense planning in the Far East. The concessions, ordered by Washington, were frankly de signed to help the new conserva tive government of Prime Min ister Ichiro Hatoyama, which lacks a parliamentary majority, stay in office while Japan re arms. Both Japanese and American officials disclosed that agree ment was reached after two months of negotiations that: 1. Japan will increase its de fense agency budget by $34,700,' 000 to a total of $240,000,000. This will permit increasing the army by 20,000 men, the navy by 5,000 men and two destroy er-escorts and the air force by 6.000 men and two F86 squad rons, plus related procurement and development programs. To Cut Coniribulions 2. Japan will decrease its con tributions to the support of U.S defense forces based here to insyre Japan's security by $42,- 000,000 below last year. In ef fect the United States thus gives Japan that amount more this year for its defense effort. 3. Japan will use this saving to pay for the defense agency's increase and for improving air fields and other facilities used either by U.S. forces or jointly. Court Dismisses Clackamas Suit ' :-f ' - Washington U.R) The" Unit ed States Supreme court today dismissed a "not moot" a dis pute brought by Clackamas county, Ore., over control of 462,000 acres of western Oregon timberland. The dismissal of the suit was requested by the Justice depart ment on the grounds the case no longer constituted a legal issue. Seventeen other counties in which the disputed land lies, joined the government in asking the Supreme court to erjd Clack amas legal proceedings. They wanted the Agriculture Depart ment's Forest Service to con tinue control of the property Clackamas county sought to have the land administered by the Interior department. The Federal Appeals court here reversed a District court decision to dismiss the case, and the Justice department appealed to the Supreme court for a rul ing. The acreage had originally been part of the federal grant to the O&C railroad. In 1916 it was taken over by the govern ment after the railroad violated terms of the original grant. Road Conditions Five inches of new snow fell overnight on the Green Springs mountain highway route and chains were needed by cars traveling over the route, state police and United Press reported today. Three inches of new snow was re ported on Highway 99 over Siskiyou summit. State police said that light traffic was proceeding without chains but that trucks and cars pull ing trailers needed chains. In the Weed and Mt. Shasta, Calif., area chains were man datory. Baseball NATIONAL Pittsburgh ....3 9 0 New York 12 15 1 Surkonl, Grunwald (4) Face (4), Pepper (6) and Chep ard;" Liddle, ' Grissom (9) and Westrum. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 428.42 up 2.97; 20 rail roads 159.77 up 1.47; .15 utilities i.22 ud 0.51. and 6D siocks 160.38 up 1.24. Sales today were about 3,080,000 shares com pared with 3,180,000 Friday.' SV-B MEETING , . The Sams Valley - Beagle Soil Conservation district will meet 8 n.m. tonight in the office of Countv Aeent W. B. Tucker. Re ports of accomplishments last year and approval of next year's program are on the agenda. ' MEDFORD, OREGON, Osngiresi. Launched lira fil S nimseDini Does Princeton. TJ. J fll.Pl Dr. Albert Einstpin. 7fi nno of the world's erpatest. sripntists rfiprl unexDectedlv at Princeton Hosm- xai xoaay or. a ruptured aorta, tne mam artery of the body. The frail little pnsmir nhvsi cist, whose theory of relativity unlocked the door to the atomic age. died at 1:15 a.m. with nnlv a private duty nurse at his bed- siae. Einstein had entered the hos pital secretly last Friday for treatment of a gall bladder in flammation. His condition was Adjustment Slated In County Ratio; To Be 25 Per Cent The ratio on real property in Jackson county is being adjusted to 25 per cent of the appraised value, County Assessor R. G Fowler, has announced, in an attempt to equalize assessments on $227,902,670 worth of real es tate and improvements in the county. Fowler pointed out the county is not "trying to raise more rev enue by increasing valuation. but is trying to equalize assess ments." He added that the asses sor's office was "trying to get the tax burden equally distrib uted." . Valuation Change Seen Although some slight discrep ancies in the ratio will appear the first year, Fowler said any discrepancies should be elimi nated, by 1956, and assessments should be on the same, basis. He added that the total valuation of real estate and improvements, which includes buildings, prob ably will change when details are worked out. Fowler said "a change in the general level of assessed value has no affect in the final tax statement." He cited as an ex ample that $1,000 can be raised with a 10 mill levy on $100,000 or bv a five-mill levy on $200,000.. Appeal Possible All increases of $100 or more in assessed valuation will be-ac companied by a notice to the property owner, ' Fowler said, and the taxpayer can appeal to the board of equalization if he is not satisfied. Notices are now being prepared to be sent out, Fowler said. The county assessor said that appeals on the basis of "taxes are too high" are outside the func tion of the board, which consid ers assessed values only. Each complaint, Fowler said, must show that the applicant feels his property is incorrectly assessed or out of line with similar prop erties. 27,000 Accounts Fowler said new assessments are now being figured and will be completed by July 1. There are 27,000 real estate accounts in the county. Previous ratios have ranged from eight to 50 per cent of the assessed valuation, the assessor said' Fowler said the assessor's of fice fis responsible for the equal ization of individual assessments but it is not responsible for the size of the tax burden." 'Rubramin' Pills Talked in Fong Case Portland (U.R) A bottle of Rubramin" Dills was discussed today at the first degree murder trial of Wey Him Fong and his wife, Sherry, as the possible cause of 16-year-old Dian Hank's death.. The trial of the Portland cou ple Was in its "second week. Diane, a Portland high school student, was found dead along side the Evergreen highway near Washougal, Wash., about a year ago. Coroner Paul I. Mylan of Clark County, Wash., told the jury at Friday's session that a plastic bottle containing two types of pills were found on the person of the slain girl. Mvlan said the bottle was labeled "Rubramin" and had the typewritten notation: Diane Take one daily." The prosecu tion has claimed Diane was pois oned by the Fongs with what they, allegedly told the girl was Vitamins.'' . ' united fres 1955L MON not considered critical at that time. Einstein is survived by two sons, Edward and Dr. Hans Al bert, and a stepdaughter, Mar got, who lived with him and his housekeeper - secretary, Miss Helen Dukas. Another stepdaugh ter, Use, died in 1950. Son in California Edward's whereabouts were not ' known immediately. Dr. Hans Albert, a member of the University of California Hydrau lic Engineering Department at Berkeley, Calif., was en route to Princeton. Einstein and his first wife were divorced. His second wife, Elsa, was his counsin. She came to the United States with him from Germany and managed his business affairs until she died in 1936. Einstein celebrated his 76th birthday only last March 14. In keeping with his habits of recent years, he spent a quiet, retiring day, secluded from newsmen and photographers Rose From Obscurity Einstein rose from obscurity as a German factory owner's son, and a childhood marked by a slowness to learn, and astounded the 20th century with his genius. His mathematical theories changed the course of scientific thinking. His theory of relativ ity, showing time was relative to height, length and breadth, first brought his popular notice. He labored for 40 years to find the master key that might explain the physical makeup and operation of the universe. He believed the universe was one continuous field, like an endless stream, and governed by un changeable laws. - ; . ... Stubborn Thinker '' ' His latest efforts were devot ed to refinements on his, latest theory on the interactions of cosmic forces, first published in 1953. A stubborn free thinker, he clashed often and bitterly with congressional Communist hunt ers. He once advised a witness not to cooperate with Sen. Jo seph R. McCarthy in a Senate subcommittee hearing into Com munist espionage. ';.'' For the past several . years, Einstein worked, studied and calculated an average of six to eight hours a day in a secluded two-room suite in a building at the Princeton Institute for Ad vanced Study. Boyhood in Munich His boyhood days were spent in Munich, Germany, where his family described him as almost backward and his teachers com plained on his slowness in learn ing. He learned to talk so late that his . parents were visibly upset. He was born in a town called Ulm on March 14, 1879. The fol lowing year, his parents moved to Munich, where his father set up a small factory for electrical supplies. He won the Nobel prize in 1921 for a new theory on "pho to-electrical effects" which later aided in the development of television. Americans Confer With Nationalists TaiDeh. Formosa (U.R) High ranking American and Nationa list Chinese military officials to day ODened a four-day confer ence expected to deal with Sec retary of State John Foster Dul les' warning of an "extensive" Red buildup opposite Formosa. Participating in today s mili tary coordination conferences were Vice Adm. Alfred M. Pride, commander of the U.S. Seventh Fleet: Mai. Gen. William C. Chase, chief of the military as sistance advisory group in For mosa; and Rear Adm. Aaron P. Storrs. chief of staff to Pa cific Fleet Commander Adm. Fe lix B. Stump. Official sources were tight- lipped on what was being dis cussed. However, it was believed Red China's continuing buildup offensive air power on tne China mainland opposite the Nationalist stronghold was cer tain to be touched on. AG MEETING . The Jackson County Agricul ture council met in the court house auditorium this afternoon to. hear reports from nine pro gram planning committees. A chairman of the council was to be . elected, and a program for the coming year approved. .'RIBUNE -Full leased Wir Price 5c No. 24 DimstlsatiM angina ALBERT EINSTEIN . News of Death Withheld President Marks Einstein's Death As Great Loss By UNITED PRESS President Eisenhower, com menting on the death today of Dr. Albert Einstein, said "no other man contributed so much to the vast expansion of twen tieth century of knowledge." "For 22 years, the United States has been the free-chosen home of Albert Einstein," Mr. Eisenhower said at Augusta, Ga. "For 15 years, he has been a citizen of the United States by his own free and deliberate choice. Americans welcomed him here. Americans are proud, too, that he sought and found here ff' climate; of freedom 'in his search for knowledge and truth. Expansion of Knowledge "No other man contributed so much to the vast expansion of twentieth century knowledge, Yet no man was more modest in the possession of the power that is knowledge, more sure than power without wisdom is dead ly. To all who live in the nuclear age, Albert Einstein exemplified the mighty creative ability of the individual in a free society." Mrs. Eisenhower also sent a personal message of sympathy to Einstein's daughter, Margot Einstein, at Princeton, N. J. Amabassador 'Shocked' Abba Eban, ambassador of Israel, said he was "profoundly shocked" by Einstein's death. He described him as "a towering giant in the intellectual and moral life of ali generations." "All Israel bows its head at the passing of a great man of science and a faithful Jew," Eban said. Speaker Sam Rayburn praised Einstein today for his "great service to humanity." Washington (U.R) Former President Truman . said today that this nation and the world have "suffered a great loss" in the death of Albert Einstein. "I am just as sorry as I can be to hear of it," Mr. Truman said. - "His family has my sympathy. The world and the country have. suffered a great loss." tight Hail Falls; No Damage Listed Light hail in many sections of the Rogue River valley yester day was not heavy enough to damage crops, Don Berry, coun ty horticulture agent, said today. Hail also fell in sections of the valley this morning, Berry said. Berrv said he did not think fruit was damaged from the hail. Showers of rain and snow pel lets were forecast for valley re gions today and snow was fore cast for the mountains. County Families To Provide Home for Burmese Visitors Four families who will pro vide homes for four Burmese men this summer under the In ternational Farm Youth Ex change program are slated to meet with IFYE officials here tomorrow, it was announced to day. Two Burmese will study fami ly life and youth group activi ties in Jackson county. While here they will live at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Don Minear, route 1, box 358, Medford, and Mr. and Mrs. John Ousterhout, Weather FORECAST Partial clearinr tonight .and.. Tuesday ..with widely scattered showers. Con tinued cool. Low tonight 28 30, hi(h Tuesday 55. Temp. tiignesi yesteraay Lowest this morning To 10 a.m. today J Prec. 05 as Committee May Hold Hearings in Medford in Fall Probe Requested By Sen. Neuberger By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington A Congressional investigation of the Al Serena mining case in Rogue River Na tional forest has been launched by the state of the Senate Inte rior committee. Sen. Richard I. Neuberger (D.-' Ore.) requested the probe and said he expected the committee would be prepared to hold pub lic hearings in the field, prob ably at Medford, this fall. Neu berger is a member of the com itteee. Controversial Decision The case involves a contro versial decision of the Depart ment of Interior granting pat ents to a Mobile, Ala., mining company for 23 mining claims located in Rogue River National forest, Jackson county. The For est Service contested the min eralization of 15. of the 23 claims, contending that only eight of the claims were valid under the mining statutes. After assays of mineral depos its taken from the contested 15 claims showed negative results. tne Bureau of Land Management ruled in favor of the Forest Service and denied the Al Se rena company bid for patents in 1951. The company later ap pealed this decision to the then Secretary of Interior. Oscar Chapman, who failed to rule on it before he left office in Jan. 1953. . ; . . : Company Favored : After Secretary of . Interior Douglas McKay succeeded Chap man, the case was reviewed by. Interior Solicitor (now under secretary) Clarance A. Davis and the original BLM decision was overturned in favor of the com pany Jan. 4. 1954. eivine Al Serena company title to all 23 claims. ' When Sen. Wayne Morse last fall said he would urge an inves tigation of a possible "give away of federal timber in this case, company officials said thev would welcome the inquiry. Rep. Harris Ellsworth (R. Ore.) who interceded for the company in obtaining the Inte rior review of the case, has re peatedly defended the final deci sion. He called criticism of the case by Oregon Democrats last vear "one of the cheaDest Doliti cal smear attempts ever known m Oregon." Rebel Forces Defect To Side of Premier Saigon, Indochina (U.R) Nearly 1,000 troops of the rebel Binh Xuyen political sect of ex river pirates have joined the forces of Premier Ngo Dinh Diem, a government spokesman said today. The announcement came as absentee Emperor Bao Dai de clared at his home on the French Riviera he would solve the see saw struggle for power in free South Viet Nam before the end of April. A government spokesman said the 1,000 Binh Xuyen soldiers defected to the side of the gov ernment at Covap, nine miles north of here, Sunday night. An entire Binh Xuyen garrison sur rendered with weapons and equipment and pledged al legiance to the premier. The Bing Xuyen sect of for mer pirates and highwaymen is spearheading the struggle of the "unified nationalist front for control of the government from the Catholic premier. rnntp 1. F.acle Point. . Two other Burmese will live in Josephine county homes. The exchangees will spend a month in southern Oregon. They are expected to arrive in this area on May 16. Tomorrow's meeting is sched uled for 10:30 a.m. in the court house auditorium. Clinton Gay- lord, Washington, D.C., project ' director of the IFYE program, and Ken Hill, Corvallis, county agent at large, will conduct tha special meeting.
