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Prove About 5,000
People From IHIomes
Chicago (U.R) Dust Bowl
flood crests drove close to 5000
persons from their homes In a
three-state area today, but broke
the Ijack of a five-year drought.
The Army, Red Cross, and
state officials rushed emergency
supplies of blankets, food, water
and anti-typhoid vaccine to
stricken areas in Colorado, Okla
home and Texas.
Southeast Colorado, where a
major dust storm raged just one
month ago, was awash.
The rain swollen Purgatoire
river drove hundreds of persons
from their homes at Trinidad,
Colo., and washed away six
fhomes and a church.
1800 Persons Flee Home
Seventy miles to the north
east, the Arkansas rived washed
over its banks at La Junta, Colo.
It forced 1800 persons from their
homes and they spent the night
in an abandoned World War II
housing project.
States of emergency were de
clared in both Trinidad and La
Junta and it was estimated that
the Purgatore and Arkansas
floods had made 4000 persons
homeless.
Threat of Bombing
Here Thought To Be
Hoax bv Citv Police
A bombing threat, which
turned out to be an apparent
hoax, was made in Medford last
night.
An - unidentified man tele-
phoned Brown's Cafe and
Lounge, 101 East Main st., at
about 7:05 p.m. yesterday. A
thorough search of the building
by Medford police failed to find
any bomb. "
The threat, the first reported
in Medford, is the latest in a se
ries of bombing hoaxes, threats
and one actual bombing which
have busied police authorities in
Oregon and Washington in re
cent weeks. It started when a
bomb - exploded in Meier and
Frank's Department store in
Portland, in an apparent extor
tion attempt.
But since that time, most of
the calls have been made by
hoaxsters or those bearing
grudges. The Meier and Frank
incident was the only one where
a bomb actually exploded.
DA Gives Warning
The threat brought a warning
from District Attorney Walter
Nunley that threatening the
commission of a felony is itself a
felonv. nunishable by a maxi
mum of five years in the state
penitentiary upon conviction.
Medford police said Ambrose
Whitney (Spike) Lloyd, 36 South
Stage rd., an employee at
Brown's, received the call, and
a male voice said Brown s will
be bombed at 11:00 o'clock."
' Police immediately searched
the cafe and lounge and Brown's
Billiard parlor, 18 North Front
St., but failed to find any bomb.
They advised that the business
close at 10 p.m., which it did.
Search Entire Building
Six officers then searched the
building, including more than 30
offices upstairs. A guard was
stationed at the cafe until 11:15
p.m. at which time it was taken
off because officers came "to be
lieve that the threat was a hx.
Police said Lloyd told them
the voice was definitely a male
voice, and sounded like an
adult. Lloyd said he asked the
person to repeat what he had
said, and the person again re-
Medford Again State's
Warmest Yesterday
Medford was again Oregon's
"hot spot" yesterday with an
official high temperature read
ing of 88.
Clouds from a weak front
moved in to hold the tempera
ture down today, but a high of
84 is expected on Saturday.
Maximum temperature antici
pated this afternoon was 77 de
grees, the Medford office of the
weather bureau reported.
The local forecast of the bu
reau called for showers this eve
ning but clearing tonight. Con
siderable cloudiness is foreseen
for tomorrow morning with the
weather becoming mostly fair
by afternoon. Five-day forecast
for western Oregon is for fair
and warm weather through Sun
day with partly cloudy skies and
a little cooler temperatures
through Wednesday.
High temperature at Grants
Pass was 87 yesterday.
Portland (U.R) Lois Wil
son, 17-year-old brown-haired
beauty from Cleveland high
school, has been chosen as Port
land's fourth Rose Festival
princess.
More flood waters drove 750
persons from their homes in
Oklahoma, and the Red Cross
fed more than 100 persons in
rain-sodden Eastland, Tex., last
night. 4
The flood waters came rolling
down after days of torrential
rains in the three states.
Mountain Runoffs Threaten
The downpours had stopped in
Colorado, but mountain runoffs
from the Sangre de Cristo Range
of the Rockies threatened to
spill five feet more of water
into the Purgatoire in the next
few days.
Flood threats also continued
in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kan
sas, although they appeared to
be easing. The band of heavy
rains had moved southeastward
by early today and spread show
ers and thunderstorms from the
Texas Panhandle, Southern Kan
sas, and Oklahoma through Ark
ansas and Louisiana.
emergency supplies were
pouring into the stricken areas
today.
The loss of life was surpris
ingly low, despite the savage
storms and fast spreading flood
waters.
M
plied "Brown's will be bombed
at 11:00 o'clock."
Lloyd told police he asked
who was calling, and the person
said: "This is Santa Claus and I
am not fooling." He then hung
up the receiver, Lloyd said.
Lloyd and otner employees
said they did not know of any
one who had a grudge against
them or the cafe.
Police questioned a 20-year-bld
Medford man, but said he
apparently had no connection
with the call. He was questioned j
after police noticed him driving
in the vicinity at least five dif
ferent times. They said he was
driving around to see what was
happening.
School District's
Budget OKd, 7 to 1
Voters of School District 49
yesterday approved the district's
1955-56 budget by a margin of
almost 7 to 1. The actual vote
was 349 to 51.
The approval means that the
school district, which includes
all of Medford and some sur
rounding area, will be able to
operate as in the past, and add
teachers to staff the two new
schools, the east side junior high
school and Jefferson grade
school, now nearing completion.
Both will be ready when school
opens in September.
The total budget calls for ex
penditure of $1,758,934.39. The
amount needing approval of the
voters, because it was in excess
of the limit allowed without an
election, was $822,449.58.
Hells Canyon Dam
Decision Postponed
Washington U.R) A Senate
Interior Subcommittee delayed
a decision today on a bill to
authorize a $350,000,000 govern
ment dam in Hells Canyon on
the Snake river at the Idaho
gon border.
Chairman Clinton P. Ander
son (D-N.M.) said the bill was
postponed to give subcommittee
members a chance to study docu
ments submitted in previous
public hearings. '
There also has been a delay,
he said, in the printing of the
record of public hearings, includ
ing those held in the Pacific
Northwest. Anderson said he ex
pects the subcommittee can meet
to act on the bill within a week.
Tongue Point Naval
Appropriation Approved
Washington (U.R) The House
Armed Services committee to
day approved an appropriation
of $92,000, as requested, Jor the
Tongue Point naval station at
Astoria, Ore.
Mlefliini
United Nations (U.R)
SoTiit Foreign Minister
Vyacheslar M. Molotov in
formed the United Nations to
day that he will attend the
10th anniversary j session of
the general assembly at San
Francisco next month.
Western Proposal
Draws Rejection
At Berlin Meeting
Embassadors Refer
Matter To Governments
Berlin (U.R) The Soviets to
day rejected Western proposals
to lift Berlin's baby blockade
and the three Western ambassa
dors announced they will refer
the problem to their govern
ments. The ambassadors of the Unit
ed States, Britain and France is
sued a communique after an un
successful four-hour meeting
with Soviet envoy G. M. Push
kin.
Proposal Rejected
In it they said the Soviets re
jected a Western proposal that
the problem of exorbitant tolls
levied by the Communists on
truck traffic into Berlin should
be referred to German experts
for settlement.
The communique added that
the Soviets maintained bluntly
that the matter was "solely
within the competence of the
East German authorities.
The communique said Pushkin
told the Western ambassadors
the little blockade could be
solved "only by direct discus
sions between West and East
German authorities and did not
fall within the scope of the four
power agreement of 1949" which
ended the earlier Berlin block
ade. Agreement Said Violated
The communique added that
the three Western ambassadors
then 'decided to refer the prob
lem to their governments."
It was the first time the Big
Four envoys sat down together
since the end of the 1948-1949 to
tal blockade of Berlin. The West
asserted today the new restric
tions on supply trucks to Berlin
violate the 1949 blockade-lifting
agreement.
The "baby blockade" began on
April 1 when the East German
government increased 11 -fold
the road taxes on the trucks
which bring in about half of Ber
lin's supplies. The West estimat
ed the taxes will run to $10,000,-
000 a year.
Planners Advise
Early Annex Vote
The Medford planning com
mission in a special meeting
this week recommended that an
election for annexation be held
as soon as possible.
The recommendation followed
study of a preliminary report on
annexation, in which it was
stated that revenue from an
nexed property cannot be levied
for a year unless it is included
in the budget.
The commission said "in view
of the urgent need of this an
nexation," it "recommends that
the council take such action and
hold such special meetings as
may be required to accomplish
an election for annexation prior
to closing of the budget" for
fiscal year 1955-56.
Mayor Earl Miller said the
council probably would discuss
the recommendation Tuesday
night when it meets with the
budget committee to discuss
ways of balancing the proposed
budget.
State Vaccine Plans
Clear Last Hurdle
Portland (U.R) One of the
last hurdles to inauguration of
Oregon's public Salk polio vac
cination program was cleared
today.
The State Board of Health an
nounced it had received assur
ance from the National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysis that
"barring unforeseen circum
stances" enough anti-polio vac
cine would be available before
June 30.
Dr. Harold Erickson, state
health officer, said he received
a telegram from the foundation's
New York headquarters yester
day afternoon assuring him that
the vaccine would be distributed
as rapidly as additional lots are
approved by the National Insti
tutes of Health.
Dr. Erickson said most Ore
gon counties planned to begin
inoculating eligible school chil
dren next Monday.
Man Pleads Guilty
To Taking Vehicle
Monte Louis Riddell, 22, of
route 1, box 92, Eagle Point,
pleaded guilty in circuit court
this morning to a charge of using
a motor vehicle without permis
sion of the owner, according to
the district attorney's office.
Riddell is free on bail.
Rfddell was charged with tak
ing a Medford Corporation pow
er wagon from Butte Falls Sat
urday. The wagon was found
later where it had gone over an
embankment about 15 miles from
Butte Falls toward Fish lake.
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ONE THRILL IN A DAY OF THRILLS The
puzzle in this picture is: Who is having the
most fun the adults, or the eight kids from
Forks of Salmon, Calif., who are watching a
fireman slide down a brass pole for the first
time? The stop at the fire department was
only one in a long day of new experiences for
the youngsters from the isolated Siskiyou
county logging community. In the picture,
' from left to right, are Fire Chief Gordon Bar
ker, Betty Purcell, 13; Rachel Bennett, 11;
Forks of Salmon Youngsters
Go Home,
Eight youngsters from Forks
of Salmon, Calif., went home
late yesterday afternoon thrill
ed, excited and completely worn
out, after the biggest day of their
lives.
It was a day that was almost
beyond the imagination of the
average youngster.
From the time the eight, ac
companied by two adults, ar
rived in Oregon, they' ' saw
things that they hadnever seen
before and did things that many
of them had never even dreamed
of.
Welcome Surprises
They received a royal welcome
from Medford residents, a wel
come that appeared to surprise
them as much as anything they
say.
Despite the fact they were
completely tired out when they
left at about 5:30 p.m., the
youngsters were hopefully look
ing forward to next year and
the chance that they might be
able to return to Medford.
And they promised that if
Medford people would come to
see them, they would give them
the biggest picnic ever held in
that remote section of western
Siskiyou county.
They left Forks of Salmon by
school bus at 4 a.m., Oregon
time, yesterday. One of their
first thrills in a day that was to
be filled with them came at
Lithia park in Ashland, where
the youngsters saw their first
monkey.
What Are Buildings?
Then, en route to Medford,
they saw what for some was their
first train. One of the youngsters
Neuberger Raps Patterson
For Crooked River Stand
Washington (U.R) Sen.
Richard Neuberger (D-Ore.) to
day took Oregon's Republiqan
Gov. Paul L. Patterson to task
for the governor's previously
stated opposition to use of The
Dalles dam revenues on a pro
posed Crooked river irrigation
project.
The junior - senator branded
Patterson with a statement he
made before a Senate interior
subcommittee in Portland in
April in opposition to the finan
cing plan.
Last week Secretary of Inter
ior Douglas McKay asked Patter
son for his comments on the
plan to amortize costs of Crooked
river irrigation works in central
Oregon with income realized
from sale of The Dalles Dam
hydroelectric power.
Neuberger told the Senate
that he would "make every ef
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MEDFORD, G. oON,
Police Sergeant
Thrilled and Tired
is quoted as asking "What are
those buildings moving along?"
when he saw the train going
down the tracks.
After reaching Medford, they
had their first milkshake. The
youngsters had had ice cream
before, but never a milkshake.
This was followed in rapid
succession by a ride in fire and
police cars, with the sirens go
ing, to the Medford hotel, where
they got their first elevator ride.
A minor sensation at the hotel
was a vacuum cleaner, the first
they had ever seen.
From there, they went to the
airport, taking in such unusual
things as street lights, stop
lights and "all those yellow cars"
which turned out to be taxi cabs.
Go Through Plane
At the airport, they went
through a big Southwest Air
lines plane, guided by a pilot.
The huge variety of instruments
amazed the youngsters. The trip
through the plane also was a
first for the two adults accom
panying the children.
On the way back into town,
the youngsters made an -unscheduled
stop to see their first laun
dry, and were astounded by the
fact that everybody in Medford
doesn't do their own washing, the
way they do at Forks of Salmon.
They had lunch at the Jackson
hotel and then went to radio
station KMED to record a broad
cast, as they did later at radio
station KYJC. The recorded pro
grams we're played back to them.
At KYJC they met a group of
Medford Junior High school
girls.
fort to hasten legislative action
on this proposal.''
He added, "Adoption of the
governor's policy would end our
hopes for more irrigation in east
ern Oregon."
Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul L.
Patterson wondered with a
smile what all the fuss was about
today when informed that Sen.
Richard L. Neuberger (D - Ore.)
had criticized him for statements
NeubergeV said he made against
use of The Dalles Dam revenues
on a proposed; Crooked river ir
rigation project.
Gov. Patterson said "I have
received no request from the
department of the Interior, from
Secretary McKay or from anyone
else concerning the proposed
river irrigation project."
Other than that, he declined
to comment. -
FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1955
Clyde Fichtner; Peggy Stan-
shaw, 12; Nellie Bennett, 12; Florence Kear
ney, 13; Mrs. Katherine George, school dis
trict clerk and mother of one of the children,
who arranged the trip; Raymond Bennett, 13;
Mrs. Bert Pree, representing the Chamber of
Commerce; Butch Floyd, 10; Mrs. Del Brown,
teacher at the 14 -pupil school, and Hoop
George, 12, son of Mrs. George. The blur at
the right is Fireman Gene Williams scooting
down the brass pole. ; (Brainerd photo).
The shy youngsters from Forks
of Salmon may have been im
pressed by the radio station, but
they also made an impression on
the Medford girls, who were
heard to remark that the two
oldest visiting girls were' "the
prettiest we've ever seen."
See Demonstrations
A highlight of the afternoon
for the boys was a visit to the
Medford fire department, where
they saw demonstrations with
the aerial ladder truck and wat
er pumping. The boys went up
with Chief Gordon Barker and
helped operate the ladder. Bark
er noted that they "certainly are
mechanically minded."
At the city hall, they were
shown through the city jail by
Police Sgt. Clyde Fichtner.
They also visited The Mail
Tribune, where they- saw the
newspaper presses in action, and
television station KBES - TV
where they appeared on a broad
cast. Television was just too much
for two of the boys, who refused
to have anything to do with it
and went outside rather than
stand in front of the cameras. All
of the group were so shy that
they had little to say.
The two adults with the young
sters took pains to point out to
the oldest boy a Medford young
ster wearing pink corduroy
pants, noting that the Forks of
Salmon boy had a pair at home
that he refused to wear.
Liked Balloons, Hats
The little visiting girls appear
ed to be more impressed by a
group of small Medford young
sters with balloons and fancy
hats, whom they saw at the tele
vision station, than they were
by the overwhelming complexi
ties of television itself.
During the afternoon, the girls
visited Mann's Department store
and the boys went' to Sam's
Sporting Goods store, where they
had more time just to look in
store windows.
The youngsters were accom
panied during the day by Cham
ber of Commerce Manager Don
McNeil, Barker, Mrs. Bert Pree,
and Fichtner, all of whom report
ed -they had as good a time as
the youngsters.
Those making the trip were
Hoop George", 12; Raymond Ben
nett, 13; Butch Floyd, 10; Betty
Purcell, 13; Peggy Stanshaw, 12;
Florence Kearney, 13; Nellie
Bennett, 12, and Rachel Bennett,
11. They were accompanied by
their teacher, Mrs. Del Brown,
and Mrs. Kathryn George, Hoop's
mother, who is clerk of the
school district.
The youngsters are the older
students in a school that has only
14 pupils. The trip was arranged
by the Clarence George family
of Forks of Salmon.
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Action Brings
First Break in
Trucker Strike
Not All Drivers
Of Company Affected
Los Angeles (U.R) One of
three struck long-haul trucking
companies yielded to AFL Team
sters pay demands for some of
its drivers today in the first
break of a strike which had
threatened to become a general
industry shutdown in the West.
A union spokesman called the
settlement a "significant break"
in the walkout which began yes
terday. Pacific Motor Transport agreed
to grant the original 26 - cent
hourly pay boost over a three?
year period to 250 drivers en
gaged in hauling new automo
biles. The agreement did not af
fect other PMT drivers. Drivers
affected get an immediate 10
cent raise and will receive 8
cent raises in each of the next
two years.
"This shows what direction
the strike is going," the union
spokesman said. "Even the em
ployers' association call for a
general lockout because of the
strike against three members
hasn't been followed."
Companies Operating
The union claimed that "lots"
of companies were operating de
spite the employers' association
call for the shutdown.
The union said negotiations
were continuing on a company
by company basis. He predicted
more settlements might be reach
ed soon. -.
Effects of the strike, precipi
tated by a wage dispute between
AFL Teamsters and employers,
were felt immediately. More
than 10,000 workers went off
the job yesterday and the lock
out was expected to bring the
total to 100,000.
About 150 members of the
Teamsters union in Jackson, Jo
sephine and Douglas counties
were off the job today as the
strike against three major long
haul trucking companies went
into its second day.
The strike here involves West
Coast, Consolidated and Pacific
Motor Transport, according to
Robert Shaw, business manager
for Teamsters, Chauffeurs and
Helpers Local Union No.. 962.
Oregon - Nevada - California
Fast Freight and Pierce Freight
lines "have gone out on their
own in what we call a 'lock
out,' " Shaw said.
Only Dry Freight
The coast wide strike involves
only the dry freight industry,
including pickup and delivery
and over-the-road hauling, Shaw
said. He noted that the union is
allowing drivers to deliver any
thing that was in transit at the
time the strike was called at 8
a.m. yesterday.
The strike does not involve
drivers for wholesale grocery
houses, such as Mason Ehrman,
Safeway and Pacific Fruit and
Produce, Shaw said. He added
that such things as necessary
drugs, bread, government mate
rial and mail will be hauled.
Supporters of Dai
Arrested in Saigon
Saigon, Indochina (U.R)
Premier Ngo Dinh Deim arrest
ed several supporters of ab
sentee Chief of State Bao Dai
today on charges of plotting
with rebel warlords to over
throw Free Viet Nam's American-tracked
government.
At the same time, French
Commissioner General Paul Ely
asked for his own recall in the
wake of the bloody civil war he
tried to prevent plus the de
parture of Gen. J. Lawton Col
lins, his American counterpart.
Government sources said that
Diem has arrested at least four
of his enemies.
Government sources said he
arrests were for working in
complicity with the Binh Xuyen
rebels now entrenched south of
the capital after having been
driven out . in bloody street
fighting last month.
KILLS BEAR '
Sams Valley Lester James
killed a black bear in his field
near here last Friday. The year
ling bear had been - treed by
James' dog. James saw the bear
when he went out to quiet the
dog, which had been barking.
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confirm! it must know
more than- politics,
history and human nature.
He muit know bow
to get at the truth, yet
- but he must alio
have an ability to impart
that truth to others.
Here it the difference
that maket Walter
Lippmann unique among
serious columnists. He
possesses unsurpassed
ability to penetrate to the
heart of complex modern
events. He it just at
determined to make hit
findings completely under
standable to every reader.
In short, Walter Lippmann
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mind as he writes. That's
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Armed Forces Day
Flag Presentation
The presentation of an outside
flag by Crater Lake post of Vet
erans of Foreign Wars to the
Medford Civil Air patrol squad
ron at 1 p.m. Sunday has been
added to. activities on Armed
Forces Day at municipal airport.
The presentation will be made
in front of the CAP building at
the airport. The building will
open for public inspection and
movies will be shown in the
main assembly room.
A urogram, with Mai. Gen.
William T. Hefley of Sacramento
air materials area as principal
speaker, will start at 1:40 p.m.
Aircraft Due
lArmed Forces Day activities
Wni start at 9:30 a.m. Sunday
when several aircraft from Ore
gon and California Air Force
bases fly-over. Aircraft, military
equipment and other displays
are included in activities.
The Rogue Valley Amateur
Radio club will send messages
to service men from the north
end of the CAP building.
Medford public works depart
ment crews today were con
structing a bandstand on the
concrete ramp just west of Uni
ted Airlines fueling pit, and flag
holders were being installed.
Evergreen Bus lines will fur
nish service to and from the air
port between here and Camp
White. Buses will leave Medford
at 1:15 p.m. and Camp White at
1:40 p.m. to arrive at the airport
between 1:30 and 2 p.m. Buses
will leave the 'airport to Medford-
at 5:15 p.m. and to Camp
White at 4:40 p.m. Sunday.
log Truckers Reminded
Of Saturday Hauling Ban
Log truckers of this area were
reminded today that tomorrow
afternoon is the last Saturday af
ternoon of the season when they
will be permitted to haul logs
on state highways.
A state highway department
ruling, banning log trucks from,
the highways on Saturday after
noons during the tourist season,
becomes effective after this
week.
Log truckers also are pro
hibited from using the highways
on May 30, Memorial day, under
the ruling.
Weather
FORECAST: Showers this eve
ning. Clearing- tonight. Con
siderable cloudiness Saturday
morning becoming mosUy
fair and a little warmer by
afternoon. Low tonight 52.
High Saturday 84.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday .' 88
Lowest this Morning 59
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