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50th Year
Gene Symonds, 29,
Fatally Injured
By Terrorist Mob
Police Fail To Aid,
Eyewitnesses Claim
Singapore . (U.R) Gene
! Symonds, United Press manager
f or Southeast Asia, died today
from a savage beating inflicted
by Chinese students who have
terrorized Singapore for two
days during a Communist-inspired
transportation strike.
A police constable and a 16-
Washington (U.R) The
United Stales today ordered
an immediate investigation of
the death of Gene Symonds.
United Press manager for
Southeast Asia, as a result of
a savage beating in Singapore.
The State Department said
this government is "deeply
distressed" over Symond's
death.
year-old Chinese student also
were killed in the riots which
began when truckloads of stu
dents attacked police who had
quelled a strike demonstration
with water hoses. Scores were
reported injured.
Symonds, 29, Dayton, O.. was
fatally injured at the scene
where the news was breaking
a roadblock thrown up by the
government to halt the spread
of Chinese terrorists. The mob
dragged him from a taxicab and
beat him with stones and clubs
until he fell unconscious in the
streets.
A British armored regiment
and tough Gurkha infantrymen
patrolled the city today to pre
vent further clashes but the
strike appeared to be spreading
and transportation was at a
standstill. Violence that flared
today was put down though the
demonstrators still controlled a
nine-mile square section of the
city.
Symonds, an Army veteran
who had risked his life many
times to cover the Korean war
from the Pusan beachhead al
most to the Yalu, had just re
turned to Singapore from the
Bandung African-Asian confer
ence when the riots began. He
sped to the scene to get first
hand information and ran into
the angry mob.
Emergency Operation
He did not regain conscious
ness and died at 2:50 p.m. in a
hospital despite an emergency
operation and blood transfu
sions. Eyewitnesses said a police van
was parked nearby but that no
attempt was made to aid Sy
monds. Several other police cars
later passed without stopping
and Symonds lay unattended for
half an hour.
Later a police van rushed him
to a hospital where it was found
he suffered a fractured skull.
United Press Vice President
Earnest Hoberecht in Tokyo in
structed the Singapore bureau
to ask Singapore authorities for
a "full explanation of this un
lawful and uncivilized attack
on a United Press correspond
ent." The frenzied mob which
roamed the strike area for hours,
looting, turning over-European
cars and stoning Europeans and
policemen, beat Symonds so sav
agely he suffered fractures of
his left leg and right forearm.
Salem (U.R) Next week, May
16-21, is chemical progress week
in Oregon, so designated by Gov.
Paul L. Patterson.
Burmese Farm
Set To Arrive
Four Burmese men are ex
pected to arrive in southern Ore
gon Monday under the Interna
tional Farm Youth Exchange
program. While here, each of the
four will live with a farm
family.
Two in County 1
Two of the four, Maung Thein
Nyun and Ko Tun Oo, will be in
Jackson county during their
month in this area. Nyun will
live at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Don Minear, route 1, box 358,
Medford. and Oo will stay at the
home of Mr. and Mrs .John
Ousterhout, Route . 1, Eagle
Point.
The other two Burmese will
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Senate Democrat leader Sees
Slim Chaoice off Big '4 Sellout
Washington CJ.R) Senate
Democratic Leader Lyndon B
Johnson said today a Big Four
meeting can "lead to a sellout .
only if this country is represent
ed by stupid and unpatriotic
men."
He told reporters "some lead'
ing Republicans" have expressed
fear of such a "sellout" but that
he does not thinkrPresident Ei
senhower "plans to sell the coun
try down the river."
"I have enough confidence in
the President that I do not think
he is activated by any but the
most worthy and peaceful mo
tives," Johnson said.
"I do not expect him to send
a bunch of stupid men to an in
ternational conference."
The Texas senator commented
sharply on recent attacks on the
President and his foreign policy
by some GOP senators. He did
not mention the senators by
name but Senator Republican
Leader William F. Knowland
(Calif.), Chairman Styles Brid
ges (R-N.H.) of the Senate GOP
Policy Committee, and Sen. Jo
seph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.) have
vigorously criticized administra
tion foreign policy.
. Johnson said "it looks like the
President had something when
he talked about a 'cold war'
with Congress," a dig at Mr. Ei
senhower's campaign speech last
Equalization Board
Sees 110 Taxpayers
The Jackson county board of
equalization completed its first
week of work this afternoon,, af
ter meeting with more than 110
property taxpayers since the ses
sions opened on Monday.
The board will not be in ses
sion tomorrow, and no meetings
are slated for Tuesday, Wednes
day or Saturday of next week.
Apopintments are coming in
rapidly for Monday, Thursday
and Friday of next week, and it
appears that the board will have
to be in session during the fol
lowing week.
The board is authorized to
make such changes in real prop
erty assessments as are required
to bring about equalization. No
decisions will be made until all
taxpayers desiring interviews
have been heard.
The board is composed of
County Judge Rodney Keating,
Arnold Bohnert, and Ralph
Cook.
Marine Manpower Cut
Target of Democrats
Washington (U.R) Demo
crat on the Senate Appropria
tions Committee drew up their
battle lines today to reverse
the administration on manpower
cuts in the Marine Corps.
Both the Marine Corps and
the Army are scheduled for cut
backs under President Eisen
hower's new defense budget. But
the Democrats concede there is
little chance Congress will re
store the Army strength.
Instead, Senate Democrats are
concentrating on reversing the
scheduled 22,000-man cut in the
Marine Corps. But they face an
uphill battle in view of the
House's overwhelming endorse
ment of Mr. Eisnhower's plan to
cut overall military strength jto
2,850,000 men by mid-1956.
Exchangees
Here Monday
live in Josephine county farm
homes. They are Maung Nyi Nyi
and Maung Thein Lwin.
Both Nyun and Oo are mar
ried, and both speak English
fairly fluently, according to in
formation received here. Oo
owns a 20-acre farm and Nyun
at present is an accountant, but
has had farm experience.
Study Plan
The Burmese will study fam
ily life and youth group activi
ties in Jackson county. One of
the principal purposes of the In
ternational Farm Youth Ex
change of ideas between young
people from all parts of the
world. ,
, -OREGON,
..ager
trato
SEN. . LYNDON JOHNSON ;
Confidence in President fx,
year in which he pleaded for a
GOP Congress to avoid a "cold
war" with Capitol Hill.
Johnson said Mr. Eisenhower's
Budget Vote Dated
In 20 School Areas
Residents of 20 Jackson county
second and third class school dis
tricts will vote Monday on in
creasing the county rural school
district equalized tax levy for
the coming fiscal year by more
than six per cent.
Reason for increasing the levy,
according to Henry Padgham Jr.,
rural board chairman, is that the
rural district tax levy base is
only $323,520.64, compared to a
proposed budget of $1,599,895.53.
The amount of tax proposed to
be levied in excess of the base is
$1,276,374.89.
Notices of time and place of
the election have been posted in
each of the county's second and
third class school districts.
White Paint Being
Used on Crosswalks
Medford public works depart
ments crews are painting city
crosswalks in white paint to con
form with the Oregon highway
department's change to highway
center lines of white instead of
yellow. Crosswalks also formerly
have been yellow.
The highway . department
changed to white center lines to
conform with surrounding states.
City Manager Robert Duff said
crosswalks on newly-paved Cen
tral ave. probably will be paint
ed soon, and city crews will re
paint traffic lanes in other city
streets .to conform with the
change.
Court house Completion
Due Late in Summer
Work is progressing satisfac
torily on the annex to the Jack
son county courthouse, and it
appears the structure will be
ready for occupancy in August
or early September, county com
missioners said today.
Plaster work on the interior
of the buildings is approximately
half done and a large part of the
work on elevator machinery and
elevator shaft has been complet
ed. The heating and plumbing
system also is nearing comple
tion. Some work has been done on
installation of marble siding on
the outside of the building.
Birth of Twin Sons
Makes Family of 12
Mr. and Mrs. Winford Bail
ey, 922 Boardman St., Thurs
day became , the parents of
twin sons at Sacred Heart hos
pital. The infants weighed
pounds 10 ounces. - and 7
pounds 10 ounces.
The couple, now has 10 liv
ing children, five boys and
five girls. They also have an
other set of twins. Cecil and
Cecelia, age 14, who attend
Medford Junior High school.
.. Bailey is a mechanic for the
Valley Fuel company.
The twin boys have set yet
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FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1955
rs lira Singapore
"cold war" seems to be with his
own party.
"We Democrats sympathize
with the President in the heavy
burden he carries," Johnson
said.
Knowland, in a speech at New
York Thursday night, reiterated
that a top level meeting includ
ing Russia might result in "ap
peasement" of the Communists
if the U.S. is not careful.
Bridges and McCarthy made
their attacks on the Senate floor
Wednesday.
Communist Troops
Triumphantly
Enter Haiphong
Saigon, Indochina (U.R)
Communist . Viet Minh troops
waving clenched fists thundered
triumphantly into Haiphong to
day in Soviet-built Molptof
trucks and the Iron Curtain
slammed down on Indochina's
best naval base.
France surrendered her last
foothold in Northern Viet Nam
to the Communist regime of Ho
Chi Minh today under the terms
of the Geneva conference.
End of French Rule
The French Tricolor was
struck at dawn, signaling the
end of 70 years of French rule
over what was one of the bright
est jewels in the once proud
colonial empire.
. . The crimson . Communist ban
ner studded with gold stars was
hoisted in bloodless victory over
the city's citadel as it was over
her sister-city, Hanoi, month
ago.
Jubilant convoys of natty black
and g r e e n-clad Communist
troops rumbled into - the once
teeming port city on the heels
of the retreating French troops.
Praises Screeched
The Reds moved into the
blare of martial music and the
din of sound trucks screeching
the praises of Moscow-trained
Ho Chi Minh.
Red flags blossomed by the
thousands in the native quarters
and crowds shouting "Lone Live
Uncle Ho" strewed flowers in
the path of the advancing troops.
Fruit and Vegetable
Workers on Strike
Yakima (U.RJ-r- A statewide
strike vote by union fruit and
vegetable workers began yester
day, according to Cal Williams,
secretary-treasurer of local 750
of the Fruit and Vegetable
Workers' union here.
He said the strike vote cov
ered only processing plants and
involved between 20,000 and
25,000 workers in the state,
7.500 of them in the Yakima
valley.
PEA FESTIVAL OPENS
Milton-Freewater, Ore. , (U.R)
The first pea festival to be
held in Milton-Freewater since
1951 opened here today with
judging of 4-H and FFA entries
in agricultural exhibits.
PRETTY PICTURE
Brightening the Hawaiian
scenery is actress Mamie Van
Doren wearing the traditional
flower lei. Mamie found time
to entertain servicemen pa
tients at Tripler Hospital dur
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Dulles in Vienna
For Formal Signing
Of Austria Treaty
Plans To Be Made
For Big Four Meeting
Vienna, Austria (U.R) Secre
tary of State John Foster Dulles
flew to Vienna today to join the
other Big Three foreign minis
ters in signing the Austrian state
treaty and to arrange for a later
Big Four meeting of heads of
government.
Dulles, almost mobbed by pho
tographers when he arrived
from Paris, told reporters:
Satisfaction Felt
"I have traveled to many
countries on many missions but
I have never felt more satisfac
tion than to come here to sign
this treaty."
He added that the successful
completion of the treaty nego
tiations which will set Austria
free for the first time since 1938
was "a central goal" of Ameri
can policy.
He expressed admiration for
the "courage and steadfastness
of the freedom-loving people of
Austria."
Austrian Foreign Minister
Leopold Figl greeted Dulles with
a bouquet of blue and yellow
spring flowers symbolizing the
freeing of the province of Lower
Austria which has been under
Soviet occupation for 10 years.
Freedom Restored
Ambassadors of the United
States, Britain, France and So
viet Union. met today to initial
the completed draft of the treaty
restoring Austria's freedom for
the first time since the . Nazis
took Austria by anschluss in
1938 and ending ten years of
four-power occupation.
'Buzzing' Blamed
On Soviet Planes
Wiesbaden, Germany (U.R)
Two American airmen "positive
ly" identified the planes which
buzzed them yesterday over Dan
ish territory as Soviet MIG 15 jet
fighters, U. S. Air Force ofi
cials said today.
The American airmen report
ed the Soviet planes came within
50 yards of their unarmed T33
jet trainer on a training flight 15
to 20 minutes before it arrived
at Kastrup, Denmark.
The Danish government was
reported preparing a protest to
the Soviet Union over the viola
tion of Danish air space. An in
vestigation was conducted by the
Danish defense staff to determine
exactly where the incident oc
curred. The two Americans are 1st Lt.
James S. Morison, Reno, and 1st
Lt. James R. Mathews, Spring
field, Colo.
Klamath Railroader
Killed Under Train
Bend U.R) Edgar P. Sires,
about 36, Klamath Falls, was
killed yesterday afternoon when
he was run over by a Great
Northern freight car south of
here.
Sires, a brakeman for the
Great Northern, was standing on
the stirrup, on the outside of one
of the cars during a switching
operation near Lapine, Ore. A
coupling jolt knocked him off
the car and under the wheels.
Childish Voice
Threatens Bombing
Portland (U.R) Geraldine
Rosing, secretary of the Boise
grade school in Portland, told
police today the voice of a per
son who called this morning to
threaten a bombing of the school
was definitely that of a child.
The child warned that a bomb
was in the building and "you'd
better get out."
NAMED DISTRICT AIDE
Salem (U.R) Everett Butler
of Salem was appointed assistant
district warden in the Polk-Benton
forestry district with head
quarters at Dallas, State For
ester George Spaur said today.
Baseball
AMERICAN
Detroit ..... . 2 3 1
New York . 5 9 0
Gromek. Aber (6). Miller
(8) and Wilton; Ford, Morgan
(I) and Bena.
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Embargoed Vaccine
Release Expected
Momentarily
Double Check
Said Completed
Portland, Ore. (U.R) All
Parke-Davis polio vaccine in
the hands of health authorities
in Oregon has been released
for use by the U. S. Public
Health Service, it was learned
today.
Washington U.R) The gov
ernment is "likely" to release
the first batches of embargoed
polio vaccine this afternoon and
resume the nation's stalled vac
cination program, U. S. Surgeon
General Leonard A. Scheele
said today.
Scheele told .the House Bank
ing and Currency Committee
that a double check of vaccine
made by Parke Davis & Co., De
troit, has been completed.
"It is likely that word is now
at my office regarding the find
ings of the group which visited
Detroit," Scheele testified, "and
that we will be able to announce
the release of Parke Davis ma
terials as soon or shortly after I
return" to the Public Health
Service office.
Scheele indicated that all,
rather than , merely some,
batches of v Parke Davis vaccine
which has been under scrutiny
will be released. However, he
was not precise on that point.
Release of any, or all, of the
Parke Davis product would
probably involve hundreds of
thousands of shots, of the anti
polio vaccine. It would clear the
way for almost immediate re
sumption of inoculations in
areas which have Parke Davis
vacoine on hand.
Government experts have yet
to doublecheck shots produced
by four other firms. Therefore,
full resumption of the nation
wide mass immunization pro
gram could not be expected
immediately. .
On May 7 Scheele recom
mended that all inoculations be
baited pending a double- check
of existing vaccine stocks. .
In his prepared testimony,
Scheele also disclosed that the
"first phase" of the investiga.
tion of the temporarily banned
vaccine produced by Cutter Lab
oratories, Berkeley. Calif., has
been completed.
Investigators have arrived
here from Berkeley with a
"large volume of data, he said.
This will be "subjected to de
tailed scrutiny," he said, and
"we are hot able to predict the
time of the conclusion of these
studies." He said it might be ne
cessary to rrjieat some tests.
The government banned dis
tribution of the Cutter-produced
vaccine on April 27 when a num
ber of polio cases were reported
after inoculation with the Cutter
vaccine. It began an immediate
check of the Cutter vaccine.
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Navy Unit Inspection
Slated Monday Night
Comdr. P. H. Dice will head
the official party during inspec
tion of the local Naval Reserve
Electronics division at 8 p.m.
Monday in the Federal building,
33 North Riverside ave.
Assisting will be Lt. W. S.
Lindberg Jr. Commander Dice
is district reserve electronics
program officer, and Lieutenant
Lindberg is his assistant. Both
have headquarters in the 13th
Naval district.in Seattle, Wash.
The inspection will be both
personnel and administrative.
; The party will inspect the
Grants Pass unit of the Electron
ics" division Tuesday night.
Atomic Bomb Test
Delay Expected
' ' Las Vegas U.R) The Atom
ic Energy Commission made pre
liminary preparations today for
firing tomorrow of the last shot
of the 1955 spring atomic test
series at Yucca Flat although a
morning weather evaluation in
dicated the test again will be
postponed.
County Mosquito Control Program Slated
To Start Early
A county ' mosquito control
program will start early in June,
with the exact date depending
on the weather during the next
few weeks, . county sanitarians
. Special equipment is being
constructed at the county shops
for use in the control program.
It includes a smoke-type genera
tor and spray equipment
The "smoke machine," ex
pected to be needed first, is now
nearing completion, they said.
The equipment is to b mounted
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GEN. MAXWELL D. TAYLOR
U. N. Commander Eisenhower's Choice
Washington (U.R) Gen. Max
well T. Taylor was nominated to
day by President Eisenhower to
be Army chief of staff, replacing
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway who
will retire June 30.
Taylor is now Far East com
mander in chief of all U. S. and
U. N. forces. He will be replaced
in these two commands by Gen.
Lyman L. Lemnitzer.
Lemnitzer now commands
Two Square Blocks
Of Brooklyn Area
Swept by Flames
New York (U.R) One of the
biggest fires in New York his.
tory destroyed two square blocks
of a Brooklyn industrial area in
a three hour, rampage. Thursday
night, injuring 15 men and iaus-
in2 damage estimated at $2,000,
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Apparently caused by ' spon
taneous combustion in a saw
dust hopper of the Varick plan
ing and melding mill, the fire
burned with such fierce heat
that it melted a ton of nails in
one of the plants.
400 Fireman Used
Fire Commissioner Edward F.
Cavanagh Jr., said 400 firemen
and 70 pieces of equipment were
used to fignt the blaze, consti
tuting the greatest concentration
to fight a New York fire since
the big Standard Oil fire in 1919.
Eleven alarms brought equip
ment from Brooklyn, Manhattan
and Long Island fire stations. '
The fire, which for a time
threatened a terminal containing
1,500,000 gallons of oil, leveled
a wood milling plant, two lum
ber yards, a paint manufactur
ing firm and several small in
dustrial plants.
None of the injured firemen
were badly hurt and all were
treated on the scene.
Spxeads Out of Control
Three employees in the Va
rick plant fought the fire with
hand extinguishers after the
sawdust hopper exploded but it
soon spread out of control. By
the time firemen arrived, the
heat was already so intense it
forced them back several times.
'The blaze was brought under
control shortly after 9 p.m.
(EDT) but the ruins continued to
smoulder through the night.
Four fireboats poured tons
of water on; waterfront buildings
several block? from the fire to
reduce the danger from flying
sparks. .. , ,
Weather
FORECAST: Clearing and cool
with freezing temperatures
- tonight. Mostly sunny and a
little warmer Saturday. Ex
pected low tonight near 30. .
High Saturday near 7.
, Temp.
Highest Yesterday ...... 6:
Lowest this Morning 32
in June, Sanitarians Say
on a pickup truck purchased re
cently by the county for that
purpose.
This will be the third year of
the mosquito control program in
the county. A total of $6,000 has
been budgeted for that purpose
during the coming fiscal year.
; At the- present time, control
work is being mapped in the
Medford and Ashland areas,
along Rogue river, and in the
Applegate valley. However,, the
sanitarians declared that control
work , will b conducted any
Army forces in the Far East and
the Eighth Army. ,
The White House said Ridg
way recently wrote Army Secre
tary Robert T. Stevens, asking
for voluntary retirement.
Ridgway, who is 60, originally
planned to retire in August, but
when he made his formal request
to Stevens, he advanced the data
to June 30.
Taylor, who will be 54 on Auf.
26, commanded the Eighth Army
during some of the heaviest
fighting in Korea. He was nomi
nated for a two-year term.
Change Long Expected
. ' The change in Army command
had been expected for some time.
Reports became more frequent '
recently when Ridgway testified
before congressional committees
about President Eisenhower's
proposed manpower cuts.
i Ridgway urged Congress to
keep the .jmy strong and "suit
ably deployed" at danger points
throughout, the world. Ke was
the - lone member' of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff to take a vigorous
stand in oposition to the adminis
tration's manpower ' reduction
program. ;
He said the cuts would jeopar
dize "to a degree" the nation's
security.
Washington River
Scanned for Children
Goldendale, Wah. " (U.R)
Search for two missing three-year-old
Klickitat children con
tinued today, but sheriff's depu
ties said there 1 was a . strong
feeling the tots had been swept
downstream by the turbulent
Klickitat river. '
The children, Terry Williams
and her playmate, Walter Mark
Greenfield, were last seen play
ing on the river bank Wednes
day afternoon.
A hunt for the children was
begun the same day. By late
yesterday more than 300 per
sons, aided by two pairs of
bloodhounds brought in from
The Dalles and Roseburg, Ore.,
combed the - weeded - rugged
area. .: i
The bloodhounds tracked the
tots to the river's edge. -One
hound had to be restrained from
entering the water by his hand
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Hungry Burglars
Enter Drive-In - -.J: ?
Burglars with appetites broke
into McDuffte's Coffee Pot
Drive-in, 1132 North Riverside
ave., sometime ' before' 1:35
a.m. today., and, apparently
satisfied their hunger.
Acording to police officers
who investigated the burglary,
nothing was missing except
food, which was eaten in the
drive-in. Entrance was gained
through a. rear window, police
said. .
- A cigarette machine inside
was pried open,' but police said
neither cigarettes nor money
was missing from the machine.
place in the county where it ap
pears to be necessary. .
In addition to work with the
"smoke machine" and spray
rigs, , the county plans to do con
siderable work in controlling
mosquitoes in ponds.
A few mosquitoes have hatched
so far, but no major hatch in
ponds can be expected until
water temperatures reach ap
proximately 70 degrees. Field
mosquitoes usually hatch some
what earlier than those in ponds, .
the sanitarians declared.