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Gtat (Up Mm Medford United Preu full Laased Wire 50th Year 20 Pages ENTIRE ARGENTINE CABlhcT QUITS Peron Shaping Up As No. 2 Member Of Governing Body Lucero Expected To Be Strong Man Buenos Aires, Argentina (U.R) All members of the Argentine cabinet submitted their resigna tion to President Juan D. Peron soon after he had conferred with two other military leaders, au thoritative sources said today. The state radio said Peron re ceived Army Minister Gen. ' Franklin Lucero, chief of all military and security forces in Argentina, and Vice-President Alberto Teisaire, a retired rear admiral, at the presidential of fice. '" Predict Junta Diplomatic reports in Monte video, Uruguay, predicted form ation of a three-man military junta in Argentina with Lucero as strong man, Peron as No. 2 and Teisaire as a possible third member. The sources say this may be part of a move to ease Peron out of power gradually. The government press secre tary announced that all troops In Argentina would return to their barracks today and resume their regular tasks. It said this was a "clear and categorical demonstration that the most com plete calm prevails in the whole country." The press office also distribut ed for publication in morning newspaper pictures taken of Per on Tuesday afternoon at his resi dence. They showed him smil ing while receiving a delegation of a students union from sec ondary schools. Eva Mentioned Again 'Significantly, the state-owned radio resumed its mention Tues day night of the late Eva Peron in its evening news bulletin, set ting the 8:25 broadcast at the "time at which Eva Peron pass ed into immortality." The radio omitted the slogan Monday night for the first time in three years and moved the bulletin back to 8:30 p.m. Authoritative" but unofficial sources said the cabinet resign ed to facilitate reorganization of the government following last Thursday's abortive revolt. Some of the ministers will retain their posts, the sources said, but there was no indication which ones. Portland Pinball Hearing Starts Portland (U.R) Arguments crackled like pinball counters here today as a woman attorney representing the city of Portland crossed logic with an attorney for the pinball interests in a Cir cuit Court hearing on police seizure of devices. Pinball owners are seeking an injunction restraining Portland police from seizing amusement devices that are not operated with coins in a slot. In the first day of a court hearing yesterday, Robert Ma guire, attorney for pinball owner Lou Dunis, contended that the city's anti-pinball ordinance does not cover machines not operated by coins in the slot. But Deputy City Attorney Marian Rushing declared, "They may take off the coin in 'the slot or disconnect it or plug it, but that will not change the character of the device." 'Gratifying Results' Told In Mosquito Control Work The county mosquito control program has had "gratifying re sults" so far, the county health office reported today. Several calls have been re ceived from residents around the Roberts rd. district, in particu lar, on the relief the program has provided. Under the direc tion of Walter Sutherland, op erations to exterminate adult mosquitos are continuing where ever the need exists. Operations so far have been generally concentrated on low spot north of Mediord, ia the . MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, Jv Eisenhower Accepts Stevens Resignation; Names 17 II Brucker Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower in swift sequence to day accepted Army Secretary Robert T. Stevens' resignation and appointed Defense Depart ment General Counsel Wilber M. Brucker to succeed him around the end of July. Both men had been embroiled with Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.). Stevens, who became a nationally known television fig ure during last year's bitter Farmers Through Oregon Face Heavy Loss from Drought Portland (U.R) An early summer drought in parts of Ore gon has greatly lowered the state's 1955 crop estimates, and could cost farmers millions of dollars, the federal crop report ting service said here, today. Pendleton and La Grande areas have reported heavy loss es to canning pea, grain, and grass seed crops as a result of drying winds'since high temper atures seared the area two weeks ago. . Reduced by Half ' Union county extension agent Ray Wendel said the Grande Rpnde Valley's 130,000 acre grass "seed crop had been re duced by half as a result of the drought. Wheat and alfalfa fields were being cut at half of their normal height. The crop reporting service said the cherry crop in western Oregon was considerably below earlier expectations because of heat shrivel of pit kernels. The Willamette valley straw berry crop will be below the record predicted earlier, unless a substantial rainfall occurs this month. . Freezing temperatures in cen tral Oregon and the Klamath Falls basin, together with! ex tremely dry weather, have sev erely damaged alfalfa, clover seed and grain crops and range forage. The crop reporting service said heavy rains were needed over most of Oregon in the next few days if farmers' losses were to be kept low. 1 Medford Merchants Oppose Dog Racing Members of the Medford Re tail Merchants association this morning unanimously voted ap proval of a resolution opposing dog racing in Jackson county. A committee of merchants was named to represent the associa tion at a public hearing on the proposal, to be held by the coun ty court Friday. The action is similar to that taken last week by Ashland mer chants in response to proposals by a group of Medford and Ash land men that dog racing be con ducted at a track north of Ash land. The county court has no legal' jurisdiction over the granting of a racing license, but its recom mendation is believed to carry. much weight with the state rac ing commission. Elk Lumber company ; and air port districts especially. The method of control is "fogging." The cdntrol truck follows the road, sending out a fog of smoke containing DDT. Wind condi tions have to be perfect to carry the. laden smoke to surrounding land. Here the r DDT condenses in tiny droplets, covering the ground.',. Up to the time spraying op erations, used for ponds, have not been, needed, but will be em ployed as soon as hatches of im mature insects are noted, the health office reported. v Army-McCarthy hearings, had been discussing his resignation with Mr. Eisenhower for weeks. But Brucker, 61-year-old for mer governor of Michigan, had no inkling of his promotion until about an hour before it was an nounced. There was no indica tion that either man's relations with McCarthy had anything to do with today's events. Laughed at McCarthy In the course of an appear ance before the Senate Investi gating Subcommittee during this spring's Peress hearings, Brucker laughed, in McCarthy's face on one occasion and chor tled on another that he was"get ting under" the senator's skin. High Pentagon sources dis closed yesterday that Stevens' resignation, long rumored, was actually in the works. But Presi dential Press Secretary James C. Hagerty told newsmen it had not reached the White House. It did today, in the hands of Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson who brought it to Mr. Eisenhower shortly before the President took off on a speaking fishing trip to New England. Stevens' letter disclosed he had been discussing the matter with the President for "a few weeks." He said he was motivated by "compelling personal reasons." Sent To Senate The President lost no time, once the resignation was in his hands, in accepting it and nam ing Brucker as Stevens' succes sor. Then he invited Brucker, Stevens and Wilson to ride with him to National Airport. There Brucker told newsmen he knew nothing of his promo tion "until an hour ago." He said he is "supremely happy." The official nomination of Brucker was sent to the Senate at noon. Both Brucker and Stevens be came embattled with McCarthy over the . . senator's methods, when he was chairman of the Senate investigating group, of probing into alleged subversion in ,the Army. Stevens' differ ences with the senator were aired, and televised, in the Army McCarthy hearings. President Starts Speechmaking Tour Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower left by plane to day for a six-day speech mak ing and fishing trip to New England immediately after mak ing a switch in the Army's civ ilian high command. The President left aboard his old plane, the Columbine II, the same plane on which he flew to Korea after his election in 1952. He used the older plane because it is 18 feet shorter than the new Columbine in and better suited for the shorter trip. . He plans to visit in Vermont, New Hampshire and. Maine be fore returning to the White House late Monday night. He will make eight speeches and hopes to get in a week end of fishing on the trip,' which was made after a series of insistent invitations. Washington (U.R) The Agri culture Department says 12 farmers have been picked to visit Russia on a goodwill agricultural mission, and Rep. Henry O. Talle (R-Ia.) said today six of them are Iowans. Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE Kansas City ... 1 9 0 New York 6 10 0 Ditmar, Sleater (7), Sain (7) and Shanis; Ford and Berra. . . HR Mantle, N.Y. NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn 3 7 0 8 2 Roe- Chicago . 2 ; Meyer, Hugher (6), burck (8), and Walker; Rush, Jeff coat (8) and McCullough, Chiti. LP Jeff coat (6-2). HR Walks, Brooklyn. ,CNE ed Press Fun Leased Wire Price 5c No. 80 Annexation Viewed As Main Problem Now Facing City Mayor Miller Tells Of Plan's Importance The most immediate and urg ent problem facing the citizens of Medford is the proposed an nexation of adjacent areas, Mayor Earl Miller told members of the Medford Rotary club Tuesday. ! In a luncheon address at the Jackson hotel, the mayor em phasized the importance of the annexation election July 5, when property owners south, east and west of Medford will decide whether or not to accept city services and responsibilities. Mayor Earl Miller and City Manager Robert Duff will dis cuss annexation problems at the second in a series of meet ings sponsored by the Jack son County Health association at 8 p.m. today at radio sta tion KYJC on Barnett rd. A question and answer per iod will follow short talks by Mayor Miller and Duff on pro posed annexation of South Medford. The area in question is rapidly becoming urbanized, Mayor Mil ler pointed out, and contem plated development affecting those districts, such as the con struction of the new armoryt a hospital and schools, and expan sion of new shopping districts, emphasises the urgent need for proper 'zoning, police and 'firei protection, street construction and lighting, and other city services. Most important of all is the need for sanitary sewer facilities in newly developed areas, the mayor declared. Epidemics "know no boundaries," he said, and the health of the entire val ley is at stake. Big Population Seen Conservative estimates indi cate Medford's population in 1970 will exceed 30,000 and Jackson county's 105,000. Not only do these estimates further point up the need for new city areas to develop properly, but also bring the other city's prob lems to the front traffic, down town parking and financing, the mayor added. It will be ne cessary to exceed the 6 per cent limitation if Medford is to con tinue growing and providing services expected by the public, Mayor Miller told Rotarians. The speaker was introduced by Tom Wray, chairman of the Medford planning commission and past president of the Med ford Rotary club. Robert Duff, Medford city manager, was a guest. ' Park's East Entrance To Open on Saturday Crater Lake National Park The east entrance to Crater Lake National park and most of the Rim drive will be open to two way travel on June 25, according to Superintendent Thomas J. Williams. Because of dangerous rock slides from Dutton ridge, a one mile section of the Rim drive will remain closed to travel tem porarily. Williams stated the closure will be maintained until complete road safety is assured approximately 15 days. The Lost Creek public camp ground will open June 25, Wil liams said. The Rim campground is still snow covered, but may be opened by July 4. Sen. Morse's Speech Here Scheduled July 5 Sen. Wayne Morse will speak at the Democratic dinner at the Jackson hotel on July 5, and not July 4 as was previously an nounced. The dinner will be held in the Pioneer room at 7 p.m. and is sponsored by the Jackson County Democratic Central committee, according to Bob Boyer, 'chair man. Tickets may be obtained by phoning 2-4914 or 2-5131. Salem (U.R)-r-Oregon has the best traffic engineering devices of any of the 11 Western states, according to the Institute of Traffic Engineers. . The institute today notified Gov. Paul Patter son that it had awarded Oregon a first place plaque for achieve ment in 1954. FRIENDLY GET TOGETHER Foreign ministers of the Big Four are all smiles as they pause on the steps of the Pacific Union Club on San Francisco's Nob Hill, Russi?'; Molo , tov is first up as they wave to small gathering on sidewalk. Left to right: Antoin nay of France, V. M. Molotov of Russia, Harold Macmillan of Great Britain and John Fo.,.er Dul les of the United States. They met to lay the groundwork for next month's "summit" con ferences at Geneva. . Scelba Government Topples in Italy After Party Revolt Rome U.R) Italian Premier Mario Scelba and his pro-Western government resigned today. The Premier handed the re signation of his middle of the road coalition to President Tio vanni Gronchi this afternoon, plunging Italy into a political crisis at a critical stage of world affairs. Scelba was toppled by his own Christian Democratic party on the grounds that coalition rule in Italy is dead. The Chris tian Democrats charged that Scelba's government, in its 16 months in power, had "done nothing" to cure the nation's nu merous, problems ,;-.-: .-.-. The left-leaning Gronchi was expected to ask Scelba to remain in power as a caretaker until a new Premier can be found. The new Premier is expected to be another Christian Democrat. Party Revolt Scelba, an implacable foe of Communism, was tumbled by a party revolt lead by a strange combination of left and right wingers who seek to steer Italy along both sources at once. The powerful right wing and left wing rebels in the Christian Democratic party, who engin eered Scelba's downfall, hoped to piece - together a one-party government which would rely upon left wing and right wing parties for voting support in Parliament. Five previous at tempts at such a government since the June, 1953, general elections have failed. Knowland Clashes With McCarthy Washington (U.R) The Sen ate today overwhelmingly re jected a resolution by Sen. Jo seph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.) which would have required the United States to get a promise to discuss satellite nations at the big four "sum mit" meeting. Washington U.R) Senate Republican Leader William F. Knowland and Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, clashed angrily to day over McCarthy's resolution to "discuss the Soviet slave states' 'at the Big Four confer ence.. McCarthy said he was "sur prised, shocked,-and disappoint ed'' when Knowland opposed his resolution. It would ask that President Eisenhower discuss satellite nations at next month's conference with leaders of Rus sia, Britain, and France. McCarthy told Knowland "it is not the position of the Repub lican party to backtrack, whine and whimper when it touches the hot stove of Communist ag gresion. That is the position of the Democratic party." His face flushed, Knowland shouted, "The senator is not going to say I whine and whim per.. I'll lay my record of oppo sition to Communism along side his ..." . "Not today you won't," snap ped McCarthy. (See story on Page 8) Weather FORECAST: Considerable cloudiness tonight with chance of a few showers Thursday. Low tonight 50. High Thursday 78. i : Temp. Highest Yesterday 87 Lowest this Morning 59 $103,928 in Paving Contracts Awarded; Jackson Work Upheld The city council last , night awarded bids totaling $103, 928.75 for four paving projects to J. C. Compton company, Mc-i Minnville. It also adopted ordi nances calling for bids on a san itary sewer line and another pav ing project. Compton's bid of $61,874 was low on paving about 3,500 feet of the main municipal airport runway and about 1,600 feet of taxiway. The contract was awarded on that basis, although Warren Northwest company of Portland submitted low bids on three of four other street paving prpjecis. ,, : - . .r.; Federal Participation City Manager Robert Duff recommended accepting the low est bid for the airport project be cause of federal participation. Warren Northwest was elimi nated from street paving con tracts because the company re quested both projects if it was awarded the contract for either the airport or street paving. Warren Northwest submitted a combined bid of $47,721.75 on Witness Declares Bridges Was Among Parly's Leaders San Francisco U.R) A for mer member of the Communist party has testified at the trial of Harry Bridges that the wiry labor leader was once known as "Comrade Rossi," a member of the party's highest governing body. The witness was the third called by the government in its civil action to strip the presi dent of the International Long shoremen's and Warehouse men's Union of his U. S. citizen ship. Former Organizer The charges against Bridges were made by David L. Saun ders, former Communist party waterfront organizer and now operations manager of the NYK shipping line. In a booming voice, Saunders told the court that as a party organizer he was a delegate to the national convention of the party in New York in 1936. At that time, he said, "Comrade Rossi" and William Schnider man were elected to the nation al committee, the party's high est governing body. . "Schniderman int r o d u c e d Bridges as Rossi," Saunders said. ." Central Point On Budget Approval 2 to 8 Central Point A voting poll at the Central Point Rural Fire district fire hall on Highway 99 just south of here will be open from 2 to 8 p.m. tomorrow in a district budget election. All registered voters who have lived in the district 90 days or more are eligible to cast ballots. The budget, totaling. $30,370, is $1,762.62 larger than last year. It is being submitted for appro val because the total is $8,629 more' than allowed under the 6 per cent limitation on budget increases. The proposal was defeated by o four street paving projects, and Compton was second with $49,- 754.75. . . The council delayed awarding a contract on Capital ave. paving project between Sunrise ave. and Valley View dr. until after prop erty owners of the are are notL lied or a slightly higher price than was previously quoted to them. Excavation expenses on Capital ave. are higher than esti mates because of a solid rock base. - . --. Other Project! - Compton's bid on three other street projects totaled $42,054.75 The projects, are jn.,Haroilton st. between 13th st. and 106 feet south of 11th st.: Jackson st. be tween Minley ave. and Berkeley Way; and Park ave. between Catherine st. and Stewart ave. Two inches of asphalt con crete, curbs and gutters were in cluded in price bids. An ordinance was adopted calling for bids on paving Oak st. between Second and Jackson sts., and for a sanitary sewer line on Oregon ave. from Oregon Ter race to Keene Way , dr. Ordi nances also were adopted for each project. Delay Bid Call The council delayed calling for bids on East Jackson st. paving between. Bear Creek bridge and Genessee after Attorney Harry C. Skyrman, representing Dr. I. D. Phipps, . objected during a public hearing. , Skyrman said paving would cost several thousand . dollars along Dr. Phipps' 800-foot front age, and said he understood the street has not been dedicated to the city and that Dr. Phipps owns to the center line. Skyman also questioned if the council could authorize Mayor Earl Miller to sign a petition for the paving. Hawthorne park, which is city owned, has footage along Jack son st. City Attorney Frank Far rell said the council could au thorize Mayor Miller to sign for the city. An ordinance was adopted for the project, but calling for bids was delayed until after owner ship of the "street was fully de termined. Petition Not Presented . Councilman Harold Frye said the project should be continued because no one approached Dr. Phipps with the petition request; ing the improvement. " San Jose Steel company and Rogue River Paving company were qualified by the council to submit bids on municipal pro jects. - Duff recommended pre qualification statements be ac cepted. (See Story on Page 12) Rural Fire District Vote vote of 84 to 37 in the first election on May 31, but the di- -j - rectors and budget .committee men decided to submit the ques tion again because they felt the issues were not thoroughly un derstood by all the voters. Since the budget was first de feated, an offer of a $21,000 fire station, to be constructed in the White City industrial area at .no cost Ho the district, has been made by the White City Realty company. The district cannot ac cept the offer and operate the district without the funds pro vided tor in toe proposed ouog Challenges Free ' World To Accept Soviet Arms Plan Speech Contains No New Proposals San Francisco (U.R) Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molo tov said today that the "respon sibility . . . for peace and the welfare of . mankind has never been greater", and he said "it is up to the United States and the other Western powers to make the next move" toward a reduc tion of armaments and the "out lawing of atomic and hydrogen weapons. The Russian leader used the 10th commemorative meeting of the' United Nations to issue a challenge to the Western powers to agree on a Soviet proposal of May 10 to stop the arms race. Ignores Warning Molotov, ignoring a warning by the president of the session not to discuss "controversial" is sues, told the 60-nation gather ing: "It is up to the USA and the other Western powers to make the next move," he said. "The Western Dowers have no reason to put off the settlement of the atomic weapons problem and they should agree to renounce the use of atomic and hydrogen weapons . ana to outlaw these weapons completely as suggested in the Soviet draft" Challenge to West Molotov followed Brig. Gen. Carlos P. Romulo of the Philip pines who urged the United Na tions to adopt a statement of ."re dedication" in which all mem bers, including Russia, would re affirm that they stand for peace. The Russian leader s speech contained no new nroDosals hut ' it did present new challenges to the united States and the other Western powers. "The Soviet government has met the Western powers half way on the question of atomic weapons," Molotov said. "It is up to the other powers to make the next move." - .r Molotov, in an apparent refer ence to the much heralded "new . diplomatic atmosphere" between East and West, said "the time is ripe" for increased efforts toward agreement on basic cold war issues. "The time is ripe, for instance, to consider the question of call ing a world economic conference to facilitate the development of international trade," he said. Mutual Trust Needed - Evaluating the United Nations after its first 10 stormy years of existence, . Molotov said it "should do all it can to put an end to existing international tension and to facilitate the achieving of mutual trust among ' the nations." ' He said such an achievement "would meet the desires of the peoples for peace and for a tran quil and peaceful life." "We are now entering a new decade," the Soviet official said. Polio Second Shots Said Going Well First and second grades re ceiving second Salk anti-polio shots this week represent almost 100 per cent of those taking first shots the week of May 23, ac cording to the county health of fice. A total of 155 youngsters from Eagle Point, Lone Pine, Shady Cove, Rogue River Academy, Oak Grove, Elk-Trail, and Pros pect appeared at the courthouse yesterday. Turnout at Briscoe school in Ashland was 153. Tomorrow, shots will be given in the Washington and Roosevelt school gymns and at the old Phoenix grade school . building east entrance, from 9 to 10 a.m. The Phoenix building will serve both Talent and Phoenix chil dren. Today, vaccine was adminis tered to Lincoln and Jackson . children at their schools. . Make-up shots will be given July . 12. p.m. Thursday et, according to Fire Chief Dick Krupp, and the directors. Krupp pointed out today that one criticism of the budget pro posal has been regarding salar ies. His position, paying $4,200 annually, is the only district post for which money compensation is paid. Call-men, because of insurance rating bureau regula tions, are officially "paid" one bottle of soda pop for each call they answer, Krupp said. If the new station is accepted, there will be two paid employees there for 24-hour duty. Each would receive $3,300 annually, he reported. t
