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,4 V ORD, OREGON THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1955 Price 5c No. 92
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'More Than One'
Corpse Expected
To Be Discovered
Weapons Taken
From Kitchen Missing
Wallas Walla, Wash. OJ.PJ
-Eight unarmed guards entered
cell block 6 today to begin a
block-by-block shakedown at
riot-torn Washington State pris
on. ,
The eight were among 12
guards who volunteered for the
job at the request of Warden
Lawrence Delmore Jr. They
were to "secure" each of the six
cellblocks in the prison one at
a time, reporting back to Del
more after each one was search
ed. ' -
The plan called for herding
the prisoners into the yard one
block at a time. After all the
inmates were in the yard, they
were to be searched.
Hints Slaying
' The inmate population was
1784 before the riot began Tues
day morning. Veteran guards,
however, expressed doubt there
would be that many alive when
the final roll was taken today.
"There are too many stoolpig
eons in this place," said one
guard who declined to give his
name. "I wouldn't be a bit sur
prised if we find more than one
corpse."
Before the eight volunteers en
tered the prison - this morning
there were no penitentiary em
ployees inside the walls. How
ever, the prisoners ' behaved
themselves. On the walls were
38 state patrolmen and prison
guards armed with rifles.
Stat Guard on Wall , -
"My orders are for the state
patrol to protect the security of
the walls," explained State Pa
trol Lt. Charles' Hall. "It is up
. to the prison authorities to take
care of the situation inside."
Only six of the 30 day shift
guards volunteered to go into the
prison. The other six were from
other shifts. Delmore selected
eight of the 12 and explained
terms of thenine-point agree
ment which ended the 26-hour
riot and resulted in the release
of nine hostages.
"The main reasons we made
them (the terms) so quickly was
because time was running out
and we weren't going to stand
too much on formality," Delmore
said. "Nevertheless, we didn't
sell out."
Earlier, a spokesman for the
guards said only a few of the
knives and razors carried by
rioting prisoners were turned in
when they filed back to their
cells.
"Not one-third of the weapons
taken in the kitchen are being
surrendered," he said. "We are
not going back in there (the cell
blocks) when we know dozens
of knives may be cached in the
cells."
He said the convict-written
"treaty" signed by prison offic
ials "made more concessions to
the prisoners than it did for us."
Guards were willing to help
the National Guard or State Pa
trol make a systematic search
for hidden weapons, the spokes
man said, "but we want all pris
oners out in the yard when the
inspection is made."
There was speculation that if
the meeting did not produce re
sults satisfactory to the guards,
the National Guard arid State
Patrol would be called in by
Gov. Arthur B. Langlie would
have to issue such an order,
however.
Delmore said he wasn't look
ing for any trouble in "running
this place."
"Well take precautions (to
protect the guards) naturally,"
he said.
The riot, touched off by a hard
core of 35 miximum security
prisoners, flared up at 9:45 a.m.
Tuesday and spread until in
mates controlled all the prison
except the well-guarded walls.
Santiago, Chile (U.R)
Armed military troops in tanks
rumbled into Santiago and oth
er key points today to guard
against violence that may be
ignited by Chile's biggest labor
protest in history. , .
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RIOTER, PRISON CHIEF HUDDLE An unidentified
leader Reenter) of rioting Washington State prisoners at
Walla Walla, Wash., presents prisoner demands to Thomas
Harris, left, state prison chief. The prisoners captured
seven guards, held them hostage.
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RIOT VICTIM B. W. Fain,
assistant recreational director
at Washington State penitan
tiary, Walla Walla, shows
blood stained shirt as after
math of not.
Murder Trial Set
To Begin Monday
The trial of Bernice Hampton
(Tex) White, 37, of 228 Hartley
rd., is scheduled to start Mon
day at 9:30 a.m., in circuit court,
District Attorney Walter Nunley
said this morning. - ;
White is charged with first
degree murder in the death of
Eugene Raymond Birk, 32, Phoe
nix. Birk died in an Ashland
hospital March 5. The indict
ment charges White fatally in
jured Birk by striking him over
the head with a two-by-four piece
of lumber on March 4.
' The trial has been held up
pending rulings on various de
fense motions, and by the fact
that White was hospitalized fol
lowing an emergency appendec
tomy shortly after he was jailed
Defense Attorney Robert Dun
can has indicated White will
plead innocent by reason of tem
porary; insanity.
Demos See Approval of
Social Security Plan
Washington (U.PJ Democrats
today, predicted House approval
of their plan to hike Social Se
curity taxes by 25 per cent on
both workers and employers to
finance expanded benefits.
The proposal, which would
take effect Jan. 1, won approval
last night of the House Ways
and Means Committee. But sup
porters conceded that in the rush
for adjournment the Senate may
delay consideration of the meas
ure until next year, thus upset
ting the proposed effective date.'
Fulbright Sees Approval
Of Foreign Aid Measure
Washington U.R) Sen. i.
William Fulbright (D-Ark.) said
today he expects ""little or no
opposition" to quick Senate ap
proval of the compromise $3,
285,800,000. foreign aid bill.
The compromise measure,
worked out yesterday by House
Senate conferees, authorizes an
other year of economic, military
and technical assistance to bol
ster free nations against the
sprtad of Commimism.
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Thornton Warns oh
Plan To Introduce
New Coin Machines
Salem (U.R) A new elec
tronic "slotless slot machine" is
about to be introduced by state
wide gambling interests in Ore
gon, Attorney General Robert Y.
Thornton said today.
Such a slot machine requires
no coin be inserted, but would
be operated by 'an electronic im
pulse, actuating a relay which
would permit the tavern owner,
upon payment of a certain sum,
iUi?. c.?ntrt lbs wplskBtoy'
I hv remote control.
Violation of Laws
Thornton said such machines
are just as illegal as the coin-in-the-slot
machines, and operation
of them would be in violation of
both the state's gambling laws
and the constitutional prohibi
tion against lotteries.
Thornton said word had come
to him that the gamblers hoped
to circumvent the law by use of
the new machines. However,' he
has forewarded a memorandum
to all district attorneys in Ore
gon. He said:
"The slot machines proposed
for use in this state do not vary
in principal but only in their
method of operation from the
conventional coin-in-the-slot ma
chines." Medford Wins Award
For Pedestrian Safety
The city of Medford has won
an annual Oregon State Motor
association award for pedestrian
safety in 1954, it was announced
today by Sidney" King, Oregon
director of safety for the AAA
affiliated organization.
The plaque will be presented
to Mayor Earl Miller by Herb
Gray, a member of the board of
directors for the, OSMA, at a
council meeting to be held July
19. There were no pedestrians
fatalities in Medford in 1954..
Police Chief Charles Cham
plin said the department is
"quite proud' of the award, but
expressed regret over the fact
that two Medford pedestrians
have been killed already this
year. ', ' '- '
Domiciliary Reports
Record in Enrollment .
Camp. White An all .time
high in the enrollment of domi
ciliary members was reached
during June, it was announced
today by E. K. Ricker, manager
of the Veterans Administration
center here.
The monthly average was
838, with the top figure reached
on June 28, with 863 names on
the admission book.
West Germany To Permit
Mail Censor, Wire Taps
Bonn, Germany (U.R) The
West German government said
Wednesday night it will continue
to allow the three foreign occu
pation , powers to censor mail
and place wiretaps on telephones
in the federal republic. Interior
Minister Gerhard Schroeder said
the government took this atti
tude "in the interests of Allied
forces security and in view of
the present international situa
tion.4 r.,.,;v-. v.
Catholics Urged
To Accept Peron
Plea for Harmony
Members Requested
To Intensify Prayers
Buenos Aires OJ.R) Santia
go Luis Cardinal Copello, pri
mate of the Roman Catholic
Church in Argentina, urged all
Catholics today to heed, Presi
dent Juan D. Peron's plea for
peace and harmony.
Archbishop ordered that a
pastoral be read at all Masses
in all Roman Catholic churches
Sunday signifying" support of
Peron's plea. He urged members
of the church to intensify their
prayers and sacrifices in accord
ance with church tradition dur
ing times of trial.
By ordering the pastoral, the
Catholic leader, in effect, called
for an end to strained relations
between the church and the
state. This church-state friction
has resulted in much violence
and arrests since it flared into
the open last fall.
Refers To Radio Plea
The plea to which the arch
bishop referred was made by Pe
ron in a nationwide radio broad
cast Tuesday. The President did
not mention the church - state
controversy in his address. In
calling for a political truce, he
confined his , remarks to his
"enemies." " v "
Copello declared that "peace
and harmony among our citizens
is our greatest aspiration.
. "But these noble longings for
union ' and peace can only be
realized if the causes which
have created discontent and
have divided our citizens are
eliminated from among us."
. The archbishop reiterated in
structions issued Dec. 1, 1954,'
which stated "the faithful should
not participate in acts purporting
to be of a religious nature if
they have not been previously
approved by church authorities."
Latest Conciliation (Move
This move by , the Catholics
was the latest in the trend to
wards " churcfi-state' "conciliation
since the bloody but short-lived
revolt of the air force and navy
June. 16.
The government signified in
tentions of easing the tension
when it informed the Vatican
this week that two expelled pre
lates would be permitted to re
turn to Buenos Aires. Their ex
pulsion marked the high point
of Peron's battle with the Ro
man Catholic Church and re
sulted in the excommunication
of the president and all others
connected with the incident.
lS Accepts Russian
Plane Incident Offer
Washington (U.R) The United
States today accepted Russia's
offer to pay half the damages
for the Navy patrol 'plane shot
down by Soviet fighters off
Alaska June 23.
The offer had been made ver
bally at San Francisco two
weeks ago by Soviet Foreign
Minister V. M. Molotov in direct
talks with Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles.
This government accepted in
a note delivered in Moscow to
day.
- In the note, the United States
again insisted that the Navy
plane at no time invaded Soviet
Air territory and that it acted
throughout "in a correct and
blameless manner."
In accepting Russia's offer,
the United States said it was
taking into account Soviet ex
pressions of regret and the fact
that Russia issued orders to its
military,; authorities to refrain
from any future action "bf this
character."
Berkeley, Calif. (U.R) Sci
entists mourned today the death
of Wendell M. Latimer, profes
sor of chemistry at University
of California and famed atomic
researcher who Succumbed to a
heart attack yesterday. He was
61.
Construction
$3,960,000 Air Force Base
Klamath Falls Nearly $3,
000,000 worth of construction
contracts have been let for Air
Force base here, it was reported
this week. i
The Klamath Falls Herald and
News said almost $1,000,000 in
contracts are still to be awarded
before completion of the project,
expected by the first of the year.
Three big contracts have been
let to Morrison-Knudsen com
pany, and work is under way.
They include $944,000 to reha
bilitate the airport runway and
lihtia; llfl,000 for tba in-
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Number of Jobless
In County in June
40 Under 1954
Employment Level
Said Generally High
The number of jobless persons
in Jackson county at the end of
June was 40 per cent below the
figure for the same date last
year, according to the Medford
office of the state employment
service.
The decrease in the number bf
unemployed was partly due to
lack of fruit work at that time
last year, because of frost dam
age to fruit crops, the service's
monthly bulletin said. But it
added that the total is 26 per
cent below that for May 31 of
this year.
The figures reflect "the gen
erally high level of employment
in the county at the present
time," the report said. Unem
ployment claims, as a result,
have dropped steadily and are
well below a year ago.
The number of jobless was es
timated at 700, including 250
women. "
Hiring in the lumber industry
in the near future will probably
be only normal turnover replace
ment because most firms are
now using full crews, the report
added. Pear thinning will con
tinue for about four more weeks.
The pear harvest is expected to
be relatively late this year, with
picking starting near the end of
August, and a high demand for
pickers was forecast.
The office reported a large
number of job seekers coming in
to the area during June. While
some were seeking seasonal work
many were interested in perma
nent employment, and. most of
them were from California.
Presbyterian Site
Reported Approved
Location of a new Presbyter
ian church at the . corner of
Groveland ave. and Oakwood dr.
has been proposed by the plan
ning and strategy committee of
the Oregon Council of Churches,
iwas learned here today.
A group of Medford Presby
terians is considering establish
ing a second church of that de
nomination at the site, but it
was-protested by Congregational
and Baptist representatives who
maintained the new church
would be too close to existing
churches.
The committee, which met yes
terday, was reportedly closely
divided on the question. The
report said the decision was
based on the theory that a new
church could be located any
where in an area where there
are already many members.
About 500 Persons
Due at OFL Conclave
About 500 persons are expect
ed to be in Medford July 24
through 28 to attend the annual
state convention of the Oregon
Federation of Labor, according
to J. Vernon Marshall, business
agent of the musicians' local un
ion who is general chairman of
convention arrangements.
Headquarters will be in the
Medford hotel. Registrations will
open there Sunday morning,
July 24.
A dance is planned for Mon
day evening, July 25, at the
Pioneer room in the Jackson
hotel, and a banquet is sched
uled for later in the week at St.
Mary's gymnasium.
Progress at Klamath Falls
stallation of jet fuel storage
tanks, and $478,741 for airmen's
dormitories.
The Donald Drake company
has received contracts of $414,
000 and $628,521 for readiness
crew building, cold storage and
recreation facilities, an - alert
hangar, rocket storage and am
munition storage.
A $265,113 contract for a mess
hall and fire station went to Wat
son Construction, company, and
one for $68,564 was let to Pin
ninger and Watkins company to
rehabilitate - bachelor officers'
quarters.
nl May i HuU$
Compulsory Reserve
Obligation for Vets
Draws Russel's Ire
Washington (U.R) Sen.j
Richard B. Itussell sharply ques
tioned today the "propriety or
the equity" of the administra
tion's plan to impose a compul
sory reserve obligation on vet
erans. ...
Russell, chairman of the Sen
ate Armed Services Committee,
thus took issue with one of the
main props of the administra
tion's military reserve program.
The Georgia Democrat raised
his challenge to the administra
tion's plan as the committee
New Traffic Light
System Will Begin
Operations Today
The six new traffic signals set
up on state highways through
Medford recently will be in oper
ation by evening, according to
Vernon Thorpe, city public
works director.
' Work began on the intercon
necting signal system at 11:30
a.m. by three state highway de
partment' engineers, two tele
phone . engineers, engineers of
the city traffic department, and
contractors from Trowbridge &
Flynn.
The lights are situated at the
Manzanita and Riverside, Ed
wards and Riverside, Court and
Manzanita, Eighth and Central
and Ninth , and Riverside inter
sections, and where Court, Ed
wards - and .Central," cpme .to
gether.
Speed Zones Same
"The progressive speed zones
will remain the same' on River
side and Central aves." Thorpe
said. North of Edwards st. the
speed limit wilK be 35 mph, and
South of Edwards to Twelfth st.,
it will be 25 mph, except in the
business district. The state high
way department will post addi
tional signs in the near future,
Thorpe added.
Thorpe pointed out that the
signals at Manzanita on both
Riverside and Court ave., are
more for speed , control than
for intersection control.
The lights will be on an in
terconnecting system, maintain
ing a progressive speed. If for
any reason one light should go
out, when put back into oper
ation it will still be synchron
ized " with the other lights,
Thorpe said. , '
Dulles Says Russian
Economy Collapsing
Washington (U.R) Secre
tary of State John Foster Dulles
has told Congress that Russian
economy is "on the point of col
lapsing." In - secret testimony before , a
House Appropriations subcom
mittee on June 10 Dulles said
the Russians "are overexpanded,
unable to meet their commit
ments." ; r
- Dulles also said ' there is a
"defacto cease" fire in the For
mosa area" achieved without
making any concessions to Red
China.
In the testimony made public
today, Dulles explained, however
that the situation in Formosa
was not stable and that the Chin
ese Communists were continuing
their military build-up.
Dulles appeared before the
subcommittee to support Presi
dent Eisenhower's foreign aid
program..
is Rej
. Thirteen more, smaller con
tracts are still to be let. The'
overall cost is estimated at some
$3,960,000. The airport will be
used jointly by the city and the
Air Force. Many of the World
War U Navy buildings will be
used by the Air Force. Some 900
military personnel and 100 ci
vilians are expected to use the
base,
A fighter-interceptor squad
ron, equipped with F-89 all
weather aircraft will be based
there. The annual payroll is esti
mated at aoma $3,000,000.
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opened-hearings in an attempt to
push some reserve plan through
the Senate before congressional
adjournment. .
Three Days of Hearings
The committee scheduled only
three days of hearings, with the
goal of reporting out a reserve
bill for Senate action in 10 days.
Lead-off witnesses on the first
day of hearings were representa
tives of educational, scientific,
technical and labor groups. The
administration is scheduled to
present its case for the reserve
plan Monday. .
Russell's opening statement
was an indication that the ad
ministration's plan, already ap
proved in modified form ty the
House, may be in for a substan
tial overhauling in the Senate
committee. .- '
Under the administration's
plan to strengthen the reserves,
servicemen would have a com
pulsory reserve training obliga
tion following active duty. Under
the House-approved version, it
would be a total of five years of
active and reserve duty.
To build up a corps of reserv
ists without previous active duty,
the administration also proposed
and the House approved in
modified form that up to 250,
000 youths annually be given six
months military training fol
lowed by IVi years reserve duty.
Russell Questions Propriety
Russell questioned "the pro
priety or the equity of imposing
the major part of the reserve
responsibility on the shoulders
of our prior service men the
equity., of forcing these men to
participate in reserve training
activities in addition to the basic
liability for mobilization as
signment and recall in time of
war."
"If the situation facing the
nation is so grave that we must
force'this added burden on those
men who have already served,"
Russell said, then "we must com
pletely reorient our planning."
County Officials To
Confer on Tree Taxes
Members of the Jackson coun
ty court and the county board of
equalization will meet with state
tax commission officials; tomor
row in Salem to discuss assess
ment of orchard and shade
trees.
Those taking part in the meet
ing from Jackson county will in
clude County Judge Rodney
Keating and Commissioners
Chester Wendt and L. G. Morth
land, and Arnold Bohnert and
Ralph Cook of the bpard of
equalization. Judge Keating also
is a member of the board.
. Primary topic of discussion at
the meeting will be a recent
commission order directing the
board to assess trees and have
them on the tax rolls prior to
Aug. 15. - J ;,
Kidnaping of Boy
Brings Life Sentence
Astoria, Ore. (U.R) William
E. Kent, 19-year-old AWOL
Army private who held Tommy
Woodward, 7, of Elsie, captive
37 hours last May, today was
sentenced to life imprisonment
"as a menace to society."
Kent, who had pleaded guilty
to a charge of child stealing, was
examined by state psychiatrists
before sentence was imposed and
Clatsop County Circuit Judge
Howard . K. Zimmerman said
the examination showed Kent to
be "a menace to society in his
present frame of mind."
State Boxcar Shortage
Said Not Too Serious
Salem (U.R) Oregon's emer
gency transportation committee
said today that the boxcar short
age in the state is not serious
enough to warrant asking the
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion to open the Portland gate
way. ':
By a vote of 7 to 6 the com
mittee appointed by Gov. Paul
Patterson to deal with the box
car shortage rejected a proposal
that the Portland gateway be
opened to permit rolling stock
from Northern lines to be used
on Southern Pacific tracks in
Oregon ''
Commercial Tug
Picks Up Message;
Oil Slick Found
Foreign Submarine
Reported by Radio
New York (U.R) A commer
cial tug picked up a distress
message today saying a fishing
vessel was afire and sinking
with 21 aboard. Some 10 hour
later the Coast Guard Cutter
Gentian reported finding an oil
slick and a single life preserver
in the area.
Prior .- to the discovery evi
dence strongly indicated that the
distress message was a fantastic
hoax. The find did not elimin
ate this possibility, the Coast
Guard said, but the search by
Navy and Coast Guard air and
sea forces continued in increased
intensity. -
Vessel Unidentified
The Coast Guard has not been
able to identify the vessel
which gave its name as "Blue
star." -
The tale of terror at sea was
related in a strange radio-phone
conversation with the tug over
more than an hour. It ended
with a report that a foreign sub
marine had surfaced beside the
foundering boat
The "Blue Star" had reoorted
earlier that 18 persons were
overboard, clinging to wreckage
to keep afloat because all the
boat's life preservers had been
destroyed by fire.
No Burn Marks
The cutter Gentian radioed
that the orange kapok life pre
server it found showed "no burn
marks."
The preserver was found
about 50 miles east of Beach
Haven, N.J. in the southwest
sector of the search pattern set
up on the basis of the "Blue
Star's" report. . -
Grass, Brush Fire
On Hill Put Out
Central Point A large grass
and brush fire on Blackwell hill'
and a controlled burning pro
ject at the Game Commission
management area on Rogue riv
er busied Central Point Rural
district firemen yesterday , and
this morning.
Fire Chief Richard Kruno re
ported that the fire of some 15
acres on Blackwell hill along
old Hifihwav 99. could have nrov-
ed more . serious. Three : rural
department trucks and one state
forest patrol pumper responded.
The blaze was reported about 1
p.m. Crews were on the job off
and on until 8 .m.
The fire orginated apparently
from a spot where tin cans and
rubbish had been dumped.
Three rural firemen with
three trucks helped six game
men burn fire trails around
much of the management area .
south of the Military bridge. The
work took from 3:30 until about
11 a.m. today. The operation. -was
undertaken to protect grass
cover considered essential for
wildlife in the area.
Orchestra Students
Set Concert Tonight
Students who have partici
pated in a summer orchestra
session will present a program
at 7 p.m. today in the' Medford
High school: chorus room.
The students have been re
hearsing for the past five weeks
with John Drysdale as the direc
tor. The program is open to the
public and no admission will be
charged. - ,
Nude Blonde Roams
Streets Seeking Adam
Sioux Falls. S.D. (U.R)
An attractive blonde in her
early 30s, was found wander
ing around city streets In the
nude early today. She told po
lice she was Eve and was
searching for Adam.-
Police said the woman will
be examined by a psychiatrist. '
Traffic during the early
morning rush hour was stall
ed while she strolled by.
Traffic during the early
morning rush hour was stall
ed while she strolled by.
- Besides her quest for Adarn
the woman said she was suffer
ing from the heat. The temper
ature at the . lime was 31.
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