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Nationalists Set
To o Along With
Sease-Fire Flans
Washington (U.R) The
United State hat received as-
urancei from Nationalist China
that it will go along with
cease fire in the Formosa Straits
if Red China agrees, official
a o u r c e a disclosed Saturday
night.
Assurances that the National
ists would abide by a cease fire
"vere said to have been obtained
"by Adm. Arthur W. Radford,
chairman of the joint chiefs of
staff, and Assistant Secretary of
State Walter Robertson, during
their recent talks with General
issimo Chiang Kai-shek at Tai
peh, Formosa.
To Report to Ike
Radford and Robertson ar
rived at Richmond, Va., Satur
day afternoon to spend the night
at Robertson's home. They will
drive to Washington this even
ing and will report later to
Days Returned Here
From Los
Angeles
To Answer Charges
Sheriff's deputies returned
two men from Los Angeles Fri
day to answer charges of fail
ure to stop at the scene of an
accident involving bodily in-
Jury to a pedestrian, Mrs. Ruby
May Bartley, 55, Talent, on
April 14.
The two are Claude Richard
Day, 23, of 5908 Southeast Lam
bert st., Portland, and Jack Le
Roy Day, 18, of 7925 East 60th
t., also Portland. State police
here said they were told by Los
Angeles authorities that Claude
Day was driver of the car which
truck Mrs. Bartley.. Jack Day
is accused as a passenger in the
car, district attorney's records
show.
In County Jail
They are held In the county
Jail.
According to the district at
torney's records, Claude Day is
charged with failing to imme
diately stop at the scene of the
accident and remain until he
had rendered reasonable assist
ance to Mrs, Bartley. Jack Day
is charged as a passenger and
witness with failure to furnish
the victim his name and address.
Found in Ditch
Mrs. Bartley was found in a
ditch along Highway 99 near
the Tally Ho restaurant on the
night ef April 14. Seriously in
jured, she was taken to Ashland
General hospital. Both her legs
and one wrist were broken and
she reportedly suffered serious
internal injuries.
The two men were expected
to appear in district court on
Monday. Los Angeles addresses
earlier were listed for the Days.
Atwood Receives
3-Year Probation
Portland (U.R) Woodrow
Wilson Atwood, 42, former Med
ford cab driver, has been placed
on three years probation in Fed
eral Court for illegal possession
of gold bullion.
Atwood, who now drives a
truck in a woods operation near
Eureka, Calif., and Stephen
Crippen, 45, Medford, both were
charged on similar counts. Both
originally pleaded guilty. They
attempted to sell two gold bricks
worth $5000 to a government
undercover agent.
Crippen later changed his plea
to innocent and a jury earlier
this month acquitted him.
Atwood never changed his
plea and U. S. Judge William J.
Lindberg of Seattle, temporar
ily assigned to Portland, ordered
the probation.
The judge said he regarded
the offense as serious but told
-Atwood that in view of the
jury's acquittal of Crippen, it
would "not be fair to you after
pleading guilty to send you to
prison."
Sports Bulletin
Portland (U.R) A tenth
inning squeeze bunt by Frank
ie Austin with the bases load
ed gave the Portland Beavers
a 4-3 victory over the Sacra
mento Solons in a - Pacific
Coast League game here Sat
urday night. The victory put
the Bevos ahead 3-2 in their
series with the Sacs.
President Eisenhower and other
officials.
Twelve administration Repub-
lian senators meanwhile joined
in declaring their support for
President Eisenhower in his ef
forts to negotiate a cease fire
with Red China.
They issued a four-paragraph
statement endorsing Mr. Eisen
hower's new conference remarks
Wednesday expressing his wil
lingness to negotiate provided
Nationalist China's rights are
protected. It was regarded as a
direct reply to attacks on the
president's policy by Senate
GOP Leader William F. Know
land and Sen. William E. Jenner
(R-Ind). But it did not mention
their statements.
Supplemental Statement
Two Senate GOP Whip
Leverett Saltonstall (Mass.) and
Sen. H. Alexander Smith (N. J.),
second ranking Republican on
the Foreign Relations commit
tee, attached a supplemental
statement saying the Chinese
Nationalists should be represent
ed in any negotiations if pos
sible.
Informants said the basis for
Nationalist acquiscence in a
cease fire was laid down last
Dec. 10 in an exchange of notes
between Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles and "Nationalist
Foreign Minister George Yeh.
This provided that the National
ists would not attack the Chi
nese mainland without prior
American agreement. The Na
tionalists reserved the right to
retaliate against the Reds in
self-defense if they were at
tacked Assemblies Select
Rey Colbaugh at
Closing Session
The Rev, F. Wildon Colbaugh,
pastor of the Medford Assembly
of God church, was appointed
to serve as missionary repre
sentative of Southern Oregon at
the closing session of the 19th
annual district council of the
Oregon Assemblies of God here
Friday, '.
The Rev. E., Elsworth Krog
stad of Eugene, who was re-appointed
missionary secretary of
the district, named sectional rep
resentatives. 13 Ordained
Also at the closing service, 13
persons were ordained to Assem
blies of God ministry. They are
Forrest Bard of Merrill, Donald
Caves of John Day, Don T. Dalan
of Depoe Bay, Al Grissom of
Eugene, Stanley C. Jacobson of
Goble, Clifford J. Murray of
Garibaldi, J. Paul Pedigo of Fall
Creek, Ronald L. Prinzing of
Eligene, Melba M. Ross of Herm
iston, Daniel W. Schutzler of
Canby, Willard J. Spencer of
Brookings, Henry Carl Swink of
Independence, and Gladys R.
Triplett of Toledo.
Receive Award
The Lorella Full Gospel church
received the award for the high
est per capita giving in the state,
and the First Assembly of Port
land and the First Assembly of
Eugene shared honors for the
highest total giving in the state.
Participating in the concluding
service were the Rev. Ralph M.
Riggs, general superintendent of
the Assemblies of God, the Rev.
Atwood Foster, district superin
tendent, the Rev. N. D. David
son, of Portland, and the Rev.
Colbaugh jf Medford.
Tax Committee Works To Bring Sales Tax
To Floor for Consideration
By WILLIAM WARREN
United Press Correspondent
Salem (U.R) The Senate Tax
Committee was scheduled to
work through the weekend to
bring its version of the sales tax
approved by the House to the
Senate floor for consideration
Monday. J
To Meet Today
Sen. Rudie Wilhelm (R.-Port-land),
chairman, said his Tax
Committee would hold an extra
meeting today to try to syn
chronize the sales tax proposal
with the. income tax to finance
Oregon's government for the
next biennium and meet an an
ticipated 'deficit of some $60,
000,000 without resort to a state
level property tax. He said fig
ures furnished his committee in
dicated the sales tax measure
passed by the. House would not
balance the budget, as the House
IUJCIIU HlllieAdllUII
Program to Council
Program Includes
3,000-Acre Area
The Medford Planninf com
mission has voted to submit to
the city council a recommenda
tion that about 3.000 acre el
land south of the present city
limits be annexed.
The recommendation followed
a discussion by City Manager
Robert Duff of the proposed an
nexation, which would double
the present area of Medford.
The commission also voted to
recommend to the council that
$7,500 be budgeted for planning
commission purposes during fis
cal year 1955-56, and passed an
other recommendation that the
council consider creation of an
agriculture zone within the city
limits.
Figures Cited
Duff pointed out in discussing
the proposed annexation that the
3,000 acres includes 17.9 miles of
streets, an estimated population
of 2,500, about 1,700 residences
and businesses, and an estimated
valuation of $1,742,000 in proper
ty based on present assessment
values.
Duff said city departments
have studied the effect of such
an annexation on the operations
of their respective departments,
and that additional personnel
probably will be needed in each
department because of added
services.
The area south of the city was
picked at this time, Duff said,
because it is "the area of imme
diate development." Ha added
that a complete report on the
proposed area to be annexed
would be prepared soon.
The commission said the $7,-
500 would be used either to re
tain a planning engineer for the
City of Medford or to jointly re
tain an engineer for the city and
Jackson county.
Proposes Joint Group
Last week, Howard Buf ord, di
rector of Lane county and the
City of Eugene planning com
mission, proposed a .joint city
county commission for Jackson
county and Medford to develop a
system similar to what is being
done in Lane county.
The recommendation that the
council consider creating an agri
culture zone within the city lim
its was made to accommodate
any farm land which may be an
nexed, the commission said.
The recommendations are ex
pected to be submitted to the
council at its meeting Tuesday
night, May 3. ' y
Meat Inspection
Bill Gets Approval
Salem (U.R) The Oregon
House Saturday approved with
only two dissenting votes a bill
that would set up a pilot pro
gram in compulsory state meat
inspection. There were three ab
sentions. The bill now goes to
the Senate.
Vote on the bill followed a
last minute switch in tactics on
the part of the House Livestock
committee. It had previously de
cided to adjourn without taking
action on the measure after the
Joint Ways and Means commit
tee refused to appropriate $75,
000 to finance it.
The program presented to the
House by Rep. Robert Steward
of Keating would set up a limit
ed, trial operation for two years
to be financed by $75,000 from
the state and a like amount from
doubled license fees for meat
packers.-
had hoped it would.
A House-approved proposal to
put a tax of three cents a pack
on cigarettes was referred back
to the Senate Tax Committee to
see how it would fit into the
sales-tax-income-tax pro gram
One question the committee will
ponder is whether cigarettes
should be exempt from the gen
eral sales tax if a special per
pack tax is placed on them.
Books Banned
The Senate, after passing a
package of eight measures de
signed to ban the sale to minors
of crime and sex comic books,
adjourned for a brief hour Fri
day. Then it went back into a long
afternoon session to approve a
series of appropriate bills, in
cluding those for the Department
of Veterans Affairs, Ore g,o n
Wheat ffmmifsifrn; Supra m
jo)fo)?nn o)
Knovland Has No
Plan of Resigning
Because of Dispute
Speculation Follows
Challenge to Ike
Washington (U.PJ Senate Re
publican Leader William F.
Knowland said Saturday he has
"no present intention" of re
signing his party post because
of differences with President
Eisenhower ever Far Eastern
policy.
He made the statement to
newsmen coincident with pub
lished speculation about the pos
sibility of him quitting the floor
leadership and about possible
successors.
Follows Challenge
The speculation grew out of
Knowland's blunt challenge
Wednesday to Mr. Eisenhower's
willingness' to negotiate with
the Chinese Communists about
a cease fire in the Formosa
Straits and the "advancement of
world peace." ;
Knowland said then and re
peated Saturday that he did not
see how there, could be negotia
tions without Chinese National
ists participating. Mr. Eisenhow
er said it would be legitimate
to negotiate without the Na
tionalists present as long as Na
tionalist rights were not in
fringed. Knowland described as "pure
ly speculative" the .. s tories , sug I
gesting that his dispute with the
administration might lead to a
complete break with the White
House. He said he is "not going
to anticipate anything which
hasn't taken place."
"I have no present intention
of resigning," he said.
At the same time, a prominent
Eisenhower Republican senator,
who asked not to be identified,
told a reporter he hopes and
believes that no complete break
is in the offing. This senator ex
pressed belief that there is no
substantial desire yet among
staunch administration backers
to have Knowland step aside.
Voting Error by Mann
Kills Bill Abolishing
Oregon Commission
Salem (U.R) An error in
voting by Representative E. H.
Mann (R-Medford) Saturday kil
led a bill that would have abol
ished the Battleship Oregon
commission and disposed of its
effects by Oct. 1. Mann favored
the bill.
As a result of the defeat, the
commission will remain in exis
tence and will be able, by virtue
of an old law on the statute
books, to draw on an $11,000
account to perpetuate its activi
ties.
In a close vote on roll call
the bill was passed by a single
vote. But Mann, thinking the
bill had lost, changed his yes
vote to no in order to be on the
prevailing side and be in a po
sition to move for reconsidera
tion. The change of vote killed
the bill.
Mann immediately moved for
reconsideration, but was shouted
down.
on Monday
Court library, State Land Board,
Corporation Department and
State Banking Department.
Also approved were appropria
tions for the secretary of state,
the State Department of Educa
tion, and the state Real Estate
Department.
The House went to work at 9
a.m. Saturday and Speaker Ed
ward A. Geary (R-Klamath Falls)
warned members they could ex
pect a day-long session. He said
hard work could put them into
position to adjourn sine die by
Monday night, but that would de
pend mainly on conference com
mittees, speed in agreeing on
amendments added to Senate and
House bills.
Most members of both cham
bers, however, were doubtful
that the 1955 session could come
to a close before Tuesday, and
several thought that even this
gueas was too optimistic
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HAS FAITH IN SALK VACCINE Dr. Leonard A. Scheele,
U S. surgeon-general, goes over data on the Salk polio
field trials with his son, Leonard (Bobo) Scheele, at their
home in Washington, D. C. The eight-year-old Leonard
will receive his first Salk shot May 2 despite the withhold
ing from the public of vaccine made by the Cutter Labora
tories pending investigation. Dr. Scheele has expressed
"complete faith" in the Salk vaccine.
SalCc QnocuDatas Dim
County StartRflay 9
Sufficient Salk anti-polio vac
cine to inoculate first and second
graders in Jack son county
s-hools was to arrive in Medford
by commercial airliner at 11:03
a.m. today.
Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county
health officer and chairman of
the medical advisory committee
of the Jackson county chapter
of the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis, and Harry
Chipman, chapter chairman, will
accept the vaccine and will
place it in refrigeration at the
county health department.
The - school, inoculation program-
in " Oregon will start on
Monday, May 9, it was announc
ed by Dr. Harold M. Erickson,
state health officer, following a
Dr. Salk, Experts
Say Inoculations
Should Continue
Washington (U.R) Dr. Jonas
E. Saik and 10 other top polio
experts said Saturday nation
wide inoculations with the new
Salk " vaccine "should be con
tinued" despite the occurrence
of polio in some 35 children who
received shots.
Ban Said Proper
The experts said the public
health service was right in ban
ning further use of vaccine pro
duced by the Cutter Labora
tories of Berkeley, Cal., pending
further investigation.
But they said that "at the
present time there is no reason
to suggest the vaccine of manu
facturers other than Cutter
should be withheld."
The recommendations of the
technical advisory committee on
polio vaccine were made public
by Dr. Leonard A. Scheele, sur
geon general of the public
health service.
Emphasis that the number of
children who have come down
with polio constitute only a tiny
fraction of the 4,000,000 to
whom Salk shots have been giv
en, Dr. Scheele said:
"It is important to remember
that the field trials of the vac
cine indicated that it was from
60 to 90 percent effective. It
must be anticipated that addi
tional cases (of polio) will inevit
ably occur among some of those
for whom the vaccine is not ef
fective." Thomson Found Guilty
On Assault Charge
.Newport (U.R) Richard
Thomson, Newport auto dealer,
has been found guilty of assault
with a dangerous weapon in
connection with an attack on his
former partner, James Meuller,
iu September, 1953.
meeting with' the public health
committee of the Oregon Medi
cal Society. ' - :
Confidence Expressed "
' Th decision to go ahead with
the Sak program, in the face of
a ban on vaccines produced by
Cutter Laboratories of Berkeley,
Calif., came after the committee
expressed complete confidence
in the safety and efficacy of
the new serum.
The May 9 date gives parents
who previously signed consent
slips a chance to change their
minds if they care to do so, Dr.
Merkel said.. He said county
plans call for starting the shots
for all first and second graders
for . whom consent slips have
been received unless his office
hears to the contrary .The pro
gram will follow the same sched
ule as that which was previously
set up.
Three-Shot Series
Under the recommendations
of Dr. Samuel Osgood of the
state board of health, the second
shot in the three-shot series will
be given from two to four weeks
after the first one. This will still
allow time in Jackson county for
the second shot to be given be
fore the end of the curernt
school year, although it may be
necessary to give some of the
shots during the final week of
school, Dr. Merkel said. The
third "booster" shot would be
given by a private physician not
less than seven months after the
second one.
'" The vaccine was packaged by
the State Board of Health yes
terday. Some 80,370 cubic centi
meters of the vaccine arrived in
Portland shortly before 7 p.m.
Friday from Parke-Davis labora
tories in Detroit. It was to be
delivered around the state start
ing at 8 .a.m., today. Civil Air
Patrol planes, commercial air
liners and trucks were to be ut
ilized for its. delivery.
Eight Juveniles in Custody
In Portland Bomb Threats
Portland (U.R) Eight ju
veniles, one of them an 11-year-old,
Saturday were in . police
custody for sending at least four
anonymous phone calls or notes
to schools ' or persons in Port
land and Vancouver, Wash,
r Police said the most serious
offender was a 17-year-old Port
land boy who confessed sending
a note to Thomas Binford of
Binfords & Mort publishing firm
threatening harm to his 7Vz-year-old
son if he didn't drop
$200 on a street corner. The
drop was made by Binford but
no contact was made with the
would-be extortionist.
Needed Money -For Car
The boy, a former shipping
clerk at the publishing company,
said he planned to buy a car and
needed the money.
Two other threatening notes
were accounted for with the ar
rest Friday of aa 11-year-old
sack
Sending Top Aide
To Peiping; Plans
To Play Top Role
Chief U.N. Delegate
Invited by Red China
New Delhi ' (U.R) Prime
Minister Jawaharial Nehru an
nounced Saturday he will send
his top aide to Peiping to help
promote a Formosa conference
between '. the United ( States and
Communist China.
Nehru told Parliament that V.
K. Krisna Menon, India's chief
Taipeh (U.R) Generalis
simo Chiang Kai-shek has
agreed reluctantly to a United
States pjan to station Ameri
can ground forces here, a re
liable source said Saturday.
The United States suggested
basing a full division on For
mosa. the source said. Other
reports said the plan called for
a token force of Marines and
an Army anti-aircraft group to
be statiqned here plus an in
crease in U.S. jet fighter
power. United Nations delegate, had
been invited to the Red Chinese
capital by Premier Chou En-lai.
To Take Leading Role
Nehru indicated that India
would take a leading roll in ef
forts to bring about peaceful re
lations between the United States
and Communist China; "
Nehru was reported to have
sent Krishna Menon's "Formu
la" for the settlement of Formo
sa and other Far Eastern prob
lems to Washington through dip
lomatic channels.
He was said to expect a final
reply within a week after which
Nehru will advise Chou of the
exact date of Krishna . Menon's
departure.
Sounded Out on Plan
Krishna Menon reportedly had
held discussions with : both the
United States and the Red -Chi
nese ambassadors here and Lon
don has been sounded out on his
proposals. .;' .:
Ambassadqrs of both the Uni-!
ted States and Communist China
were present as Nehru delivered
his speech to Parliament. ,
India has "known for some
time that China was ready to
enter direct talks with America
on Formosa," Nehru said.
But he said the Communist in
vitation to Krishna Menon "pre
sents a further wholesome de
velopment." Mrs Eisenhower Stops
Social Appointments
Washington (U.R) Mrs.
Mamie Eisenhower, whose
health has become a political
issue Saturday cancelled all of
her social appointments for the
coming week on doctor's orders.
- The White House said the first
lady's physician, Maj. Gen. How
ard M, Snyder, "feels that Mrs.
Eisenhower has not sufficiently
recovered from her recent respi
ratory illness to partic pate in a
heavy calendar of social engege
ments." Portland boy. The notes were
sent to Mrs. Charles F. Arnold
advising that her house would
be blown up unless she paid
$100. Police said the boy admit
ted sending the notes but said
"This was just a prank."
Threatened School
A 16-year-old boy signed a
statement admitting making a
threatening phone call to Wash
ington High school Tuesday. The
call resulted in the building be
ing evacuated.
At Vancouver, police arrested
two girls and three boys, all 16,
for calling the high school there
demanding $45 on threat of
blowing up the building. They,
too, said it was just a prank.
All eight were being held for
juvenlie authorities. In the Port
land cases charges of threaten
ing commission of a felony in
volving attempted extortion
were filed. -
ERS;
Palace Showdown
Forces Army Men
To Renounce Power
U.S. Supported Official
Seeks Complete Control
' Saigon (U.R) Gen. Ngu
yen Van Vy proclaimed con
trol of the Viet Nam govern
ment today pending formation
of a new government on in
struclions from absentee Em
peror Bao Dai. Vy said Pre
mier Ngo Dinh Diem no longer
was in authority.
Saigon; Indochina (U.R) Sup
porters of Premier Ngo Dinh
Diem "deposed" absentee em
peror Bso Dai as chief of state
Saturday and forced army chiefs
appointed by the emperor to re
nounce their powers in a dra
matic palace showdown.
A hastily convened "revolu
tionary assembly" declared Bao
Dai was ousted and charged the
premier with forming a new pro
visional national government to
"re-establish order and security."
Force Signed Statement
Nationalist troops then sur
rounded Bao Dai's newly-appointed
army commander and
his chief of staff in the Presi
dential palace and forced them
to sign a statement approving
the move of "Diem's forces.
Gen. Nguyen Van Vy and
Chief of Staff Gen. Le .Van Ty
were held as virtual prisoners in
the palace 'for six hours before
they were permitted to leava
shortly before midnight.
But Diem's brother and poli-
tical counsel, Ngo Dinh Nhu,
denied that the two generals
were ever under arrest or wera
forced to sign the statement.
The series of lightning moves
was staged by adherents of the
American-backed premier in a
drive to win undisputed control
of South Viet Nam, torn by civil
strife that has killed more than
500 persons in two days.
Issued Proclamation
The unofficial "general assem
bly of. the democratic forces of
the nation," favoring Diem in
his struggle for control, issuel
its deposition proclamation at a
city hall meeting.
The assembly called on Diem
to proclaim a republic with elec
tions for a representative na
tional assembly and to order the
recall of French troops from
South Viet Nam. Diem called a
special cabinet meeting to dis-
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cuss a new guverumeiu auu x
spokesman said he would form
a new government today.
Bao Dai's general went to the
palace about 6 p.m. in a jeep
with four soldiers. When they
entered the stucco palace in the
heart of Saigon all the ante
chambers were patrolled by
riflemen and palace guards arm
ed with sub machine guns.
After he was forced to sign a
statement approving the em
peror's ouster, Gen. Vy was ac
costed ty committee membera
who cried, "kill him."
Fongs' Conviction
Slated for Appeal
Portland (U.R) Defense At
torney Irvin Goodman announ
ced he will file a motion next
week for a new trial for Way
Him and Sherry Fong, convicted
of first degree murder in the
poison death of 16-year-old
Diane Hank.
Goodman said he will file for
a new trial not later than next
Wednesday. The Fongs were
found guilty by a circuit court t
jury here Friday night of mur
dering the Portland High school
girl. The jury recommended life
imprisonment.
The defense attorney said he
would confer with relatives of
the convicted couple before de
ciding what steps to take in the
event of . a new trial denial by
Circuit Judge Alfred O. Dobson.
Judge,, Dobson had said he
would; pronounce sentence
Wednesday, but ' the motion for
new trial may delay sentencing.
The Fongs, meantime, were be
ing held in Multnomah county
jail.
The jury announced its ver
dict at ,7:59 p.m. just slightly
less than three hours after it had
received final instructions.
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