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Recommended An Illustrated itory describing ths beautiful and extensive gar dens at "Hanleyland" on Ross Ian appears on Pag 10 of today's Mall Tribune. , WEATHER FORECAST: ConsidtrabU high cloudiness Sunday with a chance, of a few showers mostly In the mountains. Partly cloudy Monday. High Sunday 75. Low Sunday night 40. Temp. Highest Yesterday 85 Lowest Yesterday Morning ....41 To 11 p.ra. Yesterday DFORD RIBUNE United Press Full Lsdsed Wire United Prs Full Leased Wire 50th Year 24 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, Price 5c No. 59 Me Toll of Holiday Deaths Heading For Sharp Cut Traffic Accounts For 87 Fatalities Chicago iU.Pd Millions of Americans hurried to enjoy the first summer-like holiday of the year as the nation's safest three- day Memorial Day week end sine 1949 appeared possible. A United Press survey show ed at least 87 persons had been killed in traffic accidents. Twenty - four persons were drowned and six died in miscel laneous mishaps for a total holi day toll of 117. Cautious Optimism The Nationsl Safety Council, which had predicted that 360 persons would be killed in high way accidents between 6 p.m. Friday and midnight Monday, expressed cautious optimism that the toll could be cut sharp ly. Ned H. Dearborn, president of the council, said the holiday toll "is gratifyingly below the Me morial Day toll last year. "If the present rate can be maintained throughout the en tire holiday period, the traffic death toll would be 300 or less the smallest death total for any three - day Memorial Day holiday since 1949 when 216 persons were killed." Tornado Reported Generally fair weather lured 40,00,000 automobiles onto the crowded highways and byways of the nation. However, an epidemic of tor nadoes and thunderstorms swept across portions of the southwest and midwest, causing wide spread destruction. No addition al deaths were reported, how ever, to add to the toll of 117 dead and more than 800 injured caused by a vicious series of tor aadoes that swept across seven states earlier this week. San Francisco U.R) The Memorial week end traffic toll in California mounted to 11 deaths by 9 p.m. Saturday and three other persons lost their lives in mishaps despite wide spread police efforts to minimize fatalities. Morse Votes Against Foreign Aid Program Washington U.R) The Senate Foreign Relations com mittee said yesterday the for eign aid program is "paying dividends" to the United States and chould be continued vigor ously. In a report on the $3,408,000,- 000 economic and military aid bill, it said the results of foreign aid "provide convincing refuta tion of criticism that the pro gram was a giveaway, a pouring of American wealth down for eign ratholes." The committee approved the bill Thursday night, 13 to 2, with Sens! aWyne L. Morse CD Ore.) and William Langer (R N.D.) casting the dissents. The Senate is expected to start de bate on it next Thursday. The House Foreign Affairs committee resumes hearings on the program June 8. Meantime, -Rep. John M. Vorys (R-O.), a key member, predicted the presi dent's requests will be cut un less more economic assistance is put on a loan basis. Last year Vorys won House approval of an amendment specifying that cer tain grants be on a loan basis but the Senate killed it. Elderly Couple Slay Three Policemen During V2-Hour Gun Battle in Florida Ocala, Fla. -(U.R) An elder ly couple shot and killed three police officers from their bar ricaded house last night and stood off some 30 other lawmen in-a Hi hour gun battle. The couple, Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Lindley, both reported to be in their 70s, surrendered after officers fired more than 1,000 rounds at their three - room house and filled the structure with tear gas. Killed were Marion county Deputy Sheriff Bob Wooten and Curtis Youngblood and Assist ant Ocala Police Chief M. Ox. Tuck. Small Arsenal found Officers found a small arsenal inside the bullet - pocked house, including a -30-.30 high - power er rifle, at least two 12 gauge shotguns, two .38 caliber auto matics, three .45 caliber auto matics, a .25 caliber pistol, and hundreds of rounds of ammuni COMES COURTING Soviet Communist Party leader Ni kita Khrushchev (left) is greeted by Yugoslavia's Marshal Tito upon his arrival in Belgrade. Khrushchev arrived with Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin to woo Yugoslavia back into the Soviet fold. Khrushchev stated that the Russian break with Tito in 1948 was the fault of former Soviet security chief Lavrenti Beria. He added that he would do everything to heal the break. Progress Said Made On Normalizing Trade By Russia, Yugoslavia Belgrade, Yugoslavia (U.R) Yugoslavia and Russia are reported to have made some pro gress on normalizing trade be tween them, although Marshal Tito has apparently spurned an offer to join the Soviet bloc. The two countries were re ported also to have found a large area of agreement that would permit them to issue a joint communique when the Russian visit ends. The report of Tito's rejection came from Yugoslav sources. It appeared to be confirmed by the long faces of Communist party boss Nikita S. Krushchev and Soviet Premier Nikolai A. Bul ganin at the wind - up of formal talks with Marshal Tito. At the same time, Yugoslav sources said Tito is not interest ed in - neutralism" on the Aus trian style. But they denied the Russians had proposed any such thing in the talks. The official communique on the two - day negotiations gave no results of the talks. It merely said the two delegations had met and the Soviets would visit Ti to's villa at Brioni tomorrow be fore going home. Khruschev and Bulganin were grim when the two delegations gathered for lunch after meeting for three hours in an atmosphere of frigid protocol. Appears Chipper But Tito, immaculate in black Poirier Found Guilty On Dentistry Charges Lee Poirier, Jacksonville, charged with practicing dentis try without a license, was found guilty Friday by a district court jury of two men and four wom en. Verdict was unanimous, ac cording to the court report. Judge Rawles Moore con tinued the case until Tuesday for sentencing. Poirier is free on $200 bond. The trial opened on Thursday morning. Complaint in the case was filed on July 14, 1954. Later 'a defense demurrer was sustained and the complaint was redrafted. tion. Officers said the battle was started by an argument between the Lindleys and a neighbor, Douglas Wingfield, who told po lice he had posted a "keep out" sign to stop the Lindleys from drawing oil from his oil drums. Wingfield said he was draw ing water in his back yard when a shot was fired at him. He call ed county police to the scene. Met By Woman With Gun Wooten and Youngblood ar rived about 5:15 p.m. and were met by Mrs. Lindley who was armed with a rifle or a shotgun. The two officers attempted to take the weapon away from the woman but she resisted and in the struggle, one of them was pushed out of the way and into a shotgun blast fired by Lindley. The elderly man then shot the other officer. It was not known which man was killed first. Lindley and his wife then ran ' I coat and striped pants and casu ally smoking a cigarete in his pipe - style holder, appeared chipper. "That's co - existence," he quipped to Khrushchev with a wave of his hand to photograph ers who snapped the scene. Khruschev and the other Rus sians smiled uneasily. Informed sources said the Rus sians had plugged the line that Yugoslavia, after all, is a Com munist state and its place lies with the Eastern Communist bloc led by Russia. The Yugoslavs replied they re mained determined to pursue their policy of "active co - exist ence," independent of both the East and West blocs, the sources said. The possibility of Yugoslavia re-joining the cominform, from hich it was expelled in 1948, was not mentioned, the informants said. Russia Seeks Talks On Far East Problems London (U.R) The Soviets bid yesterday to extend big four talks at the summit this summer to Far Eastern problems. The United States repeatedly has said it will not discuss Far Eastern problems at the forth coming talks. The magazine New Times in dicated the Soviets will try to lump Far Eastern problems with a ..host of others for discussion by the heads of state. Also in cluded were withdrawal from foreign bases and an end to "dis crimination" in foreign trade. Speaking of the conference, New Times, which is published in English, German and French for readers utside the Soviet Union, said Western politicians were trying to make political capital out of the talks. The magazine said the "ridi culously short period" proposed by the West for the talks indi cated a "non-serious" approach by the Allies to the conference. back into their house and arm ed city, county and state offi cers rushed to the scene to sur round the concrete block struc ture. While police peppered the bar ricaded couple from cover, Tuck and State Highway Patrolman Sam Oswald prepared tear gas bombs to toss in the house. Persuaded Husband Oswald told Tuck to give him the bomb, officers said, and the highway patrolman crawled up to the house, pulled off a win dow screen and tossed the bomb in. Oswald then ran for shelter but Tuck, who apparently was covering the patrolman, was shot down as he stood about 30 feet from the house. Mrs. Lindley gave up first, of ficers said, and came out of the house alone. She went back in side and apparently persuaded her husband to surrender. Top Secret Report On Krishna Menon's Mission Received Hopes for Release Of Some Fliers Raised Washington (U.R) The United States has received a top secret report on Indian Am bassador V. K. Krishna Menon's recent talks with Red Chinese leaders on prospects" of easing tensions in the Far East. Word that this information had been received from. New Delhi coincided with increased hopes here that some of the 55 Amer ican civilians and airmn im prisoned by Red China soon may be freed. There are signs that at least four U. S. airmen might be coming home to the United State after long detention in Red China. One of the chief factors in the brighter outlook was a letter received in Iowa from one of 15 U. S. airmen held by the Reds. Capt. Harold Fischer wrote his parents at Swea City, la., that he had been moved from Muk den, Manchuria, to Peiping, Red China's capital. Fischer reported that three other airmen also had been moved to Peiping. The State Department would not comment on receipt of the report on Menon's trip to Peip ing, or that some action might be coming soon on the prisoners. It was understood that the re port was based on a long talk in New Delhi between Menon and U. S. Ambassador John Sherman Cooper. Menon recent ly talked in Peiping with Red Premier Chou En-lai and Chief of State Mao Tse-Tung. Acting Secretary of State Her bert Hoover, Jr., and other top administration officials were re ported to have conferred at length on the dispatch from Cooper. It was understood, according to some interpretations, that Menon believed Chou En-lai had indicated a "somewhat more rea sonable attitude" on trying to east East-West tensions. Chou has offered to negotiate the easing of tensions in the Far East, -including the Formosa area, with the United States. Hoover said earlier this week in a speech at Los Angeles that the United States "welcomed" the possibility of reaching peace ful settlements with the Com munists. He said the United States also welcomed Chou's recent state ment that the Communists may be willing to renounce a war and accept what Hoover describ ed as "peaceful processes in re lation to the Formosa area." Trucker Strike Holds National Importance Los Angeles (U.R) Neil J. Curry, president of the Ameri ca nTrucking associations, said Saturday the 10-day old truck ing strike in 11 Western states "has taken on National import ance." "This is the first time ah en tire industry has taken a stand of this kind," he said. "Shippers and manufacturers throughout the country are behind the West serving with much interest de em industry's stand and are ob velopments in this strike." Meanwhile, the policy com mittee of the California Truck dorsed the association's new pro ing associations unanimously en posal which Teamster Union membership is expected to vote upon Tuesday. The CTA proposal, offering a three-year contract with an im mediate nine-cent hourly wage increase and nine-cent bo'osts for the next two years, was made Friday night at the conclusion of three days of meetings with Federal Concilliation Commis sioner John L. Fenton. Memorial Program Will Follow Parade A Memorial Day program will be held at Hawthorne park fol lowing a parade starting at Li brary park at 10 a.m. tomorrow. En route to Hawthorne park, brief ceremonies at Bear Creek bridge will honor veterans who lost their lives aboard ships. . Ray Huson will be master of ceremonies at Hawthorne park, where Nathan Douthit, Crater High school student, will give Lincoln's Gettysburg address. Carlos Morris will be principal speaker at the ceremony. All city, county, state and federal offices and most business establishments will be closed to morow, and no mail deliveries will be made. The Mail Tribune will publish an early edition. Sports Bui. Roseburg tripped the . ford Cheney Studs 5 to 2 her last night in the opening Southern Oregon Baseball League tangle for both teams. Each pitcher, Don White of the Chiefs and Warren Noyes of the Studs struck out nine and yielded five bases on balls. The two clubs meet again at the fairgrounds at 2 p.m. today. Portland, Ore. U.R) The Portland Beavers evened their series with San Francisco at three games apiece last night by downing the Seals 5 to 3 before 2500 Pacific Coast League baseball fans. Seattle, Wash., May 28 (U.R) Cholly Naranjo pitched a six-hit- shutout here last night as the Hollywood Stars defeated Seattle 3-0 to lake a 4-2 lead in their eight-game Pacific Coast League series. About 49 Per Cent Given Polio Shots In Jackson County Out of 2,667 Jackson county first and second graders who signed up for anti-polio shots when first quiered, 1,323, about 49 per cent, actually received the shots last week. The county health department reported that .3,008 were eligible for the shots. A few hundred, however, did not receive par ental consent slips to begin with for religious or other reasons. Some of the consent slips that were signed were withdrawn af ter confusion arose nationally about the vaccine program. Shots Still Available Children wishing the shots but who, for one reason or another, were unable to receive them, can obtain them through the public health department. Parents wishing this seryice are' asked to telephone the department, 2-7159, so health officials will know how much vaccine to hold in reserve. Parents of children who have received the first in the series of two shots will be notified by cards from the health depart ment as to when the second series of shots will be given.' It will also be publicized in the press. In no school in the county did 100 per cent of the first and second graders receive the shots, but in one school, Pinehurst on the Green Springs highway, the record was almost that good. Of the seven first and second grad ers, six received the shots and the other child would have ex cept for the fact that he was running a slight temperature. Following is a list of schools in the county followed by the number of children who signed up for the shots and the number who actually received them: Medford: Roosevelt, 231, 160; Washington, 251, 129; Lincoln, 112, 60; Jackson, 214, 131; St. Mary's, 114, 71. Ashland: Briscoe, 91, 36; Wal ker, 88, 37; Bellview, 63, 36; Lincoln, 111, 62. Jacksonville, 88, 32; Griffin Creek, 53, 33; Ruch, 36, 13; Phoe nix, 130, 62; Central Point, 248, 103; Gold Hill, 79, 33; Sams Val ley, 23, 12; Eagle Point, 130, 55; Lone Pine, 76, 32; Talent, 88, 31; Rogue River, 76, 24; Applegate, 12, 6; Elk-Trail, 36, 12; Prospect, 53, 21; Evans Valley, 20, 5; Oak Grove, 48, 33; Shady Cove, 35, 21; Butte Falls, 33, 10; Pinehurst, 7, 6; West Side, 12, 7; Howard, 88, 42; Rogue River Academy, 20, 9. New Tornadoes Head Into Midwest Region Chicago (U.R) New torna does, sweeping out of the storm battered southwest after leaving 117 persons dead, thundered into the midwest Saturday, leaving a new trail of destruction. The spiraling black funnels, which terrorized residents of seven states for three days, flat tened buildings and ripped down power lines in sections of Wis consin, Michigan and Indiana. At least four persons were in jured. Thunderstorms, touched off by a low pressure center over the Great Lakes, spread over an area from Alabama to Minnesota and eastward as far as western New York state. Warnings of possible tornadoes were issued for parts of Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, New York, Arkansas, Ten nessee and Alabama. A twister ripped through a farm area near Clintonville, Wis., late Saturday, injuring two per sons and tearing down trees and uulity poles. iroDslh) CoOu 15) Investigations Seeking Cause of SF Truck Mishap Inventor Says Brake Will Prevent Disasters San Francisco (U.R) Four official investigations are under way to determine what caused the five-block death run of a brakeless furniture van that crashed on a steep downtown street Friday, killing seven per sons and demolishing 10 cars. Meanwhile, a 55 - year - old Santa Rosa, Calif., inventor said he has developed an emergency breaking system for trucks that would prevent future truck dis asters. Investigations of San Fran- isco's worst traffic tragedy were being made by the Interstate Commerce Commission, the dis trict attorney's office, the police department and the coroner's of fice. Mass of Wreckage All were designed to find out how the truck and trailer was able to get away from its driver and plunge down the street with grades of 10.90 to 16.18 per cent at express train speed. It crashed into a twisted mass of wreckage despite heroic efforts of the driver, William McCandless of Davenport, la., to bring the 12 ton rig under control. Witnesses estimated the speed of the truck as it passed Grant ave., in the heart of the narrow streets of Chinatown, at 80 to 100 miles an hour. Warner L. Keehn, inventor of the Keehn-o emergency brake for trucks, said his new system would nrevent tragedies that killed McCandless and six pedes trians. Keehn said his brake acts as a supplementary brake under the meaning of ICC rules and would give truck drivers a positive means of stopping their vehicles in case of an air failure. Couldn't Find Brake Wayne De Wolf. 38. of Little ton, Colo., McCandless' assistant who jumped clear of the truck moments before the crash at Mc Candless' orders, told authorities that he was unable to find the emergency brake to stop the hurtling van. Keehn said his. brake has a handle within easy access to the driver in the cab of the truck. The brake system itself uses a C02 (carbon dioxide) bottle and supplementary lines to the main braking chambers of the truck and trailer. In case of an air failure, the emergency grip trips the C02 and fills the chamber with up to 175 pounds pressure. If one of the brake chambers be comes defective, Keehn said, his system automatically seals it off and operates the remaining chambers. The Keehn-o brake is being used by trucking firms through out the Pacific Northwest. One lumbering firm said that it has saved its drivers from five serious accidents that might have been caused by brake failure. Authorities said the crash of the furniture van was apparently caused by a failure in the air pressure system which made the brakes and horn useless. Wit nesses said they heard the hiss of escaping air as the truck hurtled past. them. Southern Oregon Eggs Said Unfit for California Tables Cave Junction, Ore. (U.R) A claim that some southern Ore gon eggs weren't fit for Cali fornia tables has left the north ern California port of Crescent City in the midst of an egg famine, it has been reported here. L. J. Garrett Jr., agricultural commissioner for Del Norte county, started turning back shipments of eggs from southern Oregon wholesalers when he said they failed to meet California standards. Crescent City de pends for most of its egg supply on Oregon producers. Mislabelling Charged Garrett claimed that most of the violations were for mislabel ling of small eggs as "large AA." He said some spot-checked ship- ments included tome inedible v,.., r , " "l"Mj w MISS SHARON JAMES Reigns Over Festivities Miss Sharon James Named Queen of Phoenix Festival Phoenix Miss Sharon James daughter of Mr. and Mrs.- Jack James, Fern Valley, was crowned queen of the seventh annual Phoenix May Festival Saturday morning. Miss James, a Phoenix High school junior, was selected on the basis of ticket sales for the Festival. Princesses Included the Misses Donna Gearin, Dorothy Good, Sheyla Thompson and Barbara Hendrickson.- The five were chosen by the Phoenix High school student body on basis of scholastic achievements, initia tive, leadership and community and school activities. Phoenix Grange won first and grand prizes in the parade which followed que'en crowning cere monies. The float, entered in Disney Land section, depicted Pinnochio and the Whale. Second place in the Disney Land section -.vent to Phoenix Lady Lions with a Peter Pan float, and the Phoenix Garden club with a Nature land float, won third place. Kay Demere riding a donkey won first place in the oddity class, while Phoenix Lions and Mrs. Georgia Smith's girl scout Brownie troop won second and third, respectively. Jessie Garner won the prize in the children's bicycle and tri cycle division. Medford Junior High school's band won first place in the marching division of the parade. The Rogue Rangers were second and Phoenix High school band third. Activities yesterday afternoon included displays and booth prizes, and modern and square dances were held last night. San Diego U.R) Naval destroyer escorts USS Naifeh and USS Formoe will return to San Diego Tuesday following a tour of duty in the Far East. and "dirties" which are not per mitted on the California market. He added that Crescent City and Del Norte county would go with out Oregon eggs until tine stand ards are met. Meanwhile, in Portland, Wal ter E. Upshaw, manager of the state department of agriculture's Portland office, said many of the rejected eggs had been re checked by two different inspect ors. He said they met Oregon standards which are more strict than California's. Conference Sought Upshaw said he was attempt ing to arrange a conference on the problem. He said it was the first difficulty encountered be tween the two states although Oregon eggs have been moving into the northern California mar- ket ior yean. Crews inks Millions Stranded As Eden Faced With First Great Crisis Airlines, Highways Clogged With Traffic London (U.R) Some 70,000 railway engineers and firemen went on strike across the nation today, stranding millions of holi day travelers. A spokesman for the Nation alized Railways called the strike "disastrous." It all but paralyzed transportation on one of Brit ain's greatest holiday week ends, and it confronted the new gov ernment of Prime Minister An trony Eden with Its first great crisis. Negotiations aimed at prevent- ' Ing the strike continued until after the 11th hour. Hope of a settlement was not abandoned until 11:30 p.m., when govern ment reoresentatives failed in a final effort to persuade union leaders to accept a compromise proposed by the Trades Union Congress. Millions Stranded The strike of member f ih Associated Society of Locomo tive Engineers and Firemen pulled four out of every five trains off British rail lines. The walkout began shortly after mid night (3 p.m. PST). It stranded millions who went to the country for the big Whlt sun holiday week end and left airlines and highways with on of the biggest traffic jams in the nation's history. Eden, who received a thump ing election mandate only two days ago, tried desperately until the last moment to avoid the chaotic walkout but he failed. When union chiefs refnspd in call off their walkout for higher wages, Eden and bis government minister immediatelv set lnt action an emergency plan to keep vital services rolline. LPriority To Food They ordered the few trains run by non-striking railwaymen ana administrative personnel to give priority to freight movement of food, fuel, medical supplies. mail and newspapers. Another big rail union, the National Union of Railwaymen, issued a "stay on the job" order to its 400,000 members. But the NUR had relatively few en gineers and firemen among its membership, and could do little more than assure emergency transportation. The full effect of the walk out will ndt be felt until Mon day when the throngs of vaca tioners start returning from their three-day holiday week end. . 'Soecials' Planned Nationalized Railway officials said they would try to run some specials" which will concen trate on getting suburban resi dents to and from work in Lon don, Liverpool, Manchester and other big cities in an effort to avert an industrial breakdown. Even before the strike, the railroads had cancelled most passenger rail service to resort centers as of midnight Saturday. Airlines were jammed with travelers seeking reservations and the British European . Air ways reported it was booked solidly until June 5. But many more prudent Brit ons decided to stay home. The British Automobile Association said only 14,000 automobiles per hour left London -on main routes Saturday compared with 15,000 the same time last year. Valley Darkened By Power Failure A power failure on one of two main California Oregon Power . company lines from the south put the Rogue valley, including Medford, into darkness about dusk last night. Company officials said the cause of the failure had not been determined late last night, but that locator tests were being made on the line. Power was restored from the remaining south line, nearby sub-stations and from north lines. - The failure covered most of the valley,, company officials said, and lasted between 15 and 25 minutes in most areas.
