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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. - -
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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
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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. .