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JRD OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 23, 1955
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To 10 a.m. today
ARMED FORCES DAY CROWD Shown
above is a part of the crowd which at times
reached an estimated 3,000 yesterday during
the Armed Forces day observance at Medford
municipal airport. At center, the large group
Tension Mounts
In Truck Strike
As 'Crisis' Nears
Los Angeles (U.R) Tension
grew today in the Western
states as trucking industry lead
ers Indicated a "crisis point" in
a general truck tieup could be
expected before tonight.
Industry leaders have called
on all Western for - hire trucking
firms to shut down operations in
retaliation for a strike by AFL
Teamsters against three major
long-haul carriers.
Cooperation Expected
"We expect almost complete
cooperation by trucking compan
ies in the industry's decision to
shut down operations," one in
dustry spokesman said. "The
gradual shutdown should be
nearly complete by tonight."
Only truckers whose con
tracts had expired were in
volved in the far-reaching dis
pute which began last Thursday,
according , to the California
Trucking Association. But now,
the CTA warned, nearly 95 per
cent may be hit.
95 Per Cent Effective
A CTA spokesman said as of
yesterday the shutdown was al
ready 95 per cent effective in
Oregon, Washington. Utah, Ida
ho and Arizona, scaling down to
lesser percentages in the other
Western states.
Industry estimates placed the
number of drivers, dock and of
fice workers involved in the dis
pute over wages at 150,000, but
the teamsters challenged the fig
use saying it was less than
10,000."
Meanwhile, Frank Brewster,
president of the Western Con
ference of Teamsters, said he
was willing to meet with indus
try officials in an effort to set
tle the dispute.
Portland (U.R) AFL Team
sters here today told 11 local
trucking firms the union is
ready to provide drivers for
work "if and when work is pro
vided." The firms shut down opera
tions in retaliation against the
union after teamsters struck
three major long-haul trucking
firms last Thursday. The firms
said a strike against one was a
strike against all.
Clyde C. Crosby, teamsters'
International representa
tive here, said the union had sent
letters, to the 11 companies pro
testing the "lockout" and offer
ing to provide drivers.
ASHLAND CLUB FILES
Salem (U.PJ Articles of
incorporation were filed here
today for the Lions Club of Ash
land, Oregon, Inc. They were
signed by Christian P. Hald, Al
vin L. Fellers and Donald M.
Mitchell.
12 Rural Schools To Close
Friday for Summer Vacation
Twelve Jackson county schools
will close for summer vacations
Friday, while closing dates for
other schools vary to June 3.
Graduation Dales
Graduation exercises, which
were held at Prospect Friday
night, will start in other rural
schools Wednesday night when
high school seniors at Talent
and Ashland receive diplomas.
Talent schools close May 31, and
Ashland closes June 1.
Commencement exercises for
Rogue River school, which clos
es May 27, will be held Thurs
day night, and seniors at Butte
Falls will receive diplomas Fri
day night. School at Butte Falls
closes Friday.
Other graduation exercises
axe scheduled for May 81 at
Cooperation Stressed
On Armed Forces Day
Maj. Gen. William T. Hefley
told an Armed Forces Day audi
ence yesterday that "it is essen
tial that there be a close coopera
tion and understanding between
the members of the civilian com
munity and members of the
armed fores."
General Hefley, commander
Sacramento Air Material area,
McClelland Air Force base,
Calif., was principal speaker at
Armed Forces Day ceremonies
at municipal airport.
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City police, who handled
parking, estimated that about
6,000 people were at the airport
during the day for the Armed
Forces day program. The largest
crowd at any one time was about
3,000, they estimated.
The main talk was delayed
about 20 minutes while a navy
patrol bomber, an unscheduled
exhibit, took off, followed by an
air force transport plane carry-
Pared Money Bill
Sent To President
Washington ;(U.R) The
House passed and sent to Pres
ident Eisenhower today a $3,
322,488,000 money bill to run
the Treasury and Post Office de
partments. The amount was $37,896,500
below President Eisenhower'si
budget request. The Post Office
suffered the biggest cut of $33,
096,000. That prompted Rep. Earl Wil
son (R-Ind.), to predict that "a
lot of people will be screaming
about poor service" and will
force Postmaster General Arth
ur E. Summerfield to ask for
more money later.
The bill appropriated $599,
598,000 for the Treasury; $2,721,
720,500 for the Post Office de
partment, and $1,170,000 for the
U. S. Tax court.
Mr. Eisenhower signed anoth
er money measure which allots
$106,000,000 more for farm pro
grams than he proposed.
The measure carried $697,917,
855 in direct appropriations
$20,185,897 more than request
ed and authorized $11,000,000
more in lending authority and
$75,000,000 more in agricultur
al conservation subsidies than
the budget asked.
18th Idaho Child
Stricken With Polio
Boise (U.R) A six-year-old
girl from Paul, Jeanene Gar
ner, today was listed as the 18th
Idaho child who contracted polio
after inoculation with Salk vac
cine. Phoenix, June 2 at Jacksonville,
Eagle Point and Medford, and
for 'June 3 at Central Point. .
Close Friday
Schools which will close Fri
day, besides Butte Falls and
Rogue River, are Griffin Creek,
Ruch, Lone Pine, Elk Trail, Pros
pect, Evans Valley, Oak Grove,
Shady Cove, Pinehurst and West
Side. Applegate school tentative
ly has been scheduled to close
May 27 but county school offic
ials said the date has not been
confirmed.
June 3 closing will be at Jack
sonville, Phoenix, Central Point,
Eagle Point, Medford and How
ard. -Eighth grade graduation ex
ercises will be held at Grifin
Creek Thursday sight.
is listening to music by the Medford Senior
High school band. Nearby, others are looking
over a big Navy plane and two Air Force jet
planes. (Brainerd photo)
ing members of the Sixth Army
Bagpipe band.
General Hefley said civilians
must have "a common under
standing of the kind of readiness
that our armed forces must pos
sess in view of revolutionary
change in the concept of medern
warfare."
Foremost Problem
Because of present world ten
sion, he said, "The foremost
problem of American life today
is how to gain and maintain in
ternational peace and security.'
To do this, General Hefley said,
a new challenge has been pre
sented to America a "situation
where we are attempting to pro
duce both guns and butter.
General Hefley quoted Air
Force Secretary Harold E. Tal
bott to summarize that "The ob
iective of our armed forces is
to maintain the military position
of the United States and the free
world as predominant over the
Communist block."
Pointing out the part played
by the air force in cooperation
with the army, navy and marine
corps, General Hefley briefly
told of research and develop
ment of air craft and the guided
missile program.
General Hefley said the pub
lic must be . informed of the
threat facing the country of air
borne nuclear attack, that air
power is a powerful force and
single obstacle to Communist
aggression, and that mainte
nance of technical superiority
in air power is enormously
costly.
"If these facts are under
stood," he said, "then we will
have the confidence and support
necessary to make the air force
so strong that no nation will dare
to attack us."
Other Speakers
Others who participated in the
program were Medford Mayor
Earl Miller, Maj. Gen. V. Rick
ard, Maj. Gen. J. H. Hicks, and
Commander Rodney Keating.
Col. W. H. Bartlett, chairman of
Armed Forces Day committee,
was master of ceremonies.
Dr. Raymond E. Balcomb gave
the invocation and the Rev Wil
lis Loar the benediction.
The program was part of sev
eral activities in observance of
Armed Forces Day. ;
Armed Forces movies and
training films were shown in two
hangars and the Civil Air Patrol
building, while several thousand
Jackson countians toured dis
plays by the air force, Oregon
National Guard, reserve units,
United States Forest Service,
American Red Cross, Ground Ob
server Corps, Civil Defense, boy
and girl scouts, veterans organi
zations and municipal airport's
control tower.
Music was furnished by Med
ford High school's band and the
Sixth Army Bagpipe band from
the Presidio of San Francisco.
Aleutian Natives Ready
To Shoot Japan Workers
Anchorage, Alaska (U.R)
Aleutian island natives today
were reported ready to shoot any
Japanese workers who might be
landed on their islands to carry
out a salvage project.
"The rumor that the Aleuts
have loaded their guns and are
prepared to use them if Japs are
landed apparently is more fact
than fancy on the island of At
ka," said William Olson, area di
rector of the Alaska Native Serv
ice. Olson just returned here
from a tour of the Aleutian
chain.
A proposal to use Japanese
laborers for a scrap iron salvage
operation in the islands has been
made by the Bankers Life and
Casualty Co., Chicago, . which
holds a salvage contract in the
area.
Explosions Wf
Two Mailbov
In Portland a.v
Police Conduct
Investigation
Portland (U.R) Explosions
shattered two mailboxes in the
West Hills area of Portland over
the week end and city and coun
ty authorities were conducting
an investigation.
One mailbox belonging to Har
old C. Pearson, lumber broker,
was shattered early Sunday with
a force which police said might
have killed or injured any pass
erby. Owner Not Home
Another explosion ripped a
mailbox early Saturday. Law
rence L. Rennett, the owner, was
not at home at the time.
Neither Pearson nor Rennett
could see any reason for the
blasts.
"I have received no threats
and to my knowledge have no
enemies. This is a mystery to
me," Pearson said.
Police said the bomb was a
"Molotov cocktail" type with
explosive packed into a large
brown bottle. They discounted
the possibility that the bomb
was planted by pranksters be
cause of the "detailed know
ledge" necessary to construct it.
Remnants Studied
Remnants of the mailbox were
turned over to the crime labora
tory in order to find out what
type explosive was used.
Pearson was asleep in his
home when the bomb exploded
and was not awakened by the
blast as the box was some dis
tance from the house.
Morse Promises To
Fight Republicans
Newport, Ore. (U.R) Sen.
Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), says he
will "fight the Republicans from
top to bottom" in 1956.
Morse, in a" speech here Sat
urday night, challenged Gov.
Paul Patterson or Interior Sec
retary Douglas McKay to run
for the Senate on their power
records.
The Oregon lawmaker at
tacked the Federal Power com
mission and said "partnership
schemes cannot be justified."
He also attacked handling of
the Salk polio . vaccine program
and criticized Mrs. Oveta Culp
Hobby, secretary of health, ed
ucation and welfare. He said the
vaccine was released before a
fair distribution program or ade
quate testing had been arranged.
Morse also had some sharp
words for the press. He said a
segment of the Oregon press
was "a kept press" that pictured
him as a liberal who talked too
much.
"I will continue to talk a
lot, saying things that need
to be said," Morse stated.
The Democratic senator tour
ed the Oregon coast from Astor
ia to Newport Friday and Sat
urday. He returned to Washing
ton, D.C., yesterday.
Thefts Reported
To County Sheriff
Mrs. Elizabeth E. Poston, 79
Janney lane, Medford, has re
ported to sheriff's officers that
a wrist watch was stolen from
a bed-side table in her home re
cently. She told sheriff's officers
a set of keys also was taken re
cently.
The theft occured sometime
between May 9 and May 19,
sheriff officer's said. Mrs. Pos
ton also said her neighbor, Mrs.
Kenneth Russell, had her home
burglarized of about $40 at the
sam time, officer's said.
Ernie Lester Holbrook, 4661
South Pacific highway, reported
to the sheriff office that cigar
ettes, whiskey, wine and a calen
dar were taken from a cabin
about a mile off Mud Springs rd.
recently.
Rural Board Meets
To Canvass Votes
The Jackson county rural
school board met at 1 p.m. today
to canvass votes cast in a coun
ty wide election May 16 unof
ficially approving an excess over
the six per cent limitation on
budgetary increases by a total
of $1,276,374.89.
The board also reviewed
requests for emergency funds
from school districts. Several re
quests were deferred to the end
of the-school year to determine
the final financial status of the
district. Some requests were
granted during the school year.
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FIRST IN COUNTY Phillip
Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Crocker, 3355 Jackson
ville highway, this morning became the first
youngster in Jackson county to receive a Salk
anti-polio vaccination through the program
for first and second graders. Phillip, a pupil
at Oak Grove school, is shown above, center,,
receiving his shot with tightly clenched fists,
Campaign By Russia
To Get U.S. Troops
Out of Europe Seen
Washington (U.R) The
Eisenhower administration is
convinced Moscow is mounting a
super campaign to get the United
States out of Europe.
High "officials predicted today
that this Red project would re
quire extra Allied vigilance at
the forthcoming meeting of the
Big Four heads of government,
and in any subsequent East-West
negotiations.
Desire Not New
The fact that the Russians
want the United States with
draw its armed forces from Eu
rope and Asia is not new. What
is new and prompting official at
tention is the increased Soviet
campaign to "get the Yankees
home."
Moscow is only starting on its
new efforts. But officials see
them as a portent of things to
come both in the fields of Sov
iet propaganda and in actual
policy.
Moscow's sudden willingness
to sign an Austrian peace treaty
may point to the Red strategy to
cut down and eliminate U. S.
troops in Europe. American
troops stationed in Austria are
being withdrawn.
For the first time, the latest
Soviet disarmament proposals
state that nations "possessing
military, naval and air bases on
the territories of other countries
undertake to dismantle these
bases. The question as to what
bases are to be dismantled . . .
should be additionally agreed
upon."
Vessel Breaking Up
Off Coos Bay Coast
Coos Bay, Ore. (U.R) A
Costa Rican vessel laden with
dynamite started breaking up in
heavy seas off Cape Blanco this
morning, and was taken in tow
by a Coast Guard cutter. It was
to be brought to this Southern
Oregon bay.
The vessel was the Rican Star,
carrying '9724 cases of dynamite.
The cutter Wecona was dispatch
ed from Coos Bay when the ves
sel radioed that three frames had
broken and hull plates had
started to buckle.
The vessel, en route to the
Columbia river from the Haw
aiian islands, was towed 800
miles last week when she report
ed her engines had broken down
and she sprung a leak in her
engine room.
Foreign Silver Price
Raised .09 of a Cent
New York (U.R) Handy
and Harman, bullion dealers, to
day raised the price of foreign
silver in New York 0.09 of a
cent to 90.25 cents, the fourth
hike within the past two weeks.
This brings the price of the
white metal, which dates back
to the early Phoenicians, to the
highest level in 35 years.
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"The implementation of these
measures should consolidate the
necessary trust between states
and make it easier to carry out
the measures for reduction of
armaments and prohibition of
atomic weapons . . . ." Moscow
also said.
The Red proposal could be
pointed only at the United States,
officials said.
Another piece of evidence of
the Soviet campaign was in the
same disarmament proposal. The
Reds asked that the United
States, Britain, France and Rus
sia withdraw their forces from
Germany "to their national
frontiers." This would be across
the Atlantic Ocean for the Uni
ted States, but not so for Rus
sia, a continental power with
troops in nearby satellites.
Warren Warns on Use
Of Fifth Amendment
Washington (U.R) Chief
Justice Earl Warren warned to
day against treating the Fifth
Amendment to the Constitution
as "an historical relic . . . merely
to be tolerated."
He said congressional investi
gating committees and the courts
must not apply the amendment,
which protects witnesses from
self incrimination, "narrowly or
begrudgingly."
Mr. Warren spoke for a Su
preme Court majority in setting
aside the contempt convictions
of two left wing union leaders
and a Communist Daily Worker
official who refused to answer
questions of the House Un-American
Activities committee.
The court did not act today on
its biggest pending question, the
issuance of enforcement decrees
spelling out when and how states
must end racial segregation in
public schools. It will meet to
hand down decisions again on
Tuesday, May 31.
China Reds Practice
Amphibious Landings
Taipeh, Formosa (U.R) The
Chinese Communists have been
carrying out huge amphibious
landing exercises north of Matsu
Islands and building new jet air
bases in strategic areas near the
coast and far inland, Nationalist
reports said today.
Chinatone News Agency, an
unofficial organ claiming con
nections with Nationalist intelli
gence circles, said a series of
mock amphibious attacks were
staged May 11 through May. 12
around recently evacuated Nan-
chi Island.
Chinatone said approximately
40 Red Chinese gunboats and
motorized junks took part in the
exercises just above the Nation
alist-held Matsu Islands.
Rupt and Lloyd Cline look on.
Lloyd, anticipating his turn, also is keeping
his fist clenched. Administering the vaccina
tion is Dr. William W. D. Holt, Medford, while
Mrs. Nina Van De Walker, clinic nurse for
the county health department, looks on in
the background. (Brainerd photo)
Man Injured When
Automobile Goes
Over Embankment
One person was hospitalized
and two others received minor
injuries yesterday in a one-car
accident near Military bridge,
according to state police.
Hospitalized - was Cloyd A.
Golden, a passenger in the car,
He was taken by Medford Ambu
lance service to Sacred Heart
hospital and was unconscious
for some time following the mis
hap.
Has Head Injur
Hospital attendants said this
morning mat uolden nad re
gained consciousness. He is be
ing treated for a head injury.
Police said the driver, of the
car was Gerald Duane Golden,
25, of route 2, box 542, Central
Point, a nephew of the injured
man. Gerald Golden, and his
sister-in-law, Maurine Carolyn
Golden, 20, received minor in
juries, police stated.
The accident occurred at about
2:45 p.m. Sunday when the car
failed to make a corner and
went over a 20-foot embank
ment, according to investigating
officers.
French Forces Kill
40 Algerian Rebels
Algiers, Algeria U.R)
French forces killed at least 40
rebels in two separate clashes
with terrorists in Algeria during
the week end, officials an
nounced today.
In one rebel attack at Khei
rane, officials said that French
ground troops killed 20 insur
gents. French fighter planes
then machine gunned the re
treating Nationalists and "vir
tually annihilated" them. How
ever, the rebels dragged off most
of their dead and only 20 bod
ies were found.
At least 20 more rebels were
killed in another clash in the
Djebel Amrane valley of the
Aures mountains.
Attempt Seen To Rig Big 4
Tatlcs on Moscow's Terms
London (U.R) Western diplo-
mats said today the Soviets had
opened a major propaganda cam
paign to hold the projected high-
levei cig j! our comerence on
Moscow's own terms.
Pravda, the official Commu
nist party organ in Moscow, ac
cused the Big Three of trying to
block "serious and honest" four
power talks by "putting up
technical barriers." '
Directed. at Limited Meeting
The bitter blast which took
the West by surprise appeared
directed at President Eisenhow
er's wish to limit the high-level
meeting to two or three days.
Pravda said this would make it
"impossible"' to consider major
cold war problems.
The editorial came at a time
when the West was waiting for
an official Soviet answer to its
raj
Oregon Drowning
Mishaps Claim
Three Youngsters
Car-Train Crash
Kills Dorris Man
By UNITED PRESS
At least nine persons died ac
cidentally in Oregon and neigh
boring areas of Washington -and
California Saturday and Sunday.
Three Oregon youngsters
drowned. Another child was
feared drowned near Longview,
Wash.
Irene Clapp, four - year - old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen
K. Clapp, Roseburg, drowned
yesterday afternoon in the Little
river east of Glide when she
wandered away from her family
on a fishing trip, Douglas Coun
ty Sheriff Ira Byrd reported.
Prinerille Youth Drowns
Ten Stinnett, 13, Prineville,
was swept to his- death over
Steam's dam on the Crooked
river yesterday. He and a com
panion, Kenny Walter, swam the
100 foot river but on their re
turn trip failed to account for
the current. Walter escaped
death by inches as he grasped a
rock on the shore just above the
dam.
Kenneth Ray Roberts, 8,
drowned in a millpond in Molal
la Sunday when he fell off a log
on which he was playing.
At Longview, four -year -old
Harvey Johnson was feared to
have drowned in the Cowlitz
river. The stream was dragged
for more than six hours yester
day after his parents reported
him missing. He was last seen
playing on the banks of the
stream.
Mark Chamberlain, 1-7, Leba
non, was killed yesterday after
noon when a car overturned IVi
miles west of Lebanon. Marvin
Jensen, a passenger, was treated
for minor injuries, and two
young girls, Frances Nepper, 13,
and Sandra Ray, 16, were un
hurt. Franz Ellis Ranstram, 59, Dor
ris, Calif., millworker, was kill
ed Saturday night when the car
in which he was riding was
struck by a cattle train near the
Dorris depot. Dorris is near
Klamath Falls. Two companions
were injured.
Lloyd Nolan, 40, Portland,
was killed yesterday when
struck by a car just outside the
Portland city limits as he .tried
to run across a street, deputy
sheriffs reported.
Thrown From Car
Jesse J. Wishon, 27, Orchards,
Wash., was injured fatally four
miles east of Vancouver yester
day when he was thrown from
the car in which he was riding
as it turned a corner. His head
struck a concrete post.
Nels Berg, 68, Tigard, was
killed shortly before midnight
Sunday when struck by two
cars as he walked along High
way 99W near Roamers Rest. .
Robert E. Whitaker, 22, Eu
gene, was killed when his car
was struck by a train at a grade
crossing at Veneta.
Equalization Board
Concludes Hearings
The Jackson county board of
equalization concluded hearings
on complaints on increased as
sessed valuation today, but said
it would receive written peti
tions until 5 p.m. Thursday.
The board will review com
plaints starting tomorrow.
About 250 persons have been
before the board since hearings
started earlier this month. The
board heard about 16 this morn
ing, and expected to hear about
the same number this afternoon.
May 10 invitation to a top-level
conference this summer. The So
viet note was expected to echo
Pravda's views.
French officials said Moscow
was "jockeying for position" and
that Soviet Foreign Minister
Vyacheslav Molotov appeared to
be getting ready to spring some
stiff terms on the West.
Geniality May Vanish
Molotov was genial at the Big
Four foreign ministers meeting
in Vienna earlier "this month.
But that may vanish before he
flies to San Francisco in June
for a United Nations meeting,
the diplomats said.
Thev French sources said he
was expected now to try to ar
range a wide open agenda with
no limit on the subjects to bo
discussed.
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