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Washington (U.R) Senate
Democratic Leader Lyndon B.
Johnson of Texas said today a
White House briefing on the for
eign situation made him "more
optimistic" about prospects for
peace in the Far East.
President Eisenhower briefed
Johnson and 28 other congres
sional leaders of both parties for
00 minutes about his S3,500,000,
00 foreign aid program. Secre
tary of State John Foster Dulles
briefed the congressmen also on
the latest developments in the
Far East and Europe.
Partial Breakdown
For the first time, the White
House gave the House and Sen
ate leaders a partial breakdown
on foreign aid proposed for the
fiscal year starting July 1. The
big share of funds earmarked
for Asia would go to South Ko
rea and Indochina. Formosa
ranked third.
The leaders came away appar
ently sold on the need for con
tinuing foreign aid. They were
not specific, however, about how j
big the program must be.
To Start Hearings
Johnson told newsmen there
was nothing new in Dulles'
briefing that would cause alarm.
In fact, he said, recent develop
ments make him "more optimis
tic and hopeful for peace than
we have been in certain pe
riods."
Johnson estimated that the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee, which will open hear
ings tomorrow on legislation to
authorize the foreign aid, will
complete action in a week or 10
days.
Concerning foreign aid, House
Republican Leader Joseph. W.
Martin of Massachusetts said he
thinks "they'll get what they
need because they've demon
strated that until we. get peace
and stability in the world we've
"got to spend for a while."
Chairman Waller F. George
(D.-Ga.) of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee agreed that
Congress will continue foreign
aid.
Diem Troops Drive
Rebels From Cholon
Saigon, Indochina (U.R)
Premier Ngo Dinh Diems gov
ernment troops drove the last
rebel troops out of Cholon to
day in another major victory
that gave the anti-Communist
premier a firmer grip on divid
ed Viet Nam.
Maj. Gen. Tran Van Don, com
manding the government troops
fighting the Binh Xuyen, said
the rebel gang was forced out
of its last major stronghold in
Cholon, the Chinese twin city
of Caigon, after a nightlong ar
tillery duel halted at dawn.
The victory aided Diem in
his showdown with absentee
Emperor Rao Dai who was "de
posed" Saturday by a revolu
tionary military assembly which
gave every indication of mak
ing the move stick while de
manding the withdrawal of
French troops from Indochina
as well.
The move against the emperor
appeared to have the backing
of the United States.
A Washington dispatch said
the United States was prepared
to ditch the playboy emperor
if necessary to save Diem and
his anti-Communist government.
Retired Air Force General Named Here
As Director of County Civilian Defense
Maj. Gen. Joseph H. Hicks (U. I
S. Air Force, Ret.), has been
named director of civil defense.
for Jackson county, it was an
nounced this morning by .County
Judge Rodney Keating.
He succeeds Col. Charles A.
Stafford (U. S. Army, Ret.), who
has submitted his resignation.
Colonel Stafford has held the
position for several years.
General Hicks. 56, has made
his home in Medford for about a
year after retiring from the Air
Force after, serving in the Army
and Air Force since 1923. He
and Mrs. Hicks and their two
children live at 40 South Modoc
ave.
A graduate of West Point, the
career officer became a rated
pilot in 1924. and until 1935
s:rved at various Air Corps sta
tions. Later he commanded the
supply branch of the field divi
sion of the ma:eriel eommand at
Among those at the briefing
was Senate Republican Leader
William F. Knowland of Cali
fornia who has dissented from
Mr. Eisenhower's decision to
sound out the possibility of bi
lateral talks with Communist
China.
Nine Angling Law
Violators Appear
In District Court
Nine angling law violation
cases were brought into district
court here yesterday, according
to court officials. The cases
were among 15 which have been
cited into district court since
fishing season opened last week.
Those who appeared in court
yesterday were:
John Clarence Cimfl, 47, of
162 North Second st., Central
Point. Cimfl pleaded guilty to
fishing without a license and
was fined $25 and costs, with
$15 of the fine suspended.
A 15-year-old Medford boy.
He was fined $25 and costs, with
$20 of the fine suspended, on a
charge of fishing without a lic
ense. Francis Earl Cox, 33, of
route 2, box 163 A, Central
Point, and Richard Elbert Cox,
28, of the same address. They
each were fined $25 and costs
on charges of angling in a closed
area.
Robert Ray Humphrey, 45,
Butte Falls Star route, box 19,
Eagle Point. Humphrey was fin
ed $25 and court costs, with $15
of the fine suspended, on a
charge of angling during closed
season.
Chris Wolff, 61, and Rose
Wolff, 48, both of route 1, box
477. Medford.' They pleaded
guilty to a joint charge of ang
ling during a closed season, and
were fined $25 and costs, with
$20 of the fine suspended.
Jimmie Stogsdill, 29, of 148
South Keeneway dr., and Law
rence William Anderson, 31, of
742 McAndrews rd. Anderson
was fined $25 and court costs
on a charge of angling during
closed season, and $15 of the
fine was suspended. Stogsdill
is scheduled to appear in district
court on or before May 7.
Anastasia Income Tax
Witnesses Disappear
Miami (U.R) Police searched
the rugged wooded shoreline of
Biscayne Bay today for traces
of a witness in an income tax
case against Albert Anastasia,
"the lord high executioner" of
Murder, Inc., and his wife.
The couple, Charles Ferri and
his wife, disappeared myster
iously from their fashionable
home here which was found de
serted and found smeared with
bloodstains.
Pools of human blood in the
$40,000 home provided the only
clue to their disappearance.
"We cannot even call it mur
der until we find some bodies,"
said Deputy Sheriff John Tyler.
Salem (U.R) A measure
to allow the use of tape report
ing in court, if specifically au
thorized by the judge, and used
together with shorthand, has
been approved by the House and
sent to the governor.
Wright Field, O., and also served
the air service command.
In 1942, he spent two months
in England setting up supply or
ganization, and later commanded
the supply division of the air
service command at Kelly Field,
Tex. During the early war years
he served in various capacities
in Spokane, Wash., in Georgia
and Texas.
In Far East
In 1944 he was named chief of
the supply division of the Far
East air service command, at Hol
landia, New Guinea, and in 1946
was amed chief of the supply
division of the Philippine air
service command, Manila, later
transferring to the Japanese air
materiel area. -
His later- commands included
organizations in Utah, Ohio, and
in 1951. in France, where he in
itiated the first air depot at Cha
teauroux under the mutual de
State Milk Control
Measure Beaten by
38-22 House Vote
November Vote
Said Conclusive
Salem U.R) The House yes
terday killed a bill that would
have restored state milk controls
at the producer level. Vote was
38 to 22 with opponents declar
ing that the people spoke con
clusively last November when
they wiped out the Milk Market
ing administration and that re
sumption of state controls was
inadvisable.
Milk Price War Feared
Proponents of the measure ex
pressed a fear that a milk price
war was brewing in Oregon and
that producers would be the first
to suffer. Rep. Elmer Deetz (R.-
Canby) known for his successful
battle against milk control dur
ing the general election cam
paign, was one of the sponsors
of the bill to protect producers.
He said that in the event of a
price war the distributors would
protect their margins of profit at
the expense of the producers.
Debate was punctuated by
criticism of advertisements plac
ed in Sunday newspapers by a
large grocery chain claiming
that it was making too much
money at present milk prices
and that retail prices should be
cut. Rep. Arthur Ireland (R.
Forest Grove) said he hoped the
advertisement had not influenc
ed the thinking of members.
He added that producers were
protected under present law and
that the dairy industry should
get out of politics.
Rep. Maurine Neuberger (D
Portland) long time opponent of
the Milk Marketing administra
tion, said she favored the bill
even though she, as a consum
er, might enjoy lower milk
prices if jt were defeated.
Rep. Harry Elliott (R.-Tilla-
mook) said "milk legislation
brings nothing but embarrass
ment to the dairy industry" and
he asserted the bulk of milk bills
were the work of the minority
groups and "disgruntled individ
uals." The House also "voted to im
pose licensing and inspection
controls on vocational schools in
the state to eliminate unscrupu
lous operations.
Full Calendar Set
By City Councilmen
A preliminary report on an
nexation plans will be given by
City Manager Robert Duff to the
city council at its 7:0 p.m". meet
ing today. The report- will be
similar to one given the plan
ning commission last Friday.
Also on the agenda is the
award of a contract for a sani
tary sewer in the Eastwood and
Capital hill area. W. H. Conrad,
Inc., of Medford was. low bidder
for the project with a bid of
$45,354.50, $15 under a bid sub
mitted by the Coast Construc
tion company of Albany, Ore.
Hearings on construction of a
water main on East Jackson st.,
on paving petitions from Park
st. and Hamilton st., and on an
nexation requests from Vista
Heights, Woodson Park and
Douglas additions, also are
scheduled for tonight.
The council also will consider
miscellaneous traffic rule
re-
quests. . , .
Weather
FORECAST: Cemlderable
clondinett tonifht ' and
Wednesday. Low tonight 40;
high Wednesday CO.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 63
Lowest this Morning 43
fense assistance program.
He is rated as a command pi
lot, a combat observer and tech
nical observer, has logged some
7,000 flying hours, and wears the
legion of merit, among other rib
bons. Active in GOC
Since coming to Medford, he
has been active in the Ground
Observer corps, standing a reg
ular two-hour, shift each week,
and fills in at the observer post
at other times.
As director of civilian defense
for the county, General Hicks
will be responsible for the co
ordination and planning of all
duties in connection with defense
against attack, for setting up
evacuation centers in ease of
bombing of other areas, and for
maintenance of a skeleton civil
defense organization which can
go into action immediately if
needed.
Diravesftigsited
$10,000 Demanded
In Telephone Call;
Bomb Threatened
Youths Questioned.
By Police; Released
Portland (U.R) Police today
investigated another in a series
of bomb threats in which $10,
00Q was demanded from Fred
Meyer stores.
Officers said two juveniles
whose English sports car fled
from the scene of where the
money was to be picked up were
questioned and then released
early today. Both were consider
ed innocent ot connection with
the case. Another car, in which
police say they saw a child, was
seen in the pickup area.
Details Withheld
Although po lice withheld
many details, Sheriff Terry
Schrunk and Police Chief Jim
Purcell said an extortion de
mand for $10,000 was made by
telephone yesterday to the gen
eral offices of the Fred Meyer
firm. A bomb explosion in one
of the stores was threatened.
Instructions were given call- j
ing for the money to be placed
in a bean patch on the outskirts
of Portland. Police put the area
under surveillance.
One car was seen near the
snot and officers - said a little
girl was seen to get out and play
beside the road. They said she
could have innocently picked up
the package, supposedly contain
ing the money.
Shots Fired
The sports car appeared later
and parked. Later when police
tried to stop it, the car fled and
several shots were fired by po
lice until one hit a tire. The two
juvenile occupants said they
were merely drinking beer,
Chief Purcell said.
The threat was the latest in
a series that has plagued Port
land since bombing of the Meier
& Frank Department store last
month in what police said was
part of a $50,000 extortion plot.
Several juveniles have been ar
rested , in connection with tele
phoned bomb threats to schools.
Morse Says Power
Program 'Phony'
Washington (U.R) Sen.
Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) charged
last night that the administra
tion's "partnership" power pro
gram is a "phony" and a "give
away" to private power monopo
lies. Morse was asked about the
administration's program to con
struct power dams in collabora
tion with private firms.
Morse said the "partnership
program ' sounds good, but it s a
phony."
"what the administration
really is for in the partnership
scheme is to turn over to mono
poly" those features of the dams
which produce revenue. The tax
payers, .he said, would pay for
those projects which produce no
revenue flood control mea
sures, canal locks and fish
ladders.
Article in Treaty
Demanded by Soviets
Vienna, Austria U.R) Soviet
Russia demanded today the Aus
trian state treaty contain contro
versial "Article 16" which
would permit the Communists to
retake some 36,000 Iron Curtain
refugees in Austria.
Thousands of refugees risked
their lives to escape to freedom
in Austria Russians, Hunga
rians, Poles, Czechs, Romanians,
stateless Jews, and Yugoslavs.
Some have threatened suicide if
the dread Article 16 is approved
in the treaty.
The Russians want a clause in
the treaty allowing Communist
"interviewers" to visit Austrian
refugee camps and arrange
wholesale deportation of men,
women and children back to the
Communist nations from 'which
they fled.
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MEDFORD, OREGON,
RAFT CREW RESCUED Capt. DeVere Baker and four crewmen from Ill-fated raft
Lehi n as they arrived at Monterey, CaL.aboard Coast Guard cutter Active. They
were taken off craft after calling for help. (Left to right): Bosun Mate G. J. Elliot of
rescue ship Active; William Souza; DeVere Baker; George Harris; Crawford Hartley,
and Lawrence Hall.
Phoenix Sets Vote
Monday, May 16th,
On Sewer Facilities
. Phoenix The Phoenix city
council last night called a special
election for May 16 so that vot
ers can decide whether or not
sewer facilities will be con
structed in the community.
Two proposals will be put to
the voters:
1. Authorization of $40,000 in
general obligation bonds to pro
vide for sewage disposal.
2. Installation of a sewer sys
tem to be financed by assess
ments on property "benefited.
Poll at City Hall
The electipn will be held be
tween 12 noon and 8 p.m. May
16 at the city hall.
The $40,000. if approved, will
go toward .connection of Phoenix
sewers to' Medford s disposal
plant, through, the South Bear
Creek Sanitary district, and the
sewer system within the city will
be financed by assessments esti
mated at about $3.65 per front
foot on property benefited.
In other action, the council ac
cepted the resignation of Fire
Chief Lovell Robbins effective
May 1, and appointed Leo Furry
to fill the position.
Three Multnomah
Polio Cases Listed
Portland (U.R) Three Mult
nomah county children have fall
en victim to polio following in
oculation with the Salk vaccine
produced by the Cutter labora
tories of Berkeley, Calif., Dr.
Samuel B. Osgood, state epidem
iologist said today.
However, Dr. Osgood said it
was much too early to determine
whether or not the Cutter vac
cine was responsible.
He added that there have been
no cases reported following in
oculation with Parke-Davis vac
cine, which is to be used in
Oregon public school programs.
Multnomah county's three
polio victims were among. 31
cases reported by the state pub
lic health service so far this
year, six of which were for the
week ending April 30. T
Atomic Explosion
Scheduled Wednesday
Las Vegas, Nev. (U.R) A
weather evaluation briefing to
day revealed a satisfactory fore
cast for Wednesday, and , the
Atomic Energy Commission once
again began preparations for fir
ing a test shot which has been
postponed daily for the last eight
days. ' 1
The explosion would test "Sur
vival Town," a group of build
ings constructed at Yucca Flats
to determine the ability of Amer
ican cities to withstand effects
of a nuclear blast.
TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1955
Ixteirfcifoin). IPu4
doh ' PirftuirDdl
Suspects in Hit-Run
Accident Arraigned;
Bound Over to Jury-
Two men extradited here
from southern California in con
nection with a hit-run automo
bile accident were arraigned in
district court ' yesterday and
were bound over to the .grand
jury under heavy bond.
The two are Claude Richard
Day, 23, and Jack LeRoy Day,
18, both of Portland. They were
arrested in Los Angeles follow
ing an accident near Talent
which resulted in serious injur
ies to Mrs. Ruby Bartley, 55,
of route 1, box 237, Talent.
Waive Hearing
The Days appeared in district
court yesterday before Judge
Rawles Moore. They waived pre
liminary hearing and counsel.
Claude Day, who is charged with
failing to stop at. the scene of
the accident and remaining un
til he had rendered reasonable
assistance to Mrs. Bartley, was
bound over to the grand jury
under $2,000 bond. Jack Day,
charged with failure to leave
his name and address at the
scene of the accident, was bound
over under $1,000 bond.
. Six young men, five of them
Southern Oregon college stu
dents, also appeared in district
court yesterday and were fined
Board of Equalization
Meets Monday, May 9
The first meeting of the Jack
son county board of equaliza
tion will be held Monday, May
9, it was announced today by
R. G. Fowler, county assessor.
The board meets each year to
consider complaints on the
amount - of assessed valuation
placed on real property. It is em
powered to make such changes
as may be, necessary to bring
about an equalized levy.
Taxpayers having real proper
ty upon which an increased as
sessed valuation has been placed
this year are being notified of
the increase through cards being
mailed this week. Those with
complaints may appear before
the board starting next Monday.
The board is . composed of
County Judge Rodney Keating,
Ralph Cook and Arnold Bohn
ert. House Conferees Agree
On Postal Pay Raise
Washington (U.R) Senate
House conferees agreed today on
a compromise bill to give pay in
creases averaging 8.8 per cent
to 500,000 postal workers.......
It faces a probable president
ial veto. President Eisenhower
has indicated he would disap
prove any boost higher than
7.C per cent.
Tribune
United Press Full Leased Wire
Price 5c
No. 37
on liquor law violation charges.
Plead Guilty
Joseph William "Lucas, 17, of
route 1, box 98, Eagle Point,
pleaded guilty to illegal posses
sion of intoxicating liquor, and
was fined $10 and costs.
Fines of $7.50 each, plus
court costs, were levied against
Charles Leonard Crandall, 18,
Coos Bay; Ronald Lyman Ow
ings, 20, Klamath Falls; William
David Seymour, 19, Ashland;
Allen Mamoru Kimura, 18, Wai
pahu, Oahu, T.H., and Thomas
Lee Jacobson, 18, Coos Bay. The
five, all southern Oregon col
lege students, pleaded guilty to
charges of illegal possession.
Meat Inspection
Bill Passes Senate
Salem (U.R) The meat inspec
tion bill that was once consider
ed dead in committee was passed
by the Oregon Senate yesterday
with only three dissenting votes.
The house immediately con
curred in minor Senate amend
ments and the bill was sent to
the governor.
When signed into law, the
measure would raise $150,000
to inaugurate a pilot program in
the meat inspection field. The
State Department of Agriculture
would be directed to launch a
trial operation and present the
1957 Legislature with more ac
curate estimates of the cost of
a full program.
A full program of compulsory
state meat inspection would aug
ment the present federal and
municipal meat inspection sys
tems now in operation in parts
of the state.
Firemen Call
In Medford Inspection Job
Firemen yesterday called at
a total of 199 homes in Medford
during the first day of the 1955
home fire inspection program,
they said this morning.
Of the total, at 78 homes the
occupants were away, and in 6
cases firemen were refused ad
mission.
79 Recommendations .
Among the 115 homes where
firemen were welcomed to make
their inspections, 79 recommen
dations were given householders
for the removal of conditions
which have been found to be
common causes of house fires.
The program is entirely vol
untary, firemen report, but it is
offered as a service to residents.
It is hoped that firemen can
call at each home in the city.
Ohmart, Lowry in
Minority Battle
Urging Approval
Action Postponed '
By 20 To 10 Vote
Salem U.R) The Senate to
day killed . the proposal for a
three per cent sales tax by vot
ing 20 to 10 to postpone indefi
nitely House bill 694.
Those voting in favor of the
indefinite postponement were
Sens. Allen,. Belton, Bingner,
Boivin, Brady, Carson, Francis,
Geddes, George, Hardie, Hat
field, . Holmes, Johnson. Leth,
Lonergan, McMinimee, Merri-
field, Sweetland, Wilhelm and
Smith.
Voting against the majority
report of the Senate Tax com
mittee were Sens. Brown, Chase,
Gill, Hounsell, Husband, Lowry,
Ohmart, Steen, Ulett and Zieg
ler. Report Urges Passage '
First action, after two hours
of debate, came on a minority
report submitted by Sens. Oh
mart, Lowry and Steen, urging
passage of the sales tax. Sen.
Lee Ohmart (R.-Salem) led the
minority fight, urging a salei
tax as assurance that Oregon
would not be faced with a state
level property tax. He noted that
the last time the property tax
was levied for the state was in
1940, but added that Oregon now
is faced with a $60,000,000 defi
cit in the next biennium and
must raise the revenue to meet
it one way or another.
Highest Income Tax '
"In the near future,M he said.
-we could have a property tax
forced upon us. The limitations
could be lifted and we would be
faced with a property tax the
bounds of which none of us now
know."
Noting that Oregon : already
has the highest income tax in
the nation. Sen. Ohmart said the
45 per cent surtax on top of
that, already passed by both
chambers and now in the hands
of the governor, could well dis
courage industrial development
in Oregon. He said there was no
flexibility in the supplemental
revenue -.measures, ; the . three
cents a pack tax on cigarettes
and higher liquor prices.
Sales Tax 'Inevitable'
He added that the sales tax
"has the highest degree of flexi
bility. It is inevitable that a sales
tax will be invoked in Oregon.
It might as well be toow."
Sen. Rudie Wilhelm (R-Port-land),
chairman of the Senate
Tax Committee, said House Bill
694 was technically a good bill
"but the tax program already
in the hands of the governor is a
good tax program, and we
should leave it where it is now
and not try to change it this late .
in -the session.
Would Take 'Millions'
Sen. Robert D. Holmes (D-
Gearhart) described the sales tax
leading tax. It has had a cancer
ous growth because its propo
nents say it is taking only pen
nies from the people when actu
ally it is taking millions." '
Sen. Warren Gill (R-Lebanon)
said "after we have enacted that
horrible income tax bill, putting
a tax on the tax, the only way
we can extricate ourselves from
the stupid tax program is to vote
in a sales tax.
Sen. John P. Hounsell (R-
Hood River), who favored the
minority report, acknowledged
that the sales tax has been de
feated five times at the polls in
Oregon, but said "this is the best
sales tax program ever sub
mitted.".
May Be Last Day
The vote left Senate President
Elmo E. Smith (R-John Day) and
House Speaker Edward A.
Geary (R-Klamath Falls) more
firmly convinced that this could
be the last day of the session. .
The Senate passed, also by a
vote of 20 to 10, a House-ap
proved measure to put a tax of
3 cents a pack on cigarettes. The
bill now goes to the governor.
at 199 Homes
The fire department also re
ported that Chief Homer Grable
of the Grasts Pass fire depart
ment and 17 regular and volun
teer firemen from there last
night used the Medford depart
ment's facilities for smoke mask
drills last night.
Grass, Trash Fire
In other fire department ac
tivity, the rural pumper respon
ded to a grass and trash fire
alarm in an orchard on the C. C.
Jensen property on Foothills rd.
i 1 . . . i At A.
yesterday anernoon. adoui xy
acres burned over, and some
lower pear tree limbs were dam
aged bv the fire. No damaee was
reported following a flue fire
at the Roland L. Rober resi
dence on Table Rock rd. last
night.