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Washington (U.R) Russia is
likely to demand that Red China
be invited to the proposed top
level Big Four meeting, admin
istration officials said today.
They said there is no pros
pect, however, that President Ei
senhower would sit down at a
Big Five conference with Pre
mier Chou En-lai, chief of the
Chinese Red regime. The United
States does not recognize the
Prospects Csum Cqncarn
; Prospects of this demand have
caused some concern. But experts
do not believe the Russians
' would insist on. Red China's par
ticipation as a condition for at
tending tha conference.
In fact, diplomats are confi
dent the Russians will agree to a
top-level Big Four meeting, prob
ably in July.
Meanwhile, it was disclosed
the United States has expressed
some interest in having the pro
posed meeting at Lugano, Swit
zerland. It would be attended
t hy Mr. Eisenhower, British
Prime Minister Sir : Anthony
Eden, Soviet Premier Nikolai
Bulganin, and French. Premier
Edgar Faure.
Oiher Sites Considered
Stockholm, Sweden, also was
reported under consideration
along-with Geneva and Vienna.
Mr. Eisenhower indicated
Wednesday at his news confer
ence that a recent round of let
ters between him and Soviet De
fense Minister Marshal Georgi
Zhukov had influenced his de
cision to agree to a heads of gov
ernment meeting. The President
said only that ' correspondence
was among the factors. He did
not elaborate.
Mr. Eisenhower said he is ready
to attend an international con
ference in a neutral country to
test Russia's avowed willingness
to reduce international tensions.
He expressed the opinion that
the heads of government in three
days could outline areas of ten
sion which would be tackled
later by diplomats. No major de
cisions or final agreements would
be expected from the top-level
meeting.
May Have Encouraged Reds
There is some feeling the
President unwittingly may have
encouraged the Russians to try
to get Red China into the top-
Mr. Eisenhower told reporters
that the four powers might agree
to limit their talks to certain
areas world tension. Asked
if Far Eastern questions might
come up, the President said he
g believed the general conversa
, tion would tend to go around the
world. This virtually assured dis
cussion of the Formosa crisis and
other Far Eastern problems of vi
tal interest to Red China.
Coastal Residents Eye
Strange Sea Animal
Charleston, Ore. (U.R)
Residents of this - coastal com
munity are pondering the identi
ty of a 25-foot sea animal whose
remains were washed onto Bas
tendorff beach Tuesday. ,
Baseball
Chicago (U.R) Sam Jones,
stxingbean right-hander dis
carded by the Cleveland In
dians last winter, today threw
the first no-hit, no-run game of
the 1955 season, sparking the
Chicago Cubs to a 4-0 triumph
over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
NATIONAL
Pittsburgh ...
0 0
4 15
Chicago
King, Law (3) and Aiwell;
Jones and McCullough.
AMERICAN
Kansas City 7 .1
Boston 12 15 0
Raschi. Boytr (3) and As
txoth; Delock, Hardy (7) and
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MEDFORD, OREGON,
May
Eiirotairgo odd Vaccinae
May !e Eiui(M Soodq;
Mrs.
Washington U.R) The Pub
lic Health Service expects to re
lease - the first batch, df , em
bargoed Salk vaccine today and
resume the nation's polio vacci
nation program after a six-day
halt. '
Informed sources said they ex
pect, a favorable report before
nightfall from a team of federal
experts who have been checkmg
vaccine produced 1 by .Parke-
Davis and Co. in Detroit.
Barring , a last minute hitch,
the Health Service hopes to
notify all health luthorities late
today that "several batches" of
Parke-Davis vaccine have been
doublechecked and are approved
for immediate use . in inocula
tions.
Informants said the batches
to be cleared probably represent
several hundred thousand doses
of the vaccine. These doses al
ready are in the hands of the
National Foundation for Infan
tile Paralysis, local health offi
cials, and private physicians.
Urges Caution
This means that inoculations
in some areas could resume to
morrow. Michigan, of course, re
fused to- halt - its immunization
program on the grounds it had
complete confidence in its vac
cine supplies, mostly Parke-
Davis.
Meantime, Rep. A. D. Miller
(R-Neb.) a physician, cautioned
the 'house against "abrupt ac
tion" in the vaccine matter that
might prove . ill , advised. " He
urged a moratorium on attacks
on U. S. Surgeon General Leo
nard A. Scheele and Mrs. Oveta
Culp Hobby.
Miller's remarks apparently
were made in answer to de
mands by .two Democratic House
members that President Eisen
hower order Mrs. Hobby to
answer congressional charges
that she approved the vaccina
tion program "without adequate
testing" of the vaccine.
They urged the House Bank
ing committee to request Presi
dent Eisenhower to direct the
secretary of. health, education
and welfare to appear and "an
swer all pertinent questions"
about the temporarily-stalled
vaccination program.
Turned Down Invitations
The request was contained in
a resolution drafted by Rep.- Ab
raham J. Multer (D-N.Y.). He
said he would call for a vote on
it at a secret committee meeting
today because Mrs. Hobby ' has
turned down three invitations
to testify.
Rep. Charles A. Vanik (D-O.),
whose daughter already has re
ceived her first Salk vaccine
shot, said he would support Mut
ter's resolution. ,
' "Mrs. ' Hobby licensed the
vaccine without adequate test
ing and should be brought be
fore the committee to explain
ner actions,- vanifc told a re
porter.
Dr. Leonard A. Scheele, U.S.
surgeon general, has agreed to
appear before the committee for
questioning at a public hearing.
He is head of the Public Health
Service, an agency of Mrs. Hob
by's department. , , .
Democrats critical, of the
Board of Equalization Continuing Sessions as Many
Taxpayers Seek Information on Higher
The Jackson county board of
equalization, which opened ses
sions here Monday, had met
saaXBdx? oi XpiBunxoaddB tniM
through this morning.
Appointments for interviews
are full through Monday after
noon, and appointments are
being taken for next week. '
The board, composed of Coun
ty Judge Rodney Keating, Ar
nold Bohnert, and Ralph Cook,
will make no decisions on re
quested changes in valuations
until the interviews are com
pleted. At that time, they will
THURSD
( 12, 1955
'Red
OVETA CULP HOBBY
Comes Under Attack
handling' of the program center
ed their, f ire" on Mrs.": Hobby:
They questioned her contention
that compulsory j controls j are
not. needed: to .assure fair-distri
bution, of the vaccine as well
as whether; adequate safety con
trols .were established in advance
of the mass inoculation.
(- Sen. .Wayne Morse (D-Ore.),
said ; President - ; Eisenhower
should "get on the job" of pro
tecting jpublic health.. ."The peo
ple can expect nothing from
Mrs. Hobby in view of her pow
der puff program to date," he
said. : . r
t Vaccine supplies, received by
the Jackson county health de
partment for inoculation, of all
first' and second ' grade school
children in the county came from
the -Parke-Davis Laboratories in
Detroit, according to Dr. A. Erin
Merkel, county health officer.
The anti-polio vaccination pro
gram is set. to. proceed here, as
soon as . the vaccine is cleared
and. the state health department
gives the go-ahead, it was stated.
Solon Raps Use
Of Private Airplane
; Washington (U R) Rep.
Robert H. Mollohan said today
Gen. Joseph M. Swing's personal
C-47 plane symbolizes what the
country can expect if President
Eisenhower continues to name1
retired generals and ' admirals
to top government jobs.
Swing, a West Point classmate
of Mr. Eisenhower's,- is commis
sioner of Immigration and Na
turalization, and wants two oth
er retired generals, Maj. Gen.
Frank H. Partridge and Brig.
Gen. Edwin B. Howard, as as
sistant commissioners.
Mollohan said Swing has a
C-47 ' for his personal . use on
''so-called inspection trips" at a
cost of 49 cents a mile to the tax
payers. All previous commission
ers used commercial transporta
tion, Mollohan said.
check tax assessments on com
parable properties.
The board is empowered to
change assessments on real prop
erty, where such changes are re
quired to bring about equaliza
tion. .
' The number of taxpayers re
questing interviews before the
board is larger than usual this
year because of a combination
of factors which have resulted in
increased assessments on many
pieces of property.'
Foremost among these is the
fact that, because-of a lack of
adequate manpower, the asses
sors' offiots in most Oregon coun
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Former American
Captives in Korea
Face Court Martial
Murder Charged
To One of Pair
New York (U.R) Two for
mer American prisoners of war
in Korea faced court martial to
day on charges of collaborating
with the enemy. One of them
was accused of murdering a
number of his prison camp col
leagues. The First Army identified the
men as Sgt. James C. Gallagher,
23, and Cpl. Harold M. Dunn,
26, both of Brooklyn. Gallagher,
it charged, "committed murder
without premeditation of fellow
American prisoners of war."
Two Years of Probe
1 Their arrest and incarcera
tion in turreted Castle Williams
at Ft. Jay here followed almost
two years of intensive investiga
tion, Lt. Gen. Thomas W; Her
ren, First Army commander, re
ported. During that time appar
ently neither knew" that his life
as a war prisoner was under
scrutiny.
At least, after the two were
released in Operation Big Switch
in Korea in 1953, there was no
public inkling that they speci
fically were suspected of Jturn
coat activities while they were
prisoners. " "' ' " r
Prosecution Witness
Dunn even testified as a pros
ecution witness last Sept. .1. at
the court martial of Cpl. Claude
Batchelor at San Antonio, Tex.
Batchelor, one of a group of
American prisoners who at first
turned down repatriation, but
later agreed to go home, got a
20-year sentence for collabora
tion. Jacksonville Lodge
Marking 100 Years
. Jacksonville One hundred
years of Masonry will be -celebrated
by, members of the War
ren AF and AM" lodge Saturday,
May 14. ,
The Jacksonville temple will
be open for inspection beginning
at 10 a.m., and all members of
the organizations affiliated with
the AF and AM lodge are invit
ed to attend with their families
and their houseguests.
In addition to the open house,
dinner will i be served from 3
p.m., Saturday,' through the din
ner hour at the Jacksonville
High school cafeteria. The lodge
session will open at the Jack
sonville temple at 8 p.m.
Dr. Roy - McNeal, 'Ashland,
grand master of the lodge, will
be the main speaker and other
grand officers from throughout
the state will attend. Delegates
from lodges as far north as Rose
burg, .and southeast to Klamath
Falls, as well as Yreka, Calif.,
are expected.
The history of the lodge will
be told and music is planned
for the program.
Washington (U.R) The
House, after a hot fight, today
endorsed President Eisenhow
er's scheduled manpower cuts
in the Army. - ,
ties have been unable to conduct
proper appraisals each year. This
has forced them to operate under
appraisals many of which were
years old.
Another is the fact that the
counties, including Jackson
county, have been operating on
the basis of 1930 replacement
costs.
; Both of these problems have
been solved through a county
wide reappraisal program, com
pleted about two months ago.
This has allowed the county to
assess all property on the basis
of on modern appraisal, to
Raesfjng
TOP ROADEO DRIVERS The three boys
shown above were picked as the most skillful
high school age drivers in the Rogue Valley at
-the finals of the Teenage Roadeo last Saturday,
held under the sponsorship of the Medford
Junior Chamber of Commerce. Secretary of
State Earl Newbry, left, presented them with
their trophies at a dinner last Saturday evening.
They are, from left, Robert Bobbett, 1740 North
HEfflS'PUBUS
Eagle Point Voters
Approve Bond Issue
For 2 New Buildings
Eagle Point Voters ' of the
Eagle Point school district yes
terday approved a $150,000 bond
issue by a margin of 121 to
42.
The bond money will be used
to finance construction of an
elementary school multi-purpose
building and a high school vo
cational agriculture building. . ,
4-The !.; multi-purpose - . building
Drive-In Banking
Window Now Open
At U. S. National
New drive-in banking facili
ties at the Medford branch of the
U. S. National bank are in opera
tion and are proving highly satis
factory, according to -Allan F.
Perry, manager. , ;
New " late-hour windows are
also open. Both were provided
in a major remodeling project.
The drive-in window is located
off the alley just west of the
bank, and is open from 10 a.m. to
5:30 p.m. weekdays and from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays. The en
trance is from the ajley in the
middle of the block "on Central
ave., between Sixth and Main
sts. The exit is on Main st.
The late hour windows open
on to Main st. from within an
enclosed lobby. They are open
from 3 to 5:30 p.m. weekdays
and from noon to 3 p.m. Satur
days. The new facilities are in
the space formally occupied by
the Singer Sewing Machine com
pany. Ben H. Todd was architect on
the project, and H. C. Goldsmith
was the contractor. A few de
tails remain to be completed,
but both services are in full
operation, Perry said. -
Grants Pass Man Takes
Position at Pendleton
Pendleton (U.R) Appoint
ment of Don Hitchman, 28, as
new "city , recorder here was an
nounced today by City Manager
Raymond Botch. Hitchman, as
sistant city recorder at Grants
Pass, succeeds Olinto .Ricci, who
has accepted a position as chief
finance afficer and assistant city
manager at El Centro, Calif.
Assessments
change to a 1952 replacement
cost basis, and to set a flat ratio
of 25 per cent for all real prop
erty. Because of the numerous prob
lems before the reappraisal was
completed, the ratio has varied
from approximately 6 per cent
to about 50 per cent on different
pieces of property;
The board of equalization will
continue to meet with taxpayers
until all those having complaints
have been heard, providing re
quests for interviews are made
within a period of three weeks
starting last Monday: The three
week period is set by law.
A
will be used as a cafeteria, play-
room, gymnasium, and auditor
ium.'
The buildings were approved
by directors of the school dis
trict recently after several civic
groups recommended a multir
purpose building, and Eagle
Point and Lake Creek Granges
urged construction " of the "vo
cational agriculture building.. .
The vocational ' building will
allow Eagle Point to take part
in the Smith-Hughes vocational
agriculture program, which is
aided by the federal govern
ment. urater mgn - scnooi in
Central Point is the only county
school presently taking advan
tage of the' Smith-Hughes pro
gram.
The $150,000 bond issue was
the second large issue approved
in the county in less than a
month. Voters of District 6C re
cently approved a $350,000 bond
issue for construction of ele
mentary school buildings at Gold
Hill and Central Point.
Ileuberger Accepts
Coon Debate Bid
Washington (U.R) Sen. Rich
ard L. Ncuberger (D-Ore.) said
today he has accepted an invita
tion to debate., the administra
tion's power development "part
nership" policy with Rep. Sam
Coon (R-Ore.).
Coon has sponsored a bill to
allow a power company or local
government agencies to construct
power facilities on the Columbia
proposal.'
The invitation came from the
Pendleton, Ore., Junior Chamber
of Commerce, Neuberger said.
"I am happy," Neuberger
wrote the group, "to accept your
invitation, and I feel that Pendle
ton is an ideal setting for such 'a
debate because of the great stake
of the people of Umatilla county
in the sound development of our
hydro-electric power resources."
Fish Lake Ice Breaks
Report Good Catches
Fish lake is now open to
anglers, the resort properitors,
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Morris, re
ported today.
They said that ice covering
the lake broke rapidly yesterday
afternoon.
The Morrises reported that the
road to the lake by way of Butte
Falls is in good shape. They said
that the campground is clear of
snow and that camping is pos
sible. Six or eight cars of fishermen
drove to the lake this morning.
Good catches were reported with
fish measuring 14 and 15 inches
in length.
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
night and Friday. Cooler to
- night and a little warmer Fri
day. Low -tonight 38. High
Friday 2.
Temp.
Highert Yesterday 7
Loweft thii Morning 4S .
Riverside ave., a St. Mary's school student, first
place; Roger Puhl, Box 304, Phoenix, second
place, and El vice Larson, Box 938, Central
Point, third place. Bobbett will represent this
area in the state contest in Portland -June 18.
The winner of the state competition will go to
Washington, D.C., in July for national compe
tition. , , . ,
. -(Landis-Shangle photo.)
EKS1I1
Civil Suit Charges
Six Groups With
Anti-Trust Action
New York (U.R) The Depart
ment of Justice today filed a
civil action in federal district
court charging the American
Newspaper Publishers' Associa-
tion and five related groups with
violation of the anti-trust laws.
In addition to the ANPA, de
fendants named in the suit were
the American Association of Ad
vertising Agencies, Inc.; the
' Publishers.; Association "of" N.ew
York City; the Associated Busi
ness Publications, Inc.: the
Periodical Publishers' Associa
tion of America, and the Agri
cultural Publishers Association.
System Attacked
: Specifically, the suit attacked
the commission system used by
the ' advertising agency group,
The complaint said each of the
defendants with ' its members
combined and. conspired in un
reasonable restraint of interstate
trade and commerce involving
national advertising.
The suit said:
"The combination and con
spiracy among all the defendants
has consisted of a continuing
agreement and concert of action
among them, the substantial
terms of which have been and
are:
Uniform Standards Urged
1. 'That the defendant media
associations adopt substantially
uniform standards for recogni
tion of advertising agencies and
members of said associations ad
here to sych standards:
2. "That only - advertising
agencies granted recognition by
defendant media associations be
extended' credit and allowed
agency commissions by members
of said associations:
3.. "That members of the de
fendant media associations allow
agency commissions only to
those advertising agencies which
agree to retain, and not rebate
to or split with national adver
tisers any part of agency com
missions.
Tasmania Agriculture
Official Visits Here
L. W. Miller, chief entomolo
gist of the department of agri
culture of Tasmania, the . island
province south of Australia, vis
ited in the Rogue valley Monday
and Tuesday, it was reported
today. ' . . .
Miller, oh a tour of the United
States, conferred with. Louis G.
Gentner, entomologist at the
Southern Oregon Experiment
station, and W. B. Tucker, and
Don Berry, county agents for
agriculture and horticulture,
during his stay here.
He was chiefly interested in
methods of controlling agricul
tural pests, they reported. ;
Final Atomic Test v.
Postponed by Winds V.
Las Vegas, Nev. The Atom
ic ..Energy Commission announ
ced this morning that unfavor
able winds have, again forced
postponement of the 14th and
final 1 atomic explosion of the
spring test series. The AEC said
the earliest the test 'could be
held . would be Saturday morn
ing. Another weather evaluation
was scheduled for tomorrow.
Action Said One
Of Biggest Breaks
In Long Cold War
Soviet Will Sign
On Western Terms
Vienna (U.R) The Soviet
Union agreed today to sign an
Austrian state treaty on West
ern terms in one of the biggest
breaks of the long cold war. -
The East West agreement
payed the way for the Big Four
foreign ministers to meet in
Vierlna this week end to sign the
treaty and arrange a later con
ference of the Big Four heads of
government. .
U. S. Ambassador Llewellyn
E Thompson, head of the Ameri
can treaty delegation, told news
men at the end of today's cru
cial session:
"The treaty will be signed Sun
day."
Deadlock Broken
He said a joint five - power
communique would be issued
later today on the successful out-'
come of the parley.
The aiiffrfan foroaV in th frnatv .
negotiations came after 11 days
of deadlock over the terms of
Article 35 of the 59-article docu
ment. Article 35 governs Aus
tria's debts to the Soviet Union.
The dispute involved Austrian
oil and shipping properties,
which the Russians took over as
war reparations. ' The Soviets
promised Austria last month that
these proporties would be return
ed. This was a sensational con
cession, but until today Russia
had refused to write lt into the
treaty:
The West insisted, and won its
point, that the agreement be put
into the treaty.
U. S. Ultimatum
The deadlock had threatened
to break up the conference. The
United States had served an ul
timatum on the Soviet Union to
agree upon a completed draft
treaty today or call off Sunday's
foreign ministers session at
which the treaty was to be sign
ed. -
The. American stand on Aus
tria was ccntiined In an utima
tum from Secretary ; of State
John Foster Dulles, which ac
cording to an Informed source,
said in effect:
."Either agree upon com
pleted treaty draft or call off the
meeting at which the Big Four
foreign ministers are scheduled
to sign the treaty this. Sunday.
Red Jet Planes
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Copenhagen (U.R) Commu
nist MIG-type jet fighters in
vaded Danish territory and
started to intercept a U.S. Air
Force training plane today, but
failed to open fire. :
The American plane was a
two-place jet trainer being de-
from a U.S. base in West Ger
many. The craft and its two
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American uccupaiiis miisiicu uie
flight safely.
The Americans, whose names
were not released immediately.
told Danish Air Force authori
ties that the MIG-type fighters
buzzed their plane over the
Danish island of Lolland, which
lies 40 miles across the Baltic
Sea from Communist East'Ger-
nianv.
The American plane was a
two-seater T33. training version
of the F80 Shooting Star.
An official American spokes
man said later that three "MIG
type" planes had been involved
in the incident..
Lt. Col. H. H. Klint, informa
tion officer of the staff of the
Danish . supreme commander.
said that investigations were ,
being carried out to establish,
ii possime, tne nationality oi uie
intruding planes.
Search Pressed for
Missing Youngsters
Goldendale, Wash. U.R)
Some 300 searchers, including
virtually the entire population
Ul U1C WWII Ul. XY.lll.fl.lKl i,. IUUOJ
intensified their search for two
three-year-old youngsters miss
ing since late yesterday 20 miles
west of here. .'
Nets were stretched across
the Klickitat river on the chance
the tots tumbled into the stream
while playing on the river bank.
Two teams of bloodhounds from
The Dalles, Ore., were turned
loose1 in the area and traced a
scent to the edge of the river.
The children were Terry Wil
liams and her playmate, Walter,
Mark Greenfield, both of KTck-
itat ; :
Dragging operations were.
started in the river and other
search parties combed the
nearby woods. The search was
started at 5 pjtu yesterday. ;