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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.
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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
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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.