Medford mail tribune., May 19, 1955, Image 1

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Two ID)einiomDDiiatnons
Protest Presby ter Ban
Plan for New Church
Two church denominations
have protested recently-announced
plans for the possible
formation of a second Presbyter
ian church on the east side of
Medford, It was learned here to
day. Dr. Paul A. Davies, Portland,
minister and superintendent of
the Congregational Conference
of Oregon, informed The Mail
Tribune that Baptists and Con
gregationalists have submitted
protests to the planning and
Senate President
Defends Acts of
'1955 Legislature
Salem (U.R) Senate Presi
dent Elmo E. Smith of John Day
shot back sharply today at a
handful of Democratic critics
who accused the Republican-controlled
1955 Legislature of being
a "do-nothing" session.
Declaring that the 1955 ses
sion produced some of the most
constructive legislation in many
years, Smith aimed remarks at
Sen. Monroe Sweetland, Mil
waukie Democrat who has been
critical of the 1955 session.
Excellent Record
"The 1955 legislative session,"
Smith said, "has an excellent
record of production that will
withstand any assault of politi
cal challenge."
Smith stressed the close co-operation
under the leadership of
Gov. Paul L. Patterson with the
o president of Senate and the
speaker of the House, Edward
A. Geary. He said this helped
maintain "a complete liaison in
developing a sound program.
Cites Examples'
Summarizing outstanding ac
complishments of the session,
Smith pointedto the Water Re
sources Board as one of the
greatest legislative steps in de
cades. "The Republican-led legisla
ture," Smith said, "went on rec
ord favoring full development
of the irrigation, navigation and
electric power resources of the
Columbia river and petitioned
Congress that this be done by
the federal government.
Meat Inspection Listed
Smith said the session also
passed a bill to take the motor
vehicle division out from under
the Secretary of State and make
it a separate department under
the appointive power of the gov
ernor, who already has other de
partments dealing with motor
vehicles, including the Public
Utilities Commission, State High
way Department and State Tax
Department.
"Of extreme importance to the
health of the people of the state
of Oregon," Smith said, "is the
, pilot program on meat inspec
tion. This has been worked out
on budget of $150,000 supplied
equally-by the livestock industry
and state general funds. It gets
underway a program which has
been sought for many years to
insure the people of Oregon that
diseased meat will not be sold
for human consumption."
Building Program
The Senate president said "a
well-planned and progressive
building program recommended
by Gov. Patterson was approved
by the Legislature.
Included was an appropria
tion of $6,500,000 to provide the
initial stage of construction for
the mental hospital in the Port
land vicinity.
Airline Certification
Measure Signed by Ike
President Eisenhower has sign
ed into law a measure which
gives permanent certification to
a number of "feeder" airlines,
including Southwest airways and
West Coast airlines, both of
which serve Medford, it was
learned here this morning.
Airline spokesman said the
measure will give stability to the
entire local airline industry, and
cultimates a two - year struggle
fnr h authorization. The bill,
passed unanimously in both
houses of congress, has strong
support from areas served by
feeder lines, inducting souinem
flrpffnn
The law means that the lines
can make plans for the future
without having to worry about
recertification periodically.
Washington (U.R) The
oovernment asked the Su
preme Court today to rule
that the state of Louisiana is
entitled to tidelands oil reve
nue only from submerged
lands within three mile from
its coastline. -
strategy committee of the Ore
gon Council of Churches. They
object to the formation of a sec
ond Presbyterian church which,
if organized, would be located
across the street from, the pres
ent Congregational church at the
corner of Groveland ave. and
Groveland dr.
Meeting June S
Dr. Davies said the next meet
ing of the council's committee,
composed of various denomina
tional executives, wU be June
8, and it is expected that a hear
ing will then be arranged.
The committee, lormed after
the war under the chairmanship
of Dr. Franklyn Hodson, then
pastor of Westminster Presby
terian church, Portland, seeks
"to prevent the over-churching
and ruinous competition charac
teristic of Protestant church
in past years," Dr. Davies said.
Presbyterians, Methodists, Con
gregationalists, American Bap
tists, United Presbyterians and
other major protestant groups
belong to the committee, which
is similar to others in many
states.
Notice of Protest
Dr. Davies said that he and
Dr. Elmer Adams, secretary of
the American Baptist Conven
tion of Oregon, gave oral notice
at the May meeting that a writ
ten protest, with a request for a
hearing in Medford, would be
made.
Two years ago, Dr. Davis ex
plained, the committee granted
"comity assignments" on the
east side of Medford to the Con
gregationalists and the Ameri
can Baptists. Churches are now
located about two miles from
the downtown churches estab
lished many years ago. The com
mittee felt that one or two
churches were needed on the east
side to take care of the growth
of the city. The two denomina
tions have invested some $50,000
in sites and buildings.
Most Await Clearance
Dr. Davies continued, "While
all denominations are working
under strictly voluntary agree
ments, thus far most of them
have declined to start new
churches or relocate old churches
without satisfactory clearance
from this interdenominational
committee. The purpose of the
work is to put churches wnere
they are needed, to see that
everv community is properly
churched and when an allocation
has been granted, not to grant
further requests until the new
churches are firmly established
and untilanother church is need
ed. The movement toward
Protestant unitv and a com
mon strategy has been greatly
strengthened throughout our
country by this voluntary agree
ment on the part of major
Protestant churches."
Announcement last week of
the consideration being given to
the formation of a second Pres-
bvterian church indicated the
site has been optioned, and point
ed out that the membership ot
the First Presbyterian church
and Sunday school is larger than
the present facilities can accom
modate.
Youth Pleads Guilty
To Child Stealing
Astoria, Ore. (U.R) Robert
E. Kent, 19, today pleaded
guilty to a charge of child-stealing
in connection with the hold
ing of seven-year-old Tommy
Wooddard of Elsie, Ore.
Kent, a soldier from Fort
Campbell, Ky., could receive a
sentence of up to life imprison
ment on the charge. Under a
1953 Oregon law, he must under
go psychiatric investigation since
his crime was sexually moti
vated, according to Clatsop Coun
ty District Attorney Thomas
Brownhill.
Circuit Judge Howard Zim
merman deferred sentence for
60 days pending investigation by
a psychiatrist to be appointed
by the superintendent of Oregon
State Hospital.
Military Reserve -Legislation
Iced
Washington (U.R) The
House today unexpectedly put
President Eisenhower's compul
sory military reserve legislation
on ice for a long time, possibly
for good.
A fight over civil rights in
the National Guard precipitated
the action. House leaders would
not say so, but most members
got the impression the reserve
bill was dead. It will be many
weeks, in any case, before it is
considered again.
The unexpected action came
after the House reaffirmed its
stand against compulsory racial
segregation in the National
Guard. ...
Medford
United Pru full Leued Wire
50th Year 24 Pages
Hospitable Medford Gives 'Royal
From Isolated California Community.
Eight youngsters from Forks
of Salmon, Calif., in a remote,,
section of Siskiyou county, re
ceived the "royal treatment"
from Medford residents today
as the children got their first
look at a "big city."
The youngsters, iccom
panied by two adults, arrived
here at about 9:40 a.m. after a
125-mile trip by school bus,
much of it over mountainous
unpaved roads.
The first item on the agenda
was a milkshake, and for the
youngsters it was the first one
they have ever had.
Five Prospect Boys
Held in Burglary;
Some Loot Found
Five teenage Prospect boys
were among nine persons ar
rested and lodged in the county
jail during the past two days, ac
cording to jail records.
The youths are being held in
connection with a burglary
which was committed during the
winter months at Inter Mountain
ranch, five miles east of Pros
pect off the Crater Lake high
way. About the time the burglary
was discovered, about May 1, it
was believed the total value of
items taken, amounted to about
$700. However, sheriff's depu
ties said this morning that the
total was "considerably less"
than that amount.
Some Loot Recovered
About half the loot taken in
the burglary has been recovered,
the deputies said. The boys have
been turned over to juvenile
authorities, but: are still being
held in the county jail. V-
Two men, August J. Bauman,
47, and Jack Dorwin Frazier, 19,
both of Fairfield, Calif., were
taken into district court yester
day to answer charges of carry
ing a concealed weapon. Frazier
pleaded guilty to the charge and
was fined $25 and court costs,
with the entire fine suspended.
Bauman entered a plea of inno
cent. Both men were released
from custody.
The charge involved a 32-20
caliber revolver which was in the
glove compartment of the car in
which the men were riding.'
Also arrested and jailed was
Lewis Fredrick Davies, 30, Cen
tral Point, on a charge of re
ceiving stolen property.
A 14-year-old Seattle boy was
picked up by city police and is
being held as a runaway.
Sen. Neuberger Lauds
Canada Vaccine Setup
Washington (U.R) Sen.
Richard L. Neuberger (D - Ore.)
told the Senate today that the
Eisenhower administration could
learn a lot from Canada in hand
ling the Salk polio vaccine pro
gram. Neuberger said the Canadian
government began setting up a
distribution center several
months ago.
"When success of the tests was
announced," he said, "Canada
was prepared with a national
program but the government of
the United States had none."
Neuberger said a Canadian la
boratory is turning out "careful
ly tested" vaccine for the gov
ernment at $1.50 for three shots,
compared to more than $4 he
said U. S. physicians are charged
for the same quality by U. S. pro
ducers.
Neuberger said 500,000 Cana
dian children have been vacci
nated to date "without a case of
polio being reported."
Sports Car Driver
Races Homing Pigeon
Chicago (U.R) A news
paper reporter in a sports car
raced a pigeon 284 miles
across Illinois to a Chicago
suburb today. The odds favor
ed the pigeon.
Reporter John Justin Smith
of the Chicago Daily News,
roared out of Rockport, 111.,
in a- sleek, 198-horsepower
Ford Thunderbird.
At the same moment. a
homing pigeon named Doris
took to the skies.
Doris had only her wings
and a pigeon'3homing instinct
to rely on. But pigeon experts
said that was more than
enough to leave Smith and his
racing ear fax behind.
MEDFORD, OREGON,
After the milkshake the
grand tour started. The young
sters were taken in police and
fire department cars, with
sirens going full blast, to the
Medford hotel, where they got
their first ride in an elevator.
From the hotel, they went
to the Medford municipal air
port, where they saw their
first airplane, and better yet,
inspected the inside of a
Southwest Airlines DC-3 pas
senger plane.
While at the airport, they
also went up in the CAA con
trol tower.
BJDOLE
ROUTE TO AIRPORT Police authorities
have announced that special routes to and
from the Medford airport are being set up
for passenger travel during the Armed Forces
day observance's at the airport Sunday. Autos
en, route to the airport are asked to drive
north on Biddle rd., which turns off the Cra
ter Lake highway past the Big-Y junction.
Most of . the area near the airport buildings
will be set aside for parking,, and the area is
County-Wide School
Elections of
Scheduled
County-wide " school elections
will be held here June 20. They
fall into four different classifi
cations. Tomorrow is the deadline for
filing nominating petitions for
the Jackson county rural school
board.
Two positions, for Zones 2 and
5, are to be filled. Only candi
dates for whom petitions had
been filed through this morning
were the two incumbents, Lyle
Van Scoy, Zone 2, and Mrs. M.
O. Grove, Zone 5.
Petitions must be signed by
at least 25 legal school voters
residing in the zone the candi
date is to represent. Acceptance
of nomination must be filed
with the county school superin
tendent by June 4.
Ballots for rural school board
candidates, and for three other
types of school elections, will
be cast on June 20 from 2 to 8
p.m.
Non-High Election
No petitions have been filed
so far for candidates for a five
year term on the county non-high
school board for Zone 5. The in
cumbent is Dunbar Carpenter.
The deadline for filing non-high
board petitions is June 4, and
acceptances of nomination must
be filed by June 9.
Due to a new state law passed
at the last session of the Oregon
legislature, each of Jackson
county's 20 second and third
class school districts will elect
at least three directors at the
June 20 annual meeting.
The new law changes the num
ber of directors in second and
third class districts from three
to five, and specifies that polls
must be kept open from 2 to
8 p.m. This standardizes the sec
ond and third . class districts
with the procedure followed in
first class districts.
Petitions for directors in sec
ond and third class dsitricts
must be signed by not less than
3 per cent of the number of vo
ters casting ballots in the last
annual school election, and in
no case by less than 10 voters,
whichever is the largest number.
Petitions must be filed with the
clerk at least seven days before
the election, and acceptances
must be filed at least five days
prior to June 20.
One director in each district
will be elected for a three-year
THURSDAY, MAY
Their next stop was d
uled to be the Jackson hotel
for lunch, but on the way to
the hotel they passed a laun
dry, so the trip was halted
while they stopped and went
through the establishment.
Before lunch at the Jack
son, they met John Pletsch,
president of the Jackson
County Chamber of Com
merce, and each of the young
sters received gifts.
At 1 p.m.,, they went to the
Medford main fire station to
look over the equipment, and
Fire . Chief- Gordon Barker
ffO AO
ONI WAY INTO
AIRPORT ONLY
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4 Kinds
June 20
term, one for a four-year term,
and one for a five-year term.
Each of the county's first class
districts, Medford, Ashland, and
1 6C, including Central Point,
Sams Valley and Gold Hill, will
elect one director. Nominating
petitions can be filed until June
13, and written acceptances are
due on or before June 15.
Only Medford . candidate so
far is William A. (Bill) Barker,
42, of 2430 Hillcrest rd. He seeks
the position now held by Mrs.
Eva Hamilton, chairman, who
has announced she will not be
a candidate for reelection.
Only candidate at Ashland is
Mrs. Mabel Stemple, the incum
bent, and no nominating peti
tions have been filed at Central
Point.
Poll Open Until 8 p.m.
In School Budget Vote
The voting poll will remain
open until 8 p.m. today in the
election for approval of the
1955-56 School District 49 bud
get. It is located in the girls'
gymnasium on the south side of
the Medford High school.
Residents of the district for
more than six months who have
been registered voters for 30
days are eligible to vote.
The total budget is $1,758,-
934.39, and the amount needing
voter approval is $822,449.58. It
represents the amount which
cannot be levied without an elec
tion, under terms of the Oregon
constitution. Annual elections
have been necessary in most
school districts for many years
because of rapid growth and
rising costs.
Rains Drive Many
Families From Homes
By UNITED PRESS
More than 1500 persons were
driven from their homes in Col
orado, Oklahoma and Texas by
cloudburst floods today, and por
tions of the Dust Bowl reported
more rain than their long-dry
rivers could handle.
Rains of up to 15 inches were
reported in Southwestern states.
Pendleton (U.R) The city
budeet committee here has
authorized a budget for the com
ing fiscal year which includes
$165,564 to be raised through
taxes.
JNE
Preis Full Leased "Wire
Price 5c
No. 51
vif to Eight Youngsters
kshake . First on
planned' some demonstrations
for the youngsters.
Later in the afternoon, they
were scheduled to go to radio
station KMED to tape record
a broadcast, to The Mail Trib
une to see the newspaper be
ing printed, to radio station
KYJC to make another broad
cast, and at 4:45 p.m. were
tentatively slated to be at
television station KBES-TV
for a broadcast.
With half the day behind
them, the things that they en
joyed most were the rides in
the Medford hotel elevator
ROCK
ONE WAY
EXIT FROjn g
NO ENTRANCE
shown on the map above in cross-hatching.
The airport road, going west, will be the route
to leave the airport. It comes out on Table
Rock rd. The area will be patrolled by city,
state and county police authorities, and every
effort will be made to expedite the movement
of traffic. The program will begin at 1:30 p.m.,
although displays will be available for view
ers most of the day.
Armed Forces Day
Plans Completed;
New Projects Told
Plans for the Armed Forces
day observances here Sunday
were virtually complete today.
The events will take place at
the Medford municipal airport,
where arrangements have been
made for ample parking space,
and one-way traffic to accomo
date the crowds expected to at
tend. First event of the day long
celebration will be a fly-over of
jet aircraft at about 9:30 a.m.,
and a formal program will be
gin at 1:30 p.m. Displays of air
craft and military and other
equipment will be featured at
the airport throughout the day.
Two New Projects
Two projects . in connection
with the observance were an
nounced this morning. One is ra
dio messages to members of the
armed forces throughout the
world from local relatives, which
will be sent free of charge
through an arrangement with the
Rogue Valley Amateur Radio
club and the Radio Amateur
Civilian Emergency service.
Southwest airlines will have
two 30-minute sightseeing flights
over Crater Lake in the after
noon, at a small charge. They are
scheduled for 3:30 and 4:30 p.m.
Those wishing to send mes
sages to armed forces personnel
should have their APO or FPO
addresses and serial numbers,
according to Maj. Gen. Joseph
Hicks, who made the arrange
ments.
Southern Oregon Warmest
Danger of Killing Frosts Not Yet Past
Medford and Grants Pass, with
85-degree temperature readings,
were the hot spots in the state
yesterday as warm, fair weather
in Oregon continued.
The mercury was scheduled to
rise even higher here today be
fore a coojing trend sets in. An
ticipated high for afternoon was
88 degrees.
The weather bureau listed an
increasing threat of thunder
storms from the south as the
week end approaches. Forecast
here is for fair and warm
through Friday.
The present balmy weather
does not mean . frost danger .is
past. Although no immediate
cold weather is forecast, a frost
Weather
FORECAST: Fair and warm
through Friday. Lew tonight
4. High Friday SS.
Highest Yesterday ..
Loweit this Morning
Agenda
and the excursion through the
airplane at the airport.
In the group are Hoop
George, 12; Raymond Bennett,
13, Butch Floyd, 10; Betty
Purcell, 13; Peggy Stanshaw,
12; Florence Kearney, 13; Nel
lie Bennett, 12, and Rachel
Bennett, 11. They are accom
panied by Mrs. Del Brown,
their teacher, and by Mrs.
Katherine George, Hoop's
mother, who is clerk of the
school district.
They started out this morn
ing at 4 a.m., Oregon time.
Long Distance
Freight Carriers
Idled in Oregon
Some 60 or more. Medford
employees of trucking lines
will be affected by the coast
wide trucking strike. It ap
peared this morning.
Consolidated is making de
liveries today of goods ship
ped in before last night, as is
Pacific Motor Transport.
Pierce Freight Lines, while
not one of the companies be
ing struck, is not picking up
any freight today, but is mak
ing deliveries of what came in
before last midnight. It ex
pects to shut down all opera
tions tomorrow.
Portland (U.PJ A strike by
AFL union drivers against three
big West Coast trucking lines
was reported affecting other car
riers of long distance dry freight
in Oregon today.
v Pickets appeared at Consoli
dated Freightways . here at 8
a.m. Trucking firms who are af
filiated with the Oregon Truck
Operators League told customers
they were not accepting freight
for shipment. Operations were
confined to delivering freight
still in transit.
Union sources indicated there
were pickets at Oregon termin
als of Consolidated Pacific Mo
tor Transport and Pacific Inter
mountain Express, the three
firms against whom the long
haul truckers struck.
The Oregon Truck Operators
League held a special meeting
here to discuss strike policy.
A Consolidated spokesman
said no orders were being taken
and regular schedules were not
running.
Los Angeles (U.R) AFL
union drivers representing three
of the biggest West Coast truck
ing lines walked off their jobs
today in the first move of a gen
eral lockout expected to cripple
or halt all long haul freighting
in the west.
The strike was called after ne
gotiations for a wage settlement
broke down.
Although the strike was called
against only three companies,
employers said it was a "strike
against the industry" and would
cause a general lockout.
Four Boys Killed
By Lightning Bolt
Kingsville, Tex. (U.R)
Lightning struck in the midst of
30 boys exercising hi a school
yard today, killing four, serious
ly injuring one and shocking all
of the others, and their instruc
tor. The victims were David Rojas,
13; Panis- Barrera, 14; Esrael
Prado, 14, and Jesus Martinez,
14.
Marvin Kirkman, the physical
education instructor, was hold
ing a class in the schoolyard
when the lightning struck.
now probably would do consider
ably more damage to orchards
than previous frosts this season.
No extensive damage resulted
from earlier frosts, Roy Rogers,
government meteorologist, said,
although some buds were killed
in unheated areas.
Rogers " warned orchardists,
however, that frost is "most
dangerous after pedals have fal
len off and the fruit is set." A
temperature of 31 degrees now,
he said, would not kill the fruit
but it probably would damage it.
A temperature of 30 degrees
or below would be dangerous un
1 e s s orchardists maintained
above-freezing temperatures in
orchards, he pointed out, should
there be a frost. '
Measure Would
Create Inequities
Message Declares
Grave Problems Said
Created by Bill v
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower today vetoed a
postal pay increase which would
have given 500,000 postal work
ers an average 8.8 per cent wage
hike.
Mr. Eisenhower objected to
the bill because it would sub
stantially increase the postal def
icit and create new pay inequit
ies affecting thousands of postal
employees.
The measure would cost the
Treasury $179,000,000.
Creates Grave Problems
In a veto message to the Sen
ate, the chief executive said the
measure also created grave ad
ministrative problems in the es
tablishment of thousands of indi
vidual pay rates and forced
"awkward and unfair adminis
trative practices" on a govern
ment department.
Originally, Mr. Eisenhower
proposed a 5 per cent pay 'in
crease which, along with adjust
ments in classifications, would
have brought the total increase
to 6V per cent. That would have
cost the government about $129,
000,000 a year.
Compromise Measure
Sponsored by the Democrats,
the vetoed measure -represented
a compromise between a 10 per
cent pay boost originally voted
by the Senate and an 8.2 per
cent raise first favored by the
House.
Both houses passed the com
promise with more than enough
votes to override a veto which
requires a two-thirds majority.
The House passed it first, 328 to
66.. The Senate followed suit,
66 to 11.
Postmaster General Arthur E.
Summerf ield had served notice
during House debate that he
would recommend a veto. This
was in line with previous White
House announcements that it
would oppose a raise of more
than 7.6 per cent.
Second Veto
It was the aecond time Mr.
Eisenhower had vetoed a postal
pay increase. Last year he vetoed
a 5 per cent pay increase. The
veto stuck.
He said the increase was
"substantially greater" than nec
essary to adjust postal pay to a
fair level, either from the stand
point of pay for comparable
work or increase in the cost of
living.
"I regret the necessity of the
action which I am taking," hit
message said. "It is my earnest
hope and recommendation that
the Congress will quickly con
sider and enact postal pay legis
lation that will be in the public
interest and fair to all of the
half million employees in the
postal service."
Commerce Division
Budget Funds Slashed
Washington (U.R) The
House Appropriations Commit
tee today slashed $244,958,000,
roughly an 18 per cent cut, from
funds requested for the Com
merce Department for the fiscal
year starting July 1. -
One item eliminated com
pletely was $10,000 Secretary
Sinclair Weeks had earmarked
for lunches, entertainment and
possibly "beverages" to be
served up td visiting business
men and dignitaries.
The $1,121,435,000 money bill
the committee approved fell'
$26,077,746 short of matching
funds Congress appropriated to
run the department in the cur
rent fiscal year. President Eisen
hower had asked for $1,366,393,
000, a $218,880,254 increase oyer
present spending.
1 Tygh Valley (U.R) The
only all-Indian rodeo in the na
tion will get underway this Sat
urday and Sunday near here at
Wasco county fairgrounds.
Area in State;
According to weather bureau
records here, the average date
for the last killing frost in the
spring is May 1, but Robert
Church, chief of the bureau,
pointed out this spring has been
below average in temperatures.
Killing frosts were reported here
June 12, 1952.
Church said the 30-day fore
cast for southern Oregon calls -for
above average temperatures
and below normal rainfall, but
he pointed out that the 30-day
forecast is based on averages and
this has not been an average
spring.
He advised orchardists not to
remove heating units from or
chards for a few weeks yet. '
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