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New Opportunities
To Push Russian
Iron Curtain Seen
Austrian Treaty
Beacon of Hope
Washington (U.R) Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles be
lieves the Big Four top - level
talks will open new opportuni
ties to roll back the Russian Iron
Curtain now shrouding Eastern
Europe.
Officials said today thas was
one of the most significant points
behind Dulles dramatic foreign
policy "chat" with the American
people Tuesday night.
Seated in President Eisenhow
er's private office, the secretary
of state told a nationwide radio
and television audience that the
newly - signed Austrian state
treaty is a beacon of hope to op
pressed peoples everywhere. Dul
les said the treaty, which assures
withdrawal of occupation troops,
Is surt to have "tremendous im
pact" in Soviet - dominated
Czechoslovakia, Hungary .and
other satellites.
Against Over-Optimism
He noted that a Big Four
meeting could discuss the Soviet-occupation
countries of East
ern Europe and the problem of
international Communism
long with German unification,
disarmament, and atomic wea
pons. But he cautioned against over
optimism. No all - embracing
rainbow, he said, will come from
the meeting of the Big Four
heads of government. The con
ference will only show "new
n a xi tt:i. J 1
States sticks to its policy of
strength in dealing with Russia.
c Meanwhile, officials said the
time and place of the proposed
meeting of Mr. Eisenhower, Sov
iet Premier Nikolai Bulganin,
British Prime Minister Sir An
thony Eden, and . French Pre
mier Edgar Faure may be set in
about a week. Stockholm, Swe
den, or a quiet spot in Switzer
land are considered the most
likely site. The conference prob
ably will take place in late July
or early August.
Democratic and Republican
members of the Senate foreign
, relations committee . generally
agreed with Dulles' appraisal.
Big Challenge Ahead ,
Committee Chairman Walter
F. George (D-Ga.) said the con
ference "will not change the
world overnight," but "it may
point in a direction, which if
followed up vigorously, may lead
to relaxation of the world ten
sions now existing."
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D-1
Minn) said "I feel encuraged;
yet I also feel we've got a big
challenge ahead of us and one
that I think we can win."
Sen. William Langer (R-N.D.)
said he concurred with Dulles'
views but thought the secretary
was "a little too optimistic."
Sen. George Aiken (R-Vt.) said
"it was the most encouraging re
port we have received for a long
time. I think it will do much to
give hope to the people of this
country that we may really be
making progress on the road to
peace." .
Youngsters Planning Visit
Here to Vtew 'Large City1
Eight school-age youngsters, several of whom have never
seen an elevator, a stop light or a television set, will visit in
Medford Thursday. '
They are making a special trip here to see a "large city,"
and for part of the day will be guests of the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce.
The group will come from Forks of Salmon, Calif., a
tiny community in Siskiyou county. The town, an old log
ging community, is located on the Salmon river, a tributary
of the Klamath, and is rather more than half way to the
ocean from Dunsmuir, in the coast range.
The Clarence George family of Forks of Salmon is spon- '
soring the trip, and the group will leave there at 5 a.m.
Just what their itinerary will be in Medford is uncertain as
yet, but the chamber hopes to insure a pleasant visit for
them.
Mrs. George's first letter said, in part:
"More than half the 14 school children of the Forks of
Salmon school have never seen a large city. . . . We want to
bring them on a field trip to Medford. . . . They have never
seen stop lights on city streets, nor elevators nor railroads,
nor even dial telephones. What do you have of interest for
them to see? Any special industries? Not sawmills we have
them. ... Is the airport close by? Are there large planes
there? You gather most anything will do, but in order to
make use of our time we'd like to arrange a schedule and
what building has an elevator? ..."
They plan to make the long return trip the evening of
the same day.
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EUROPEAN REPORT Secy, of State John Foster Dulles,
just returned from Vienna, taiks with Chairman Walter F.
George of the Senate foreign relations committee, as he
arrives at the capitol to report on his trip. Later in the day,
Dulles reported on his mission to a nationwide radio and
TV audience from the President's office in the White House.
School District 49
Budget Election Set
2 to 8 p.m. Tomorrow
An election for the approval
of the 1955-56 budget for School
District 49 will be held tomor
row.
A voting poll will be open
from 2 to 8 p.m. in the girls'
gymnasium on the south side of
Liffrell Named To
Interim Committee
Salem (U.R) Sen. Warren
McMinimee, Tillamook Republi
can, may be a contender for the
president of the 1957 Oregon
Senate provided the Republi
cans again organize that body,
observers here said today as re
ports grew that he would be
chairman of the vital, leader
making interim committee on
highway study.
Another strong contender for
Senate president in 1957 is Sen.
Warren Gill, Lebanon Republi
can. Sen. Robert D. Holmes,
Gearhart Democrat, has an
nounced his candidacy and
should the Democrats gain con
trol of the Senate he would ap
pear so far to have no opposition.
President Smith named Sens.
McMinimee, Walter C. Leth of
Monmouth, and Charles W. Bing
ner of Le Grande to the interim
committee that will study Ore
gon highway problems and re
port its recommendations to the
1957 Legislature.
Speaker Geary appointed
Reps. Robert L. Elfstrom of Sal
em, William W. Bradeen of
Burns, E. A. Littrell of Medford
and Fred Meek of Portland to
the highway interim committee.
Weather
FORECAST: Fair through Thurs
day with some high cloudi
ness. Low tonight 45-17. High
Thursday 80.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 80
Lowest this Morning . 41
the Medford High school. Any
person who has lived in the dis
trict at least six months and
who has been a registered voter
for 30 days is eligible to vote.
The election is made neces
sary by the fact that the ex
penses of the district have ldhg
been higher than the amount of
money available under the con
stitution without an election.
New buildings necessary to ac
commodate more children, and
more teachers,"more school sup
plies and many other added ex
penses over the years have re
sulted in the increased costs of
school operations. "
The Oregon constitution lim
its to 6 per cent the amount a
budget can be increased from
year to year. Because of the
rapid growth of population here,
the Medford school district long
ago found this increase inade
quate, and each year has had
to go to the people for approval
of its operating costs outside the
6 per cent limit.
Totals Given -
The budget for the coming
year totals $1,758,934.39. Esti
mated receipts during the year
will total some $632,377.73,
leaving $1,126,556.66 to be rais
ed by taxes. A total of $37,311i
63 in uncollectable taxes is es
timated for the year, resulting
in a tax levy of $1,163,868.19.
The amount permitted by the
6 per cent limitation is only
$341,418.16, and the election is
on the approval of the $822,449.
58 needed.
The budget has been printed
in full in The Mail Tribune on
three occasions in recent weeks,
following its unanimous approv
al by the school district's citi
zens budget committee and the
school board.
The 1955-56 budget is $378,
133.83 larger than that for the
current year. The increase is
mostly due to the fact that en
rollments are higher and two
new schools are being built in
the district for use next year.
Customs Men Seize
Marijuana Cache
Laredo, Tex. (U.R) Customs
agents reported today the arrest
of two Los Angeles men with
enough unrefined marijuana to
make 35,000 cigarettes selling on
the illicit market at 75 cents to
$1 each.
The marijuana totaled 100
pounds and was in four burlap
bags under a load of 250 bags of
onions on a trailer truck.
Albert R. Richards, in charge
of the Customs Office at Laredo,
identified the men as Pedro Gal
lardo, 31, the truck owner
driver and a produce buyer; and
Rudolfo Estrada, 41.
Committee Sets Hearing
On Price Support Bill
Washington -(U.R) The Sen
ate Agriculture Committee to
day voted to hold hearings, in
stead of acting immediately, on
the bill passed by the House to
restore rigid high price supports
on basic crops. The vote was 8
to 7.
This decision dimmed chances
of the Senate acting on the bill
this year.
Medford
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Anti-Polio Shots
To Start in State
On Monday, May 23
Health Committee
Gives Green Light
Portland (U.R) Oregon's
Salk polio inoculation program
for first and second grade chil
dren has the green light at last
today and the needle treatment
Administration of polio vac
cina to Jackson county first
and second graders will begin
here next Monday, according
to Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county
health officer.
Pretty much the same
schedule as arranged before
the recent postponement will
be used, he said.
Details of how the second
series of shots, to be given
three to five weeks after the
first, will be administered dur
ing school vacation period,
are being worked out, he said.
was expected to start over most
of the -state next Monday.
Klamath county was scheduled
to start inoculations today.
Vaccine has been in the hands
of county authorities for nearly
three weeks but delays have held
up the program.
Signal Flashed
The public health committee of
the State Medical Society met
with state health officers here
yesterday and flashed the signal
for the inoculations to start.
There are about 80,000 first
and second grade school chil
dren in Oregon. There is enough
vaccine for first shots and Dr.
Harold Erickson, state health of
ficer, said he believed deliveries
would arrive in time for second
shots, which should be spaced
two to four weeks after initial
inoculation.
The health committee said it
would recommend that private
physicians give first priority in
use of private supplies of vac
cine to children between ages of
five and nine.
40 Cases in Oregon
Meanwhile ,the State Board of
Health added four new cases of
polio to the four already reported
during the past week, bringing
the total of Oregon cases for the
year to 40.
None of the eight caese report
ed this week occurred in persons
inoculated with Salk vaccine.
A health department spokes
man warned that the natural in
cidence of polio in Oregon should
lead to 5 or 6 cases during the
first month of the immunization
program.
Boss Drowns Trying
To Rescue Employee
Umatilla, Ore. U.R) D. H.
Line, owner . of the Line paint
company here, drowned yester
day evening in the Columbia
river while attempting to rescue
one of his employees who had
fallen from the Umatilla bridge
while painting.
The employee, Ruben Wagner,
22, was suspended in a boat
swain's chair from the new high
way bridge on the Washington
side when ropes gave way and
plunged him into the stream.
He was rescued about 15 min
utes later by an Inland Naviga
tion company tug, but in the
meantime, Line had jumped into
the river from the Washington
side to rescue him.
Witnesses reported that Wag
ner yelled to Line from the tug
that he was all right and that
Line turned around and headed
for shore. He apparently swam
only a few feet and then disap
peared under the water.
Baseball
AMERICAN
Kansas City 2 9 2
Washington 7 10 2
Ceccarelli, Paschi (3) Gor
man (7) and W. Shantz; Stone
and Fitzgerald.
Cleveland 10- 19 0
Boston . 0 3. 2
Score and Foiles; Nixon.
Kammerer (5), Brodowski (5)
and White.
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Pittsburgh - 18 3
Cincinnati 5 11 1
Lixtlefield. Friend (5), Low
(8) and Shepard; Minarcin and
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MEDFORD, ORfcv
pecial "City Tax
Ike Defends Charge
Of 'Incompetency'
Against Mrs. Hobby
Washington(U.R) President Eisenhower told his news con
ference today that the supply of Salk polio vaccine is sufficient to
complete first shots for first and second graders in the relatively
near future.
Mr. Eisenhower at the same time strongly defended Mrs. Oveta
Culp Hobby, secretary of health, Education and Welfare, against
charges of "gross incompetency" in handling the vaccine. The
President said he found Mrs. Hobby's record highly efficient.
The President's statement, however, reflected the tremendous
downward revision that has occurred in government estimates of
the number of children who can be inoculated.
Before the recheck of the polio vaccine was begun, the govern
ment had expected a supply of 32,000,000 cc's of the vaccine,
enough for 32,000,000 million shots, by June 1. Now the question
was whether even 9,000,000 shots can be administered" before
schools close.
Special Inoculation
Plans Said Set Up ,
Speaking of the vaccine sup
ply, the President said he was
informed this morning that there
was enough to complete the
first shot for first and second
graders.
He said if some children
could not be given the vaccine
by the end of school, particu
larly in the South, plans were
being set up for special inocula
tion days after the school sea
son. Mr. Eisenhower seemed open
ly resentful toward criticism lev
eled at Mrs. Hobby yesterday by
Sen. Wayne-Morse (D-Ore.), who
said she should be removed from
office immediately for "gross in
competency." He said it was a waste of time
to discuss such a statement since
Mrs. Hobby had proved herself
to be highly efficient and a
person of great character. He
said also she had done a mag
nificient job in her department.
Husband 111
He was asked, completely
aside from the Morse criticism,
about a report that Mrs. Hobby
for personal reasons was going
to leave the government in a
few months. Her husband has
been in poor health.
He said the only woman mem
ber of the Cabinet had placed
him on notice months ago that
conditions might arise that might
compel her to leave the govern
ment. v
If she does have to leave, he
continued, , he would regret it
exceedingly because she had
done a magnificient job and has
proved that women with brains
can do just as well as men in
handling difficult government
jobs.
L. E. Edmonds Mofors
Firm Incorporates
Articles . of incorporation
were filed at Salem today for
L. E. Edmonds Motors, Inc., of
Medford, according to United
Press. Signers are L. E. Ed
monds, Eleanor Edmonds and
Elizabeth Z. Flannery.
The business is located at 1016
North Riverside ave., and for
merly was General Truck Sales
and Lilenquist Motor company.
Edmonds took over operation
of the business Monday, May
16, and except for the signers
of the incorporation papers, no
other owners are involved in the
business, which includes he
sales of General Motor trucks
and parts and repair depart
ments, Mrs. Flannery pointed
out today.
Yreka Hotel Robbed
0! $165 by Two Men
Yreka, Calif. U.R) Two
armed men held up the Yreka
hotel about 10 p.m. yesterday
and escaped with $165.
California and Oregon police
set up roadblocks at the state
line and south of the Ashland,
Ore., city limits but found no
trace of the two, who were be
lieved to have headed norh.
The men, described as be
tween 30 and 35 years old, ap
proached Hotel Manager William
Hanson and forced him to give
them the money from the hotel
safe in the lobby.
? Tribune
NESDAY, MAY 18, 1955
il This Yoar
Texans Admit Guilt
In Burglary Case;
Sentencing Delayed
Three Texans involved in two
burglaries here Saturday night
pleaded guilty in circuit court
today. Sentencing was continued
pending Federal Bureau of In
vestigation reports.
Thomas Miner Spoon, 24, and
his brother, William Riley
Spoon, 26, admitted the burglar
ies, and William's wife, Mrs. Lu
etic Mae Spoon, 24, pleaded
guilty to concealing stolen prop
erty. Thomas' 15-year-old wife and
his 15-year-old brother were
turned over to juvenile authori
ties. Thomas Spoon was arrested
after Medford Police Officer
Roy L. Thompson caught- him
burglarizing the Ninety and
Nine Tavern, 1258 South River
side ave., early Sunday morn
ing. Thomas admitted he bur
glarized the Ranch Drive In,
1234 South Riverside ave., that
same night.
Also in. court, Allen Robert
Rogers, 30, general delivery,
Medford, pleaded guilty to bur-,
glary of Hunter's Tavern, from
which he took $30 in cash, an
electric drill and a carton of
cigarettes. Lewis Davies pleaded
guilty to receiving the property
stolen by Rogers. Sentences
were continued pending receipt
of FBI reports.
Benton Culver MacPherson,
33, and Charles Robert Quacken
bush, 42, route 1, box 539, Tal
ent, pleaded guilty to sodomy.
MacPherson's-sentence was con
tinued pending outcome of a
phychiatrists report and receipt
of FBI reports. Quackenbush's
sentence was delayed for a pre
liminary hearing before a psy
chiatrist set by Judge H. K.
Hanna for June 1.
Movie Makers Arrive
At Bend Location
Bend (U.R) Bryna Produc
tions, the independent film com
pany owned by Actor Kirk
Douglas, moved 118 moviemak
ers into this Central Oregon city
today to begin filming of a $1,
000,000 cinemascope production
with Douglas in the starring role.
To be called "The Indian
Fighter," the picture will be
filmed entirely in the Bend area
which Douglas said was chosen
because it offered in a single
location mountain backgrounds,
streams, meadows and foliage.
The filming is on a five week
"shooting" schedule.
Council Committee Suggests
Off-Street Parking Be Done
The city council's off-street
parking committee last night
recommended that a Jackson
County Chamber of Commerce
committee should decide on ex
penses and locations of off-street
parking in Medford and make
recommendations to the council.
Councilman Donald Hansen,
chairman of the council commit
tee, said action to organize the
plan would be a council respon
sibility, but he recommended
that the chamber committee
make suggestions on sites, ex
penses and rates for property
assassment in districts benefited.
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Base Change Vote
Proposal Delayed
At Least to 1956
Council, Budgeters
Set Meeting Tuesday
City Attorney Frank Farrell
told the city council last night
that an election to authorize in
creased real property taxes in
Medford can be held only during
a general or primary election.
The council recently author
ized Farrell to draw necessary
documents for a special election
which would ask approval for
an increase of $65,000 in the
city's tax base, and to amend the
city charter by increasing the
limitation on property taxes from
12 to 16 mills.
May, 1956, Next Date
Farrell pointed out that under
the charter the city cannot call
a special election for a new tax
base. The next primary election
will be in May, 1956, and a vote
on a new tax base could be held
at that time.
The citizens' budget commit
tee last month recommended an
election be held to provide funds
"to continue presently existing
services for the people of the
city of Medford, and in order to
develop programs deemed neces
sary for the progress" of the
city.
The council will meet with the
budget committee Tuesday night
to make necessary adjustments
in the budget for the coming
fiscal year. -
The council, in other action,
adopted an ordinance transfer
ring $1,000 from city funds to
the Jackson County Health de
partment, upon recommendation
of the budget committee. The
money was deleted from the 1954
55 budget. The department ask
ed that the $1,000 be included
in the 1955-56 budget to bring
the amount to $4,000, as in the
past.
The allotment reimburses the
county health department for
services it renders within the
city, among which are milk and
food inspections.
Ordinances also were adopted
for sanitary sewers on East
Jackson st. from an alley be
tween Effie and Bessie sts. to
Barneburg ave., and in the East
wood Capital Hill area.
(See other council stories
on Pages 1 .... and 12).
Ike Would Welcome
Zhukov at Meeting
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower said today that
some value might result if his
old World War II friend, Soviet
Marshal Georgi Zhukov, attends
the Big Four conference and he
gets a chance to talk to him per
sonally. The President told his news
conference that Zhukov's pres
ence at the forthcoming top
level talks would give him a
chance to talk personally with
Zhukov on events since 1945
when they last saw each other.
And, Mr. Eisenhower said, we
just might get some value out of
such a meeting.
But the President told a re
porter who asked if he "would
like to , have Zhukov present"
that he had not considered the
suggestion.
The council referred action
until a later meeting after hear
ing Hansen's report..
A citizens' off-street parking
committee has recommended a
program costing $600,000 over a
10-year period. Half the amount
would come from property as
sessments based on benefits re
ceived, and the other half would
come from parking meter
revenue.
Councilman Harold Frye re
ported on the alley cleanup
problem, and the council author
ized City Manager Robert Duff
to use city crews to clean up the
Election
Action May Force
General Walkout
Of All Truckers
Estimated 100,000
Men Will Be Idle?
Los Angeles (U.R) The AFL
Teamsters Union today called
a strike aganst three major long
haul trucking companies serv
ing 11 Western states after last
ditch negotiations over a wage
contract broke down.
Union officials said the strike
will begin after midnight to
night. Picket lines were to bt
established tomorrow morning.
Spokesmen estimated the
walkout will idle some 100,000
persons in the trucking and al
lied industries and may force a
general lockout of all contract
truckers in the West.
Essential Items To Move
Essential food and drugs, in
cluding milk and Salk vaccine,
will be hauled, the union said.
The dispute centered over a
union demand for an immediate
10-cent hourly boost in pay with
an additional eight-cent hike in
1956 and 1957.
Frank Brewster, Seattle,
Wash., president of the Western
Conference of Teamsters, offi
cially announced three trucking
firms would be struck tomorrow
if settlement of a wage dispute
is not reached.
But a high-ranking spokesman
for the teamsters, who asked that
his identity be withheld, said
all contract truck drivers in the
11 Western states would walk
out and refuse to haul anything
other than essential items.
Between 15,000 and 25,000
contract truckers would be af
fected, and the spokesman said
the union will attempt to force
independent truckers to suspend
operations also.
The three firms the teamsters
announced they would strike
first were the consolidated
Freight Lines, Pacific Motor
Transport and Inter - Mountain
Express, with 2500 workers im
mediately affected.
Among the vital materials
which would be affected by such
a strike was newsprint, much of
which moves to the West's news
papers by truck.
The situation recalled the
1934 Minneapolis trucking
strike, during which bloodshed
occurred when striking drivers
attempted to halt independent
operators from hauling goods.
A spokesman for the employ
ers said even if only three firms
are struck, other members of the
association will shut down also.
Union Demands Told
The union has asked a 10 cent
hourly increase immediately.
with' further eight cent boosts
for each of the next two years,
plus extended pension benefits.
The" truckers have offered
three separate settlements, the
last of which called for nine
cents now, wjth five cent boosts
each year for the next five, plus
a pension plan. The union main
tains the company offer contains
other contract changes which
would reduce the cost to em
ployers to virtually nothing.
GBulltsflns'-
Salem, Ore. (U.R) Plans
to file a referendum petition
against a state cigarette tax
were learned here today
where representatives of the
tobacco industry were wait
ing to file a preliminary peti
tion. Gov. Paul Patterson lias not
yet signed the cigarette tax
bill passed by the 1955 leg
islature and R. A. Bradlee. a
representative of the tobacco
industry, cannot file the pe
tition until the Governor acts.
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower's compulsory .
military reserve bill won a ma
jor test today when the House
killed a plan to let high school
and college students avoid the
draft by taking military train
ing during summer vacation.
Planning for
by
worst alleys within the next
two weeks. ft
Frye said his committee and
the fire department studied al
leys and found that several of
them are fire hazards where
grass is not kept cut.
Frye said the committee "feels
there should be stricter enforce
ment of ordinances" governing
trash and weeds in alleys, and
said the city should not have to
pay expenses of cleaning alleys
when it is an individual prop
erty owner's responsibility.
(See other council stories on
. Pages 1 and 12)