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Newspaper Page TextUS Atomic Arsenal Stockpiling (Don-feat Versions of Sum H-Bbnb Washington 'U P.: Combst i rials from both domestic and for versions of the Eikini super-H J eign sources. bombs have been pouring into the U.S. atomic arsenal for the past six months. This was disclosed by the At omic Energy Commission today in a report which also noted jubilantly new strides toward an atomic airplane and "the swift advance of the atoms for peace program around the world." In its 13t'n semi-annual ac counting to Congress, the AEC reported new high record pro duction of nuclear explosives and fuels, and of atomic raw mate- 1. " ROUNDUP QUEEN AND COURT The Rogue River Roundup queen and her court are shown here at the posse grounds on Sage rd. in Medford. where the 13th annual round up begins at 7:30 p.m. today. Left to right, they are Glenda Foreman, Medford; Tessie Ragsdale, Eagle Point; Marie Ross, Talent, Republicans Could Slay on 'Forever Eisenhower Claims Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower told a group of Republican House and Sen ate members today that a strong ly unified Republican party could remain in control of the national administration "for ever." Mr. Eisenhower was honor guest at a "get together" break last given by GOP National Chairman Leonard W. Hail for Republican members of Congress as they prepared to adjourn and return to their home district? and states. Urges Positive Approach The President urged Republi cans in Congress to return home with a positive, not a negative approach to national and inter national problems and GOP plans for meeting them. He stressed the importance of unifying the Republican party behind a set of principles which would be accepted with trust and confidence by the people of the country. He said a true Republican was a man or woman who best repre sented the basic principles of the nation and the party and did not run for office simply as a member of a political or ganization. Week End At Farm Properly united, he said, the GOP could "stay here forever." The President planned to leave Washington in the early after noon for a week end at his Get tysburg, Pa., farm. Mr. Eisenhower made no di rect reference to his own politi cal future, but he did point out that from the days when he be gan to weaken in his concept that an old soldier had no busi ness in politics, his primary in terest had been to do what ever possible for unifying the Republicans. Well Explosion Hurts Man; Condition 'Fair' Everett Michael, route 2. box 112, Central Point, was reported in "fair" condition in Commu nity hospital today. He was hospitalized Wednes day after an explosion blew him out of a 20-foot well. He suffered severe burns over most of his body, including third degree burns on his face and hands, but Mrs. Michael said today it is believed he has not lost his eyesight. Michael, a timber faller for McGrew Bros., was down in the well attempting to start a gaso line engine, his wife said. The explosion apparently was caused when a spark ignited gasoline and fumes. The Michaels have three sons, Jerry. Larry and Tommy. Weather FORECAST: Fair with variable hish cloudiness tonight and Saturdav. A little warmer. Low tonight 53. High Satur day 90. Temp. Highest Yesterday M Lowest this Mornins 49 It revealed that science may be on the track of chemical sub stances which could minimize the threat of genetic doom posed by the possibility of atomic war. And it reported or hinted at scientific breakthrough which will hasten the nation"s progress "into a nuclear power economy." "The commission's program of developing reactors for industrial and military power and for naval and aircraft propulsion made greater strides during the first six months of 1955," the AEC said, "than in any earlier half Roundup Starts Today With Parade, Evening Show at Posse Ground , A 4 p.m. parade through down town Medford today starts the 13th annual Rogue River Round up, sponsored by the Jackson County Mounted Sheriff's posse. Some 200 riders will be hi the parade. At 7:30 p.m. the first of the three rodeo shows wiH be staged at the Posse grounds on Sage rd. The event will begin with the grand entry, and will feature "the wildest rodeo, sec tion" ever, sponsors say, as well as mounted drills and other events. The rodeo is an open show, and both professional and ama teur broc-busters are competing, according to Leonard Ward, gen eral chairman. Breakfasts Set Saturday events will begin with a "buckaroo breakfast" at the Posse grounds at 7 a.m., last ing until 11 a.m. A similar break fast will be served Sunday. A 2 p.m. parade Saturday will feature horsemen, commercial and organizational floats, sports cars, and other entries including the matched palominos, "Golden Linda" and "Country Wheat," of Keith and Clarice Moon, Klam ath Falls, who will also ride in today's parade. Both parades will go east on Main st. to Riverside ave., north to Sixth st. and west to Holly st. to disband. Saturday's rodeo also will be gin at 7:30 p.m., and the final show will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, when cowbodys will have their final chance to roll up points for the best all-around cowboy's tro phy, a handmade saddle donated to Evert Gibson, Gibson's Sad dlery, Medford, one of the best known saddle makers on the Pa cific coast. Many Events The events will include bronc riding. calf roping, bull riding, bareback riding, bulldogging and saddled steer riding. Prizes total ing more than S700 will be given, with first, second, third and fourth places receiving prize money on a 40, 30, 20 and 10 Salem (U.R) Motor vehicles in Oregon traveled an estimated 645.000.000 miles during' June, an all time high for that month, according to Secretary of State Earl Newbry. 3,000,000-Box Crop of Pears Said Progressing Normally Jackson county's estimated 3.000.000-box pear crop is pro gressing as it should for this time of the year, according to Don Berry, county horticultural agent. Normal growth of the fruit, Berry said, is expected to in crease from now until harvest, which will start about Aug. 22. During the past two or three weeks, fruit have been growing at a rate of about two-tenths of an inch every five days, Barry said. He noted that moderately warm weather, which has pre vailed in the Rogua Valley re year. In particular, "the promise of nuclear powered flight consider ably brightened." Although the commission did not say so, there is reason to believe an atomic air craft engine will be built in 1957 and that the world's first atom Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 24 Pages Roundup Queen; Verna HickmanfEagle Point, and Maxine Walsh, Lake Creek. The girls will ride in parades this afternoon and Satur day, and appear in events at the posse grounds tonight, Saturday night, and Sunday afternoon. per cent basis. The Jackson, Siskiyou and Douglas county posses, specialty acts and a calf-riding event for youngsters will also be featured during the three rodeo shows. Three quarter-mile stockhorse races will be held Sunday after noon, for cowboys, cowgirls and junior riders. "Mowcow," a noted bucking mule, -will be 'one of the items of rodeo stock brought here by Don Miller, French Glenn, who is again furnishing stock. Miller has the "best stock to be found anywhere," possemen report. Mayor Vetoes Bill For Controversial Paving Proposal Mayor Earl Miller yesterday vetoed two ordinances for pav ing Kenwood ave. between West Second and Humphrey sts. The ordinances were intro duced at the council meeting July 19 after a public hearing on the proposal. A petition opposing paving Kenwood ave. and a let ter from Mrs. Mariam Rose Mc Caskey, 410 Kenwood ave., were submitted. The letter asked that her name be withdrawn from any petition for paving. City Would Be Liable Mayor Miller, in a veto mes sage, said "It has been the pol icy of the council in the past to accept a letter of withdrawal of the signature of a petition sign er. This particular letter . . . would drop the percentage of the petition from 53.8 per cent to 49 per cent, bringing the petition below the necessary 50 per cent, denying the city legal right to levy the necessary assessments against the benefitted property owners, and if ordered in by the council, the city would be liable for the amount of the improve ment." "I can well understand the de sires of those people on Kenwood avenue who have tried so many times to acquire the necessary percentage to get their street paved," the mayor said, adding he hopes they will be able to do so in the future. cently, is the "best growing wea ther for pears. He pointed out also" that pears generally grow best immediately after an irri gation. Packing houses' in the valley have started preparations for the harvest, which start about two weeks later this year because of adverse weather conditions ear lier this year. About 10,000 acres in Jackson county are devoted to pears, Berry said. This year's peach crop will be between two-thirds and three fourths as large as a normal her vest, Berry noted. driven plane will get into the air in 1958. It was the Bikini test bomb of March 1, 1954, the so-called fission-fusion-fission bomb, that con vinced the world's leaders that a global nuclear war could wipe MEDFORD, OREGON PI' Labor Group Condemns SP's Ending Passenger Service ConventionUphoIds Action of Board; Horse Race Slated Railroad To Give 'Break To Riders In a surprise move yesterday, the executive board of the State Federation of Labor formally condemned the Southern Pa cific's planned termination of passenger service between Ash land and Portland. Upon hearing the board's statement, delegates to the 53rd annual convention unanimously voiced the federation's support for the board's action. Executive Secretary James T. Marr read the statement, which placed, the board on record as urging "the public utility au thorities having jurisdiction in this matter to deny the Southern Pacific's request for discontin uance of this vital passenger service to the people of south ern Oregon, or should the com pany in any other way attempt to or actually discontinue this service, that these same author ities order it to immediately re instate such service." Race Organized Roseburg (U.R) Southern Pacific railroad officials said to day they would give "every break" to horses to be used late Saturday night in a 75-mile race between SP's "Rogue River" passenger run and relays of horsemen. General Passenger Agent Ber nal S. Quayle said the train would adhere to its regular schedule over the proposed race route, between Eugene and Roseburg, in order to insure a fair race. "In fact," Quayle said, "if the train . weren't losing almost a half million dollars a year we v.'ould be inclined to supply the two and four-footed participants with coffee and oats." 55 Riders Pitted against the passenger tun will be some 55 riders from mounted sheriff's poses in Doug las and Lane counties, and sad dle clubs from Cottage Grove, Yoncalla, Sutherlin and Myrtle Creek. They will race in relays. A large crowd is expected to gather in Roseburg for the end of the race, which will be about 3 a.m. Sunday. A midnight wa termelon feed and a street dance is scheduled to entertain spec tators at Roseburg. Nationwide publicity for the event is assured, according to the Roseburg Chamber of Com merce. A number of radio news commentators have expressed an interest, and it may be filmed for television. . Invite Residents . The chamber has invited all residents of southern Oregon to attend the festivities, which will include a turtle race. The chamber said its objec tive is to point out the need for adequate rail passenger service between Dunsmuir and Portland and not just the present "inad equate" run to Ashland. Southern Pacific is seeking to halt its passenger run between Portland -and Ashland, contend ing it is steadily losing money cn the run. The State Public Utilities Commission has order ed the run continued. "Washington 4U.R) The Sen ate has pased a House bill au thorizing 8100,000,000 in in terest - free federal loans for water projects undertaken by lo cal public agencies throughout tht country. out civilization. In addition to city-killing blast and heat, the super bomb sowed deadly radioactivity over a 7000 square mile area. This fallout menace helped shape the views of avoidance of war which were STribune .955 ' v veiled T Layunelh) Labor Convention's Adjournment Hears; Ways-Means Slapped Delegates to the 53rd an nual convention of the State Federation of Labor over whelmingly voted Eugene as the site of next year's conven tion, and adjourned this after noon. J. D. McDonald and James T. Marr, both of Portland, were' unanimous choices to continue . in their offices of president and executive secre tary of the federation. McDon ald is an incumbent of 11 years, Marr of 9 years. Sen. Morse Being 'Crucified' Labor League Head Says "Wayne Morse is being cruci fied because he voted for you and me," C. Al Green told a group of labor men and women here last night. Green is region al director of the Labor League for Political Education. He warned more than 200 persons gathered at the Labor Temple fof the annual Oregon LLPE meeting that the 1956 po litical campaign is going to be the 'toughest' ever. He praised workers for elect ing Sen. Richard Neuberger in 1954. Because the Democrats won a majority in Congress. Green declared, two goals were accomplished: "McCarthy was muzzled, and the change in chairmanships of committees stopped the 'givea way' program." "But don't let anybody lull you to sleep in the next cam paign," the director continued. If Governor Patterson runs, Green cautioned, he has 180,000 "habitual votes" already. The League leader said the 125,000 voters who are not committed to either party form the target for labor's political work. Green stated that the Ameri can Federation of Labor got in to politics in 1946, not because it wanted to, but because it was forced to by the Taft - Hartley act. As for party ties, he de clared the organization in com pletely non - partisan. Although admitting more Democrats than Republicans are endorsed, he added, "When the Republicans show us a liberal, we endorse him." Reiterates Philosophy Green reiterated the "Reward your friends, defeat your ene mies" philosophy of AFL found er Samuel Gompers. In a final plea, he asked that Oregon "Send Morse back to Washing ton." Business conducted at the meeting included unanimous adoption of six amendments to the OLLPE constitution, each changing wording to allow wom en's division to work with each local league. Mrs. Zee Wilson, president of the Multnomah county women's division of the OLLPE, report ed on progress made in her or ganization and methods used to get the program under way. She stated that the constitution drawn up by the Portland group has been adopted for the most part as a national model. manifest at the Big Four heads of government meeting in Geneva. The commission's report on su per bomb stockpiling was brief, blunt, and packed with disclos ures. It revealed existence of a "family" of giant weapons. Immediately after the 1954 Pa- United Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. Ill The 53rd anual convention of the Oregon Federation of Labor was expected to adjourn early this afternoon, after nominating officers and selecting a meeting site for next year. The convention decided to stay in session through the noon hour to wind up its business, after passing a strongly-worded reslution condemning the joint ways and means committee of the Oregon legislature. The resolution was in line with the slap at the ways and means group, delivered by Fed eration President J. D. McDon ald on the opening day of the session Monday. 'Abuse of Authority' The resolution "officially recognizes the abuse of the au thority vested in the legislature by a few members thereof," and charges that the committee "cir cumvents" the intention of the state constitution. It also placed the AFL on rec ord as opposed to all joint legis lative committees (those com posed of both House and Senate members) except for conference committees, and condemned the committees' power to kill a bill by simply not bringing it to a floor vote. It instructed officers of the AFL to seek changes in the leg islative rules to eliminate these features of the committee sys tem. Pass UCC Measure The convention, including more than 400 delegates repre senting some 180,000 members of AFL unions in Oregon, yester day passed without debate a measure requesting the governor to replace the present chairman of the unemployment compensa tion commission, T. Morris Dunne. Gov. Paul L. Patterson told the convention Wednesday he would not remove any of the commissioners. Labor men charge Dunne with bias and lack of sympathy with workmen's problems. Dunne is the employers' representative on the three man commission. The same resolution also asked that the state unemploy ment law and the industrial ac cident law be separated. Condemn Sales Tax The convention unanimously condemned a sales tax and Sen ate Joint resolution 4 , to be voted on in the November, 1956, election. The measure would permit the legislature to attach an emergency clause to tax measures, thus allowing tax leg islation of future legislatures to become effective immediately. Hells Canyon dam received support in two measures. The first asked Oregon congressmen to support bills for a high pub lic dam at Hells Canyon. The other reiterated the federation's support of an all-purpose gov ernment project at the site. Between resolutions yesterday, delegates passed the hat and col lected $428 ,for the support of Lumber and Sawmill Workers local 2752 in St. Helens. The union is in its 17th week of a strike against the Fir-Tex Insu lating Board company there. It was immediately voted that the federation as a whole match the $428. The adult committee reported a gain of 26 local unions for the federation in the past ' year, bringing the total membership to 504. cific tests, the AEC said, it began to develop "weapons whose de sign was based on results of those tests." "During the first six months of 1955," it added, "weapons pro duced in accordance with the President's directive included types incorporating such de signs." Because of the big bomb's un precedented power to broadcast radioactive poison over vast areas, scientists havebeen warn ing that it carries a genetic threat to survival of the race apart from its capacity to inflict sudden death and destruction. HARRY BRIDGES Wins Deportation Fight Government Loses Attempt To Deport Harry Bridges San Francisco (U.R) The government today lost its 16-year-old fight to deport longshore boss Harry Bridges. The ruling-by Federal Judge Louis E. Goodman that Bridges was not and had never been a Communist at the time of his naturalization dashed the gov enment's hopes to strip him of his U.S. citizenship and deport him to his native Australia. Charges Not Proven The judge held the govern ment had failed to prove its charges Bridges had frauduent ly obtained his citizenship oy falsely swearing about his al leged Communist affiliations. Goodman's decision was made seven days after he had taken the civil suit under submission. Goodman, who heard the case without a jury, decided the fate of the International Longshore men's and Warehousemen's Un ion president on the sole issue of whether he was or had ever been a full party member at the time he was granted his citizen ship in 1945. , Struggle At End The decision meant the long legal struggle was at an end. The government conceded early in the trial that its evidence must be "clear, concise and un equivical." The ruling gave Asst. U. S. Atty. Lynn J. Gillard and Asst. U. S. Atty. Robert Schnacke little or no hope for en appeal. Tex White, 4 Others, Taken to Penitentiary Five persons sentenced to terms in Oregon State penitenti ary by Circuit court Judge H. K. Hanna recently were trans ported to Salem Wednesday by Jackson county sheriff's dep uties. They are Bernice Hampton (Tex) White, 37, sentenced to life imprisonment after a jury conviction of second degree murder in the death of Eugen Raymond Birk of Phoenix; Ben ton Culver MacPherson, 33, sen tenced to five years in prison cn sodomy charges; James E. Sanders, 39, sentenced to an in determinate period of six years on rape charges; Russell E. Ah lum, 44, sentenced to two years and six months for obtaining money under false pretenses; and Floyd Earl Danno, 25, sen tenced to two years on larceny by bailee charge. Mfleion San Francisco (U.R) Three American turncoats, who re turned home today to "face cut punishment," were arrest ed at 1:37 p.m (PST) by mil itary police and charged with aiding the enemy and inform ing on fellow American prisoners. But scientists have made a strange discovery, the AEC re ported, in research involving treatment of bacteria before and after irradiation with various protective chemicals. This suggests the possibility of perfecting chemical agents which, the AEC said, will afford protection against both the imme diate bodily damage and the long range genetic harm caused by atomic radiation. "Further studies are now un der way," the AEC said, "to see if these findings with bacteria can be applied to mammals." (Sea story en Pag 8) 'Ball' To Circle. Earth at Height Of 200-300 Miles Launching Seen Two Or Three Years Away Washington (U.R) The Unit ed States today announced plans to launch small, unmanned satel lites which will circle the earth at an altitude of between 200 and 300 miles at a speed of 18,000 miles an hour. President Eisenhower gave the project his approval today. Spokesmen for the National Science Foundation and the Na tional Academy of Sciences out lined the project at the White House. They predicted that a satellite about the size of a basketball could be blasted by rocket into an orbit around the earth some time between July, 1957, end December, 1958. Speaking for the President, Press Secretary James C. Hag erty stressed that the project was entirely lor scientific pur poses and that data collected in the experiment would be made available to all scientists through out the world, including the Russians. Equipped With Radio The satellites, if possible, will be equipped with measuring and recording equipment for observ ing cosmic and solar radiation, air density and velocity, and other physical attributes of the top of the atmosphere. This in formation will be relayed to earth by radio. The project will be a phase of U. S. . participation in the 1957-58 International Geophysi cal Year during which scientists of the world will make the most exhaustive study ever under taken of the earth and radiations affecting it. In Brussels, according to an exclusive United Press dispatch. Prof. Marcel Nicolet said the United States will provide full information on each satellite. Preliminary estimates placed the cost of the initial project at $10,000,000, exclusive of the cost of the rockets needed to propel the satellites beyond the earth. Whis Around Earth The scientists who joined Hag erty in explaining the project to a crowded White House news conference were "not definite on the materials from which the "bird," as the scientists referred to the satellite, would be con structed. Nor did they know how many satellites would be at tempted. Depending on the weight and construction of the satellite, the scientists estimated that the ob ject would whiz around the earth every 90 minutes for a period of days, with an outside possibility it would go on for some weeks. Object of the experiment will be to study air density at be tween 200 and 300 miles above the earth, explore the ionosphere which affects radio transmis sions, produce information on the dangerous effects of cosmic radiation from' the sun and pos sibly assist the world in more accurate long range weather forecasting.. The scientists agreed, too, that information gained in the experi ment would be of definite value ' in the ultimate scientific goal of human travel in outer space. Sen. Merrifield May Oppose Wayne Morse Portland (U.R) State Sen. John Merrifield yesterday called on Gov. Paul Patterson for an early announcement that he would oppose Wayne Morse for United States senator in 1956. Merrifield told Multnomah county Young Republicans that if Patterson didn't run he might seek the office himself.