SteeO Price Ones-ease cellared SmaDDer
nan Last G&og Boost; Up S7.S0 Per Yon
New York (U.R The steel
wage boost will cost steel com
panies $45,000,000 a year, Iron
Age estimated today, but it noted
that "producers moved almost
immediately to bring their prices
into line with higher wage costs."
'The increase is smaller than
the last big steel price increases
of July, 1948," stated the na
tional metalworking weekly. "At
that time, steelworkers got an
average increase of 13 cents an
hour and steel prices went up
about $10.50 per ton
Broken Romance
Blamed in Death
Of LA Socialite
Los Angeles U.R) Former
UCLA law student John R.
Crocker Jr., 34, confessed today
a broken romance with a
wealthy 33-year-old Bel Air
socialite caused him to stab her
five times and then strangle her
with a pearl-ornamented stole.
Detectives said Crocker, s
iormer house-boy of the victim
' Mrs. Norma Thompson Mc
r"aniv hrnke down under mara
hon miestionine and confessed
to the crime. He was booked on
suspicion of murder.
Pound bv Maid
Mrs. McCauley, prominent in
Los Angeles social circles, was
found beaten, stabbed and stran
ded vesterday by a maid in
the bedroom of her $50,000 Bel
Air home after one of the di
vorcee's three small children
told the maid "Mother is still
sleeDing."
Crocker, a Maine - born ex
sailor, was arrested in his Los
Angeles apartment several hours
after the crime.
"I did it," detectives quoted
him as saving.
Mrs. McCauley, clad in a red
and white oarty dress, was
found sprawled across a chaise
lounge. Her white lace, pearl
ornamented stole was twisted
around her neck tightly and at
least five stab wounds were in
her body.
Sought Reconciliation
Detectives said Crocker, in a
"full confession," said he mur
dered Mrs. McCauley in trying
to affect a reconciliation of their
alleged romance.
Crocker said he "fell in love"
with the society matron when j
he worked as her housboy last
year while studying law at
UCLA. He said he was not the
cause of Mrs. McCauley divorc
ing Frank McCauley last March
3. Crocker left the McCauley
household last year when the
victim separated from McCauley,
38, a World War II Air Force
ace. '
The new steel wage pact,
which runs until June 30, 1956,
calls for pay hikes of slightly
more than 15 cents an hour.
Subsequent Increases Included
Iron Age's estimate of $450,
000,000 includes direct wage and
salary boosts, as well as subse
quent increases in the cost of
materials and services.
To compensate for the wage
rise, producers increased prices
an average of $7.50 per ton in
what amounted to virtually a
uniform front by the companies.
"Steel producers also face a
bout with the United Mine Work
ers," Iron Age observed.
"The UMW chief, John L.
Lewis, will be in the market
soon for a healthy wage boost for
his members. Steel companies
employ miners in their so-called
'captive' coal mines."
Last week end's production
loss, which came on the heels
of the ultra-short "strike," threw
the steel market into "utter con-
MID Water Users
Set Talk on Vote
First of a series of three meet
ings to discuss a proposed re
payment contract between the
Medford Irrigation district and
the federal government will be
held at 8 p.m. today at the Roxy
Ann Grange hall.
An election to authorize di
rectors of the Medford and
Rogue River Valley Irrigation
districts to negotiate a 40-year
contract will be held July 15.
The proposed contract is with
the bureau of reclamation for
rehabilitation of the canal and
distribution systems of the two
districts.
Tonight's meeting is for water
users in the eastern and northern
section of the district. At 8 p.m.
tomorrow at the Phoenix Grade
school gymnasium a similar
meeting will be held for those
in the southern section, and at
8 p.m. Friday a meeting will be
held at the Oak Grove school for
those in the western portion.
The board of directors of the
district will attend each of the
meetings.
fusion," said Iron Age.
"It blasted hopes of producers
for bringing deliveries into line
with promises any time in the
near future," the publication
stated. "It also opened the door
to steel speculators who reap
big profits when supply is short
and demand long.
"Even without the shutdowns,
steel consumers knew they were
in for a bad time over the bal
ance of 1955.
"The strike also will further
aggravate the mills' problem of
maintenance repairs which had
been delayed in the interest of
holding production at a high
level. From now on, mills will
have a tough time keeping out
put at the near-capacity rate they
would like."
Furnace Linings Hurt
Despite all precautions taken
with facilities when a . steel
plant is closed down, "iron and
steel furnace linings are hurt,
Iron Age pointed out.
consumer inventories are
short," it added. "Since early
this year, many customers have
been forced to buy emergency
tonnages from warehouses to
tide them over until mill deliv
eries arrive
"Some of these warehouse
orders have been more than the
warehouses could conveniently
handle without slighting their
regular customers."
In And Around Gold Hill
Court Records
Viet Nam Troops Kill
247 Hoa Hao Rebels
Saigon, Indochina (U.R)
Viet Nam troops killed 247 Hoa
Hao rebels and captured 160
others in a series of "violent
battles" in the rugged Seven
Mountains area, the army high
command announced today.
The high command said that
an additional 827 of the rebel
warlords forces deserted to the
loyal troops.
POLICE COURT
Cecil Ooal Blak. failure to itnn
(light). S5.
Clinton Nelson Stinr. violation of
basic rule. $10.
Raymond McLean, violation of basic
rule. $10.
Carl Clifford Northern, violation of
basic rule. $10.
Gilbert Wayne Cooper, failure to
yield right of way. (pedestrian). $10.
David Nolan Lovejoy, violation of
basic rule. $10.
John Forrest White, violation of
basic rule, $10.
Robert Orville Barton, failure to
top. (light). $5.
Frederick G. Luper. violation oi
basic rule, $9.
DISTRICT COURT
George A. Taylor, no operator'! li
cense. $6.
Clinton T. Ayrei, overload, $30, over
length load. $10.
Jerry Lee Neitzel, violation of baric
rule. $10.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATIONS
David LeRoy Starr. 23. El Monte.
Calif., and Ellen Lee Strowbridge, 19.
of 816 Catherine st. Medford.
Melvin L. Mitchell. 30. of 346 Apple
it.. Medford. and Myrtle J. Bishop.
27. of Box 1106, Eagle Point.
Robert Lindsy Watkins. 33. of 1182
Court st, Medford. and Barbara Jean
Thomas. 27. of 413 North Central
ave., Medford.
CIRCUIT COURT
Anita I. Lucas vs. Clarence J. Lucas,
divorce complaint.
Gold Hill Jeddeloh Brothers
Swede Mills company of Gold
Hill began the manufacturing of
24 and 28 inch gang saws last
week, after completion of their
building on the railroad siding
site. The building is constructed
of metal and wood with 5,760
square feet of floor space. The
firm formerly operated a mill on
Galls creek.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lester and
family spent the holidays at
their summer cabin at Diamond
lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bowen
and two children, P.eg and Da
vid, left Friday, July 1 for Port
land where they visited Sunday
with their daughter, Linda, at
the Shrine hospital.
Linda seems to be adjusting
herself to the routine of the hos
pital and is looking forward to
the leg brace that is being made
for her. The Bowens also will
visit with their newly married
daughter and husband, Mr. and
Mrs. Corky Lentz, who make
their home at Sweet Home.
They will stop at Powers, Ore.,
on their return trip to visit Mrs.
Bowen's parents and leave their
daughter Peg for a vacation with
her grandparents.
Paul Throne is assisting his
wife with the cooking at Lake O
Woods for the Boy Scout camp.
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Mulkey
and son Richard of Willow
Ranch, Calif., have purchased
the Healy home north of Gold
Hill.
The Rev. and Mrs. Gerald
Gear and daughter have . left
Gold Hill. They will serve two
churches, Odell and Pinegrove,
near Hood River, Ore. He had
been minister at the Gold Hiil
Community Methodist church
for the past year, coming here
from Texas. He "was also scout
master for the Gold Hill Boy
Scouts. Arriving here from Port
land to take his place are the
Rev. and Mrs. George Hatch.
Visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Morrow and
family are his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Harvey Morrow from New
London, la., also his sister and
husband, Mr. and Mrs. Don
Byers, of Newton, la., and a
niece, Joan Kaye Fye, Mt.
Union, la.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Shontz
and three children of Davis,
Calif., are visiting at the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F.
Shontz, Highway 99 N.
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Weimer,
San Diego1 Calif.,- visited re
cently with Mrs. W. J. Riedy of
the Pine Tree motel. From here
Wednesday. July , IS55
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TBXBBHS SEVEN
they went to Yellowstone Na
tional park.
A party was held at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Harrison,
honoring their son Albert Jr.,
on his 12th birthday, July 4.
Those who helped him celebrate
were Howard Misner, David
Courtland, Richard Jones, Jack
Jones, Marilyn McCoy, Arlin
White, Marilyn Harrison, Connie
Morris, Vickie Lester, James
Kendall, Davis Kendall, Charles
Johnson and i Frank Balch, all
Gold Hill, and Jackie, Barbara
and Ray Salter, Rogue River.
Youth Confesses
To Smuggling Saws
Dallas, Ore. (U.R) Sher
iff Tony Neufeldt said today that
James Eugene Smith, a 19-year-
old trusty at the county jail
here, had admitted smuggling
hacksaw blades to three prison
ers who escaped last Friday
night. -
Neufeldt said Smith told him
he was promised a sum of money
to be paid later. The sheriff said
the young trusty told him he
got the blades from the county
courthouse basement.
Meanwhile, the three escapees
who were captured in western
Lane county, were bound over
to a grand jury in Eugene on
armed robbery charges. District
Judge Kenneth Poole set bail
at $5000 apiece. One of the es
capees, Alfred Peterson, asked
for a preliminary hearing. The
other escapees were Burton Le
Roy Bryson, 20, Junction City,
and Raymond Lowe, Everett,
Wash.
1 ,000 Persons Perish
In China Earthquake
Taipeh, Formosa U.R) A
serious earthquake which hit
northwest China May 31 claimed
more than 1,000 lives in the east
ern part of Shensi Province, the
Nationalist Chinatown News
Agency reported today. The be
lated dispatch said the quake
was one of the worst since the
Chinese Communists took over
the mainland more than five
years ago.
SOVIETS END CONGRESS
London (U.R) The Soviet
Union and its European satel
lites concluded an ."atoms for
peace" congress in Moscow Tues
day. Moscow Radio quoted Sov
iet scientists as saying the cong
ress "has . been "very . Informa
tive.
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