SIXTEEN" MTOrORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNS
Monday, Mar 10. 1955
Gift Packages Due
Americans Detained
In Red China Jails
Br UNITED PRESS
Wives, mothers and sisters
were busy today jotting down
lists of what they will put in gift
packages for 44 American civil
ians and airmen held captive in
Red China.
Their plans included every
thing from playing cards to
books on how to play the accor
dion. The Chinese Red Cross made
Progress Told In
Home Inspections
For Fire Hazards
Central Point Dick Krupp,
chief of the Central Point Rural
Fire department, said this morn
ing that 459 residences in the
area protected by his department
have been inspected so far.
The program of inspection has
a double purpose: to check each
home for possible fire hazards,
and to familiarize the firemen
with the district, he said.
Only a small percentage of
homeowners have rejected the
inspection offer, Krupp added
Of the homes inspected, 159 had
no hazards found by firemen; at
125 the owners werevaway, and
285 hazardous conditions have
been pointed out to the owners,
Krupp reported.
The inspection program will
continue through this month.
Medford Inspections
Medford city firemen called at
302 residences yesterday In their
home inspection program. At
131 homes, no one was there,
and 13 owners refused the offer
ol inspection. ' . '
In the 158 homes inspected
Monday, there were 93 recom
mendations made for correction
of conditions known to be com
mon causes of home fires.
Firemen also washed down
three gasoline spills on down
town streets yesterday, and Fire
Marshal Truman Nelson inspect
ed four business occupancies and
one office building, issuing sev
en orders for correction of haz
ardous conditions.
CAP Cadet Rules
Change Announced
Civil Air patrol cadet member
ship rules and regulations have
been changed, it was announced
today by CAP officers. ,
In the past, cadet members of
the CAP could join the organiza
tion and their membership card
was retained from year to year
without renewing. Now all ca
dets have to renew by the first of
June in order to continue re
ceiving the benefits and privi
leges of a cadet. Renewals must
be turned in to the commanding
officer by May 31 or cadets will
lose their current membership
and will have to rejoin later as
new cadets and take the physi
cal examination and identifica
tion pictures.
All cadets must have their re
newal identification cards before
they can attend the annual sum
mer encampment at Portland Air
Force Base in Portland, Ore.,
which will be held June 18-26,
the announcement added.
Battleship Oregon
Support Turned Down
Portland (U.R) The Port
land school board last night turn
ed down a request that school
children be permitted to donate
funds for support of the Battle
ship Oregon commission. .
Harry Williams, chairman of
the commission, said the Oregon
Legislature had cut the agency
off without funds. M. Jeffery
Holbrook, school board chair
man, said school policy prohibit
ed solicitation of student funds
except for special cases such as
March of Dimes and United
Fund.
the gifts possible last week by
agreeing to distribute relief par
cels to the American prisoners.
Up until now, packages to the
prisoners were sent through in
ternational parcel post channels
and the price was too high for
many families.
Sending Books
Mrs. W. G. (Bud) Parks said
in Omaha, Neb., that "I plan to
take advantage of this offer to
send my son some books."
She said her son, Air Force Lt.
Roland W. Parks, "has asked
for some of his college text
books and seems particularly
anxious to get an accordion in
struction book."
Mrs. Parks explained that an
other prisoner, Air Force Lt.
L.yie Cameron of Lincoln, Neb.,
is teaching her son how to play
tne accoraion.
Col. John K. Arnold Jr., of
Montgomery, Ala., can look for
ward to a batch of playing cards,
pocket books, games and puzzles.
His wife said "The colonel is
an avid card player and likes to
read a lot, so now I'll limit most
of my articles to small items of
that nature.
Shoes Needed
Gertrude Perkins of Charles
ton, S.C., said her imnrisoned sis
ter Sarah's bieeest desire is a
new pair of shoes. Shell get
tnem.
Mrs. Harold Fischer Sr., of
Swea City, la., has been trvine
since last June to get weekly
packages through to her son,
Capt. Harold E. Fischer, but is
afraid only a few reached him.
She will continue trying to
keep her imprisoned son sup
plied with candy, gum, instant
coffee, cocoa and cream, she said.
Nine Persons Fined
For Violations
Of Angling Laws
Nine people appeared in dis
trict court yesterday and were
fined on angling law violation
charges, according to court records.
Charles Herbert Smith, 27, of
2579 Howard ave., pleaded guilty
to a charge of angling with pro
hibited methods and was fined
$25 and costs.
Robert Eugene Rudy, 32, of
524 Park Place No. 5, pleaded
guilty to a charge of possession
of undersized trout and was fined
$25 and costs with $20 sus
pended.. Four of the fish were
confiscated and sent to the coun
ty hospital. '
William Henry Gill, 47, of 2075
Crestbrook rd., and Duane Fred
Shuler, 36, of 305 Chestnut st.,
each pleaded guilty to charges of
angling during closed season.
Each was fined $5 and costs,
and $15 of each fine was suspended.
Closed Season Violation
Edward Lawrence Joanis, 45,
of 101 Main st., Talent, pleaded
guilty to a charge of angling dur
ing closed season and was fined
$25 and costs, with $15 suspended.
George Albert Barnum, 64, of
1646 Spring st., pleaded guilty
to a charge of exceeding the
daily bag limit for trout and was
fined $25 and costs with $15 sus
pended. The charge involved 12
trout caught ' in Rogue river
above Shady Cove.
Alan Grant Moir, 34, of 1105
Shaffer lane, Medford, pleaded
guilty to angling in a prohibited
area of the Applegate river and
was fined $25 and costs.
A 17-year-old Medford boy
and girl each pleaded guilty to
charges of angling without a li
cense. They each were fined $25
and costs. Both fines were sus
pended. ROADS CLEAR
Salem (U.PJ All Oregon
routes were again clear today,
except those not opened yet af
ter being closed all winter, and
the State Highway Department
advised motorists they would
not need chains on any of the
routes.
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Emergency Video
Facilities for Ike
.Washington U.R) The White
House said today that emergency
television facilities have been set
up to enable President Eisen
hower to address the country
quickly in event of an enemy at
tack. Press Secretary James C. Hag
gerty declined to give details,
but he said emergency TV ar
rangement has been in existence
"for some time."
Apparently the system would
enable the President, in event of
attack, to consult with key gov
ernment officials over a closed
circuit television network.
Then, if the circumstances war
ranted, Mr. Eisenhower could cut
into such commercial television
networks as might still be oper
ating after an attack. "
Hagerty said Mr. Eisenhower
has observed and participated in
some TV tests from the White
House.
CIO Auto Workers WA Poll Members on Strike Action
Detroit (U.R) CIO United
Auto Workers delegates return
ed to their home locals across
the nation today to conduct
strike votes among almost a half
million Ford and General Mo
tors workers.
Union officials ordered the
strike votes at separate meet
ings with the delegates and ne
gotiating teams representing the
union's Ford and GM councils
Monday.
Mediator Named In Rail Dispute
Washington (U.R) The Na
tional Mediation Board today
appointed Francis J. Robertson,
Washington, D. C, attorney, as
neutral referee to arbitrate the
Louisville and Nashville Rail
road strike.
Robertson will start closed
hearings on the original union'
demands and company counter
proposals Thursday. His recom
mendations for settling the dis
pute will be final and binding on
both sides.
Board Chairman Francis A.
O'Neill has estimated that the ar
bitration procedure will take
about a week,, G. E. Leighty,
chairman of the non-operating
unions' negotiating committee,
said yesterday that the arbitra
tion decision is to be incorpor
ated into a wage contract by
May 19.
The agreement to submit the
dispute to binding arbitration
was reached yesterday along
with an agreement to end the 57-day-old
strike tomorrow.
Some of the aerial ladders
used by the San Francisco Fire
Department extend to a height
of 100 feet.
The strike vote was ordered
because of "lack of progress" in
negotiations on the union's de
mand for a guaranteed annual
wage, officials said. But they
emphasized the strike vote does
not mean there is going to be a
strike.
"I should emphasize the un
ion will do everything humanly
possible to avoid a strike," un
ion President Walter Reuther
said. "This means we feel we
have arrived at the time and
the place where lack of progress
justified taking a strike vote."
Negotiations aimed at ob
taining a new contract for union
employees of Ford and GM have
been recessed temporarily . but
the Ford talks will resume Wed
nesday and GM negotiators will
return to action next week. The
guaranteed annual wage is the
'central issue in the talks.
The new contracts would re
place five-year pacts with the
two companies. Ford's current
contract is scheduled to expire
June 1 and GM's will run out
June 7. ;
The strike vote will be con
ducted among 140,000 Ford wor
kers and 325,000 GM employees.
If the workers vote favorably,
the union would be free to strike
after its contract with the comp
any expires.
. But Reuther said the union
won't necessarily follow a "no
contract, no work" policy.
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