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MEDFORD STUDENTS AT CAPITOL The
Medford High school orchestra, under the
direction of John Drysdale, presented a half
hour impromptu concert in the rotunda of
the State Capitol Tuesday. The picture above,
taken by Oregon Statesman Photographer
John Ericksen, was taken from a tiny window
high in the capitol dome, and shows the or
chestra during the . concert, .which drew the)
Eden, Attfee Open
in
British Election
London (U.PJ Prime Minister
Anthony Eden and Laborite
leader Clement i Attlee ! kicked
off the formal campaign for this
month's general election Satur
day night with parallel calls for
early Big Four talks, preferably
at "the highest level."
' Attlee told a political meeting
in the provincial Tozn of Blay
doc that early negotiations are
necessary because "America and
Russia are afraid of each other,"
and because the world is in dan
ger of atomic war.
Says Government Slow
"We think the present govern
ment has been slow in getting
together with Russia," the oppo
sition leader said. "In this dan
gerous world, we must have
talks at the highest level as soon
as possible ... -
"Foreign policy today is over
shadowed by the development
of scientific weapons. We have
to face the fact that this country
and our whole , civilization is
-(sic) 'in danger from these 'in
dentions." Eden, in a nationwide radio
speech, said Britain hopes Big
Four talks with Russia "will
begin within a month or two . . .
at any level."
Eden said he wants to make a
"supreme effort to see whether
we can make progress, with the
main differences between East
and West. Plans are afoot to
make a meeting possible.
"We are anxious to meet at
any level the heads of govern
ments or foreign secretaries," he
said. "I expect they will both be
needed."
'Russian Roulette'
Kills Portland Boy
Portland (U.R) A 14-year-old
boy died instantly Saturday
afternoon when he shot himself
in the chest while demonstrating
"Russian roulette" to a school
mate. Dead is William R. Woolridge
of Portland.
The accident occurred at the
home of a schoolmate, David
Schruck, 13. Schrock told police
the boys found the .38-calibre
pistol in a dresser drawer. He
said Woolridge put a cartridge
in the chamber, pointed the gun
at him and pulled the trigger.
"See, nothing happened.
What's there to be afraid of?"
Schrock said the boy then
pointed the gun at his own chest
and pulled the trigger. The pistol
went off and be died instantly.
Formal Campaign
attention of both nouses of the legislature, the
governor, and several hundred statehouse em
ployees. The orchestra was on a. trip to Wil
lamette university, and arrangements for the
Capitol concert were made by Mrs. Al Littrell,
wife of Rep. Littrell. The 63-piece orchestra
included a few junior high school instrument
. alists, and also played a one-hour concert at
.Willamette. (Engraving courtesy of Oregon
Statesman.) - - ... ... -J .
Dry Summer Forecast
In Pacific
Washington (U.R) The Geo
logical , Survey said Saturday
that reports indicate a dry sum
mer for. the Pacific Northwest
and . continued drought in the
southwestern states.
William Su Eisenhower Jr., of
the water resources division, said
this did not mean ' the -survey
was predicting a critical situa
tion in the Pacific Northwest.
But he said those states would
have, less water than they have
had in recent years.
Sharp Earthquakes
Hit Lakeport Area
Lakeport, Calif . (U.R) Three
sharp, rolling earthquakes and
at least nine aftershocks rocked
Lake county resort towns early
Saturday.
; The shocks, felt within a 6V6
hour period, cracked plaster
walls and ceilings; broke open
brick chimneys and threw can
ned goods and glassware from
store shelves in. .communities
fronting on . 30-mile-lorig Clear
lake.
The .sheriff's .office here re
ported no injuries resulted from
the tremors but that the third
and strongest shock sent resi
dents of Clear Lake Highland
and Lower Lake running to the
streets.
The shocks centered about 100
miles almost due north of San
Francisco and 200 miles south
east of Eureka, Calif., where last
fall an earthquake killed one
person and did thousands of dol
lars of damage.
Lillard Calls Off Women's Wrestling
Match After DA Clarifies Law Status
. A women's wrestling match
scheduled in Medford last night
was called off yesterday after
noon by Promoter Mack Lillard,
after he had been contacted by
Medford Police Chief Charles
Champlin. ' . . '
Had Planned to go Ahead
, On Friday, . Lillard stated he
would go ahead with the match,
featuring Gerry Hunter and Bon
nie Bartlett, despite the passage
and signing of a legislative bill
prohibiting women from wrest
ling. He said that the match had
been arranged, the principals
were here, and that he felt he
had a commitment to them to
continue.
Northwest
He said the Geological Sur
vey's summary was based on re
ports made available - by state
and Canadian water, resource
groups. "
Shortage Seen
The survey said the supply
outlook for irrigation, power and
other uses is good for the north
ern rivers of the Columbia Basin,
but "critical shortages are de
veloping" in the southern half.
In California "the water sup
ply during the remainder of this
year will be lowest since 1947."
Other ; areas which may be
hardest hit, Eisenhower said, are
the Arkansas and Rio Grande
river basins where water will
be short and the Colorado River
basin where streamflow - and
snow accumulations are below
normal.
The Geological Survey sum
mary was based on streamflow
and ground-water levels for the
six months ended last March 31.
CAVES - RESORT TO OPEN .
Oregon Caves The resort at
the Oregon Caves National
monuirfent will open .its facilities
on May 14, according to Manager
Richard Sabin. The coffee shop,
dining room and overnight ac
comodations will open that day.
Guide service is provided the
year around.
Los Angeles U.R) An
Air Pollution expert Saturday
predicted there would be no ap
preciable reduction in smog in
the Los Angeles basin this year
or even in 1956. '.
. Status of the law was in doubt
Friday and - Saturday, but Dis
trict Attorney Walter, Nunley
telephoned the office of Gov.
Paul Patterson, and was assured
that the bill did carry the emer
gency clause which placed it in
immediate effect, that it had
been signed by the governor, and
that it should be enforced.
Would Stop Match
Saturday- morning Nunley ad
vised Champlin - of this and in
structed him to have the match
stopped. If it proceeded, Nunley
said, arrests should be . made. ,,:
Later Saturday, Champlin got
in touch by telephone with Lil
lard in Klamath Falls. After a
The city council will hold a
special meeting at 7:30 p.m. to
morrow to consider calling a
special election to change the
city's general fund tax base.
The citizen's budget commit
tee recommended the increased
tax base to provide an addition
$65,000 for general fund pur
poses for fiscal year 1955-56 and
for each succeeding year.
The recommendation followed
a meeting of the budget com
mittee late last week.
The committee said a new, tax
base is necessary "in order to
continue presently existing serv
ices for the people of the City
of Medford, and in order to de
velop programs deemed neces
sary for the progress of the
city."
The recommendation, submit
ted by committee chairman Stan
ley L. Stark, said, "Such in
crease is necessary in order to
continue the existing services
now rendered by the city of
Medford, and for the following
additional expenditures, some
of which will be continuing: re
model city jail; codification of
city ordinances; provide funds
for the operation of the plan
ning commission; establish addi
tional traffic signals; establish
employees' life insurance plan;
provide additional personnel for
the engineering department, in
anticipation of extra work re
quired in future annexations."
A preliminary general fund
budget of $590,442, an increase
of $23,962 over last year,-was
submitted to the budget com
mittee last month for study. The
proposed budget is $31,750 over
tte -amount " allowed ny -xne six
per cent limitation on increases.
The proposed budget as sub
mitted by City Manager Robert
Duff was "prepared on the basis
of continuing the minimum serv
ice commensurate with the
growth of the city and services
requested by its citizens have
necessarily been delted." Duff
said in presenting the budged.
Duff listed several ways of
balancing the budget, but point
ed out that "a further reduction
in the proposed budget' might
seriously impair the efficiency
of some of the departments."
Among the ways of balancing
the budget he suggested were a
special ' election to vote addi
tional funds to make up the deficit,-or
an election to establish
a .new tax base. : '
Postal Pay Boost
Reported Assured
..Washington (U.R) The na
tion's 500,000 postal workers
were assured Saturday they will
get a pay raise this year although
the amount is still in doubt.
Chairman Tom Murray (D
Tenn.) of the House Post Office
committee, told a reporter that
if President Eisenhower vetoes
the pending 8.8 per cent increase
bill he will introduce a 7.6 per
cent scale acceptable to the
White House. This would add
$151,000,000 to the annual post
office , payroll.
Murray, said a measure with
the lower figure undoubtedly
could be rushed through the
House and Senate. The Presi
dent already is pledged to sign
it.
The House is scheduled to act
Monday on the 8.8 per cent com
promise worked by Senate-House
conferees after the two chambers
passed differing , versions. The
House had proposed 8.2 per cent
and 'the Senate 10 per cent.
discussion, Champlin said, Lil
lard assured him the match
would- not be held. ;
Test Status Unknown
.... Whether Lillard will go ahead
with the promotion of a women's
wrestling match in the future,
with the thought of testing the
constitutionality of the law, was
not known here Saturday. Viola
tion of the new law can be, pun
ished with up to a year in jail,
a fine of up to $500, or both.
Information received here Sat
urday indicated that women par
ticipated in a wrestling match
in Klamath Falls Friday eve
ning, with no arrests being made.
U.S. Health Service
Calls for Temporary
Halt for Hew Checks
Washington U.R) The U.S.
Public Health service Saturday
called for a temporary halt in
the nationwide polio inoculation
program. Informed sources said
the service wants to, "double
check" the safety of all existing
Salk vaccine supplies.
There were indications the
halt would be shortlived. Inform
ed sources said the Health Ser
vice was hopeful of being able
to give the go-ahead for resump
tion of the inoculation program
in about a week.
Days Request Order
Permitting Change
To Innocent Pleas
Motions and affidavits have
been filed in circuit court for
Claude Richard i Day, 23, and
Jack LeRoy Day, 18, Portland
brothers, asking for an : order
permitting -them .- .to withdraw
pleas of guilty and to 'substitute
pleas of, innocent to charges of
failure to stop at the scene of
an accident.
Pleaded Wednesday
The Days, extradicted from
California, entered guilty pleas
in circuit court Wednesday and
their cases were continued, for
sentencing.
The charges were the out
growth of an accident on April
14, in which, Mrs. Ruby May
Bartley, 55, Talent, a pedestrian,
was struck by an auto and ser
iously injured. The accident hap
pened on Highway 99 near Tal
ent. The Days were arrested in
Los Angeles in connection with
the case.
Attorney Robert Dickey, Med
ford, filed the motions and affi
davits Friday for the brothers.
Counter affidavits by District
Attorney Walter Nunley and
Guy Hughes, one of the deputies
who returned the Days from
California, were filed yesterday
by Nunley.
Claim No Advice
In their affidavits the Days
claimed that they had no op
portunity to confer , with an at
torney and had no advice from
an attorney other than the dis
trict attorney. They . added that
if they had known they . could
have had counsel, they would
not have entered guilty , pleas.
They maintained that the dis
trict attorney assured them they
would get suspended sentences
but that they learned the judge
may have a different idea.
Counter affidavits maintain
that the Days were advised that
they could have counsel, that
they had opportunity to obtain
it, that whether they would get
probation depended on the
court's evaluation, and that quite
possibly they would have to "do
time." . :;
Fishermen Drowned ' ,
In Willamette River
Oregon" City OI.R) Two
Portland fishermen, a father and
son, drowned in the Wilamette
river near here Saturday when
their boat turned over, spilling
them into the river.
The body of Fred Miner,' 58,
was recovered near where the
boat turned over- by the north
entrance to the U. S. Locks at
West Linn. -
Dragging operations were con
tinuing for his son, 31-year-old
Raymond Miner, and Coast
Guard frogmen were reported
joining the search. ; ; - '-
Several hundred boats were
on the river at the time of the
accident and ; the Coast Guard
frogmen were participating in
a water fete celebrating the dedi
cation of the new Oregon City
municipal elevator.
Scores of fishermen . and ob
servers along , the shore wit
nessed the accident
In the meantime, the Health
Service will recommend a thor
ough recheck of all vaccine
stocks now on hand. This could
be a time-consuming process
that would slow down the flow
of the vaccine supply.
One possibility is that, the
Health Service will recommend
that the vaccine be subjected to
a rechecking similar to that use
in the field tests conducted last
year. This testing involved the
inoculation of monkeys and took
several weeks for each batch of
vaccine.
But a great deal of testing
along this line has already been
done. It is possible, therefore,
that some vaccine could get mov
ing into the distribution pipeline
fairly shortly. .. "
Advises Postponement
Surgeon General Leonard A.
Scheele, in a statement issued at
4 a.m. Saturday, advised all cit
ies and states to "postpone their
vaccination programs" pending a
formal : announcement' today on
the new precautions. .
Scheele acted after an all-night
meeting with a committee of
iriedical experts, including Dr.
Jonas Salk, the vaccine's devel
oper, who were called . here : to
review-: the inoculation program
in the light of the '44 confirmed
cases of polio that have occur
red among vaccinated children.;
Informants said the polio ex
perts decided after - thorough
study that there is nothing
wrong with the bas.ic Salk vac
cine formula when it is prepared
properly. But they agreed that
existing stocks should be re-ex
amined to make sure they are
absolutely safe.
Youngster Lost in
Skyline Mine Area
Ashland A party of mor e
than 10 law enforcement officials
and Ashland . residents late last
night continued a search in the
Skyline Mine district west ' of
here for a 10-year-old boy miss
ing since about 2 p.m. yesterday.
Ronnie Wilson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew, Bradley Wilson,
490 Strawberry lane,' Ashland,
became separated from his father
while the two were hiking in
the" area at the head of Wagner
creek. . : .
A small black dog accompa
nied Ronnie, Ashland police said.
The boys' father,' the state for
estry department, state police,
and Jackson county sheriff of
ficers started an organized search
of the area late yesterday. ; .
Number of County Jobless
Below Levels of Last Year
The number of Jackson coun
ty people without jobs at the end
of April was samller than it was
last year at this time, the Med
ford office of the state employ
ment service said Saturday. '
The number of unemployed
was estimated at 1,400, includ
ing 350 women. This estimate is
17 per cent lower than at the
same, time last year, and 26 per
cent lower than at the end of
March: The estimate does not in
clude transients seeking tempor
ary work. ; 1 ' ' , -r ' '
Compensation Drops ;
Claims for unemployment
compensation in April declined
about 40 per cent from the
March totals, the report said, due
largely to : the resumption - of
work by sawmill and logging
crews.: . ,; . . , - .
The report forecast" a general
increase in demands for labor
during the next 60 days, as sea
sonal work opens up. The lumber-industry
probably will net
provide as many jobs this year
as it did last year, the report in
Decision Follows
Recommendation
By Surgeon General
Delay Complicates
Second Inoculation
The program of polio vacci
nations scheduled to start in
Jackson county Monday morn
ing for first and second graders
has been postponed, it was an
nounced Saturday.
Dr. A. Merkel, county health
officer, announced the delay. He
said his decision was made with
the concurrence of Dr. Fred A.
Lorish, president of the Jackson
County Medical society.
Questions of Fact
The postponement decision
was made after the surgeon gen
eral of the United States rec
ommended a , delay, and after
Portland (U.R) The Oregon
Stale Board of Health, in spe
cial session late Saturday, de
cided there would be no Salk
polio inoculations in Oregon
next week.
Dr. Harold M. Erickson,
state health officer, said that
, was the boards' recommenda
tion and added that many
counties had already an-
' nounced ' abandonment of in
oculations for the present.
The board's decision w a
'tmantrtara'ahd'was unopposed'
by Dr. Matthew McKirdie,
Oregon Medical Society repre
sentative on the Public Health
' committee, and Dr. Samuel B.
- Osgood, slate epidemiologist.
consultations with medical
groups meeting, in Portland
seemed to indicate that some
questions of fact about the vac
cinations should be cleared up
before the program proceeds. .
The postponement of the first
series of shots will complicate
the administration of the second
series, due two weeks after the
first, it was pointed out. If. teh
postponement is for one week,
the second series of shots would
become due after, most schools
have started summer vacations.
If that happens, Dr. Merkel said,
some arrangements will have to
be made to make the shots avail
able to those entitled to them.
Rescheduling To Be Studied
A decision on rescheduling the
shots will be made after a de
tailed study of the facts, Dr.
Merkel indicated. A U.S. Public
Health service decision on the
vaccination program is scheduled
for this afternoon: -:
Six cases of polio have already
been reported in Oregon so far
this season, Dr. Merkel said,
and he added that under nor
mal conditions, Jackson county
would be due for a case of in
fantile paralysis to show up, al
though there have been none
here so far this year. There had
been five here by this time last
year.' ..
dicated, because last year extra
timber supplies were, available.
Orchard operations are expect
ed to require a considerable
number of thinners, mostly in
June, the report added. ';
? The April employment picture
as a whole was "off and on," the
employment service said. Rain
and snow . in . the mountains
caused numerous short layoffs in
the lumber industry, but with
the return of good weather near
the end of the month crews were
called back. y
Work More Plentiful -
; Work generally has been more
plentiful than last year, it was
reported. Most layoffs during the
winter were shorter in duration
and involved fewer employees
than in 1954.
; As usual at this time of year,
a considerable number of people
from over states are seeking
work here, the report said, but
there is little opportunity- for
them. About half are not mi
grant workers, but are looking
for an opportunity to settle in
the west -
Britain Proposes
Meetings of Chiefs;
Dulles, Faure Talk
Secretary of State
Turns Down Bao Dai
Paris (U.R) Britain urged
the United States at the outset
of Big Three talks here Satur
day to agree to an early meeting
of the three Western Chiefs of
State with Soviet Premier Niko
lai Bulganin. i
At the same time, the United
States and France apparently
failed to reach agreement in a
showdown meeting on Indo
china that opened one of the
Saigon (U.R) Anti-French
violence flared Saturday in
both Communist and Free Viet "
Nam. French troops were
called out to protect the Eu
ropean settlement here.
French Commander in Chief
Gen. Paul Ely charged Premier
Ngo Dinh Diem of South Viet
Nam was conducting a "delib
erate campaign of incitement
against the French."
most important series of Inter
national talks since World War
II. .
Seek Settlement .
Secretary of State John Fos
ter Dulles conferred with French
Premier Edgar Faure shortly
after his arrival here Saturday
m an effort to settle a con-
trovery ; over U.S. support for
Premier Ngo Dinh Diem in
South Viet Nam.
Authoritative sources said
Dulles told Faure the United
States will continue to 'support
Diem, , regardless of , French
criticism of the embattled Pre
mier. The Secretary of State Te
fused .to confer" with absentee
"Emperor" Bao Dai,, who
rushed here from the French
Riviera to see him. .
Dulles and Faure will confer
again on the Indochina situation
next week. '
British Foreign Secretary Haiv
old , Macmillan put the British
proposal for a top level Big Four
meeting to Dulles Saturday aft
ernoon.
He then sat down with six
other Western European union
Foreign Ministers in an attempt
to win them over also to the
British idea.
Set Up Organisation
The seven nations Britain,
France, Italy, Holland, Luxem
bourg, Belgium and West Ger
many were meeting to set un
formally their western defense
organization as called for by
the Paris Pacts which brings a
rearmed West Germany into the
North Atlantic treaty organiza
tion (NATO), j
MacMillan called for the Big
Four meeting "at the summit,"
with President Eisenhower, Sir
Anthony Eden and French Pre
mier Faure meeting with the
Soviet Chief of States. '
MacMillan made his bid as
British Prime Minister Anthony
Eden, in a nationwide broadcast
from London, called for a su
preme effort" to eliminate major
differences between East and
West.
"We are anxious to meet at
any level the heads of govern
ments or foreign secretaries,"
he said. "I expect they will both
be needed."
The United States has been
steadfastly opposed to a top level
meeting without a big four For
eign Ministers session 7 first.
Dulles was not believed to have
answered MacMillan immediate
ly Saturday afternoon.
But in an earlier meeting with
West German Chancelor Konrad
Adenauer, it was reported,
Dulles and the Chancellor lined
up solidly in favor of a lower
level meeting. '
First Fores! Fire
Of Season Reported
Ted Maul, district warden of
4h atate forest Datrol. has cau
tioned . campers and picnickers
about open tires alter tne nrsi
forest fire of the season burned
over about an acre( of second
growth brush about four miles
north of Rogue River yesterday
afternoon.
' Maul said lower areas are dry
ing out fast, and that campers
should use caution in building
fires.- rv.
The fire yesterday w a a
brought under control -within an
hour and a half, Maul said. Six
men from Rogue River and one
pumper from Wimer were used
in extinguishing the blaze.