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Deaths Running
10 Per Cent Above
Last Record Year
Worst Yet To Come
During Homeward Rush
By UNITED PRESS
Traffic deaths among motor
ists and pedestrians mounted to
day toward what the National
Safety Council feared would be
a new record for the Memorial
Day week end.
A United Press survey at 9
a.m. (PST) showed 292 deaths
this year, almost 10 per cent
more than - the 268 which had
been recorded at the same hour
last year. The holiday began at
6 p.m. Friday.
The total of all accidental
deaths was 425. including 98
drownings, two in air crashes,
and 33 " from miscellaneous
causes.
The highest previous three-day
Memorial Day traffic toll was
364, in 1954.
"Unless the drivers slam on
the brakes in the mad homeward
dash during the closing hours of
the week end, the nation will
have established a new all - time
high for the Memorial Day holi
day," said Ned H. Dearborn,
council president. "This seems a
disgraceful way to utilize the
freedom won by those whose
memory we honor today."
California had 26 traffic fatal
ities, Ohio and Texas 21 each.
Missouri and New York 15.
The National Safety Council,
which made the estimate of 360
deaths, said the traffic death
rate was "proceeding tragically
and needlessly on schedule." .
Ned H. Dearborn, council
president, abandoned earlier
hopes that the toll might fall
below 300. Instead, he issued a
plea to "honor the dead on Me
morial Day by protecting the
living."
Worst to Come -
The worst traffic hazards were
yet to come as tired motorists
clog the highways on the trip
home from holiday jaunts, Dear
born warned.
Meanwhile, showery weather
was expected to end in large
sections of the country today to
provide a sunny setting for the
parades and picnics of the spring
holiday.
Thousands of persons lined
city streets to watch veterans
parade in honor of the 1,128,393
Americans who have died in
the nation's wars.
More crowds went to military
cemeteries to pay tribute to the
fighting men who never came
back.
Guided Missiles on
'Nautilus Demanded
Washington (U.R) Rep
James T. Patterson (R-Conn.)
has written the Navy that it is
"downright absurd" not to arm
the atomic - powered submarine
Nautilus with nuclear guided
missiles.
In a letter to Navy Secretary
Charles Thomas, Patterson, a
member of the Senate - House
Atomic Energy Committee, said:
"I- have been assured that
guided missiles carrying atomic
and thermonuclear warheads
could be launched from subma
rines and this might even be done
with submarines fully submerg
er. "I wish to express to you my
personal and deep conviction
that the accomplishment of this
deserves the utmost priority."
Patterson told reporters that
the men of our submarine fleet,
because of lack of truly modern
armaments, must approach with
in a few thousand yards of an
enemy convoy before launching
their attack with convention tor
pedoes. Weather
FORECAST: Partly cloudy with
a few afternoon showers to
day. Partlv cloudy and slight
iy warmer Tuesday. Breezy
both days. High today 65. Low
tonight 38. High Tuesday 68.
Temp.
Highest yesterday
Lowest this morning 48
MEDFORD, OREGON,
OBSERVING MEMORIAL DAT as suggested by President Eisenhower, with prayer for a just and
lasting peace, Mrs. Henrietta Weist and grandson James Dunseith kneel in Cypress Hills National
Cemetery, N. Y., before grave of Mrs. Weist's husband, killed In World War L (International)
Veterans Honored in
Morning Ceremonies
Memorial Day ceremonies at
Hawthorne park and at Bear
Creek bridge this morning hon
ored veterans who died for their
country.
The ceremonies followed a pa
rade from Library park -which
included Medford Senior and
Junior high bands and veterans
organizations and auxiliaries.
Morris Speaker
Carlos Morris, principal speak
er at Hawthorine park, com
memorated those who lost their
lives during wars so the United
States could continue its free
dom and American way of life.
Nathan Douthit, a student at
Crater High school, briefly out
lined the history of Lincoln's
Oregon Mishaps
Take Six Lives
Portland (U.R) At least
six persons have died in Me
morial week end accidents in
Oregon. Two of the fatalities
occurred in Portland auto ac
cidents. Killed in Portland Saturday
were Paul Murray, 19, of Eu
gene, and Nicholas S. Freund,
80. Driver of the car which hit
Freund in a cross walk was
Charles F. Pearce, 39, who was
cited and held in lieu of $1000
bail.
David Wayne Houser, 22, of
Tygh Valley, was killed early
Sunday when his car spun from
Highway 197r 35 miles south of
The Dalles. Two passengers were
seriously injured.
Harry B. Hussey, 48, a Madras
salesman, died Saturday night
near Brownsboro when his car
left the road after he apparently
went to sleep at the wheel.
Drowning in a home fish pond
cost the life of 22-months-old
Pamela Lynn McCartney, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lennual Mc
Cartney of Portland.
James Palmer, 69, was killed
on his farm about 20 miles north
of Warm Springs when he fell
from his tractor and was crush
ed to death by the machine. .
Hawthorne Park Pool
To Open Week of June 6
Hawthorne park swimming
pool is tentatively -scheduled to
open the week of June 6 for the
summer season, according to
City Park Director Darell Hu
son. He said that the opening prob
ably will be toward the end of
that week.
Ed Knapp again will be pool
manager and Phil Sanders will
be one of the lifeguards. They
are beginning their fourth sea
sons at the pool.
Swimming classes will begin
some time after July 1, Huson
stated.
Wililamsburg.'Ky. (U.R)
Senate Republican Leader vWil
liam F. Knowland questioned to
day whether the forthocing Big
Four talks will include the Rus
sian official who is actually at
the "summit" of the Soviet regime.
Tribu
United
MONDAY, MAY 30, 1955
Gettysburg Address prior to giv
ing the address itself. Gen. Lo
gan's Memorial Day- order was
presented by Mrs. Elmer-Gott.
Air Scout Troop 14 participat
ed in flag raising ceremonies,
and the Star Spangled Banner
was played by Medford High
.school, band at Hawthorne park.
Roy Hudson was master of cere
monies.
Firs Salute
A tnree-gun salute by mem
bers of the Oregon National
guard honored those who lost
their lives while serving aboard
ships in ceremonies at Bear
Creek bridge.
Flowers were strewn on Bear
creek by members of veterans
organization auxiliaries follow
ing an invocation by the Rev. G
Herbert Hillerman, pastor
Zion Luthern church.
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Blaze Damages
Medford Home
Fire, originating from a heat
er placed too close to a bed,
spread to the entire room and
contents this morning at the
Frank B. Konopasek home, 740
West McAndrews rd., firemen
reported.
Two trucks were sent out on
the house fire alarm. The blaze
occurred about 5 a.m.
the Dean W. Pruett residence,
Firemen were summoned to
206 South Orange'st., about 8:15
a.m. when a fan in a stovepipe
stuck and overheated. No fire
damage was reported.
Truck Strike Idles
Chrysler Plant in LA
Los Angeles (U.R) The 11-
day-old Western trucking strike
today idled the big Chrysler Cor
poration assembly plant, putting
4,800 employees out of work.
Dan Ringis plant manager,
said employees were instructed
not to report for work until the
strike had ended. Ringis said
2,000 new cars jammed all stor
age space with no trucks avail
able to haul them to dealers.
It was the second auto plant
idled. The Studebaker-Packard
assembly plant, employing 650,
was shut down for the same rea
son last week.
Meanwhile, Frank Brewster,
president of the Western Confer
ence of AFL Teamsters, said a
new proposal by the California
Trucking Association reached
after three days of negotiations
last week will be submitted to a
vote of union members tomor
row or Wednesday.
Road Conditions
Highway 230 from Union
Creek junction to Diamond
lake it still closed by snow,
state police advised motorists
today. They said the highway
department may have the
route open by late this week
end. The route it open to the
lake from Highway 99, how
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Big 3 Proposes
Lausanne as Site
Of July Meeting
Washington (U.R) The
Western Big Three have propos
ed to Russia that the forthcom
ing Big Four meeting be held at
Lausanne, Switzerland, accord
ing to authoritative sources.
The exact date was. not dis
closed but the sources said the
proposed date is "in the vicinity"
of the July 18-21 date previously
"announced" by French Foreign
Minister Antoine Pinay.
One Possibility
When Pinay said President
Eisenhower had agreed to the
July 18-21 date with Lausanne
as the place, State Department
officials were miffed. The White
House replied at that time that
Lausanne was only one possi
bility under consideration.
Russia has suggested Vienna,
Austria, as the site for the talks.
The United States was reported
to be opposed to Vienna, partly
because President Eisenhower
would have to travel through a
Soviet occupied zone to get to
the meeting.
Knowland Questions Meeting
Meanwhile, Senate Republi
can Leader William F.. Know
land questioned whether the Big
Four talks would include the
Russian official who is actually
at the "summit" of the Soviet
regime.
He indicated he was in doubt
as to whether, Soviet Premier
Nikolai Bulganin or Commun
ist Party Leader Nikita Krush
chev actually heads the Soviet
Union.
The California Republican ex
pressed concern that the West
might lose face throughout the
Communist world if Russia
sends "a man with a title but
without power" to the Big Four
meeting after sending the "de
facto ruler" to, the Yugoslav
meeting.
Sen. Walter F. George told the
reporters he thought chances for
success in the Big Four talks
have been strengthened by the
large margin of victory of the
conservatives in the British election.
LBaOO Vukovich EDoes in 5 Car
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Pileup in
Indianapolis (U.R) Bill Vuko
vich, Fresno, Calif., winner of
the 500-mile race for the past
two years, was burned to death
in a five-car pileup on the back
stretch in today's race.
Other cars involved in the ac
cident were driven by Ed Elisian,
Rodger Ward, Johnny Boyd and
Al Keller.
Leading at Record Speed
Vukovich was leading the race
at a record speed when the acci
dent occurred after 140 miles.
Jimmy Bryan took over first
place due to the crash.
Spectators reported that Elisi
an spun and rolled end over end.
He hit the wall. Ward crashed
into a bridge attempting to avoid
Vrv
Yugoslav-Russian
Talks Seen Eyeing
Long Range Goals
Further Relations
Appear To Be Bright
Belgrade, Yugoslavia (U.R)
A Soviet spokesman said today
further relations between Russia
and Yugoslavia appeared bright
but he indicated there may be
no immediate results in confer
ences between the Kremlin's top
leaders and Marshal Tito.
"Our leaders dp not act only
on immediate goals, they are
thinking into the future and
the future is bright," the spokes
man, a Russian embassy official,
said.
He issued the statement as
Communist party Chief Nikita
Khrushchev and Premier Nikolai
Bulganin went into retreat at
Tito's resort villa on Brioni.
They retired to the villa after
almost a week of conferences
here.
The official statement was in
terpreted here as an indication
the Russians are seeking long
range goals. But it was consider
ed an admission that the Soviet
leaders had thus far failed to
win Tito back into, the Commu
nist fold, i
The Yugoslavs adopted a cool
attitude toward the overtures of
the Russian "leaders during the
Belgrade me e t in g s indicating
they were not impressed by the
big names of the Soviet delega
tion. But at the same time the Rus
sians appeared to have cleared
away a trouble spot on their
Southern frontier and generated
some feeling that they may be
desirous of a "peaceful co-exist
ence" with countries outside the
Iron Curtain.
The Yugoslavs also had cause
to be pleased with results of the
conferences. They refused to
budge from the stand taken
seven years ago when Tito broke
with the Cominform and they
received what amounted to a left
handed apology from the Com
munist leaders who once de
nounced them as Fascists.
Informed sources said Yugo
slavia might also win important
economic gains through the con
ferences. Ellender To Seek
Foreign Aid Fund Cut
Washington (U.R) . Sen.
Allen 'J. Ellender served notice
today that he will make a "de
termined fight" to slash the ad
ministration's $3,408,000,000 for
eign aid bill.
The Louisiana Democrat, a
member of the Senate Appropri
ations committee, said "all this
aid we have given has missed
its mark" in many countries.
Ellender said he will try to
cut the $165,000,000 item in the
bill for so-called "development
assistance" aid and also will
seek to trim the bill's biggest
item, $1,278,000,000 in military
aid.
The Senate Foreign Relations
committee approved the aid mea
sure by a 13 to 2 vote last week.
The Senate is expected to begin
debate Thursday.
nndDanapolis Eace
him. Boyd, Keller and Vukovich
crashed into the wreckage.
Ward and Boyd turned over.
Vukovich's car also turned over
and burned in midtrack. Attend
ants were unable to get through
the flames to turn the car over
and pull him out.
Worst Since 1939
It was the worst pileup since
1939 when another former win
ner, Floyd Roberts, was killed
in a three-car crash on the south
east turn, hardly 500 yards from
today's accident.
The death was the first during
the 500-mile race since 1947
when Shorty Cantlon was killed
as his car hit a wall on the
southwest turn.
OFFICIALS HOP
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Washington JCU.R) The State Department said today it hopes
the release of Four American fliers by the Chinese Communists
signifies the Reds intend to act swiftly in releasing other Ameri
can prisoners.
The announcement that the four prisoners would be released
within hours was made in New Delhi, India, by Indian Ambassa
dor V. R. Krishna Menon who has been negotiating with Red Chi
nese leaders.
"Such action on the part of the Chinese Communist regime,
the department said, "would eliminate one cause of international
tension."
It said "the U.S. government is gratified that the "prolonged
and unwarranted separation which these airmen and their families
have endured with such great patience and fortitude will soon be
brought to an end."
The four airmen were captured during the Korean war. Eleven
other American fliers are still in jail in the Communist country,
in addition to about 40 civilians.
Sentences Assailed
As 'Trumped Up" Charges
Officials here believe the
Reds chose the four fliers for
release because they never have
been sntenced to jail terms as
far as this government knows
They are Capt. Harold Fischer
of Swea City., Ia.; Lt. Lyle W.
Cameron, Lincoln, Neb.; Lt. Ro
land W. Parks, Omaha, Neb.;
and Lt. Edwin L Heller, Wynne
wood, Pa.
The other 11 fliers were sen
tenced to long prison terms on
what the State Department has
assailed as "trumped up" spy
charges.
'Sounds Wonderful'
Fischer's , parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Fischer, told United
Press Sunday that news their
son would be released "sounds
wonderful."
The State Department said it
hopes release of the fliers signi
fies the intention of the Com
munists "to act swiftly to re
leas the other American citizens,
civilian as well as military,
whose continued imprisonment
in Communst China has pro
foundly aroused the American
people." .
Rebels in Saigon
Under Heavy Attack
Saigon, Indochina (U.R)
Rebel Hoa Hao troops were re
ported retreating into the Me
kong river marshlands nortn of
Saigon today under a heavy at
tack launched 48 hours ago by
forces of American-backed Pre
mier Ngo Dinh Diem.
Front reports said heavy fight
ing was in progress throughout
the Kekong river rice bowl in
driving rainstorms.
Hoa Hao Commander Gen.
Oran Van Soai has abandoned
his field headquarters near Cai
dau, close to the Cambodian
frontier, and transferred it to
an undisclosed place in the Me
kong river area.
Six crack . army battalions
lashed out against Gen. Soai's
chief lieutenant, Gen. Ba Cut,
who has been harassing govern
ment troops in a wide arc from
Hatien to Rachia on the. Gulf
of Siam.
Army sources said 40,000 men,
including shock troops that
fought the Communist Viet
Minh, are involved in the strug
gle against the Hao Hao sect's
private, army which opposes Ngo
Dinh Diem's efforts to establish
a regime in Free Viet Nam.
Sources placed the. Hoa Hao
strength at 20,000 to 30,000, plus
several thousand irregulars.
San Francisco (U.R) George
S. Mitchell, executive director of
the Southern Regional Council,
Atlanta, urged social workers to
day to apply "three master rules"
to speed up desegregation or.
schools.
After 80 laps, Bryan's speed
was 121.755. That was well un
der the record of 135.351. Behind
him in order were Bob Sweikert,
Art Cross, Cal Nidy, Pat O'Con
nor, Don Freeland, Tony Betten
hauser, Walt Faulkner, Sam
Hanks and Jimmy Davis.
Others Unhurt
Jack McGrath, the other lead
er, went out after 56 laps when
mechanical trouble developed.
The hospital reported that
Keller, Ward and Elisian were
unhurt.
One of the race cars injured
two soldiers slightly during the
pileup. The soldiers were not
identified and' the track hospital
said they suffered no injury re
quiring further treatment
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Nixon Says Failure
Of Talks Will Rest
With Communists
Washington (U.R) Vice
President Richard M. Nixon said
today that if the forthcoming
Big Four conference fails, it will
be the fault of. the Communists.
Surrounded by the dead of five
wars at Arlington National
Cemetery, Nixon said in a Me
morial Day address that "there
is no greater tribute we could
pay to Amrica's war dead than
to find the road to peace."
He said Communist nations
present the only real threat to
peace today. In the face of this
threat, he said, only "a policy of
military strength and diplomatic
firmness" will avoid war
Nixon substituted for Presi
dent Eisenhower in leading the
nation's tribute to its war dead.
He laid a wreath at the tomb of
the Unknown Soldier, on a
height overlooking the Potomac
river and the nation's capital, be
fore proceeding to the Arlington
Amphitheater behind it for his
address.
"The whole world should rea
lize that the United States and
our Allies will never block the
road to peace," the vice presi
dent said.
Will Enter Agreements
"We will enter into any agree
ments designed to preserve
peace, provide freedom for indi
viduals, independence for na
tions, and security from aggres
sion is guaranteed to all peo
ples.
"The action of the Big Four
conference, therefore, will de
pend solely upon the good faith
of the Communist leaders. Nix
on said. "In the past- they have
obstructed and scuttled. They
have accepted well intentioned
concessions of fre world leaders
and cynically demanded more
Must Never Cease Trying
"People of the world have
right to hope for and expect
real progress towards peace from
this conference. If it fails, the
responsibility will rest squarely
on the Communist leaders."
Despite the Communist record
in international conferences, he
said, the United States will sit
down with Red leaders again
"because we must never cease
trying to find a peaceful way
to settle differences between na
tions."
Eisenhower Attends
Memorial Services
Gettysburg, Pa. (U.R) Pres
ident Eisenhower decided to at
tend Memorial Day services to
day at historic Gettysburg Na
tional cemetery, where Abraham
Lincoln made his famous ad
dress. Switching plans, the President
decided to ride in from his near
by farm after playing 21 holes
on the nine-hole Gettysburg Golf
course.
He had intended to attend
church services today in keeping
with his proclamation of Memor
ial Dav as a national day of
prayer.
But none of the local church
es scheduled services, since most
of the ministers were participat
ing in the traditional ceremony
on the Gettysburg battlefield.
Foreign , Operations Adminis
trator Harold E. Stassen, Mr.
Eisenhower's special adviser on
disarmament, was the day's prin
cipal speaker.
Amid the graves of Union sol
diers killed in the great Gettys
burg Civil War battle of July 1-3,
1863, Stassen said in his prepar
ed text that the United Sta'-s
must continue strong "until the
immoral law of force gives way
to the fore of moral law." ,
Broadcast Says
Quartet Sentenced
To 'Deportation'
No Word Received
At Hong Kong Border
United Nations, N.Y. J(U.R)
Red China announced today it
was releasing four of the 15
American airmen held in Red
China jails since before the end
of the Korean war.
An announcement carried by
the Communist New China Newt
Agency and broadcast by the of
ficial Peiping Red radio said the
four had been sentenced to "de
portation" from Red China after
being convicted of "such crimi
nal actions as flying their mili
tary aircraft into China's terri
torial air to conduct harassment
and provocation."
The men are Lt. Col. Edwin L.
Heller, Wynnewood, Pa.; Capt.
Harold E. Fischer, Swea City,
la.; 1st Lt. Lyle W. Cameron,
Lincoln, Neb., and 1st Lt. Roland
"W. Parks, Omaha, Neb.
The announcement gave no In
dication as to when or how the
"deportation" order would be
carried out. y
Today's announcement issued
by accident or design on the
same day that America honors
its war dead, came as a climax
to UN Secretary-general., Dag
Hammarskj old's dramatic flight
to Peiping last Jan. 5 on the
flier's behalf.
It also came scarcely a week
after the return to New Delhi
of Indian Prime Minister Jaw
aharlal Nehru's roving ambassa
dor, V. K. Krishna Menon, from
a mission to Peiping in which
he discussed the case of the Am
erican fliers with Red China's
Premier and Foreign Minister
Chou En-lai.
No Mention of Others
Today's announcement made
no mention of 11 other American
fliers shot down in their B-29
reconnaissance bomber 15 miles
south of the Yalu river in North.
Korea, Jan. 13; 1953, while on a
leaflet dropping mission.
Red China announced that on
Nov. 23, 1954, the 11 were con
victed on spy charges. The Reds
exhibited photographs of alleg
edly captured equipment which
the Reds said proved the men
were on an espionage mission.
Also unmentioned were two
American civilians also held on
spy charges. They are John T.
Downey, 24, New Britain, Conn.,
and Richard George Fecteau, 27,
Lynn, Mass. Downey was sen
tenced to life imprisonment by
the Reds and Fecteau to 20
years.
All Believed Well
The Reds said their transport
plane was shot down over North
east China Nov. 29, 1952. The
U.S. Air Force, however, said
their aircraft discharged cargo
in Seoul and was heading back
to Tokyo when the two civilians
hitchhiked a ride.
It was presumed', however,
that all still were in good
health.
American officials at the Un
ited Nations welcomed today's
announcement and a statement
by Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., U.S.
ambassador and chief representa
tive to. the United Nations, cred
ited Hammarskjold with most
of the work that secured the
men's release.
No Direct Word
However, it was assumed the
men would leave Red China via
Hong Kong, probably within the
next few hours, according to the -pattern
set up in the past when
the Reds have released so - call
ed political prisoners.
However, there still was no
sign of their arrival when the
border between Red China and
Hong Kong closed for the day,
and Americans in Hong Kong
said they had received no offi
cial word of any kind.
Of the four, Parks had been
held the longest. He bailed out
of his F86 Sabrejet Sept. 4, 1952,
after reporting that his radio
and gyro-compass were out and
that he did not know his posi
tion Cameron's F84 Thunderjet
was shot down over North Ko
rea Oct. 26, 1952. '
Heller's damaged F86 last was
seen near the Yalu river in
North Korea Jan. 23, 1953. Later,
Peiping broadcast that he had
bailed out over Manchuria.
Fischer, a leading Korean war
ace, was snot down April 10,
1953.
The release of the four leaves
40 Americans known still to be
held captive by the Chinese Reds
and the fate of some 500 others
still in doubt.
(See Story on Page 14)
Indianapolis Bob Sweikert
won the 500 mile auto xaee
here today.