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No. 85
50th Year 20 Pages
MEDFORD, OREGON TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1955
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Exploration for Oil
Moves Nearer; Group
Presents Lease Plan
Samt Valley Exploration
for oil in Sarm Valley, Beagle,
Ramsey Canyon and Meadows
districts in northern Jackson
county came closer to reality
last night after a Landowners
committee reported the findings
of a five-month investigation.
Ralph James, chairman of the
committee, told a group of about
100 property owners the com:
mittee had reached the most
feasible plan if the area is to be
developed.
James said the committee
Big Steel Keeps
Solid Front in
New Wage Offers
Pittsburgh U.R) The steel
industry, faced with a crippling
strike threatened for midnight
Thursday, kept a solid front to
day in offering the CIO United
Steelworkers wage increases
averaging 10 cents an hour.
Bethlehem Steel Corp., the na
tion's No. 2 producer, and Jones
& Laughlin Steel Corp. proposed
wage increases virtually identi
cal to the U.S. Steel Corp. and
Inland Steel offers, already de
nounced by the union.
A Bethlehem Steel spokesman
said its offer was turned down
by USW President David J. Mc
Donald and his negotiators in
bargaining sessions this
morning.
The JAL proposal also was re
jected. The industry's top producers
met in simultaneous bargaining
sessions with union negotiators
in a ' down-the-stretch drive to
head off a strike threatened
among 600,000 steelworkers.
Preparing for the worst, the
major producers ordered their
mills to begin banking furnaces
and cooling coke ovens to put
steel production facilities on a
standby basis by Thursday night.
A series of company-union
bargaining sessions began this
morning after McDonald held an
emergency session with his nego
tiating teams.
Paper Box Blast
Reported Sunday
A newspaper box in front of
1650 Grand ave., Medford, was
blown off its post early Sun
day morning, sheriff's officers
reported today.
Officers said Mrs. Ethel Mc
Graw, who lives at 1650 Grand
ave., told them she heard an ex
plosion and saw a flash of light
about 2 a.m. Sunday, but did not
investigate immediately.
She told officers she found
the box blown off the post, the
front of it about 20 feet away.
A hole was blown in the bottom
and the box showed signs of a
blast inside, sheriff's officers
said.
Officers said they received an
earlier report that someone had
been exploding dynamite in the
area Friday and Saturday nights,
and in each case, a car would
drive away.
Officers are continuing their
SSwestigation.
One of Missing
Fliers Located
Yokosuka, Japan, Wednesday
(U.R) One of two missing U.S.
Marine Corps fliers drifting on a
fog-covered sea since their fighter-bomber
crashed four days
ago was sighted today by rescue
aircraft.
A U.S. Air Force spokesman
said a SA16 "Dumbo" plane
sighted the missing Marine 13
miles southeast of Mikurajima,
an island about 110 miles south
of Tokyo. The second Marine has
not been found.
An Air Force RB50 hovered
over the Marine awaiting a heli
copter or naval ship to pluck the
flier from his little inflated raft.
The Marine Corps press office
in Washington identified the
missing Marines as Capt. Hodgen
P. Montague of Jackson, Miss.,
and 2nd Lt. David Winter Bell
of Minneapolis.
Baseball
AMERICAN
Kansas City 5 14 2
Cleveland 7 6 0
Ditmar, Ceccarelli (5), Sain
(8) and Asxroth. W. Shants W.
Garcia, Narleski (6) and He
gan. Home runs: Doby, Cleve
land; Simpson, Kansas City.
worked with the Natural Re
sources association of San Jose,
Calif., in surveying the area
The committee, he said, reached
an agreement with the broker
age association to have leases
for 12,000 acres of land deposit
ed for safe keeping until an oil
company interested in drilling in
the area is contacted.
James pointed out the leases
will be placed in a safe deposit
box in a Medford bank, and will
be removed only when three
committee members and an as
sociation representative are pres
ent
. From the date of the lease, he
said, the association will have 18
months to contact an oil com
pany financially secure, and
have that company commence
drilling. If at the end of 18
months, no company has obtain
ed the leases, they will be re
moved from the safe deposit box
and destroyed, he said.
However, if an oil company
desires, and obtains, the leases
and has not started drilling with
in the 18 months after the lease
date, the company may be re
quired to rent rights in lieu of
drilling for $25 per acre per
year. .
The leases are for five years,
he said, and added that they will
not be recorded in the Jackson
county "recorder's office until
they are obtained by a company
Committe to Decide
James said the association
will contact oil companies after
leases for 12,000 acres are avail
able. He pointed out the commit
tee will have the power to de
cide .which company it deems fi
nancially secure to develop the
area, and will have control of
leases until obtained by a com
pany. James said it is doubtful if the
association would "go to the ex
pense it has if it did not think
there was something here."
He said the plan the commit
tee accepted is the most feasible,
and that to place leases in es
crow would not be practicable.
Before any company can drill,
James said, a state permit is re
quired, and once drilling has
started, a state inspector will be
present. Soil tests will be taken
during drilling operations, he
said, which would be analyzed
by state engineers.
Property owners who desire
leases may have them notarized
at the Sams Valley Grange be
tween 4 and 9 p.m. Friday and
Saturday by James, who is a no
tary public. Harry Eskridge also
will be at the Grange during
those hours, James said, to type
land descriptions.
Besides James, other commit
tee members are C. W. Mc
Donough, C. W. Duggan, Earl
Peffley and R. H. Southard. The
committee has been investigat
ing oil development possibili
ties since late January this year.
Midwest Tornadoes
Kill Four Persons
Br UNITED PRESS
A four-state rampage of tor
nadic winds and lethal thunder
storms last night and early today
killed at least four persons, in
jured almost 100, and caused
more than half a million dollars'
damage.
The storms did their worst
at the small housing addition of
Hilldredge near Scottsbluff, Neb.
A veering twister hit it dead
center late yesterday, killing two
persons, injuring 85, and smash
ing 28 homes.
Disaster crews turned out at
dawn today to search for more
victims and the homeless were
housed in emergency shelters.
Forced Routing of Railroad
Shipments Receives Study
Salem (U.R) Forced routing
of railroad freight shipments
was studied here yesterday
when the governor's emergency
transportation committee held
its first meeing to find a solution
to Oregon's current boxcar
shortage.
Chairman Stan E. Sherwood,
Coquille, said the group sought
not only a solution of this year's
shortage but a means of pre
venting a recurrence of the an
nual shipping dilemma.
Consider PUC Ruling
The committee also considered
the possibility of a PUC ruling
requiring the loading of each
boxcar to full visual capacity
and a further opening of the
Portland gateway to permit use
of rolling stock from other roads
on Southern Pacific lines.
Sherwood said the committee
had asked the PUC to tend field
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DESCRIBES ATTACK Navy Airman J. F. Romp, Walden, Mass., radarman aboard Navy
bomber shot down by two Russian fighters, shows other members of the crew how the
planes came in from behind the bomber. (Left to right): Lt (jg) D. M. Lockhart, co-pilot,
Alameda, CaL, Lt R. H. Fischer, pilot Del Rey Oaks, Cal.; Rump; Lt (jg) G. T. Sloan,
co-pilot, Oakland, CaL; the men are shown at Kodiak, Alaska.
Dulles
Plane
Washington (U.R) Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles to
day deplored "trigger-happy"
Soviet action in shooting down
an American Navy plane last
week. But he said he neverthe
less hopes next month's Geneva
"summit" conference with the
Russians can begin "on the as
sumption that all of the four
participants genuinely desire a
secure peace."
He said in a news conference
statement thatt he United States
Adenauer Warning of
War Dangers Arouses
German Lower House
Bonn, Germany (U.R)
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
told a tumultuous Parliament to
day that West Germany must
rearm because the East German
Communists were preparing an
armed force of 150,000 men "for
civil war against us."
Defends Program
Adenauer rose to defend his
rearmament program after op
position Socialist leader Erich
Ollenhauer accused his govern-
Price of Haircuts
Going Up 25 Cents
The price of haircuts will in
crease 25 cents on July 1, it
was announced today by Al
Bradford, secretary of Local 269
Journeymen Barber's union.
The cost for adults will be
$1.50 and for children $1.25 in
union barbershops in Medford
and surrounding towns, Brad
ford said. He said the increase
is the first raise in price for
children since 1946 and for ad
ults since 1951. .
Medford is the last major city
in southern and southwestern
Oregon to increase the fees,
Bradford said, and higher fees
are in effect almost everywhere
else in the state, he added. The
new -price scale was approved
at a meeting of shop owners yes
terday. Seventy per cent of the
increase will go for employee's
salaries, which have averaged
below $65 weekly, Bradford stat
ed. The new working agreement,
drawn up by a joint employer
employee committee, will run for
two years.
men to Washington and Calif
ornia to check the actual car sup
ply in those states. He said it
was believed the shortage was
more acute in Oregon than in
the neighboring states.
The Interstate Commerce
Commission was asked in a wire
to put into effect its 1953. regu
lation which would compel rail
roads to distribute cars from
competitive points after holding
them for not more than one day.
Ask Quota Study
The committee asked the PUC
to determine if percentake quo
tas . of cars furnished by the
Southern Pacific to the various
districts of Oregon could be
published daily or weekly.
Notification of shippers of their
car quotas was also requested.
Sherwood said his committee
would meet weekly in Salem as
long as its services were needed.
Doubts Attack on
Shows Huss Policy
"doubts that the shooting down
of the plane represents a con
sidered policy on the part of the
Soviet Union." -Notes
Russian Regret
He noted that Russia has at
least made an expression of re
gret. He believed this was the
first of Its kind ever made to
the United States by Russia.
Dulles said the United States
thinks -it knows exactly where
Soviet MIG fighters shot down
the Navy Neptune bomber last
ment of endangering the young
West German democracy with
"hurry-up" legislation.
The 79-year-old chancellor's
scornful ' reply to Ollenhauer's
charges touched off pandemon
ium' in the Bundestag (lower
house). It took acting Bundestag
President Carlo Schmid, a soc
ialist himself, minutes to restore
order.
Two-Day Debate
The angry exchange came on
the opening day of two-day de
bate on the Volunteers Law, a
bill that would give the govern
ment temporary authority to en
list 6000 volunteers as the nu
cleus for the new West German
armed forces.
West Germany's 12-division
contribution to NATO possibly
hung in the balance in the de
bate in the angry and divided
house.
It was the first full-dress par
liamentary debate on rearma
ment since West Germany be
came a sovereign state and re
ceived the right to rearm last
May 5.
The label of "monstrosity"
was hung on the Volunteers Law
by Ollenhauer. He charged that
if the bill became law, it would
set up a military and bureaucrat
tic alliance against parliament
ary control.
Mining Claim Labor
Affidavits Due July 1
Mining claim affidavits of la
bor must be filed in the Jackson
county recorder's office prior to
12 noon July 1. The affidavits
must list $100 worth of im
provements made to claims dur
ing the past year.
Recorder's office officials said
if new location claims have
been filed since July 1 last year,
affidavits of labor are not nec
essary this year.
Mfleion
Washington, D.C.
The Senate subcommit
tee on reclamation has
recommended an appro
priation of $500,000 be
made, for the Talent
project in Jackson coun
ty, Oregon, reliable
sources reported today.
The recommendation
will go to the full Sen
ate committee on appro
priations. The House
approved appropriation
bill included $150,000
for the project.
Wednesday over the Bering
Strait between Alaska and the
Soviet Union. He conceded there
is always a possibility of slight
error, but the United States is
as certain as humanly possible
that the American plane was
not over Soviet territory as the
Russians claimed.
Ike To Confer On Geneva
Dulles said he believed the
attack occurred over interna
tional waters about 25 miles
from U.S. territory.
President Eisenhower dis-
closed meanwhile that he plans
to confer with congressional
leaders of both parties before
next month's summit meeting.
The President discussed the
plan at his weekly White House
conference with Republican leg
islative leaders. .
No date was set for the bi-par
tisan, foreign.-.-, policy meeting,
But House Republican Leader
Joseph W. Martin, Jr., (Mass.)
said it would be "as near as pos
sible to the hour" of the Presi
dent's departure for Geneva.
Anti-Annexation
Meeting Set Today
A committee of residents op
posed to "mass annexation" of
property to the city of Medford,
is sponsoring a meeting at 8 p.m.
today to discuss questions con
cerning annexation. The public
has been invited.
The meeting will be held in
the circuit court chambers of
the courthouse, rather than in
the auditorium as at first plan
ned. Charles Bennett, Marshall
ave., is chairman. The group is
represented by Attorney's Frank
Van Dyke and John Dellenbeck.
Other members of the committee
are Linna Dunivent, Peach st.;
M. C. Borough, Meyers lane; Car
ol Hays, Kings highway; Joe
Swartsley, Jane rd.; Lee Hobbs,
West Main st., and George Fraz
ier, Murphy rd.
The group is opposing a plan
submitted to residents in areas
east, south and west of Medford
that about 3,000 acres be annex
ed to Medford. The election will
be held July 5, when the resi
dents of the area will vote on
the proposal. - '
. Salem (U.R) Contractor Ross
Hammond told the State Board
of Control today the new $1,800,
000 wing of the Oregon State
mental hospital will be com
pleted by Oct. 15.
Second Trans -
New York-(U.R) Soviet For
eign Minister Vyacheslav M.
Molotov ended his second trans
continental tour of the United
States in two weeks today with
his return to New York on the
last lap of his trip home.
40 Minutes Late
Molotov rolled into New York
40 minutes late on the New
York Central's Commodore Van
derbilt. A small army of New
York and railroad police escort
ed the Russian and his party to
three automobiles which sped
them up Park Avenue behind
motorcycle' escort to the head
quarters of the Soviet United
Nations delegation.
He made two train trips across
the United States as he jour
neyed to and from the 10th an
niversary meeting of the United
Nations at. San Francisco.
He got a good look at Ameri
cans and Americans got a good
Foreign Aid Bill
Comes Under Fire
From Republicans
Amendment To Clip
Request Sought
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower's $3,285,000,
000 foreign aid bill came under
a cross fire of opposition today
in advance of opening debate on
the measure.
Four Republican members of
the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee prepared 'a blast at the
bill, especially its "blank check"
authority for President Eisen
hower to spend money overseas.
Aid To Yugoslavia
The four Reps. Lawrence
H. Smith (Wis.), Marguerite
Stitt Church (HI ), E. Ross Adair
(Ind.) and Alvin M. Bentley
(Mich) also called for a "stop,
look and listen" policy for aid to
Communist Yugoslavia. The bill
called up for debate today
includes $40,500,000 for indirect
military aid for Yugoslavia.
Smith pressed for an amend
ment to clip President Eisen
hower's request for $200,000,000
to spend as he sees fit for Asiatic
development.
Rep. John M. Vorys (R-Ohio),
a key committee member, mean
while, prepared a last effort to
give the new foreign aid chief,
Frank B. Hollister, a freer hand
in firing employees of Harold E.
Stassen's old Foreign Opera
tions Administration. The House
committee and the Senate both
rejected the proposal. Demo
crats claim it is a "jobs-for-Re-
publicans" move to rid the-agency
of holdover Democrats.
Wants Loan Basis
Vorys also sought to require
that a large .part of economic aid
in the bill be handled on a loan
basis.
Key members of the House
Merchant Marine Committee at
tacked the bill for relaxing a re
quirement that at least 50 per
cent of foreign aid shipments go
in U.S. ships. The foreign affairs
committee waived this require'
ment for surplus agricultural
commodities. - -
Opposition also built up
against $95,000,000 in economic
aid for India.
Two Arraigned on
Hack Saw Charges
Klamath Falls (U.R) Two
women accused of smuggling a
hackshaw blades into the Klam
math County jail in an apparent
jail break attempt were arraign
ed in District Court here yester
day. Zelda Pearson, 26, and Phyl
lis Hill, 19, appeared before
Judge D. E. Van Vactor. They
were given until Friday morn
ing to secure counsel.
Jailer Fred Calfee said Mrs.
Pearson visited her husband,
Leon Gale Pearson, and then re
turned to -the jail with a gift of
a cherry pie and ice cream.
Four hacksaw blades were
found in the pie.
The county grand jury yester
day began a new probe of the
charges against Pearson and Mel
vin Chiloquin, who Were indicted
in connection with the death of
John Adruena, 25-year-old rail
road worker. The case was order
ed resubmitted after District Attorney-Frank
Anderson said the
state did not have enough evi
dence to convict them of man
slaughter. BRANCHFIELD APPOINTED
Salem (U.R) Edward
Branchfield, Medford attorney
long active in, veterans affairs,
has been reappointed to the ad
visory committee to the director
of veterans affairs, Gov. Paul
Patterson announced today.
cms Get Good Look
Continental Tour of U.S.
look at him particularly in Chi
cago where he paid another tu
multuous visit late Monday and
heard himself called a "bum."
Chieagoans Forewarned
Molotov apparently intended
no repetition of the confusion
and traffic jams which accom
panied his first stopover in the
Windy City June 11.
But Chieagoans, forewarned
of Molotov's visit Monday, turn
ed out in hundreds to stare at
him, boo him, and give him a
shoving around. Anguished se
cret policemen from Russia saw
their security precautions flying
out the window as curiosity
seekers clustered about the
stocky diplomat.
Molotov planned to spend his
second Chicago visit inspecting
the scientific marvels at the
South Side Museum of Science
and Industry.
But he ran into treualmost
Driver Finds Item
Red Didn't Invent
Chicago (U.R) Soviet For
eign Minister Vyacheslav M.
Molotov expressed interest in
the air conditioning system of
the Cadillac limousine in
which he toured Chicago
Monday.
Chauffeur Myron Heyman
asked "Do you have air .condi
tioning in Russian cars?"
"No." said Molotov. "but we
will have."
Housing Bill May
Be Bottled Up in
Rules Committee
Washington (U.R) President
Eisenhower's public housing pro
gram faced the threat today of
being bottled up in the House
Rules Committee by a coalition
of Southern Democrats and Re
publicans.
Democratic backers of federally-subsidized
housing for low
income families were hopeful of
prying it loose eventually.
May Not Clear Bill
But Chairman . Howard W.
Smith (D-Va.) said he didn't
know whether his 12-man com
mittee would clear the omnibus
housing bill for floor action as
long as it contains provision for
more public housing.
The committee of eight Demo
crats and four Republicans serves
as the House's traffic cop on
controversial legislation drafted
by other House committees.
Although public housing is
the only highly controversial fea
ture, the bill would revamp or
extend several federal housing
programs. To prevent four such
programs from expiring at mid
night Thursday congressional
leaders planned to rush enact
ment of a resolution extending
them for 31 days."
Voiced Opposition
The new housing bill ran into
trouble at a' rules committee
hearing Monday when Smith
and another Democratic member,
Rep. William M. Colmer (Miss.)
voiced strong opposition to any
further expansion of public
housing.
Rep. Abraham J. Multer (D
NY) who helped draft the bill,
said it could be bottled up by the
rules committee by a 6-6 tie
vote, if the four Republican
members vote with Smith and
Colmer against it.
The three Republican mem
bers on hand for Monday's hear
ing said in separate interviews
they weren't ready to announce
how they would vote. They were
Reps. Leo E. Allen (HI.) who says
the bill "is in trouble," Rep.
Clarence J. Brown (Ohio) who
foresees a "close" committee
vote, and Rep. Henry J. Latham
(NY).
Americans Escape
Terrorist Grenade
Saigon, Indochina (U.R) A
score of Americans attending a
birthday party narrowly escaped
death tonight when a terrorist
grenade exploded against the
wall of the United States Infor
mation Office.
One Frenchman was injured.
The grenade was hurled at 1
a.m. at a window on the first
floor of the USIS building, 100
yards from the heart of Saigon's
European Quarter. ..'
The grenade missed the win
dow by only a yard.
The Americans inside were
shaken but escaped unharmed.
The injured Frenchman was
caught by; flying fragments of
the grenade as he was passing
the building.
T
at Molotov on
immediately when a group of
refugees from Baltic states greet
ed him with boos and shouts of
"Molotov, you aggressor, you en
slaver, you bum."
Paid No Attention
Molotov paid no attention to
the demonstrators as he pushed
his way into the air-cooled Cadil
lac which took him to the mu
seum, along with a caravan of
100 detectives , Soviet guards,
and newspapermen.
At the museum, more crowds
practically mobbed the digni
tary. Soviet guards, their hands
on pistol: butts, , were pushed
aside.
One goggle-eyed teenaged girl
cooed:
"Oo, isn't he cute."
Molotov was equal to the. oc
casion, however, as he went
about the exhibits, asking ques
tions and trying his hand at the
gadgets.
House Committee
Also Approves New
Reserve Proposal
Compromise Removes
Reference to Guard
By PAUL SOUTHWICK
United Staff Correspondent
Washington (U.R) Congress
today completed passage of leg
islation extending the regular
draft for four years and the doc
tor draft foe two years.
The measure now goes to the
White House, for President
Eisenhower's signature. T h
present authority to draft doc-.
iurs ana otner men is scheduled
to expire Thursday.
Doctor Draft Issue
The comDromisp Aran
tion was passed first by the
House after a fight over exten
sion or uie doctor draft. The roll
Call VOte on final naceamt in 4h
House was 388 to 5.
Minutes later th Hnnu h4
acted on the bill, the Senate
shouted its approval and sent
the bill to the White HouseJ
House nassae of th t.
sion bill followed a fight against
xne aoctor draft that for a while
threatened the whole program.
On another militarv hui th
House Armed Services Commit
tee approved, 29 to 1, a compro
mise version of President Eisen
hower's compulsory military re
serve plan. This bill wa expected
to come up in the House later in
me weeK.
The compromise nlan. a
worked out by the subcommit
tee, manes little change in the
previous bill except to eliminate
any reference to the National
Guard. The previous bill, under
an amendment proposed by
Powell would have banned as
signment of reservists to guard
units still maintaining segrega
tion. Provisions of New Measure
The new measure ; provides
that:
1. Every man who has gone
into military service since July
27. 1953. must snenri a inmhinri
total nf at lofief -fitTA Ymnvc An
- . j iu. a w
active duty and in the ready re
serves.
2. A total of 250.000 nrp-draft
age youths a year may enlist di
rectlv in the rpwrvni onH h
draft-exempt if they stay in the
ready reserve until age 28.
3 Rut thov mav nnliat nnlv
under regulations as prescribed
by the secretary of defense.
These are intended to include
six months active duty 'training.
Youths who take six months
training, thereafter would spend
IVi years in the ready reserve to
complete their military obliga
tion. tend 48 drills and a 17-day field
training period tour each year.
him to a 45-day recall to active
duty under penalty of a court
martial.
Two Drowned, Third
Missing in McKenzie
. Eugene (U.R) The bodies
of Milo Thomson. 62. veteran
McKenzie river guiae, ana Aram
Adams, 48, Bakersfield, Cam.,
were recovered from the Mc
Kenzie river 45 miles east of
here today.
Still missing and believed
was Earl Smith, 62, Sacramento,
Calif. . : '
Thomson and the two promin
ent California "automobile deal
ers put into the river in their
small boat yesterday at 8 a.m.
from Blue River, Ore. They were
due to leave the rain swollen
stream at 5 p.m., miles down
stream at a point known as The '
Stockade.
Thev were reported missing
at 9:51 p.m. yesterday by Carl
Baker, head of the McKenzie
river guide association.
State's Nurserymen
Conclude Convention
The Oregon Association of
Nurserymen concluded a one-day
meeting here yesterday with the
appointment of a committee to
look in to the possible forma
tion of a southern Oregon chap
ter of the association.
J. Vernon .Marshall, Medford,
was named chairman. Other
members are Elwood S t a n s
field, Medford; C E. Moyer,
Roseburg, and George Freeden,
Grants Pass.
The committee will report at
the next association meeting,
scheduled at Gearhart in Sep
tember. Fourteen new members from
this area joined the association
yesterday. Some 75 persons from
other areas attended, and some
60 attended last night's banquet