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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.
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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.
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