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Japiis M Mlitfe WILL SHOW MURALS Miss Maccine Titus, an assistant librarian at the Medford Public library, is shown above putting the finishing touches on murals in the children's depart ment of the library, on which she has been Highway Employee Hospitalized After Car-Truck Accident Frederick W. Hayen, 54, a state highway department em ployee, was hospitalized with back injuries yesterday after noon after the state truck he was driving collided with a car on the Sams Valley road about a mile west of Dodge bridge. State police said the dump truck started to turn into a grav el stockpile when a sedan driv en by Raymond Leigh McComb Jr., 22, Rogue River, started to pass the truck, struck it on the left front side and knocked it across the highway. Car Rolls Over The car rolled over several times before it wound up in the ditch 177 feet away, officers said. Another highway em ployee, Gerald Arthur Roberts, 26, a truck passenger, was shak en up but otherwise unhurt. Mc Comb escaped injury, officers aid. Medford ambulance service -took Hayen -to Community , hos pital where his condition this morning was listed as satisfac tory. A trailer house owned by Mr. and Mrs. Floyd H. Shepperd, North Bend, was destroyed yes terday afternoon when the car driven by Mrs. Shepperd, tow ing the trailer,-went out of con trol on Highway 99 south of Ashland. The investigating state police officer said skid marks indicated the trailer was "whip snapping" behind the car for some 633 feet before it jack knifed and turned over, causing the car to nose into the bank. Driver Treated Other than the loss of the trailer, damage was listed as minor and there were no in juries. Oliver Guy Moore, 58, Camp White, was taken to the Camp White infirmary for treatment of shock yesterday evening, aft er a pickup truck he was driv ing swerved over the center line of Highway 62 and hit headon a car driven by Edna Earl Kil burn, 58, of 1412 Oak St., Cen tral Point, officers said. Both vehicles were towed away. The accident occurred at about 10:20 p.m. near the Antelope rd. junc t. tion. Grants Pass Man Named By Pofce Officer Group Astoria (U.R) Lt. Patrick R. Carr of the Portland police de partment yesterday was elected new president of the Oregon As sociation of City Police Offi cers. The association concluded its three-day convention here last night. Other new officers elected were Chief Ralph R. Bond, Pen dleton, first vice-president; Pa trolman William E. Schoenleber, Grants Pass, second vice-president; Sgt. Oakley V. Glenn, Eu gene, secretary-treasurer, and Robert Moulter, University of Oregon, executive secretary. THEFT REPORTED Sheriff's officers have reported the theft of about $162 from the White Fir Lumber company, A st., Ashland, last Saturday night. Entrance was gained by break ing a windpw and opening a door, officers said. The money was taken from a file cabinet, the drawer of which was pried open. Weather FORECAST: Mostly eloudy late tonight and early Thursday. Clearing in afternoon. Low to night 43. cooler Thursday with high 70. Ttmp. Highest Yesterday 2 Lowest this Morning . 47 CoBOGDity CourSt (OMeirs GMiraMiioiii) oil (B)- ociieysto,l3)9s2iricts The Jackson county court late yesterday issued an order dis tributing $685,859.07 in O and C funds to the county's 23 school districts for retiring bond indebtedness. The court, in a resolution at tached to the order, said funds will be distributed on an equit able basis to "each school dis trict with an amount in the same proportion that the number of enrolled students in a district bears to the total number of en rolled students in Jackson coun ty." Money Available July 1 County Treasurer R. E. Swee ney is. notifying school districts of the amount available to each district, and that the county is crediting the district sinking fund with money available for expenditure at the start of the new fiscal year, July 1, 1955. Districts which have no bond indebtedness, thencdurt said, will be credited with 'their share of the funds for use in retiring bonds and the interest on bonds when districts become obligated in the future. The court said the funds will be distributed to the districts be cause it will "be in the best in terts of the taxpayers in Jackson county." Medford's Share Largest The Medford district will re ceive, the largest share $215, 617.62 and Ashland will re ceive $109,807.69. Other districts and the amount they will receive are, Jackson ville, $18,942.67; Griffin Creek, $15,953.69; R u c h, $7,696.63; Phoenix, $36,241.39; Central Point, $84,027.73; Eagle Point, $29,889.81; Lone Pine, 13,263. 60; Talent, $22,492.08; Dewey, $4,221.94; Rogue River, $20,250. 35; Applegate, $4,707.65; Trail, $7,733.99; Prospect, $14,048.21; Evans Creek, $7,733.98; Oak Eagle Point Bond Vote Polls Open to 8 p.m.' . Eagle Point Polls will re main open until 8 p.m. today in the Eagle Point school district election on authorization of $150,000 in school construction bonds. The poll is in the high school gymnasium. Planned for construction, if the bond issue is approved, are a new multi-purpose building and a vocational agriculture build ing. Oregon Delegation Split On Statehood Measure Washington U.R) The Ore gon delegation in the House was split tw-tone yesterday in the vote on Hawaii-Alaska state hood. Rep. Edith Green, Democrat, joined with . Republican ' Rep. Sam Coon to oppose sending the measure back to committee. Rep. Harris Ellsworth, Republi can, favored the referral and in effect voted against statehood. Rep. Walter Norblad, Republi can, did not vote. Unander Will Receive French Legion of. Honor Salem U.PJ Oregon State Treasurer Sig Unander 'will fly to Paris next week- where the French Legion of Honor will be conferred on him. by Marshal Al phonse Juin, marshal of France. The decoration is 'for Unan der's service in North - Africa and France during World War II. He will be accompanied by Ura. Unander. working for some two years.- The staff of the library is sponsoring an open house and show ing the murals Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. (Brainerd photo.) Grove, $12,478.90; Shady Cove, $9,826.28; Butte Falls, $7,771.- 36; West Side, $3,885.68; Pine- hurst, $971.42; Howard, $22,155. 82; and Kenwood, $16,140.50. Four of the districts Dewey, Evans Creek, Pinehurst and Ken wood have no bond indebted ness, but the money will be credited to the district sinking fund for use when bonds are issued in the future. Judge Denies Plea Change Requests Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna to day denied motions bv Claude Richard Day, 23, and Jack Le- Roy Day, 19, Portland brothers, to change a guilty plea to an in nocent plea. - " - The Daysrextradifed from Cal ifornia, entered quilty pleas last Wednesday and the cases were continued for sentencing. Charges of failure to stop at the scene of an accident grew out of an accident April 14 in which Mrs. Ruby. May Bartley, 55, of Talent, was seriously in jured on Highway 99 near Tal ent. , Berkeley Wayne Keller, 33, Cascade Gorge, pleaded suiltv to grand larceny in connection with the theft of $970 taken from the Prospect Shopping center Satur day. Sentence was continued pending receipt of Federal Bu reau of Investigation reports. He was released on $1,000 bail.; Parnell Belmont. 34. Prince ton, Ind., was sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary for obtaining money under false pre tenses. - Belmont was charged with ob taining $184 from an insurance company after faking an acci dent on a Grevhound bus District Attorney . Walter Nun- ley saici ueimont told him he ob tained more than $2,000 through fake accidents during the past inree years.- Pendleton, Police , Hold Young Burglar Pendleton. Ore. U.R) Po lice here today were holding a 17-year-old youth who thev said admitted burglarizing seven safes in racmc .wortnwest cities dur ing the last seven months. tie was captured last night by Patrolman Ernie Gallaher who caught the boy in the act of cracking a safe in an insurance firm office. , Police said the youth admitted cracking two safes in Walla Wal la, three in Olympia, and one eacn in coeur a Alene, la.; Bill ings,. Mont., and Ashland. Wis. He estimated his total loot at $2,000. Officers said the Vouth wan re leased from the Wisconsin state reformatory on Nov. 4, 1954. SP Freight Derailed On Coos Bay Line Florence, Ore. U.R) A Southern Pacific locomotive and seven gondola - type cart loaded with logs were derailed east of here early today near Rainrock on the Coos Bay line.' , The Southern Pacific dispatch er said the train struck a rock two' feet in diameter that had rolled onto the track from the hillside above. i r asnuigion -. tU.rU v;. lir- ard 'Davidson, Portland attorney, will represent the United States at a 10-day seminar in Rome on the problems of city life in the modern world. Visibility Cut By Fog; Rescuers Save 680 Others Disaster Second Worst in History Tokyo (U.R) A crowded fer ryboat rammed another ferry in the early morning fog of Japan's scenic Inland Sea today and sank within two minutes. More than 150 persons were reported drowned or missing. The government owned Japa nese National railways, which operated the two vessels, said at least 76 passengers were dead and 75 others missing. Quick rescue work saved at least 680 other persons. Fifty- one were injured. ' Didn't Have Chance y Officials said the boat went down so fast passengers didn't have time to put on life belts. ' Two of the survivors were an American missionary and his wife. They are Willie and Be'r- nadine Adams, in "Japan since 1950. . Authorities said " Adams is from Kansas and his wife from Wisconsin. It was the second worst dis aster in Japanese maritime his tory. Last September, more than 1,300 persons, including v73 Americans, drowned when a ferry sank in a typhoon off Northern Japan. , Today's victims were aboard the Shiun Maru, which was car rying nearly 800 passengers through ' the island dotted sea between Shikoku and Honshu islands. It collided with the Iko Maru. Many Were Children ' Many of the Shiun's passen gers were children on an excur sion. Both vessels are equipped with radar designed to prevent such accidents. . , .The captain of the Iko said Visibility ; was about 0 ; yards. He said he had tracked the Shiun with his radar two miles away. "But the Shiun suddenly turned to the left," the captain explained, "and before we could act, we had collided." Adams said all he could re member was a dull thud. "I realized immediately there was a collision. A sailor was shouting something but I could not understand what he was say ing. We were thrown overboardi and swam to the Uko Maru. . ." One Coast Guard vessel alone picked up 200 survivors. Portland Tavern Receives Bomb Threat Portland U.R) Police to day reported another extortion bomb threat note here, this one to a tavern. ' Mrs. John A. Smith, co-owner with her husband of the tavern, told officers she was cleaning up the premises early today when she saw a square of paper near the front door. : She said it contained a hand lettered note which said in part: "Follow directions or we bomb your store and shoot you. This is not a joke. We have two bombs that are twin brothers ,of the two that exploded at. Meier and Franks." Equali 'nation Board Reconvenes Tomorrow The Jackson county Board of Equalization adjourned for one day today, but will re-convene tomorrow to continue hearing complaints on the . amount of assessed valuation placed on in dividual pieces of property in the county. ' - The hearings are being held before a three-man board in the county clerk's office. Members of the board are Judge Rodney Keating, Arnold Bohnert and Ralph Cook. ';- Kellington, Van Dyke, Get Judge Pro Tern Assignments Two Medford attorneys have been named as judges pro tern to circuit court service in Multno mah county, it was ' announced here today. . . G. W. Kellington, Perrydale ave., a partner in the firm of Roberts, Kellington and Branch- field, is now serving the second week of a two-week period as cir cuit judge pro tem-on the Mult nomah county bench, under as signment by Chief Justice Har old J. Warner of the state su preme court. He is to return here next Monday. - Frank J. Vaa Dyke, Mods MedfordTribune , United Press full Leased Wire 50th Year .22 Pages Waitress Promises To Quit Distracting ,f Tavern Customers Memphis, Term. U.R) Shirley Reynolds, 22 - year old waitress, promised Judge Beverly Bouiche lo dress more formally when she enters tav erns from now on. She was hauled into court Tuesday by police Lt. J. M. Agee who said her scanty shorts and halter distracted several, bar patrons so much that they missed their mouths -and poured beer all over them selves. Medford CAP Cadet Chosen for Trip To South America Johnny Foust, son of Mr.' and Mrs. Fred Foust, 610 Experiment Station rd., a Medford High school student and a cadet lieu tenant in the Civil Ah patrol, has been selected for an ex change under the CAP interna tional program, it was announced here today. ' He will visit Chile this sum mer, leaving here July 16 and returning Aug. 18, visiting Wash ington, D.C., en route. He was one of. two CAP ca dets picked by the Medford squadron as exchange candi dates, on the basis of what they have contributed to the CAP and what they have received from the program, as well as their other activities. Won Outstanding Rating' i -Foust was chosen in 1953 as the outstanding cadet at the sum mer encampment . ot uregon CAP cadets. This is the fourth year the Medford squadron has had one of its members picked for ex change to a foreign' country. In 1951 "James. Merritt went to Denmark; in 1952 Albert Eaton went to -England, and in 1953 William Neal Jr. went to The Netherlands. Cadet Lieutenant Foust is one of three cadets in Oregon chosen for the program this year. Talent Funds Listed In Budget Request Washington (U.R) Oregon's two senators and its congress woman asked a House appropria tions subcommittee today to add about $12,000,000 to budget rec ommendations- for water and power projects anecting t n e state. Sens. Wayne Morse and Rich ard L. Neuberger and Rep. Edith Green, all Democrats, asked that $97,403,000 be. allowed for the projects instead of the $85,088, 000 recommended by President Eisenhower. They asked that planning funds for John Day dam be in creased from $500,000 to $1,500, 000: for Cougar dam from $100, 000 to $500,000, and for Green Peter dam from nothing to $200:000. ; ' The group also asked for con struction funds for three proj ects not included in the budget. The projects and amounts were Talent i irrigation project, $2,- 50Q.000; Tillamook bay and bar project, $250,000 and channel work at the mouth of the Colum bia river, $1,000,000. Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul Patterson has signed into law bill legalizing the use of radar detection devices on Oregon highways. ' ave., of the law firm ot van Dyke: and Dellenback, was named today to serve a similar 13-day term in Portland starting May 16. Other circuit judge assign ments announced by the su preme court included John Gor don Gearin, Portland, to Lane county; Barnett Goldstein, Port land, to Marion county (Judge Goldstein has served in Jackson county on a pro tem basis this year); William W. Bartle, Eu gene, to Multnomah county, and Judge E. H. Howell, Canyon City, to Polk county. v MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1955 Foreign Ministers Of NATO Call for Formosa Ceasefire - Further Hostilities Said Danger To Peace Paris (U.R) The North At lantic Treaty Organization's Council of Foreign Ministers called today for a cease-fire in the Formosa area, warning that further hostilities there would "clearly endanger the peace of the world." The council wound up its his toric three-day meeting here with a final communique which issued the warning about For mosa and gave its official bless ings to a proposed Big Four con ference "at the summit" with Russia this summer. Red China Said Menace The council's recognition of the Far Eastern situation came after Secretary of State John Foster Dulles warned that Red China was a greater menace to peace than anything in Europe. In the final communique, the foreign ministerssaid: "The council expressed the hope that there would be a ces sation of hostilities in the Far East and no further resort to force since this would so clearly endanger the peace of the world." ' The communique also hailed West Germany's new place in the Western alliance even as the Soviet Union organized an "Eastern NATO" in Warsaw. Soviet Plan Interesting ,. Speaking in the name of the council, Canadian . Esternal . Af fairs Minister Lester ' Pearson called a new Soviet peace plan "interesting and perhaps im portant." At the same time, the coun cil expressed the hope that the proposed meeting between the heads of government of the United States,. Britain, France and the Soviet Union would lead to progressive disarmament. Air Incident Seen Hazard To Talks Washington - (U.R) The United States today protested strongly against the "unwar ranted and illegal attack by Chinese Communist planes" against U. S. Sabrejets over international waters off Korea Tuesday. Tokyo 7- (U.R) Diplomatic sources today expressed concern that the battle between U.S, and Chinese Communist planes Tues day may have jeopardized chances for early Washington Peiping. talks 'and release of American airmen imprisoned in Red China. They feared the incident would increase tensions in the already explosive Far East. The U.S. Air Force said that two and possibly three Commu nist MIGs were shot down by American F86 Sabrejects in the clash off North Korea Tuesday. The announcement said a flight of 12 to 16 MIGs attacked a flight of eight Sabrejets "over international water" and that the Americans returned the fire. But Communist China had a different version. It claimed the American planes violated Chi nese territory and that the Red planes shot down one U.S. plane and damaged two others. ; It was the third aerial , clash between Americans ; and Com munists in . the same general area in the past 16 months. But it was- the first in which Red China admitted its planes were involved. ' Legislation Signed For Civil Defense J . . Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul Pat terson yesterday signed a legis lative bill which gives him au thority to evacuate citizens, dis tribute food and medical sup plies and to take over utilities in case of enemy attack. A measure requiring civil de fense 'workers to swear they never belonged to any organiza tion advocating overthrow .. of the government also was signed. WILLIAM A. BARKER Seeks School Board Job William A. Barker - Files Candidacy For School Board William A. (Bill) Barker, 42, of 2430 Hillcrest rd., proprietor of Barker's Men's Clothing store, will be a candidate for election to the board of School district 49, it was announced today. ' ' He is seeking election to the post which will be vacated by Mrs. Eva Hamilton, chairman of the board, who announced at a school board meeting last night that : she will hot be a candidate for reelection. She has served one five-year term on the board. - The "election is June 20, Nom inating petitioafrcan be filed un til June 13, and written accep tances are due on or before June 15. v .- ' ' Nomination Accepted . , Barker's petition has been fil ed, and he has accepted, accord ing to, school district officials. Mr. and Mrs. Barker are the parents of four children. 7 He has been a member of the school district citizen's budget commit tee, and this year was its chair man. .... i He said his candidacy, his first for public office, is a matter of public service on his part. Bulganin To Study Warsaw, Poland (U.R) So viet Premier Nikolai Bulganin said today that Russia "regards positively" a meeting of Big Four- chiefs of state and will study carefully a Western invita tion to such a conference. Bulganin made his statement in a general policy review before a nine-nation Eastern European conference which opened today in the Polish Council of Minis ters. "The Soviet government is firmly convinced that, provid ing there is good will on the part of the states bearing the main responsibility for the pres ervation of peace, it would be possible to settle a number of important international prob lems at present hindering the relaxation of international ten sion, Bulganin said. He went oh to discuss the ma jor trouble spots around the world and to highlight the lat est Soviet disarmament proposal which he said is an "important contribution to peace." "First of all," he said, "One must put an end to the cold war." Baseball AMERICAN Kansas City 1, 7 1 Baltimore : 0 5 0 Kellner, Shuts (4) and As troth; Kretlow, Kusava (8) and Smith. Cleveland - - "- , ' 4 9 0 Hew York , 9 S 0 Wynn and Hegan; Tories, and Berra. . Chicago '' 0 Boston 4 8 2 : Trucks, Consuegra (7), Kin der (9) and L oiler; Snlliraa and White. .. Detroit 7 11 I , Washington .".. 0 3 .0 . Carver and Wilson; Stone, Raoms (7), Shea (9) and Fita-gerald. Meeting Proposal -TuH Leased Wire - Price5e No. 44 Eisenhower Ready To Test Sincerity Of Russian Moves Ike Prefers Tclks In Neutral Country Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower said today that he is ready to attend a Big Four chiefs of state meeting to test Russia's sincerity on relieving world tensions. , Mr. Eisenhower said he pre ferred 'that such a top level meeting be held in a neutral country and that the meeting last about three days. The United States, Great Bri tain, and France yesterday sent Russia an invitation to such a meeting. Most guesses were that the meeting : would be held around July, perhaps in Swit zerland. Soviet Premier Nikolai Bul ganin said today his government wilt study carefully the Western invitation to a Big Four confer ence "at the stunrnit" with President Eisenhower and the British and French . chiefs of state: Willing To Travel Mr. Eisenhower at a news con ference repeated his previous statements that he would go anywhere any time if he be lieved any good could come of a top level meeting. Hitherto,. however, the Presi- aent nas not believed much good could come of such a meeting. . The President said today that he finally agreed to issue the in vitation to Russia : because " it seemed so important to clarify the issues facing East and West. It no longer seemed that one could just be stubborn in refus ing to attend aftconference, the President said. , , Mr. Eisenhower said there had been a growing sentiment throughout the world that some thing might come from a chiefs of , state meeting which would define areas , to be invectieatMi later hv lnr- 1 But the President cautioned that no one should exnect that in iew nours, days or weeks, the wona would be turned around. He said he would not go to a chiefs of state meeting believing that was possible. Test for Russians' The President said the Invita tion was issued to Russia r in order to try to discover if there is any hope of relieving tension. If there is basis for this hope, the President said, he is pro pared to try to find out what the Russians are willing to do. . Referring to Russia's recent willingness to sign an Austrian trety, the President said that was one indication that the Rus sians, on the surface at least, were trying to show conciliation. Mr. Eisenhower then said that he was going to try to find out if the Russians sincerely want to ease world tensions. Indochina War Erupts In Mekong River Area Saigon, Indochina U.R) '--Strong rebel forces attacked gov ernment troops in the southern "rice bowl" of free Viet Nam to day, ending a week-long lull in the civil war. - ' The fighting erupted in .the rice-rich Mekong river delta be tween the armies loyal to American-backed Premier Ngo Dinh Diem and the rebel troops of the Hoa Hao Buddhist ' religious sects. : : Official' French and Vietna mese sources said casualties were high among civilians in .the area but that chaotic conditions in the war : zone slowed an accurate count . Rescue Effort Fails; Man Drowns in River Portland U.R) A man iden tified by police, at Anton Kurc zak, 68, leaped into the Willa mette river from the Hawthorne bridge and drowned today de spite heroic efforts of a 23-year-old bank teller to save him. Fay J. Barker, Clackamas, said he was walking to work when he saw a figure thrashing in the water under ' the center span of the bridge. He removed, his suit coat and shoes and dived into the river from the seawalL But his reoua attempt failed. United Proas
