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
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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.
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