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Newspaper Page TextFOREIG GAitas support Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower's $3,530,000,000 for eign aid request appeared today to have picked up powerful sup port. The House Foreign Affairs Committee opened hearings on the presidential program with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles as the first witness today. Chairman James R. Richards aid he was confident the com mittee would give Mr. Eisen hower most of what he wants to bolster the United States at the forthcoming Big Four confer ence with Russia. "In our whole ideological con flict with Russian Communism, the South Carolina Democrat told newsmen, "there never has ben a more critical time than right now." Richards, who has supported tome cuts in foreign aid in prev ious years, said "no doubt there will be an effort to cut in some categories. But in view of the serious situation in the world .today, I am confident the com mittee will not cut the bill dras tically." The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, meanwhile, has fin ished hearings on the bill and is scheduled to start voting on it later this week, probably Thurs day. . Despite Richards prediction, parts of the bill faces some rough going In the House committee. Rep. Albert P. Morano (R Conn.) said he generally sup ported the bill but was "skepti Tire and Battery Firm Picks Medford Establishment in Medford of a major distribution center for tires and batteries was announc ed today by Edward W. Peck, of Peck Bros., Portland, head of the firm. A 2l-acre site has been pur chased on the Crater Lake high way near Delta Waters rd., he said, and ground was to-be brok en today for construction of the building. He said some $100',000 will be invested here in the building, and that eventually some 12 to 15 men will be em ployed in Medford by the firm. Harold Gregory, a resident of Medford for about five years who Jias represented the firm! here, will be manager of the I branch center, Peck reported. The building will be construct ed by James A- Elliott, Medford contractor. Charg Suspe e is Dismissed; ct Rearrested - A charge of burglary against Clifford Quentin Gee, 29 was dis missed in circuit court today, but he was immediately rear rested on another charge. The burglary case was dis missed when testimony could not be obtained from one witness and two others were unavail able. Hubert G. Green, brought here from the state prison where he is serving a term for his part in burglarizing a Rogue River residence last . September, re fused to give testimony. Gee was rearrested and was to be arraigned in district court today on a charge of receiving and concealing stolen 'property, according to Deputy District At torney Gene Piazza. Gee's address is listed as Har lon, in Lincoln county, Oregon. Newspaperman Flown To Portland Tuesday E. C. Ferguson, managing edi tor of the Mail Tribune, was taken to Portland in a Mercy Flights air ambulance plane late yesterday. He had been hospital . ized at Sacred Heart here, and was transferred to Providence hospital in Portland for diagno sis and treatment. Mrs. Ferguson accompanied him on the trip. They were met In Portland by Mrs. Ford Knud son, Astoria, their daughter. George Milligan was pilot on f the flight, which left here about 5:45 p.m. The patient was the 353rd carried by the non-profit air ambulance corporation since it started service in January, 1950. Astoria (U.R) First of hali but deliveries since the season opened May 12 arrived here this week. Hatfield Launches Movement To Promote Paul Hoffman for GOP Vice President Pendleton (U.R) Oregon State Sen. Mark Hatfield (R-Sa-lem) today launched a movement to promote Paul G. Hoffman as vice-presidential candidate on the 1956 Republican ticket Hatfield, dean of students at Willamette University and one oi the early supporters of Dwight D. Eisenhower for the Republi can presidential nomination, sug gested the Hoffman candidacy in a speech today before the Pen J EDI call" about continued aid to Yugoslavia. He said he also wanted to be "absolutely cer tain" that aid for Israel and the Arab states will not promote more tension in that part of the world. Burke Nominated To Be Chief of Naval Operations Washington (U.R) Rear Adm. Arleigh A. (31-Knot) Burke was nominated by Pres ident Eisenhower today to suc ceed Adm. Robert B. Carney as chief of naval operations. Burke, 53, was nominated for a two-year term, with the rank of full admiral, starting Aug. 16. Mr. Eisenhower nominated Adm. Arthur W. Radford for an other two-year term as chair man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Gen. Nathan F. Twining was nominated for reappointment for a two-year term as Air Force chief of staff. In picking Burke, Mr. Eiseri hower jumped the famous World War H destroyer leader over 90 admirals, vice admirals and rear admirals who ranked ahead of him in seniority. Near Retirement Age The White House said Carney, who was 60 last March, would have been unable to fill out an other full two-year term prior to reaching normal Navy retire ment age. Normal retirement age in the Navy is 60, but with special action by the Secretary of Navy this can be extended to the age of 62. This obviously will be done later for Radford who is now 59. Twining is 57. Carney is the second member of the present Joint Chiefs of Staff to be speeded toward re tirement after getting into pub lic controversy. The other is Gen. Matthew B.Ridgway, who disagreed with Army manpow er cuts imposed by the adminis tration. Rail Car Shortage Under Discussion Portland (U.R) A shortage of railroad cars was reported tday as the West Coast Lumbermens Association's car supply commit tee went into an emergency ses sion to discuss the situation. Fear was expressed that a slowdown in shipping of Oregon lumber and farm products would result. There has been a shortage of class A and double-door cars for several weeks and common box cars appeared on the short side this week with the supply about 10 per cent short of require ments. Railroad officials said the situation could grow worse un less more . empty cars are re ceived from the midwest. Yesterday an estimated 500 cars of all types arrived here, compared to a normal 700 to 800 car need. Congress Starts Anew On Postal Pay Bill Washington (U.R) Congress started from scratch again today on postal pay legislation be cause the Senate sustained Pres ident Eisenhower's veto of the first Democratic-s ponsored effort. Chairman Olin D. Johnson (D S.C.) called the Senate Post Of fice and Civil Service Commit tee into a morning session to work on another bill. Mr. Eisenhower's first veto of the Democratic-controlled 84th Congress was put to a vote in the Senate late Tuesday. There were 54 votes to override and 39 to sustain, the majority being eight short of the two-thirds needed to overrun a veto. Three More Bills Signed by Patterson Salem (U.R) Bills to ban wire tapping by private detec tives or persons bent on black mail; to make an appeal to the Supreme Court automatic in case of death sentence; and to establish the Oregon state cor rectional institution were signed today by Gov. Paul L. Patterson. dleton Rotary club. He suggested that Vice-President Richard M. Nixon be made a special ambassador-at-large "with responsibilities for build ing good will throughout the world." Hatfield told the Rotarians that Hoffman, former head of the ECA and the Ford Foundation and a " Studebaker executive, "has proved both his ability and integrity and . . . would be en Me Unfed Press Hull Leased Wire 50th Year Pressure Claimed To Permit Cutter To Make Vaccine Charge Brings Denial By Hobby Assistant Washington (U.R) Rep. Ar thur C. Klein (D-N.Y.) said today he had information from a repu table source that a "very, very prominent politician from Cali fornia" brought pressure on Wel fare Secretary Oveta Culp Hob by regarding licensing of the Cutter Laboratories to produce Salk polio vaccine. Assistant Welfare Secretary Roswell B. Perkins denied "cate gorically" that this was so. "On the basis of information available to me, that is abso lutely false," Perkins said. Exchange at Hearing The exchange took place at a hearing by the House Interstate Commerce Committee on bills to authorize a government out lay of $28,000,000 for Salk vac cine for children unable to pay and to set up new standby con trols over distribution and manu facture of the vaccine. Cutter was one of six manu facturers licensed to produce the Salk vaccine. Sixty cases of polio have developed in persons who were inoculated with the Cutter produced vaccine. The Public Health Service said yesterday that there was "presumptive evidence" that two lots of the Cutter vaccine caused polio in the cases. In all, Cutter had released nine lots. Assumed Contaminated Surgeon General Leonard A. Scheele elaborated today on the "presumptive evidence" against the Cutter vaccine, telling the committee: "We can assume that two lots were in some way con taminated." He said "most" of the 56 para lytic polio cases that have oc curred among children inocu lated with Cutter vaccine have been identified with these two lots. Dr. W. H. Sebrell, director of the National Institutes of Health, went into a bit more detail. He said most of the Cutter cases have been further traced to two "filling lots" the portions of a batch of vaccine that was plac ed in vials in a particular oper ation. He explained that there are about four "filling lots" to each manufacturer's batch of vaccine. Mishap in Bottling This might be taken as evi dence . that the mishap, if any, took place not during the manu facture of the vaccine but during the manufacture of the vaccine but during the bottling, Sabrell indicated. But he quickly added that there is still no definite proof that there was any aci dent in the Cutter plants at all. Sebrell said in response to questions that "from all the in formation we have, I think the Salk vaccine is a good vaccine . . . There is nothing the matter with the Salk formula." When Klein asked if Cutter had been "in trouble" before, Food and Drug Commissioner George P. Larrick rose in the audience to reply that the firm seven years ago had run afoul of the food and drug laws in connection with an intravenous solution, and that "the product was removed from the market and a criminal information was filed." He said prior to that, time Cutter "a number of times" had had difficulties with Food and Drug but not in matters affect ing the public health. Almost all drug manufacturers have had such difficulties, he said. Medford Police Chief Named by FBI Associates Medford Police Chief Charles Champlin was elected president of the Oregon chapter of the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy associates at a meeting in Portland recently. Chief Champlin graduated from the academy in 1953 at its 51st session. The associates are graduates of the academy. thusiastically received by mil lions of Americans in all walks of life." Hatfield said the nomination of Hoffman "would have the ad vantage of a California resident without the disadvantage of plac ing one arch rival above anoth er each with presidential ambi tions." He said he referred to Nixon and to Sen. William Knowland, Republican leader in the Senate. - DFQRBf 20 Pages Annexat' fJeeess' Over 3,000 Acres Involved in Areas Up for Annexation Residents In and Out Of City To Cast Votes An election on annexation of two areas to Medford was order ed last night by the city council. The areas involved total some 3,000 acres, with an estimated 2,500 population. One large area is south of Medford, and the other involves a few blocks in the Laurelhurst addition, part of which is already inside the city limits. Tne election will give resi dents of the areas proposed for annexation an opportunity to ex press their desires, and at the same, time will give residents of the city a chance to pass on the proposal. If the proposal is defeated by either group, an nexation cannot take place. To Prepare Documents City Attorney Frank Farrell was instructed last night to pre pare the legal documents for the election, and to have them ready at next Tuesday's council meeting. The election will be held as soon as possible. Mayor Earl Miller, in asking approval of the annexation rec ommendation of the planning commission, said "The time has come for us to take -action," and added, "I think the people with in the district realize their sani tary conditions" and other prob lems would be eased by annex ation. The planning commission re cently advised the annexation election be held prior to the closing of the budget" so that new revenue from annexation may be included in budget for 1955-56. Mayor Miller asked City Man ager Robert Duff to divide the proposed area into four or five districts to compile financial sta tistics on each, to determine the additional cost to the city com pared with estimated revenue from the district. A city budget was adopted by the budget committee last night, but no special provisions were made should annexation of the proposed area be authorized by the voters. Duff said city ser vice would be extended into the area as soon and as efficiently as possible after annexation. Several sections within the proposed annexation area have petitioned to be annexed be cause of adverse sanitary sew er conditions in developing sub divisions. Area Told The Laurelhurst addition an nexation proposal includes that area in the addition which is not now within the city limits and about 200 feet north of Stev ens st. between Wabash ave. and Crater Lake rd. Residents of the area petition ed the council to be annexed re cently, but an election will be needed because 100 per cent of the property owners did not sign the petition. (See Other Council Story On Page 1) Nurserymen's Group Sets Convention Here An Oregon Nurserymen's as sociation convention will be hejd in Medford June 27 at the Jack son hotel, J. Vernon Marshall, of Marshall Nursery and Florist shop, announced today. About 100 nurserymen from throughout the state are expected to attend the session. Jack Moad Declared Past Critical Stage Eugene (U.R) Jack Moad, Medford, University of Oregon shotput ace stricken with polio last week, was reported past the critical stage today. Baseball AMERICAN Washington 2 3 1 New York . 6 8 1 McDermott, Ramos (6), Ab ernalhy (7) and Fitzgerald; Turley and Berra. NATIONAL (First Game) St. Louis ...... 0 4 1 Chicago 1 5 0 Jackson, La Palme (8) a n 3 Rice, Saxni (7); Minntr and Chili. o SIX EAGLE SCOUTS Five boys who Mon day night were awarded their Eagle badges, highest in Scouting, are shown being congrat ulated by their scoutmaster, Dr. William H. Roberts, himself an Eagle Scout. Left to right they are Dr. Roberts, Sam Jennings, Dick and Jim Corum, twins; Mike Roberts, son of Dr. Elderly Couple Get Bomb Threat; Police Believe Call a Hoax An elderly couple became the victims of Medford's second bombing threat last night. Like the earlier one, city police termed it a hoax. The threat last night was at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Ambrose, 832 West 13th st. Mrs. Ambrose, who is 71, an swered the telephone. She told police a male voice said. "Your house is going to be bombed to night at 11." Police were stationed at, the home, and officers patroled the area throughout the night. There were no immediate leads as to the perpetrator of the crime. Stay With Relatives Mrs. Ambrose reported the threat to police at 7:39 p.m. She and her husband, who is 74, were staying with relatives in town today. District Attorney Walter Nun- ley has warned hoaxters that threatening the commission of a felony is a crime, punishable by a maximum term of five years in the state prison. Police said the threat was sim- Big Four Conference May Be At Lausanne Washington (U.R) The White House said today that the Big Four heads of government meet ing may be held at Lausanne, Switzerland, July 18-21. But it emphasized that the time and place have not yet been officially proposed and that sev eral other alternatives are under consideration. The allies are not expected in any case to make a formal time- place proposal to Russia until some time after tomorrow's elec tion in Great Britain. It is quite possible, officials said, that the East and West will not get together on the issue until the Big Four foreign min isters confer on it at San Fran cisco during the June 20-26 cere monies celebrating the 10th an niversary of the United Nations. First FcJrest Lookout . Placed by Patrol Here . The state forest patrol placed a fire lookout today on Mt. Isa belle between Jacksonville and Applegate. Whether other lookouts will be stationed on peaks in the area during the next few days de pends on the weather, the patrol headquarters here reported. The office said that current cool, damp weather has "calmed the situation somewhat. Some roads to lookout stations have not dried out JN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1955 & Budget Elections Declared Council; Dates Still To Be Set ilar to the one last Friday, when an unidentified man telephoned Brown's Cafe and Lounge, 101 East Main st., and threatened bombing. In each case police found no hidden bomb, nor any evidence that the threat was ser ious. The two crimes have followed a series of threats, hoaxes, and three actual bombings which have kept police authorities in Oregon and Washington on the jump recently. . Committee Approves Mining Claims Bill Washington (U.R) The House Interior committee yes terday approved a bill to outlaw filing of mining claims sought for the value of timber on the land, or for "nuisance" or resort purposes. The bill, introduced by Rep. Walter Rogers (D-Tex.), would restrict new claims to "pros pecting, mining or processing operations and uses reasonably incident thereto." It would outlaw new claims based on deposits of common sand, gravel and stone, and would allow the government to dispose of such materials, and timber, from the claims. A procedure would be set up by which holders of present claims would surrender surface rights to the government. A half dozen other congress men, including Harris Ellsworth (R-Ore.), introduced similar bills. Jackson Students Get Polio Shots Jackson school first and sec ond graders today received Salk anti-polio shots, but Dr. Merkel, county health officer, said the number being inoculated is about half the number who signed up originally. Monday and yesterday, the first two days of the week-long inoculation program, only about 50 per cent of the children who originally scheduled shots re ceived them. About 90 per cent of the 3,008 firsthand second graders in Jack son county eligible for vaccina tions had parental consent slips originally. Tomorrow vaccinations will be : given at Central Point for students from Prospect, Shady Cove, Eagle Point, Gold Hill, Lone Pine, Howard, and Central Point. Shots also will be given students at Washington school, Phoenix and Talent Price 5c Roberts, and Dick Guches. All are members of Troop 9, of which Dr. Roberts has been scoutmaster for about seven years. In the past few years 16 members of the troop have earned Eagle badges, a record far surpassing the national average. (Brainerd photo) Five Boy Scouts Earn Eagle Badges At Troop 9 Event Five boys earned the Eagle badge, highest in Boy Scout work, at a Troop 9 court of honor Monday evening. One of them, Mike Roberts, son of Dr. and Mrs. William H. Roberts, is the third member of the Roberts family to receive the award. The others are Dr. Rob erts himself, who is also scout master of the troop, and another son, Bill, who received his badge five years ago. Others Get Badges Other scouts receiving the highest " honor Monday were James and Dick Corum, twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Corum; Sam Jennings, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jennings, and Dick Gutches, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Gutches. The five Eagle badges brought the total for Troop 9 to 16 within the past few years. There are 44 members of the troop. The na tional average of Eagle badges to scouts is about one in each 500 to 600 scouts. Burmese Visit An international touch in Mon day's court of honor ceremonies was the participation of two Burmese, Maung Thein Nyun and Ko-Tun-O, dressed in native scout uniforms. The Burmese, who are visiting Jackson county families on an International Farm Youth Exchange program, briefly outlined scout activities in Burma. Dr. Elmo Stevenson, president of the Southern Oregon college at Ashland, presented the badges and C. A. McDougall was judge of the court of honor. Other members of the court were Dr. Abner Clark, Harry Barneburg,' Bob Church and Jim Grigsby. Weather FORECAST: Mostly cloudy with a few lijht showers tonight and early Thursday becom ing partly cloudy Thursday afternoon. Low tonight 48. High Thursday 7. Temp. Highest Yesterday 67 Lowest this Morning : 44 Pree. to 10 a.m. Today. Trace. Thornton Rules Oregon Law Means All Trees Taxable Salem (U.R) Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton said today that the word 'trees' as used in Oregon law for taxation purposes means all types and not just standing timber. ' ; In an opinion requested by the State Tax commission, Thornton held that a difinition limited to standing timber" would result in exemption of - orchard and United Pre Full Leased Wire No. 56 Spending Proposal $47,107 Over Limit; Voter OK is Asked Additional Amount Said Need of City ' A city budget for 1955-56 totaling $639,549 was presented to the city council by the citi zens budget committee last night. The proposal is $49,107 more than is permitted under the con stitution approval of the voters, and the city council decided to call a special election to seek approval of this amount. Mayor Earl Miller this morn ing pointed out that the amount is relatively small, but that it . is needed for progress and to keep city services operating at their present level. Public Hearing Set Ordinances setting up the elec tion will be presented to the council next week, and a public hearing on the budget will be held before the election. Earlier, it had been planned to call for a vote on increasing the city's tax base by some $65,- 000, but City Attorney Frank Farrell -ruled this was impos sible at a time other than a gen eral or primary election. In ad dition, he pointed out last night, a recent supreme court decision has created some confusion about how a tax base election would affect increases in budgeting in future years. Farrell indicated the best so lution at present would be to seek approval of the amount over the 6 per .cent limitation this year, and decide later on in creasing the tax base, after the situation is' clarified.,. , ...... Additions Made The budget as first presented totaled $590,442, some $14,347 over the 6 per cent limitation, but the budget committee made cartain additions to it which they felt to be necessary. These included: Airport clearance area and landscaping, $10,400; remodel women's jail and police quar ters, $2,000; extra engineering work, $2,000; fire department supplies and automatic switch board, $3,300; general' adminis tration, $1,600; development of planning commission, $5,500; traffic equipment, $2,600; police department, $960; policeman to FBI academy, $1,200; employees life insurance plan, $1,200; and legal recodification of ordin ances, $3,000. The increases were recom mended by the citizens budget committee to "continue pre sently existing services for the people" and "in order to develop programs deemed necessary for the progress" of the city.. Duff said the increases will give Benefit of city services which would not be available if the budget was reduced. (See other council story on Page 1) Drayage Contract Sought in Portland Portland (U.R) AFL Team sters and employers resumed ne gotiations here today to try to work out a new contract for about 1000 drivers who work for 112 drayage firms in this area. The negotiations are separate from those in Los Angeles in connection with the strike against the long-haul trucking industry in 11 Western states. They concern drayage firms and drivers in this area only. The drayage firms transfer commod ities locally. - Both sides expressed confi dence they can settle difference without a strike. Lew Cornelius, secretary treasurer of Teamsters local 162, said the union seeks pay raises ranging from 19 to 31 cents per hour. ' other trees from taxation as real property. He said: "Our review of the authorities and our analysis of the problem would require us to conclude that the word 'trees as used in Oregon law and included with in the definition of "real prop-' erty and thereby has a generic intendment and includes fruit, shade and orchard trees as well as timber.