Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 16, 1955, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTOW ( (P 28 PAGES . A T T 0 u vr Lruu HDD - HtSK . v' MM TESTING GOVERNMENT SURVIVAL The wailing of air raid sirens in Washington signaling a make-believe H-bomb attack sends President Eisenhower and other government officials fleeing to safety in emergency secret hideaways. The President (left) checks his watch as he leaves the White House to lead 15,000 key workers out of the capital At right Defense Secy. Charles Wilson and Adm. Arthur Radford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, board a heli copter near the Pentagon to be flown out of the city in "Operation Alert, 1955," the nation's biggest civil defense exercise. - - : ' ; : : : President Orders Mock Martial law Mounting Toll in Simulated Attack Results in Action Emergency U. S. News Center U.R) President Eisenhower, leading a government exiled to the countryside by a mock atom ic blitz, today disclosed a mock state of martial law across the nation. After conferences last night with top officials on the paper war in the "Operation Alert" Civil Defense exercise, Mr. Ei senhower decided that mounting casualties" in the millions made It "essential" that the armed services police the nation. The : theoretical martial law would ; be in effect until Con gress could come into session and the government could pull the country back on its feet from a simulated enemy attack with nuclear bombs from coast to 'coast. rrw -"---' "v- . Meanwhile, from 31 scattered secret sites, top government off i- ' cials tackled such problems as relief for the "stricken" cities, and restoration of communica tions, transportation and indus trial production in the wake of the mock attack. . This center placed the imagi nary casualty figures at 7,636, 000 "dead," and 5,002,000 "in jured" in the simulated attacks on 61 cities across the nation. The Civil Defense said 10,000, 000 "dead" was its conservative estimate of those who would have died had the populace been trapped in all of the target cities. Serious Exercise While the "casualties" and "mobilization problems" existed only on paper, the President and the 15,000 key officials who fled with him from Washington yes terday were treating them with dead seriousness. And there was nothing imaginary about the highly dramatic circumstances under which the federal govern ment was functioning. (See stories on Page 8) Beaverton Girl Elected 'Governor1 J Salem (U.R) Meet the new "governor" of Oregon, Sandra Karls of Beaverton. She was elected governor on tbj Federalist party platform at Cregon Girls State here today. Portland (U.R) Delegates from the state's 200 Masonic Lodges are gathered in Portland for the 105th annual communi cation of the Grand Lodge of Oregon, A-F and A-M. ' Top Roles in Filled During Ashland Top roles in the 1955 Oregon Shakespearean Fes tival were almost evenly di vided among veteran festival actors and newcomers as direc tors completed casting the five plays of the season early this morning. The casting session began at 10 p.m. following three days of auditions, and lasted until 6 a.m.. Lady Macbeth Playing the sought-after role of Lady Macbeth is Marjorie Schaffer Madison, Wis., an rc tress of wide experience in Shakespearean roles. This is I sr first year in Ashland. The ' Is role went to Robert Loper, c-'sssor of ftrama at Stanford '.vorsity. Loper, who is also ?tin? "Timon of Athens" "All's Well That Ends Well," y a newcomer. veteran William Oyler will play Banquo. Oyler will also play Richard in "Henry VI, part 3," and Parole in "All's W1L" School Opening Here Delayed for Harvest Of Valley Fruit Crop The opening of Medford schools will be delayed until Sept. 19 for elementary and jun ior high schools and Sept. 26 for the high school, the board of School District 49 decided this week. , The decision was made after conferences with fruit men, who explained that indications are that the fruit will mature later than usual this year. The delay Sen. Wayne Morse Sets Medford Visit ' Sen. Wayne Morse, (D-Ore.), will be a Jackson county visitor on Monday . and Tuesday, July 4 and 5, it was announced today by Robert Boyer, county Demo cratic chairman. On Monday he will speak at a 7 p.m. dinner in the Jackson hotel's Pioneer room sponsored by the Democratic central com mittee. Earlier that day he will speak at a July 4 celebration in Lithia park in Ashland. " Tuesday, July 5, he will speak at a service club luncheon in Medford, and arrangements are also being worked out to have him appear at Camp White one of the two days he is here, and for another evening engagement. Reservations for the Democra tic dinner may be made by tele phoning Medford 2-4914 or 2-5131. Baseball AMERICAN, ... . , . Detroit J 2 4 0 New York 3 8 1 Lary and Wilson; House (9); Byrne and Berra. Cleveland 8 15 2 Washington 5 12 0 Lemon. Garcia (9) and He gan; Slobbs. Abernathy- (4), Ramos (8), Shea (9) and Court ney. Kansas City 'L 6 10 2 Boston ..... ."7 8 2 Boyer. Sain (8) and W. Shants; Nixon. Brodowski (8); Hurd (9) and White. NATIONAL New York .. 15 0 Chicago 2 5 0 Monsani and ' Westrum; Hacker. Wilhelm (9) and Chiti, Katt (9). Shakespeare All - Night Casting Session Actor-Director Richard Graham returns to the festival for his eighth year as King of France in "All's Well" and Alcibiades in "Timon." Newcomer Cast The title role of Timon will be played by newcomer Richard Jones, Little Falls, N.Y. Jones, a professional aetor-director of 20 years experience, will also play Bottom in "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and Duncan in "Macbeth." Tom Luce of Stan ford University is Macduff in "Macbeth." Donald Soule, Madison, Wis., comes to the Ashland stage for the first time in the roles of Apemantus in "Timon" and Bertram in "All's Well." Fla vius in "Timon" will be played by Michael Kasdan from Oberlin college, Ohio. H. Paul Kliss returns to Ash land for his fifth season from the Magic Ring theater in Portland. Kliss, in addition to directing was requested so that the help of students would be available in the harvest. The board felt that the assistance of students would be valuable to the fruit industry and would enable many students to pick up some spending or school expense money. Resignations Accepted Resignations were accepted from five teachers at the meet ing of the board.. They are Eu gene Vinckel of the high school staff, who will join the Talent schools in an administrative ca pacity; Ernest Ludwig, who will go to the West Side school as coach; Mrs. Doris A. Taylor, Mrs. Patricia Stewart and Mrs. Bev erly K. Burger. Mrs. Burger is moving away from Medford. Six new teachers were elect ed. Miss Jean Brooks, who has been a county agent for 4-H work in the county, has been elected to teach homemaking at the high school. Miss Muriel An derson "will be an elementary teacher; Mrs. Hazel Mekvold will be intermediate teacher and librarian; John L. Holmes will be an intermediate teacher; Mor ris Jiminez will be coach at Lin coln school, and William M. Potts will teach secondary Eng lish and social studies. Budget for County Signed; Is Official Jackson county's budget for 1955-1956 became official this morning when it was signed by members of the budget commit tee.. Final changes in the budget were made earlier this week. They included some salary in creases in the offices of the dis trict attorney and county school superintendent, and some items of equipment. The changes did not increase the overall total of the budget, which is $3,622,003.20, nor the total levy of $695,094.13. Copies of the budget were tak en to members of the committee including Tom Wray, Roger Rath and Arnold Bohnert, for their signatures. The budget had been signed earlier by members of the county court, Judge Rod ney Keatine and Commissioners L. G. Morthland and Chester Wendt. Festival Plays "Macbeth," will play the lead in "Henry VI" and Oberon in "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Brad Curtis is also, returning to the festival for the fourth time to play Duke of York in "Henry VI." Puck in "A Mid summer Night's Dream" will be played by John Sandoe, 14-year-old son of Director James San doe, Boulder, Colo. Agnes David, assistant cos tumier from the University of Texas, will appear as an actress for the first time here, as Hele na in "A Midsummer Night's Dream." This is her third season in Ashland. The casting is subject to later changes, and the complete list of roles will be announced by this week end, according to Angus Bowmer, producing di rector. Rehearsals began in the fes tival theater at 1:30 p.m. today with "All's Well That Ends WelL" - Conference Slated On Tree Tax Order; Race Hearing Set An attempt to work out the County Board of Equalization and the State Tax Commission will be made here next week. County Judge Rodney Keat ing reported that a conference has been scheduled for Friday, June 24, at which the problem will be discussed. Attending the conference will be members of the board, Tax Commissioner Sam Stewart, County Assessor R. G. Fowler, and Attorney William McAllister, represent ing the fruit growers of the area. The dispute arose over an order from the tax commission to the board of equalization to assess orchard trees in the county according to their true value as part of the land, an or der, which Fowler: had said is a "phyeal'Htapossibility,fc before the deadline specified, which was yesterday. Dog Race Hearing A public hearing on a pro posal to license dog racing in the Ashland area will be conducted by the county court the same day. Members of the court said this morning that public interest in the dog racing proposal has been heavy. 1 Mail directed to the court in connection with the plan has been largely opposed to the pro posal. It has come from all sec tions of the county, with the largest amount from the Ashland and Talent areas, commissioners said. They also reported receiving numerous telephone calls and personal expressions of opinion about the idea. Annexation Talk Slated Friday Night The proposed annexation of a large area south and west of Medford will be explained for residents of the area west of Peach st. at a meeting set for 8 p.m. Friday in the courthouse auditorium. Other meetings are being ar ranged for residents of the other two districts in the proposed an nexation area. Among those who will be present to speak and answer questions at the Friday meeting will be Mayor Earl Miller and City Manager Robert Duff. The meeting has been ar ranged by the Jackson County Public Health association. State Hospital Patient Out; Police Alerted William Luther Adams, 42, Medford, escaped from the State Hospital in Salem last night, ac cording to a state police report. Local police have been alerted. Officers said Adams is consid ered "dangerous at times." His address here is 1090 Wav- erly ave., Medfdord. Adams was picked up by sher iff's deputies more than a year ago after a shot was fired at a deputy was attempting to settle a family dispute. He was in cus tody a few months ago in con nection with a bad check charge that was dropped when he was sent to the State Hospital. Weather FORECAST: Thickening cloudi ness tonight. Generally fair Friday with chance of after noon showers. Low tonight 45-48. Hifh Friday near 75 Temp. Highest Yesterday 71 Lowest this Moraine 4 Met : rajf 50th Year Big Three Starts Strategy Session Prior To Talks Solid Front Sought For Western Viewpoints New York (U.R) The Western Big Three foreign ministers, seeking a united front for next week's talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav M. Molotov in San Francisco, began a two day strategy session here today. Secretary of State John Fos ter Dulles arrived by air from Washington Wednesday ' night. British Foreign Secretary Harold MacMillan and French Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay flew to New York this morning in sepa rate planes. They gathered at Wave Hill, the official residence of Sir Pier son Dixon, . British ambassador to the UnitedIations. There the talks were scheduled to begin at a lunch given by MacMillan for his two counterparts. Molotov Frisco-Bound Molotov had gone on before them, arriving by ship early Wednesday morning. He left for San Francisco by train Wednes day night. Dulles, MacMillan, Pinay and Molotov were slated to meet there during next week's 10th anniversary commemorative ses sion of the United Nations" to plan the agenda for the "summit meeting" ol the Big .Four - heads of government due to open at Geneva July 18. Russia, through Radio Mos cow propaganda broadcasts and Pravda newspaper editorials, has made it clear that it does not want to talk about interna tional Communism or the pos sible withdrawal of Soviet troops from the Iron Curtain satellite countries at Geneva. The United States would like to discuss both these issues fully, Britain and France also had pet ideas it wanted on the "summit" agenda and it was the purpose of the current strategy session here to bring the Western viewpoints into one solid front before the talks with Molotov begin. Hydrogen Bomb Discussion Britain leaned to a discussion of the hydrogen bomb, disarma ment and the future of Ger many. France felt that any subject should be discussed but wanted most to talk, about disarmament and German reunification. Moscow broadcasts indicated that the Kremlin favored an agenda to include armament re duction and prohibition of atom ic weapons; recreation, of collec tive security in Europe; the Ger man question; safeguarding peace and security in the Far East; the Formosa question and the ousting of the .Nationalist Chinese from the U.N. in favor of Red China. Severe Hail Storm Bells Oklahoma City Oklahoma City, Okla. (U.R) a severe thunderstorm nd hail storm, carrying winds up to 100 miles-per-hour, hit Oklahoma City early today, and the police dispatcher said lightning during a fierce electrical storm shortly after midnight knocked out the power at the U.S. Weather Bu reau station. The Ft. Worth, Tex., weather bureau reported three and a half inches of rain fell in about 20 minutes time, and hailstones an inch and a half in diameter came down. The police dispatcher said water was up to the headlights of cars in some low-lying parts of the city and that several bridges were washed out. Regional Safety Conferences Planned Salem : U.R) Regional safety conferences will be held in Oregon this year in place of the governor's industrial safety conference, William A. Calla han, chairman of the industrial accident commission, said today. Meetings are tentative plan ned for Portland, Eugene, Rose burg, Coos Bay, Medford, Dal las and Pendleton.. .... JREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1955 No. 75 :nllsim) fl ritish Portland, England (U.R) The British submarine Sidon ex ploded today in a mushroom plume of yellow smoke and plunged to the bottom of Port land Harbor, carrying 13 men to their deaths. Seven seamen were hospital ized with injuries. ' The explosion, apparently in the torpedo compartment, ripped open the 217-foot submarine and sank, it. More than six hours after the disaster an Admiralty spokes man said: "It will be announced short ly in the House of Commons that we must abandon any hope of saving any of the 13." The spokesman said the Sidon was alongside a supply ship tak ing on dummy torpedoes in pre paration for sailing when the blast shattered the hull. The explosion was believed caused by the propellant charge, he said. " "The blast reached as far as the control-room. The lights were "extinguished... The submar ine was filled with smoke and debris. Furniture and loose fit tings jammed the forward bulk head doors. The explosion occur red in the torpedo compart ment," the spokesman said. Gem, Mineral Show Saturday, Sunday . Amateur exhibitors from all parts of Oregon, and commercial exhibitors from many parts of the west coast, will participate in the third annual Southern Ore gon Gem and Mineral show to be held here Saturday and Sunday. The show opens at 10 a.m., June 18. At 11 a.m. a map of Oregon, made entirely of fin ished stones representing the counties, will be unveiled by State Senator Philip B. Lowry. Other attractions will be slide shows, fluorescent shows and awarding of prizes, periodically throughout the day. The show will reopen at 10 a.m. Sunday, and will continue to 5 p.m., with an hour recess at 11 a.m. so those attending can go to church. A field trip for "rockhounds" will be held Sun day to Copco Agate flats. A wide variety of stones of all colors, shapes and descriptions will be shown, many of them for the first time, including a jungle scene in rock owned by L. A. Mentzer,' Medford, chairman of the show.. SOC Student Held On Federal Charge Portland, (U.R) A secret service officer here today an nounced the arrest of a South ern Oregon College student on a federal check charge. Special Agent Frank J. Ken ney said 19-year-old Ronald Eu gene Collins, Portland, took a $62 federal GI subsistence chteck from the men's dormitory mail room at the Ashland school and cashed it at a Medford bank. ,. Collins was released after posting $1000 bail and waiving further hearing. The case will go before a federal grand jury. Assisting Kenney in the case were Postal Inspectors J. A. Eidswick, Medford, and " Stan Smoot, Portland. . Washington (U.R) The Navy has announced that it will transfer the cruisers Columbus, Roanoke, and Worcester from the Atlantic Fleet to the Pacific Fleet in the next seven months. Salem (U.R) Oregon had 36 forest fires in the 1955 sea son through June 1, the State Forestry department Mid today. PRICE Se Tribune Sua He said the torpedoes being loaded were not equipped with warheads. Every submarine salvage ves sel in Britain was ordered to the scene at once. Eyewitnesses said they saw crewmen leap into the sea short ly before the submarine plunged under the water. An eyewitness said the Sidon lay on the surface for "several minutes" after the blast. Surface craft picked up crew men who were able to abandon the ship. Two were reported hos pitalized. It was not believed that the Sidon was carrying its normal complement of 44. Four Teenage Boys Admit Many Minor Crimes in County . Statements taken from four teenage boys picked up during the past three days by Ashland city police and sheriff's depu ties appear to have cleared up a series of 30 to 40 minor crimes, according to Sheriff Howard Gault. Two 13-year-olds, one from Ashland and the other from Talent, yesterday admitted burg laries committed at three Ash land churches, two Ashland bus iness firms, a building at Lithia park, and a Talent store. They also admitted ' shoplifting in Medford and Ashland stores and theft of numerous items from cars. Items taken from cars includ ed liquor and money taken from cars parked at Rogue Valley ballroom and the Oasis, near Eagle Point. The two older boys, 15 and 16 years of age, have admitted a burglary committed at . the Shell Service station, Butte Falls. They also told of taking a total of $114 from purses in a Medford bus depot, $26 from an open cash drawer at Ryan's cleaners, and $36 taken from Talent hardware. Several of the crimes, includ ing the Butte Falls service sta tion burglary and the theft at Ryan's cleaners, have been un der investigation for some time. The four youths are being held' in the Jackson county jaiL Board of Education Raps Corvallis Council Corvallis U.R) The Corval lis city council today was hand ed a wrist slapping by the State Board of Higher Education for its failure to provide fire pro tection at a fire April 26 on the Oregon State College campus. Although the city and the board have subsequently reach ed a tentative agreement for fire protection on college lands out side the city limits, the board's letter to the council today asked for an investigation to 'deter mine possible culpability." Britain Drafting Seamen After Unofficial Walkout London U.R) The British government today began draft ing striking merchant seamen in to the military services after their unofficial strike had halted the sailing of the luxury liner Queen Mary and other passenger ships. .Thousands of tourists were stranded. - - A Labor Ministry spokesman said that the draft of merchant seamen was a "normal proce dure" and not an official at tempt to "break" a 24-day-old dock tie-up. - The spokesman admitted how Fighter-Bombers Strafe Quarters Of Loyalist Group Revolution Crushed, Government Reports Buenos Aires (U.R) Pres ident Juan D. Pron announced on the xadio tonight thai the Argentine revolutionary com mand had surrendered and the "guilty ones" had been arrested. Buenos Aires U.R Revolu tionary elements within the Ar gentine Navy and Air Force to day bombed and seized tempor ary control of Government House, center of President Juan D. Peron's government. Two revolutions broke out te the midst of the government's -battle against the Roman Catho lic Church and almost simul taneously with an official an nouncement from Rome that Peron and all others connected with violence against the church had been excommunicated. The rebels seized a radio sta- i tion and announced the three military services were taking over the government, "together with the people." " A government radio commu nique later claimed the revolu tion had been crushed and that "the revolutionaries were being driven out of Casa Rosada, the presidential palace. Air Raids Continue . However, rebel f ighter-bomb- ers still were strafing the palace and heavily bombing adjacent Plaza de Mayo. The planes also strafed the headquarters of the General Workers Confederation, several blocks- from the: palace where some 30,000 workers loyal to the government were re ported massed. , A few minutes later, rebel warships resumed shelling of the palace, lobbing over three shells in quick succession. Civilians waving Argentine flags and shouting "Peron! Pe ron!"' streamed into the square carrying clubs and pistols. Some joined ground forces loyal to Peron. in manning anti-aircraft guns mounted in the plaza. Blame Naval Forces ' The heavy fire shook the United Press building, in the midst of the combat area. A government communique blamed' dissident naval forces for the uprising and disclosed that "around 200 men" from the Marine Arsenal had succeeded in moving into Government House. It said the government was taking "repressive measures." ', The President was reported . just to have arrived at Govern ment House when a wave of seven military planes first flew over. He was reported to have escaped the bombing, however. Three bombs fell in the immedi ate area, one in the harbor and one in front of the Finance Min istry. Another fell about 50 yards from Casa Rosada.' (See stories on Page 10) Oil Lease Meeting June 27; Story Wrong A meeting regarding oil leases in the Sams Valley area will be held the evening of Monday, June 27, rather than next Mon day, as was indicated incorrectly in a story in yesterday's Mail Tribune. The meeting will be at 8 p.m. in the Sams Valley Grange hall, and all landowners in the Sams Valley, Beagle, Ramsey Canyon and Meadows districts have been invited. A report will be given by a committee which has. been studying the oil lease proposals in the north end of the county. ever, that striking seamen were affected by the call up of mer chant sailors. ' The Queen Mary, little sister of the Cunrad's famous queens, was the first blue ribbon trans atlantic liner hit by the walk out. The Mary was prevented from sailing from Southampton this morning with 1750 passeng ers. The Queen -Mary's 83,673-ton sister ship, the Queen Elizabetn, was expected to be the next vic tim of the wildcat strike of dock workers, seamen and carpenters that has tied up 250 ships. .