Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 01, 1955, Image 10

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Newspaper Page TextTW MTOrORD (OMGOK) mail tribune Wednesday, June I. 1951 654 Carrying Jubilant Fliers To Honolulu for Reunion ffiih Famllie All-Out Welcome Assured for Four Ai Hickam Field Honolulu (U.R) Four jubilant American fliers released from Red China after two years' cap tivity flew today to freedom and a joyful reunion with their families. The fliers left Hong Kong Tuesday almost immediately fter crossing the border from Red China. One of them said it was the "happiest day of my life." Their plane landed at Guam at 11:10 a.m. (PST) Tuesday and took off again two hours later. After a brief refueling flight on Wake Island, it left for Hickam Field Honolulu. It was to arrive here this morning. The fliers are: Jet ace Capt. Harold E. Fisch er, 28, Swea City, la., who was shot down April 7, 1953; Lt. Col. Edwin L. Heller, 36, Wynnewood, Pa., downed Jan. 23, 1953; 1st Lt. Lyle W. Cameron, Lincoln, Neb., downed Oct. 26, 1953; and 1st Lt. Roland W. Parks, 24, Omaha, Neb., downed Sept. 4, 1952. Firing in 'Bataan' They were flying across the Pacific in the "Bataan," the C54 transport used by Gen. Douglas MacArthur during and after the Pacific war. Maj. Gen. Sory Smith, Pacific Air Force commander, cancelled an inspection trip to the Far East to personally insure an all out welcome for the four fliers here. He wai determined they would enjoy their homecoming with as few formalities as possi ble. Meanwhile, an Air Force Con stellation from Washington was speeding nine relatives of the airmen to Hawaii. The plane was to stop first in Philadelphia to pick up Heller's wife, Mrs. Judith Heller. It will then stop at Omaha where eight other relatives of the other three fliers will board the plane. Arrive Thursday The plane will arrive at Hono lulu at 10 a.m. (PST) Thursday. A loud but informal welcome awaited the four airmen at Hick am Field today. After brief in terviews they were to be taken to Tripler Hospital for physical check ups. After that, they will be returned to Hickam Air Force Base, where they will be as signed family type quarters. Also awaiting the four will be paychecks amounting to $15,000 each for two of the fliers, and be tween $12,00 and $13,000 for the other two. The exact amounts were not disclosed. Flood of Lawsuits Lasting Decades Seen As A Result Of Supreme Court's 'Prompt' School Desegration Order Washington U.R) The Su preme Court's "prompt but reas onable" school desegration order promised today to touch off a flood of lawsuits that could be passing through the courts for decades. Before the final chapter on Firemen Find 148 Homes Hazard-Free No fire hazards were noted in 148 dwellings inspected by Med ford city firemen yesterday. They made inspections at 183 homes and issued 43 recommen dations for correction of condi tions commonly known to cause fires. Firemen stopped at 320 resi dences yesterday. They found no one home at 124. Thirteen occu pants refused the offer of in spection. The city wide program of resi dential inspection is expected to be completed today or tomor row, firemen reported. City Fire Marshal ' Truman Nelson inspected one building of public assembly, an apart ment house, a rooming house and two business occupancies yesterday. He issued eight or ders for removal of fire hazards. Daily Wealher Report DATE June 1. 1955 Sunset tonight 7:41 p.m. Sunrise to morrow 4:37 a.m. FORECASTS Med ford and vicinity: Fair through Thursday with slowly rising tempera tures. Low tonight 40. High Thursday 75. Western Oregon: Partly cloudy to night and Thursday except cloudy with a few showers extreme north portion Thursday with warmer after noon. Low tonight 35-45. High Thurs day 60-70. Northern and -Central California: Fair tonight and Thursday but morn ing coastal high fog from San Fran cisco south and warmer. LOCAL DATA TEMPERATURE: Mean yesterday 49: below normal 13. Record high this date 85 in 19J4. Ttwwd low this date 32 in 1919. PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid night, trace. Midnight to 10 a.m.. none. Total this month .18 in.. 1.04 in. be low normal. Total since Sept. 1. 8.81 inches. . 01 inches below normal HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 30, highest this a.m. 87. CITY High Low Prec. Brookings Crater Lake .. Grants Pass .. Klamath Falls MEDFORD Portland 60 3 62 52 59 57 42 20 36 28 39 48 .01 Seattle ... Spokane . Yakima ... 57 55 65 44 40 46 Eureka Rrd Bluff Sacramento .... San Francisco Los Angeles Phoenix . Denver Chicago Miami New York Washington. D.C. . 52 76 . 75 63 62 . 90 83 . 75 90 69 70 43 56 46 44 52 64 59 53 68 58 54 1.02 .34 Dea line Sundav classified is at noon Saturday: 10 a.m Monday for Monday; other daje iM previous day. Ten More Mining Claims Filed Here; Uranium is Listed Ten " mining claims filed in Jackson county recorder's office yesterday indicated uranium, thorium and other valuable min erals. Four other claims listed no minerals Eight claims were filed by Archie E. Rock, box 128,"Jack- sonville, and listed uranium and thorium in the Trail Creek Min ing district. The names of the claims are Lime Duke No. 1 Faith Nos. 1 and 2 and Shale Nos. 1 through 5. The claims were filed for Lo Rea Rock, Glen E. Heath, Doro tha E. Maxwell, J. A. Maxwell and Archie E. Rock. Six Claim Uranium Six persons claimed uranium and other minerals in the Jim Creek Mining district. The claim, known as Eagle No. 2, is listed for Charles L. Skeeters George Slade, Herbert E. Kel- ley, Donald H. Miller, Ruth C Miller and Olive Hervey. Skeet ers listed his address as Talent. A claim known as Eagle No 1, was filed for Charles Skeet-j ers, Richard Skeeters, George Slade, Herbert E. -Kelley and William Hervey in the Jim Creek Mining district. Uranium and other minerals were listed. Tony Fontee and Howard Dunbar filed a claim known as D and J Co. claim No. 17 in the Shady Cove Mining district. No mineral was listed. Fontee listed his address as Concord, Calif. John W. Court, Portland, filed three claims, Lucky, Junior and Prince George, for unnamed minerals in the Little Applegate area. Elk Will Display Fire Equipment Elk Lumber company has in vited the public to see its forest fire fighting equipment, which will be on display beginning at about 3 p.m. Thursday, on the dike near the pond at the Elk mill site north of Medford. Truman Collin.s major stock holder in the firm, will be here from Portland together with oth er company officials, and Elk has also invited forest service, state forestry department and private foresters and others to see the display. B. Sam Taylor, woods superin tendent for Elk, explained today .that the company now owns some 70,000 acres of forest land, much of it purchased in a cut over state to add to the tree farming area, and as a result their fire protection liability has increased greatly. About one third of the land is in the Elk creek area, about one-third near Prospect, and the other third scattered throughout the county. The fire - fighting equipment will be stationed at 'Elk creek, in Prospect and at Medford, and all can be directed by radio from Medford headquarters to meet any situation. Farm Families Living Better Than in 1945 Washington (U.R) The Agriculture Department report ed today that farm families are living better than they did in 1945, 34 per cent better, to be exact. The report was based on level of living indexes for four key items, percentages of farms with electricity, with telephones, and with automobiles, and the value of products sold from these farms. The department said farm lev els of living have been going up since 1930, the first year for which the indexes are available. The index increased rapidly dur ing the 1940-1950 period, but has slackened considerably since 1950. the controversial issue is writ ten, the high court undoubtedly will have to spell out in case after case what it considers prompt and reasonable. The compromise integration order was so generally worded that its interpretation by lower courts is bound to be challenged repeatedly by one side or the j other. One Southern leader in Con gress, who would not be identi fied, predicted complete integ ration of Southern schools might take years and involve "much more litigation." And Rep. John Bell Williams (D-Miss.) predicted "not years but generations of litigation . . ." Shortly after the court handed down the order Tuesday, South ern officials again asserted their firm opposition to admitting white and Negro children to the same schools, either now or in the near future. Some states have already taken steps to avoid rapid inte gration. Georgia, Mississippi and Snow, Hail, Wind Welcome June in Paris of Nation By UNITED PRESS June began like March today snow, hail, thunderstorms, and gusty winds hit parts of the na tion. The mercury dipped to the 40s in the western third of the coun ty. The nation's low today was a chilling 34 at Ely, Nev where nearly an inch and a half of snow fell in a 24-hour period. Central and Northern Plains states were pelted last night by widely scattered hail storms. Thunderstorms drenched a few areas where gusty winds kicked up dust in the Southwest. Heavy rain hit New England, with Burlington, Vt., recording more than an inch in six hours. Scattered rain meanwhile fol lowed snow in Nevada. The snow had piled up to two inches deep on the ground at Reno, Nev., at Blue Canyon, Calif., three inches of snow was measur ed on the ground yesterday. The cold air swept down from Canada and moved over the cen tral plateau and Central Rocky mountain region. It dropped temperatures 20 to 30 degrees over Nevada and parts of Utah, Wyoming and Idaho. The cold front moved east ward during the night and was to center over Western Minneso ta and Nebraska by tonight, pushing scattered showers and thunderstorms ahead of it. The south was having more June-like weather with the mer cury hitting 90 yesterday at Mi ami, Fla., and 103 at Presidio, Tex. Generally clear skies were forecast for today. Largest Peacetime Troop Movement Set Fort Riley, Kans. U.R) "Operation Gyroscope," the transfer this summer of 20,000 persons from Fort Rilev to Ger many, will be the largest peace time troop movement in Ameri can military history. It also probablv will he the first time the Army sends 300 private cars, 380 cats, dogs, and canaries overseas. "Operation Gyroscope" will transplant the 10th Infantry Div ision now at Fort Rilev. to South. ern Germany. The First Division, now in Germany, will be "ro tated" back home to Fort Riley. As a morale-building gesture, soldiers of the 10th are being allowed not only their families but their cars and pets. The auto mobiles must be taken to New York at the. soldier's expense, however. The Army will pay for shipment across the Atlan tic. ; Portland Lists Coolest May in Past 38 Years Portland (U.R) Portland. ers whose gardens haven't been growing well had at least a nar- tial answer today. The city had its coolest Mav in 38 years, according to the wea ther bureau. The average temp erature last month was 54.7 de grees compared to 54.6 degrees in 1917. USE READY-MIX COMCREYEi- Phone 2-5336 or 2-5897 M. C. LININGER & SONS South Carolina have threatened to abolish public schools. The North Carolina legislature has given local school officials the power to assign pupils to schools, leaving them free to place the races in separate school. Louisi ana has adopted a similar plan. Sooner or later, the Supreme Court will have to decide whether such steps are constitu tional. Many lawyers believe the tribunal would not uphold the wiping out of public schools. But there are no precedents to go by. The immediate impact of the court's order will be felt only in four school districts in Kan sas, the District of Columbia, South Carolina and Virginia. They were parties to the original segregation cases decided by the Supreme Court last year. Only the two Southern states present any problems. The others have substantially ended segregated schools. Rugs and Furnituro ---CLEANING--- WALLS WOODWORK . FLOORS WINDOWS VENETIAN BLINDS PHONE 3-4069 Randy's Cleaning Service OPEN TONIGHT UNTIL 9 P.M. 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