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Products
IFira
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Infected Virus
Said Contained
In Cutter Vaccine
Gathered Evidence
'Supports Hypothesis'
Atlantic City, N. J. (U.R)
Surgeon General Leonard
Scheele told the American Medi
cal Association today that evi
dence accumulated by the U. S.
Public Health Service "supports
a hypothesis" that polio vaccine
produced by the Cutter Labora
tories contained "infected virus."
Up to May 31 there had been
114 cases of polio with five
deaths among approximately
5,500,000 persons who had been
injected with the Salk vaccine.
Sixty-nine were among the 409,
.000 persons who had been vaci
llated with vaccine made by Cut
ter. This was 61 per cent of all
cases and 76 per cent of the
paralytic cases.
Rat Seven Timet Greater
Scheele said the Cutter per
centages represented an "at
tack" rate of 17 per 100,000 in
one month, while the rate for
the vaccine of the other manu
facturers which were in use at
the time was one per 100,000 "or
less." He said 49 of the "Cutter
associated cases" were in Cali
fornia and Idaho. The remain
ing 20 were in 15 scattered
states.
The Cutter vaccine rate,
Scheele said, was seven times
greater than the rate which
could have been expected from
spontaneous infection. This, he
said, was "striking and statisti
cally significant.
Coincidental Cases
All the evidence concerning
the 55 cases which have occurred
among the approximately 5,000,
000 vaccinated with the vaccine
of the five other manufacturers
up to May 31, points to those
cases having been coincidental,
"Extensive studies of all lots
issued by this manufacturer
(Cutter) are in progress at the
National Institutes of Health and
other outside reference labora
tories, and have not yet been
completed," Scheele said.
"The Public Health Service
final report on the Cutter plant
and -vaccine will be made when
vaccine tests are completed," he
said.
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Postal Pay Bill
Approved by House
Washington U.R) The House
today passed a Senate approvea
bill to give all postal workers
an average 8 per cent pay raise.
The House tacked on minor
amendments, which seemed as
sured of quick Senate approval.
The Senate action would send
the measure to the White House
for President Eisenhower's sig
nature The roll call vote in the House
was 407 to 1. The long opposing
vote was cast by Rep. W. Sterl
ing Cole (R-N.Y.)
This was the third effort in
less than a year of boost postal
Dav.
President Eisenhower vetoed
a 5 per cent raise approved by
Congress last year and an 8.8
per cent boost this year. But he
indicated in advance he would
sign the latest bill. The pay
raises would be retroactive to
March 1.
The booast is expected to add
ahmit SI 60.000.000 to the Post
Office Department's annual pay
roll. In addition to the pay raise
it authorizes a reclassification of
jobs, as requested by the Eisen
hower administration.
Rogue Valley Banker
Named To State Group
Victoria, B.. C. (U.R) The
Oregon Bankers Association to
day named C. F. Adams, presi
dent of the Portland Trust Bank,
as new association president.
Executive committee members
are H. E. Eakin, Cottage Grove
branch of the First National,
chairman; H. B. Hager, First Na
tional, Clatskanie; W. H. Rags
dale, Oregon Mutual Savings,
Portland; C. H. Young, Rogue
Valley State, Medford; and H. E
Shelton, National,. Forest Grove
Second of Polio Shots Set
Makeup Clinic
The second in a series of Salk
anti-polio vaccine inoculations
will be given in Jackson county
during the week of June 20,
county health department offic
ials said this morning.
Details of the vaccination clin
ic are being set up this week.
The parents of all children who
received the first in the series
will be notified by mail of the
time and place for the second
shots.
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JOHN S. SERVICE
Wants To Clear Name
Service Seeking
Reinstatement
To Foreign Duty
Washington (U.R) John
Stewart Service, career diplomat
who was fired from the State De
partment in 1951 in one of the
most controversial loyalty cases
of the Truman administration,
today sought reinstatement in
the U.S. Foreign Service on the
basis of a new Supreme Court
ruling.
His attorneys said they would
argue, in a formal hearing before
Federal District Judge Edward
M. Curran today, that Service
should be cleared of any taint of
disloyalty and restored to his
old job under the doctrine which
the Supreme Court laid down
yesterday in its ruling on the
loyalty case of Dr. John R.
Peters.
Chief Justice Earl Warren,
speaking for the majority, said
the court did not reach this con
stitutional question because the
case could be decided on nar
rower grounds. Justices William
O. Douglas and Hugo L. Black
said the court should have seized
the chance to declare the "i ace-
less informer" system-unconstitutional.
.
Service's attorneys, Gerard D.
Reilly and C. Edward Rhetts,
said the procedure which led to
his ouster was the same as that
which the court ruled improper
in the Peters case.
McCarthy Target
Service, who had been a prime
target of Sen. Joseph R. Mc
Carthy's charges of Communism
in the State Department, was
cleared on six different occasions
by the State Department's own
loyalty board. Then, in late 1951,
the Loyalty Review Board in the
Civil Service Commission de
cided on its own initiative to hold
hearings in the case. It found a
"reasonable doubt" of Service's
loyalty because of his involve
ment in the 1945 "Amerasia"
stolen documents case. Bowing
to the board's ruling, Secretary
of State Dean Acheson fired
Service on Dec. 13, 1951.
Small Business Bill
Passes U. S. Senate
A bill to extend the life of the
small business administration
for two years passed the senate
yesterday, according to word re
ceived here from Sen. Wayne
Morse (I-Ore.), who as chairman
of the subcommittee on small
business of the banking and cur
rency committee sponsored the
bill.
Primary purposes of the bill
including increasing the limit on
individual loans from $150,000
to $250,000, to enable the SBA
to make loans to distressed small
businesses in drought areas, Sen
ator Morse told the Mail Tribune.
He added, "The bill will signifi
cantly contribute toward
strengthening the small business
community of the United States
The real backbone of our econ
omy is the tens of thousands of
small businesses which this bill
is designed to aid. The- bill helps
small businesses help themselves.
This is not a subsidy for small
business, but a helping hand." '
Tomorrow
with parental consent who miss
ed the first shot is scheduled for
all day tomorrow at the health
department offices in the court
house. About 100 children have
been scheduled to attend. Ap
pointments must be made for all
those receiving the shots tomor
row It' is expected that about 1,500
first and second graders out of
3,008 eligible, will receive the
second inoculation!,
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Seek To Force
Firm To Action
Contracts Due To
, Expire at Midnight
Detroit (U.R) The CIO
United Auto Workers Union to
day extended its contract with
General Motors until midnight
Sunday and predicted a "peace
ful settlement" without a strike.
John Livingston, director of
the union's General Motors de
partment, said the extension was
requested by GM because it
needed "more time" to study the
UAW-Ford agreement of yester
day.
Detroit (U.R) The CIO
United Auto Workers and the
CIO Electrical Workers pressed
a twin strike threat today to try
to force General Motors into ex
tending the new guaranteed pay
plan to 385,000 GM workers by
midnight.
General Motors contracts
covering 350,000 auto workers
and 35,000 electrical workers run
out at midnight. The two un
ions threatened strike action un
less settlements were reached.
Some Quit Jobs
Some GM workers, imoatient
for a settlement, walked off their
jobs last night and this morning.
Ahout 3500 workers at the
Chevrolet Power-Glide plant in
Cleveland stased what they call
ed a "pre-contract settlement"
strike. They passed out handbills
which said "we're authorized but
impatient." The walkout in
Cleveland started on the mid
night shift when 70 workers left
their jobs.
Sporadic Stoppages
In St. Louis sporadic stop
pages on the second shift of the
Fisher Body and Chevrolet
plants hindered operations last
night. Picket lines were set up
this morning. The plants have
a total work force of 6300.
CIO President Walter Reuth
er was expected to enter the
talks with GM in an effort to
make the Ford settlement reach
ed Monday, or something simi
lar, but better, a model for the
auto industry.
To Report on Progress
The. council meeting,' the
third since talks started with
GM early in April, was designed
to work out strategy chances
necessitated by the Ford settle
ment and to report on the pro
gress of the talks.
John Livingston, director of
the UAW's General Motors de
partment, sounded the keynote
for the GM talks after the un
ion obtained a new contract call
ing for a guaranteed wage from
Ford.
, "I don't see any reason why
we can't do better than they did
at Ford," he said. "General Mo
tors certainly can afford it."t
The union switched its atten
tion to GM immediately after
reaching the Ford agreement.
Planning Commission
Orders Zone Hearing
The Medford planning com
mission at a special meeting last
night called a public hearing for
next Monday night on a petition
for zone change on East Jack
son st. between Hawthorne and
Geessee sts.
The request is to change the
area south of East Jackson st.
from multiple family to business,
and the area north from "non
conforming" to business.
MDetins
Moscow (U.R) Russia to
day offered to recognize West
Germany and invited Chancel
lor Konrad Adenauer lo Mos
cow to discuss the establish
mtnt of diplomatic and trade
relations.
Washington (U.R) - The
Senate today unanimously
confirmed the appointment of
Judge William G. East of Eu
gene to be a TLS. district judge
for Oregon.
MEDFORD, OREGON,
Medford' s 96 Degrees
State's 2nd-Hottest
Medford. with a high temp
erature of 96 yesterday after
noon, was the second-hottest
city in Oregon, according to
the Medford weather bureau.
Grants Pass with 98 degrees,
was the hottest.
The high temperature was
far from a record, however,
the bureau said. The highest
temperature recorded on any
June 6 was 109 degrees in
1926.
Increasing possibility of
thunderstorms in . the moun
tains to the south, and combin
ed hot weather through Wed
nesday, were forecast
Varied Business
Due Before Council
At Meeting Today
Retail Merchants association
spokesmen will appear before
the Medford city council at its
7:30 p.m. meeting today to dis
cuss plans for off-street park
ing. Also scheduled to appear be
fore the council is Attorney Har
ry Skyrman regarding reconvey
ing land along Bear creek south
of Medford to Frank Earhart.
The land was deeded to the city
several years ago on condition
that improvements be done by
the city in cooperation with CCC
work. The CCC was dissolved
before work could be done.
Public hearings on paving
East Jackson st. and for a san
itary sewer on the north side of
Stewart ave., also are on the
agenda.
May Remove Curve
' City Manager Robert Duff will
report on plans to remove a haz
ardous curve on East Main st.
east of Modoc ave.
Ordinances to be presented
include one authorizing removal
of ballot box contents for the
coming city election, awarding
contract for water main con
struction on East Jackson st.,
renew Bureau of Land Manage
ment lease for office space in
City Hall, renew CAA lease for
remote antenna site at airport,
extending completition date for
East Jackson st sanitary sewer
construction and adopting plans
and specifications for sanitary
sewer on Oregon ave., and in
Highcrof t addition.
135-Vehicle Army
Convoy Passes City
Traffic in downtown Medford
was briefly interrupted this
morning as an Army convoy was
escorted through the city by
Medford police officers.
The 135 vehicles in the con
voy, divided into two groups for
the trip through the city, were
from the 2nd battalion, 23rd in
fantry regiment, 2nd division, en
route from Ft. Lewis, Wash., to
Camp Roberts, Calif., for sum
mer training.
An earlier 20 vehicle convoy
which went through Medford
last week was an advance group
for the larger detachment today,
which included anti - aircraft
artillery and howitzers.
Five Medford police officers
worked on the convoy escort.
Central ave. was temporarily
blocked off and the Army ve
hicles went through town at 20
miles per hour. Police praised
the cooperation of townspeople
in observing the instructions of
officers during the movement.
Arrangements for the police
escort were made by the Army
about two months ago. '
House Members Picked
For Interim Committee
Salem (U.R) House mem
bers of the legislative interim
committee on taxation were an
nounced today by Speaker Ed
ward A. Geary.
They are Reps. Pat Dooley and
Ward H. Cook of Portland, Ed
win Earl Cone of Eugene, Wayne
R. Giesy of Monroe, Roderick T.
McKenzie of Sixes and Charles
A. Tom of Ruf us.
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'Hot Session' Due
In Dispute on Tree
Assessment Order
Orchardists Protest
Commission's View
A "hot" session" this after
noon was predicted as Jackson
county orchardists prepared to
meet to hear the details of a
state tax commission order di
recting assessment of orchard
trees "at the same percentage
of true cash value as other real
property."
The meeting was slated for
3:30 p.m. in the offices of the
county court. Scheduled to at
tend were representatives of the
Fruit Growers league, members
of the county board of equaliza
tion, and County Assessor R. G.
Fowler.
The commission's order was
issued following a disagreement
concerning the definition of
"trees' 'for assessment purposes.
Orchardists had contended that
the word actually meant timber.
However, in the order and
opinion sent to the county as
sessor, the commission declared,
"The attorney general concluded
that the world 'trees" is to be
interpreted in its broadest sense
so as to include within the def
inition of real property trees of
every variety."
It defined "trees" as "an all
inclusive term referring to any
perennial plant which grows
from" therground with -a single,
permanent, woody, self-supporting
trunk or stem, ordinarily to
a heights of 25 to 30 feet."
County officials pointed out
that this definition also would
include shade' trees, which
previously have not been
assessed.
Not Assessed
Orchard trees, in the past,
have not been assessed in Jack
son county, and in this connec
tion the commission declared,
The fact that it has become cus
tomary not to assess the value of
orchard trees in a particular
county does not, in the opinion
of the commission, prevent the
exercise of its supervisory power
so as to correct an erroneous in
terpretation of the statute re
quiring such assessments."
Noting that the assessment
roll is now in the hands of the
board of equalization, the com
mission ordered the board to as
sess the value of orchard trees
and include them in the assess
ment of real property on which
the trees are located. '
Deadline Set
The commission also ordered
that the board stay in session
from day to day until "there
has been substantial compliance
with this order." A deadline of
June 15 was set.
County Judge Rodney Keat
ing, a member of the board of
equalization, noted this morning
that the order may delay the
final session of the board, which
had been set for 1:30 p.m.
Friday.
That meeting was to ha,ve fol
lowed a public hearing on the
proposed county budget for
1955-1956. The public hearing
will be held Friday at 10 a.m.
Timber Grabbing
Measure Approved
Washington (U.R) The
Senate Interior committee ap
proved a bill today aimed at
preventing "timber grabbing" by
persons filing for mining claims.
The bill would allow the gov
ernment to retain timber and
other surface rights on any new
claims filed on public lands. It
also provides a method for sur
render of surface rights on pres
ent claims. And it outlaws
claims based on deposits of rock,
sand and other common mater
ials. Sponsors said the bill was de
signed to prevent the filing of
mining claims sought only for
their timber values, and of
claims to be used for "summer
resorts." A similar bill recently
was approved by the House In
terior committee.
West Point, N.Y. (U.R) Pres
ident Eisenhower will hold a
press conference in Washington
tomorrow at 6:30 a.m. (PST).
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IT'S ALL OVER CIO United Auto Workers President
Walter Reuther (right) shakes hands with Ford Motor Co.
Vice President John S. Bugas after announcing that con
tract bargaining teams had arrived at an agreement in
Detroit Reuther won the "guaranteed semi-annual wage"
for 140,500 Ford workers in a new three -year contract
with the company. ,
Eisenhower Warns
On Optimism Over
Big Four Meeting
West Point, N.Y. (U.R) Pres
ident Eisenhower today warned
the world against "fatuous ex
pectations" that . the Big Four
"summit" meeting will produce
miraculous cures for warlike
tensions between the West and
the Russians; '
. Speaking at the graduation
of 469 men of the U. S. Military
Academy, the Chief Executive
dealt briefly, but pointedly with
his forthcoming meeting with the
state heads of Britain, France
and the Soviet Union.
Details Undecided
Details of the meeting have not
been decided, but American dip
lomats forecast a meeting at "the
summit" in Switzerland in mid
July. The American government
was awaiting a Russian reply to
the suggestion of a meeting at
Geneva.
Mr. Eisenhower said the Big
Four meeting might result "in
long series of conferences." He
did not specify the level. But he
warned the public not to expect
too much from the conference
next month.
He said that while this country
had reason for confidence, there
remained a need for caution and
wisdom in international affairs
"the wisom and the caution that
wisdom enforces at the confer
ence table itself, in the halls of
government, in every place of
business and in every home,. . ."
Defines 'Caution'
Then the President proceeded
to defne his use of the word "cau
tion" as applied to world affairs
today:
By caution, I mean: A pru
dent guard against fatuous ex
pectations that a world sick with
ignorance,' mutual fears and
hates, can be miraculously cured
Police Question Machinist
In Portland Kidnaping Try
Portland (U.R) Jesse' Wil
liam Moore, 63. early this
afternoon was booked on a
charge ' of attempted kidnap
ing in connection with an ab
duction attempt of a six-year-old
twin boy yesterday.
Chief of Detectives William
Browne said Moore had ad
mitted, the attempt while he
was having lunch with him
outside the police station. Bail
was set at $20,000.
Portland U.R) Police today
continued to question a machin
ist whose gun was found yester
day at the scene of an attempted
kidnaping of a six-year-old twin
boy.
The kidnap attempt was
thwarted by the heroic mother
and grandmother who screamed
and fought with the masked in
truder in their home until he
fled.
Gun Said Stolen
Police said the man admitted
ownership of the gun, but that
he said it had been stolen from
him Sunday night. Officers said
he denied he was the man who
broke into the home of Mrs.
Weather
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bility of thunderstorm! in
mountains south. Otherwise
fair and increasingly hot
through Wednesday. Low to
lUght 54. High Wednesday
S5-9S.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 96
Lowest this Morning St
by a single meeting."
To the contrary, he said a Big
Four meeting called for "a stern
determination that we shall not
be reckless and witless, relaxing
our position merely because a
persistent foe may assume a smil
ing face and a soft voice. - -
Woman, Youngster,
Credited in Rescue
Terry Turpin, 13-year-old son
of Mr . and Mrs. Wayne M. Tur
pin, 947 Murray ave., Medford,
and Mrs. Jack Wheeler, Central
Point, are credited with saving
the life of Robert Dorian, 42, of
121 Ashland st., Medford, Sun
day night.
Dorian narrowly escaped
drowning in the Rogue river in
TouVelle State park area about
8:30 pjn. Sunday. He was taken
to Sacred Heart hospital by Med
ford ambulance after being pull
ed from the river. His rescuers
were not identified yesterday.
Young Terry and Mrs. Wheel
er, who were walking ahead of
Mr. and Mrs. Turpin along the
river, heard weak cries for help.
They talked to Dorian, whom
they said seemed to be exhaust
ed and when he was within
reach, he held onto Terry's BB
gun. The two assisted him from
the river and summoned help.
Portland (U.R) Eric J.
Voorsanger, 20, a . political
science student at Reed college
here, has been chosen to serve
for one year as a "research in
tern" on the Washington staff
of Sen. Richard L. Neuberger.
Lillian Weinstein before dawn
yesterday. He did say he knew
Mrs. Weinstein and had been in
her home several days ago to fix
a bed for her.
Mrs. Weinstein, daughter of
S. J. Zidell of the Zidell Ma
chinery & Supply Company, was
awakened by her 10-year-old
daughter, Leslie, and saw a man
leaning over one of the twins'
bed. She scuffled with him as he
pulled a i45 caliber automatic.
One of the sons, Robert, came to
her aid and was struck in the
mouth. Mrs. Weinstein was
knocked to the floor and the in
trader had a typewriter raised
above her when her mother,
Mrs. Bertha Eisenberg, rushed
into the room and knocked the
machine from his grasp.
Dives Out of Window
The man dived out of the win
dow and a neighbor who was
awakened by the noise fired a
shot. Left behind was the .43
automatic and a crudely-written
ransom note on paper torn from
a school spelling pad. The note
indicated that one of the boys
was to be carried off and held'
lor 120,000 xansosa.
Mudd Interests Buy
Medford Properties
Plan No Changes
Big Transaction
Completed Today
Sale of Timber Products com
pany, Veneer Products company
and 70,000 acres of Jackson and
Douglas county Kmberland to
Cyprus Mines Corporation of
Los Angeles was announced here
today.
Amount of money involved in
the transaction was not an
nounced but it was believed to
be one of the largest in the his
tory of the county. Details of the
sale were completed this morn
ing. Stockholders of Timber Prod
ucts and Veneer Products have
started liquidation, and sale of
the properties in their entirety
to Cyprus Mines Corporation
has been authorized.
Mudd Family Interests
Among the principal stock
holders of Cyprus Mines Cor
poration are members of the
Mudd family of Los Angeles,
who are known in this area
through their ownership of
Rogue River Orchard company,
managed by Martin Luther.
Purchase of Timber Products
and Veneer Products marks the
entrance of Cyprus Mines into
the timber business.
The operations will be con
tinued under the name of Tim
ber Products Company, Division
of Cyprus Mines Corporation. In
announcing the transaction this
morning, Mudd said Cyprus
Mines plans no immediate
cnanges in tne plant or person
nel of the two firms.
Manager Named
Thomas K. Oliver has been
named general manager. A grad
uate of theV University of Cali
fornia school of forestry, Oliver
has been associated with Feather
River Lumber company, Delle-
iter, aiu., as general manager,
and with the Susanville and
Westwood, Calif., operations of
r run growers Supply company,
which included sawmill and ply
wood operations, as resident
manager and later as manager
of lumber and plywood sales.
- Oliver and his wife will make
The Medford law firm of Far
rell and Blackhurst, Medford,
represented the selling interests.
Musick, Peeler and Garret, of
LOS Aneeles. and Knprner.
Young, McColloch and Dezen-
aon, Portland, represented the
buyer.
Since 1918
Timber Products wimnnnv vu
organized in 1018 bv John R
Tomlin, and was known at that
time as the Tomlin Box com
pany. Tomlin has been with th
company continuously in an ex
ecutive capacity, although he
was succeeded as president in
1838 by the late Floyd Hart.
Other officers nf Timhpr Prod.
ucts are Henry Herman, who
has been with the company since
1921 and has been vice-president
since 1939 and O. M. Anderson,
secretary - treasurer, with the
company since 1923. Wesley M. '
Durkee has been in charge of
lumber manufacture since 1932.
Veneer Products was organ
ized in 1941, and has grown into
a substantial business in nlv-
wood and veneer products. Offi
cers are Tomlin, president; Her
man, treasurer, and Anderson.
secretary: Hart served as vice-
presment until his death late last
month. Clifford W. Lickess has
been supervisor of the plywood
plant for several years.
Founded in 1916
Cyprus Mines was founded in
1916, with Col. Seeley W. Mudd
as the first president. The presi
rienrv has nasseri in succeeding
vears to his son. Harvev S.
Mudd, and his grandson, Henry
T. Mudd, who was in Medford
today in connection with the
sale.
The comnanv's holdings in
clude a copper and pyrites mine
on the island ol Cyprus, in the
Mediterranean ea an irnn nra
mine in Peru, and copper and
zinc mines and oil properties in
the United States.
Oregon State Freshman
Drowns Near Corvallis
Corvallis (U.R) Warren Al-
dridge, a 17-year-old freshman
at Oregon State college,
drowned yesterday afternoon at
Colorado lake, five miles west
of here.
Aldridge, who was from Pen
dleton, was swimming with two
companions hen he droned in
about 30 feet of ater. Rescue ef
forts by Bruce Jones, Belling
ham, and Dick Roberts, Port
land, were futile.
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