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Kips w ,- gh m'ml 1 , - A & " : : - " : I MMDDtib mm 5) AMERICAN-BACKED DIEM SUFFERS JOLT AS DELEGATES SPLIT Saigon, Indochina U.R) American-backed Premier Ngo Dinh Diem suffered a serious setback in a "war of congresses" today when a meeting of provin cial delegates he sponsored split in angry discord. A second congress across town, run by the increasingly powerful Revolutionary Coun cil, came out for firing absentee Emperor Bao Dai and setting up a provisional republican govern ment under the Premier. Object To Proposals Diem's congress was to have approved today a more moder ate program keeping Bao Dai as chief of state temporarily. But nearly all the members from Saigon and South Viet 3sNam stormed out or failed to -show up because they bitterly objected to proposals from northern and central delegates who favor ousting th Emperor, too. This meant Diem could not now hope for ''national" backing from this meeting since the most important delegates, the south erners, pulled out of it. It ' also threatened the Pre mier's attempt to stymie the as cendancy of the revolutionary committee and its "Revolution ary Congress." Faith in Junta Shown At the nationwide convention called by the Revolutionary Council there was no dissension By passing the resolution depos ing Bao Dai, the delegates dem onstrated their faith in the milt tary junta and its policy of turning free Viet Nam into a re public despite American urgings the country is not ready . for such a step. The vote came in the midst of Delay in Message Causes 'Yellow Alert' Colorado Springs (U.R) The Continental Air Defense Command announced tha its Western Division went on "yel low alert" today because of a communication tieup relating to outbound friendly aircraft. ' The command spokesman em phasized that -the warning was a "yellow alert" and not a red alert. The red alert means "at tack Imminent." The statement said in part: "The Continental Air Defense Command announces that it3 Western Division went on yellow alert between 9:40 and 9:47 a.m. (PST) because of a communica tions tieup relating to outbound friendly aircraft. . ''The initial .warning came from a Canadian radar station. The aircraft were Strategic Air Command B47s, jet aircraft, and the Continental AC had previous notification of the " particular XlJgllh UVUI "However, because of a com munications delay wunin me air defense system Western Air De fense units failed to receive the notification in time to avoid call ing the alert." Rocky Butte Quarry Worker Dies in Fall. Portland (U.R) Peter E. Andrews, 54-year-old quarry worker, fell 75 feet to his death yesterday afternoon at . the Rocky Butte quarry. The quarry owner, Joe Mars ton, told sheriffs deputies he was working with Andrews at the time of the accident and that Andrews was struck by a rock tossed over the hillside by a small boy. He said Andrews lost his balance and fell to the rocks below. They were "preparing to blast on the hillside at the time. Marston said he had seen three small boys looking into the quar ry from a roadside above and that one of them threw a rock down toward Andrews. Marston said he saw the rock hit him. Sheriff's spokesmen said the boys apparently did not realize what had happened. CaVlB-Running Charge Results in $25 Fine Roy Vague, Sams Valley, pleaded guilty in district court yesterday to a charge of allow ing cattle to run at large in the Sams Valley -Beagle Livestock , u woe finpH $25 and QiSUItU IK " ' corfts by Judge Rawles Moore. J In another district m Jimmie Stogsdill, 29, of 148 South Keeneway dr., pleaded guilty to angling during closed season. He was fined $25 and costs, but $15 tos suspended by Judge Moore. '' Washington (U.R) Mrs. Hen ry Mannix of Brooklyn, mother of 10 children, has been named Catholic mother oi tt year. a growing demand to "liberate' North Viet Nam from the Com munists the junta's apparent answer to recent charges it was infiltrated with Communists and former followers of Red Leader Ho Chi Minn. Apricots, Cherries Thinned by Frost; Pears Safe So Far Most unheated apricot and cherry orchards in the Medford area have been materially thin ned out by frost, County Agent Don Berry said today. Barring more serious frosts, it appears that the county's pear crop has not been seriously re duced, Berry said. The full extent of frost damage has not-been fully calculated, but Berry declared that "At best the valley aoricot and cherry crop will be light." Peaches Unharmed Peaches do not appear to have been badly thinned by frost, but the county agent said that grow ers are facing a pollenization problem. Continued cold, rainy weather has prevented bees and 6ther insects from pollenating peach blossoms, he said. ' "I do not remember a year with such poor pollenization weather," Berry stated. He noted that, although some growers have been considering artificial pollination methods, reports from other areas indicate that these methods have-not proved successful with peaches. Fair Pear Crop Seen Concerning the valley's pear crop, Berry staled that, although some frost damaged pears can be found in unheated orchards, there will seem to be enough pears to make a fair crop. Roy Rogers, federal frost fore caster, stated that bartlett and bosc pears -will set even after they show some frost injury. However, he added that anjou and cornice peas often will drop although they do not show frost damage at this time. In a normal year, the danger to fruit crops in the Rogue valley from frost ends about the first of June. Berry noted, however, that this year "has been any thing but a normal season. ' Water Compact Lack Seen in Opposition Washington (U.R) An Ida ho lawyer said today that lack of a water compact among states of the! Columbia basin contri butes to opposition : to the pro osed Hells Canyon dam by Idaho water users. William S. Holden, an Idaho has approved a proposed corn Falls attorney, said his state pact. But he said Oregon and Washington so far have refused to act on it. When the Snake river dam is built, he said, the "more opulous" down-stream states may demand water re leases that could be made only at the expense of Idaho irriga tors. Holden made the statement in testimony before a Senate In terior subcommittee considering a bill to authorize the $350,000, 000 dollar dam in the Snake riv er canyon below irrigated areas in Idaho. Oakridge Logging Accident Fatal Oakridge, Ore. (U.R) Don McMahon, about 25, died of head and back injuries yesterday aft ernoon when a rolling log knocked him off a truck and he struck his head on a rock. McMahon, a loader for the Hines Company, was ' helping load a truck in the woods about 20 miles north of Westfir when the accident occurred. Two other workmen, M.. L. Spellmore and O'. J. Farmer, said a short log they were loading on the back of the truck struck the top log on the load and caused it to roll, knocking Mc Mahon to the ground. He died about 15 minutes later. . Weather FORECAST: Fair through Fri day. Low tonight 42. A little cooler Friday with high near Temp. Highest Yesterday Lowest this Morning , 40 Legislature Ends Second Longest Term in History 115 Days Used By 1955 Session Salem (U.R) The second longest session in the history of the Oregon legislature adjourned sine rfie at. 7:1 fl o'clock last nieht after finally agreeing on changes in the unemployment compensa tion law. milk control and Day for Supreme Court justices. The 1955 session adjourned in its 115th liav. Onlv one session has ever gone longer 116 days in 1951. The 1953 session made it in an even 100' days. It took five teams of con ferees, before house and senate could get together on the unem ployment compensation changes. The team that finallv achieved the agreement, was made up of bens. Kudie wilhelm, Portland, and Harrv D. Roivin. Klamath Falls, and Reps. Ed Cardwell, Sweet Home, and E. A. Littrell, Medford. Weekly Amount Hiked Under terms of the measure finally passed, unemployment compensation will be increased next Jan. 1 from $25 a week to $35. Coverage, is extended to employers of two or more "em ployees. Present law is extended to employers of four or more employees. In the compromise on the milk bill, the conferees finally agreed to strike out section 17, which would have required pro ducers' of grade B milk, includ ing those who sell it at their farms by the jug, to have auto matic filling machines and me chanical cappers. Otherwise, the sanitary regu lations for grade B milk sold at retail measure uo to the stand ards of grade A milk. The senate had voted a nav boost for Supreme Court justices from $12,000 a year to $15,000. The House reduced this to $13, 500, and the conferees finally agreed on that figure. Serenading Goes On While the senate waited for action by the house on the un employment comnensation meas ure, Sen. Geddes, Holmes, Ulett and -Steen serenaded the secre taries. Other . senators. nrpeiYJpnr Elmo- -E. Smith, -Chief Clerk Zylpha Zell Burns, and even the press. When word was receiver! that the house had completed its ac tion, president Smith banged the gavel sharply at 7:10 n.m. anrl said the "Senate stands adjourn ed sine die!" At the same time. SDeaker Edward A. Gearv rarmeH th gavel for sine die adjournment of the house. Thei senators and representatives sane "Auld Lans Syne" and got ready to go back nome. (Sh Story en Page 5) County Court Slates Budget Study Meeting The Jackson' county court was scheduled to meet at 3 p.m. to to " the county " budget for the day to give added consideration coming fiscal year. County Judge Rodney Keating has in dicated that the budget will be completed this week. After completition of the fis cal program by the court and members of a three-man citizen committee, the budget must be advertised twice prior to a pub lic hearing. Changes in the bud hearing and before it is adopted get can be made after the formally by the court. Members of the budget com mittee are Tom Wray, Arnold Bohnert and Roger Rath. The court ' is composed of Keating and Commissioners L. GMorth- land and Chester Wendt. Klamath Falls (U.R) Today's atomic bomb test in Nevada was clearly visible" here, . police said. Officers who went up on a hill to watch for the shot said it was mushroom- like in the middle with fire on each side. It appeared a reddish, golden color. ' Ellsworth Sees For Talent Appropriations 'Ashland Rep.- Harris Ells worth (R-Ore.), sees a "fair pos sibility" that congress will ap propriate funds for the Talent project near the end of the pres ent session. r In a letter written to Harry A. Skerry, president of the Ash land Chamber of Commerce, Ellsworth declared "I think we may. have a very good chance of getting the $350,000 which was in the budget for rehabilita tion work on the two older dis tricts." The rehabilitation plan covers the Medford and Rogue River Valley Irrigation districts. I think there is also. a fair possibility of an appropriation nude toward the end of this ses ME ; .i)TRIBUNE United Press Full LoaSv, 50th Year 22 Page., Russia Yields on Refugee Demands In Austria Treaty U. S. Army Tells Plan To Withdraw Troops . . . . Vienna, Austria flJ.R) The Soviet Union yielded today to the West on two of the biggest points of dispute in the Austrian treaty, and the U. S. Army made public its plan to withdraw American troops from Austria. Early conclusion' of the state treaty appeared assured. Ends Repatriation Demand Russia officially withdraws its demands for an article that could force the repatriation of 36,000 anti-Communist refugees and to another article that would have put a 53,000-man ceiling on . the future Austrian defense army. "We will be able to have the kind of army we want," a spokesman for the Austrian Fed eral Chancellory announced. In a . release to American troops U.S. Army headquarters announced the "probabilities of with drawal" of occupation forces from Austria and gave in structions as to how the evacua tion will be carried out. , ' Concessions Follow Talks ' The Austrian spokesman said the Russian 'concessions on article 16 and 17 followed a se ries of telephone talks today be tween Soviet Ambassador I. I. Hyichev and the Kremlin. The treaty, when completed, will restore Austria's freedom and end the 10-year four-power occupation. The time for pulling out the occupation troops was reported to be the last major article blocking agreement. Emergency Board Gets Down Jo Work ; Salem U.R) The State Emergency Board created by the 1955 Legislature held its first meting today, quickly organized and immediately got down to work. It approved the architect's fees for final plans for the classroom buildine at Portland State Col lege, although, a question was raised concerning constitutionai itv of aDDrorriating money how for an institution that does not come into official existence un til 90 days after the governor signs the bill authorizing the classroom structure. Senate President Elmo E. Smith of John Day was chosen as chairman of the" emergency hoard and House Speaker Ed ward A. Geary of Klamath Falls was named vice-chairman. Rep. Henry "Semon of Klamath Falls was selected as secretary.. Other members of the emer gency board are Sens. George Ulett of Coquille, John C. F. Merrifield of Portland and How ard Belton of Canby, and Reps Loran L. Stewart of Cottage Grove, Leon S. Davis of Hills boro and Alfred Corbett of Port land. 'Peoce, Health, Safety Assured; Gal Wrestlers Now Banned in Oregon - Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul Patterson yesterday signed in to law a bill prohibiting wom an from engaging in wrestling competition. ' The law goes into effect im mediately since it contains the clause: "This act being nec , ssary for the immediate pres ervation of the public peace, health and safety, an emer gency is declared to exist, and this act shall, take effect upon its passage." 'Possibility' sion on the basis of a supple mental . budget request which I hope will be sent to congress by the president sometime during the next few weeks," the letter stated. "If we are successful in get quest," Ellsworth added, "that ting a : supplemental budget re request will not be sent to con gress until after the regular ap propriation bill has been clear ed," ; ; . ' - . -: . Ellsworth, pledged continued struction appropriation for, the efforts toward getting a con Talent project. His letter was in answer to an inquiry from Skerry. . MEDFORD, OREGON, Neuberger Offers Bill To Outlaw Use Of TV Makeup, Prompters by Politicos Washington iCU.R) If Sen. berger has his way, television announcers during the 1956 political campaign will be telling you something like this: ..'-' "This was a paid political appearance. The candidate has a wart on his nose, concealed by pancake makeup, and his hair was borrowed for the occasion. "Makeup also hid the circles under his eyes and his second and third chins. And that fine extemporaneous speech was read : off a tele prompter beyond camera range." The Oregon Democrat, who scorns the use of a toupee on his own thin thatch, proposed a bill today to inform TV audiences when a political candidate is relying on makeup or teleprompters. The 42-year-old freshman senator said he wanted "to eliminate elements and the synthetic from our FomgD mmmmmimmmtmmmmmm GETTING ALONG FINE Prissana (left) and Napit Polpi- nyo, 23-month-old Thailand cessiuuy separated at ine unrversiiy or. cmcago meaicai v center, are shown with their nurse, Miss Jirapon Karsem sak, in first picture permitted since their separation. Adena uer'j N ow Sove reign N ation Bonn, Germany (U.R) West Germany became a sovereign na tion . today, almost 10 years to House Committee Votes Defense Cuts Washington (U.R) The House Appropriations Committee voted today to string along with Presi dent Eisenhower's defense cuts, and added a few of its own. Approving a $31,488,206,000 money bill to finance the mili tary in the 12 - months starting July 1, the committee said it had given the President "substan tially" what he asked. House and Senate have echo ed with protests most of them Democratic ever since the President sent up his defense budget Today's -vote was Con gress' first action on the cuts, and Mr. Eisenhower carried the day. . ' Firemen Issue Advice On Home Fire Hazards City , fire department - crews, conducting the current home in spection program throughout Medford, issued 83 recommenda tions yesterday for correction of unsafe conditions. The firemen called -at 194 homes and made 116 inspections. Six home owners refused the off er of inspection. No one was home at 72 houses. Fire marshal' Truman Nelson called at four convalescent homes yesterday and issued 12 orders for correction of hazard ous conditions. Man Begins Penitentiary Term for Local Stabbing James Millard Walker, 31 Camp White, was taken to the Oregon state penitentiary , in Sa lem today by Deputy Sheriff Guy Hughes to begin serving a one-year sentence., ( He had pleaded guilty to a charge of assault involving the stabbing of Guy Martin with a pocket knife during an alterca tion in a tavern last month.- Albany, Ore. (U.R) Closure of its Albany zirconium plant af ter more than a decade of opera tion has been announced by the U.S. Bureau of Mines. THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1955 Richard L. Neu life." of the theatrical . national political Siamese twins who , were sue-v the day after Hitler's thousand- year Reich crumbled in defeat. . The high commissioners of the United States, -Britain and France finished signing their names to the treaties which re stored .West Germany to the ranks of free states. Loyalty Pledged , A , . Within two hours, Chancellor Konrad Adenauer read a pro clamation addressed to the 50, 000,000 people of the Bonn re public in which he pledged his new nation . to remain a , loyal ally of the Free West. " . "There, is only one place for us in the world: At the side of the free peoples," he said. "Our goal 'is a free and united . Ger many in a free and united Eur ope." With the treaties, West Ger man occupation by the Allies ended, the Bonn republic won the right to rule itself and as sumed the responsibility of rais ing armed forces of 500,000 men to help defend the Westj Admitted To WEU . In other ceremonies in Wash ington and Brussels, final ac tions were taken admitting the new nation to membership in the Western European Union and alliance in the NATO forc es. But, even as it won sovereign ty, Germany still was a divided land. The West restored free dom to West Germany, but East Germany remained under Soviet Communist control and posed a problem for the future. Nearly 500,000 Western Allied troops and 100,000 Air Force personnel will remain stationed in West Germany as "guests." The largest contingent is Am erican, totalling some 200,000 ground troops and .70,000 air men. ... Robert Duff Reappointed To Housing Authority Robert Duff, Medford city manager .and water superin tendent, has been reappointed to a second five-year term on the Jackson County Housing author ity, the county court announced this morning. The housing authority oper ates the housing project just off West Jackson , st. in Medford. The project, built during war time, is gradually being liquidated. Trade Germany United Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 39 He said a teleprompter the gimmick . used at the 195,2 political conventions, and' in wide use on TV today "exists for one specific pur pose to enable a candidate to read a speech while giving his viewers the definite impression he isn't reading it." Teleprompter is a device for rolling a speech, typed in inch-high letters, across a speaker's view. His bill would not forbid the use of teleprompters or "idiot boards" lettered panels held up out of camera range but would tell the audience about them. Neuberger deplored a tendency in politics "to substitute play-acting for reality, to try to make men seem to be something which they are not. This may be all right for the theater. It isn't all right when it comes to selecting who shall govern this great free nation." M4 Senate Vote Gives Eisenhower Major Legislative Nod Reciprocal Trade Program Extended Washington (U.R) The Sen ate gave President Eisenhower a major legislative victory Wed nesday night by approving his foreign trade program. The ad ministration expected similiar victories today on farm and mil itary reserve legislation. The Senate approved a com promise version of the foreign trade bill by a whopping 75-13 vote after three days of debate. A much longer- and closer battle had been expected when the bill first reached the Senate after xiarrowly-squeakingi through, he House. V But two major amendments by the Senate Finance Commit tee to make the bill more accep table to various affected indust ries amendments which the White House accepted .took much of the steam out of the opposition. ;j, '--J ; In essence, the bill would ex tend the reciprocal trade pro gram for three years and em power the President to cut tar- riffs 15 per cent, 5 per cent for each of the three years. In the House, meanwhile, ad ministration leaders claimed; a good chance of defeating today a Democratic bill which would kill the administration's flexible farm price support program and restore rigid high supports. Would Remove Peanuts - They .based their optimism on an amendment added - to the measure by a 186-150 vote Wed nesday which would remove pea' nuts from the list of basic crops guaranteed price support. City Democrats from areas where candy makers have complained about the high cost of peanuts pushed the amendment. The amendment was expected to cut Democratic strength in the nip and tuck battle. City Democrats threatened not to sup port the bill without the amend ment and congressmen from pea nut-growing areas refused to back it with the amendment. ' Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), in a telegram to the Mail Tribune today, pointed out that the Sen ate agreed to his amendment to the reciprocal trade bill. The amendment, Morse said, is of special : importance to Oregon because its purpose is to permit farmers and fruit growers, nut growers, fishermen and other producers of raw materials to be heard by the tariff commission in escape clause and peril-point proceedings. Agreement on the amendment by a Senate-House conference committee would remedy the regrettable situation under the present law whereby people such as sweet cherry growers, pro cessors and handlers of fresh fruit and similar products have been denied their day in rourt before the tariff commission, Morse said. ThreeArmy Whirlybirds Land Here for Fueling Three Army helicopters land ed at the Medford airport at about 12:30 p.m. todayl ' They were en route north on a routine flight,' and. stopped here for refuelling:' A number of the "whirlybirds" have passed over this area in recent months, many of them stopping here or in Grants Pass for gasoline. 2)1 At Least Two Homes Destroyed In Big Experiment Witnesses Brave 'Hot' Radiation Atomic Test Site, Nev. U.R) The most powerful atomic ex plosion of the year blasted Sur vival Town, U.S.A. today. At least two of the 10 homes in the test city were destroyed. Aj two-story brick dwelling and. a one-story frame rambler, The atomic bomb blast flash was plainly visible in th Rogue valley early this morn ing. - v j- Among others sighting th flash was Warren Brocmer, -control tower operator at the Medford airport who said- in the CAA log there: "4:10 a.m. Atomic blast viewed from tower, over Mt. Ashland area. Went as high above- horison as eight de grees. Reddish whit color." both located less than nno mil from '-. the ; shot tower, were smashed into bits, according to witnesses who braved still "hot" radiation for a survey of the test communitv five the blast. Elsewhere' in Survival Titom they said, damaee was innttv with at least one roof off another - nome, 1 four ... small industrial structures knocked tonsv tnnv i radio tower jacknifed and a large gas tank hurled from its base.. Survey Tomorrow A full and official survey of damage caused by the atomic bomb will be made tomorrow by Civil Defense leaders and news men. : r While ft raised havoc in the town, the nuclear device only jarred tanks of a U.S. Army armored task force that were buttoned up on the Yucca Flat desert 3100 yards from ground zero. Anthony Muto, United Press Movietone newsreel cameraman, made the unofficial damage sur vey, and himself receivor a Hnn of about four roentgen units of "diaijpn. .slightly jmorethan, the safety standard allowed for any one person in a year. Physi cians said he should not re-enter the radioactive area. . Obviously Damaged MutO Said that the firtrlr an frame homes on the 47on fnnt line were "gone," while adjoin ing structures of concrete slabs and masonary blocks were still standing although .' obviously damaged inside. -' ' MutO said that Survival Town's manniquin residents who zacea me atomic mast from ex posed positions were "tossed all over." . The device that burst at 4 in a.m. (PST) over the Nevada des ert had a force equal to 35,000 tons of TNT, more powerful than any other witnessed at close range by npri-military and tech ical observers. . ; (See Story on Pag 14). : Pear Blossom Festival Committee Elects Gene . Ferrell, of Fluhrer's Bakeries, was elected president of the Rogue Valley Pear Blos som Festival committee at a meeting of 14 members of the group this morning. He succeeds former Mayor Diamond L. Flynn. Other of ficers are Jennings Pierce, junior vice-persident; Mayor Earl Mil ler, re-elected secretary-treas urer, and Howard Boyd, Elliott Becken, Robert Dames, KODerc Boyer and Granville Brittsan, di rectors. ' The committee also discussed nlans for next vear which they hope will provide an improved festival in 1956. This was their last meeting until next year. Baseball NATIONAL Milwaukee 4 9 2 Pittsburgh 9 10 1 Buhl, Crone (5), Vargas (6), Jay (7) and Whit; King. Law (7) and Shepard. , St. Louis 3 5 1 Brooklyn 4 8 0 Jackson, Haddix (7, .'mith (8) and Sarni; Lasorda, Ltbin (2), Roebuck (8) and Campa nella. . Chicago 3 7 1 New York 6 11 0 ' PcrkowskL Andr (5), Amor (7) and Chili: Magli, Gris som (7) and Westrum. HR-f-Caslelman (NY) Spaak (Chi.) Tapp (Chi.). AMERICAN Boston 2 6 0 Detroit 3 11 0 : Brwr and Whit; Maas and Hous. HR Dlsiag (Dt).
