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Newspaper Page TextRecommended A feature ltorT about E. H. R e d r I c k. superintendent of MJford irhnols who retires from that office tomorrow after 10 rears, appears on Page 12 of today's Mail Tribune. Me BFQRB United Press r-ull Ldsed Wire .RIBUNE United Prew Full Leased Wire Weather FORECAST Generally fair, but occasional cloudiness and slightly cooler Sunday and Monday. High tempertures 85 to 90. Low Sunday night 5Z. Temp. uirhnt vesterdav 9 Lowest yesterday To 11 p m. yesterday 56 Preclp 28 Pages Price 5c MEDFORD, OREGON, SUN DA' 50th Year No. 112 Chou En Lai Sees Quick Settlement On Civilian Issue Formosa Liberation Negotiation Offered Tokvo (U.P.) Communist Chinese Premier Chou en Lai said Saturday that a reasonable and quick settlement can be reached in Geneva this week, on the return of American civilians held in feed China. In a remarke'oly conciliatory speech made before the National Peoples Congress and broadcast by Peiping radio, Chou followed the Soviet line of moderation in 9ke cold war. He offered to negotiate a "peaceful liberation" of For mosa. He suggested a collective security pact for Asia to include Red China and the United States. He offered to join world disarm ament moves. He favored a sum mit conference on Asia to ease tension in that area. Overtures Rejected But his overtures on Formosa were Dromotlv rejected by the Chinese Nationalists, who la hfirf fhou's sueeestion "incon ceivable." "We consider the Communist Chinese rebels." one source in Taipeh said. "If they want to talk to us they can come to sur render." Chou's speech seemed intent on bettering relations with the United States. He said Commun ist China "will endeavor" to malro tVii week's meeting in Geneva between the Red Chi nese and U. S. ambassadors "pave the way for further nego tiations." To Seek Return of Students Chou indicated that Red China would press for return of Chi nese students now in the united States. (In Washington. State depart ment spokesman Henry Suydam said it had been pointed out re- Deatedly that "no Chinese stu dents that we know of... who have applied to return to the mainland are not free to go, (The State department an nounced last April that 70-odd rthinpsp students, once barred from returning to the mainland were free to leave the United States at any time.) Washington (U.P.) Ambas sador U. Alexis Johnson, ace State department trouble shoot er, left by plane for Geneva Saturday to test the sincerity of Red leader Chou en Lai's new offer to negotiate release of Am erican prisoners and other issues. Johnson will meet at Geneva Mondav with Red China's envoy to Poland, Wang Ping Nan, for the first ambassador-level dip lomatic negotiations between the iTnitPrl States and Red China since the Geneva Far East con ference last year. Train Kills Children Playing Between Rails Havward. Calif: (U.R) A speeding Western Pacific stream liner snuffed out the lives of two children Saturday as they lay between the rails of a trestle playfully dropping rocks on an other' train passing below. The victims were identified by the Alameda coroner's office as Kathleen Letai, 12. and Wil liam L. McGeorge, 12, both of Hayward. Railroad officials said the acci dent occurred on an overhead west of here, where the Western Pacific tracks pass over those of the Southern Pacific. Witnesses said the children were so absorbed in watching the train passing below they ap parently did not hear the ap proach of the California Zephyr as it thundered over the tracks at nearly 60 miles an hour. Pony Express Riders Race SP's 'Rogue River1 Train From Eugene to Roseburg Estimated 2,000 See First Rodeo; Last Show Today Queen Marie Ross, Princesses Open Show . An estimated 2,000 or more people were on hand Friday night to view the first of three rodeos presented during the 13th annual Rogue River Roundup. After the grand entry of all contestants and the sheriff's posse and drill teams, Roundup Queen Marie Ross and her. four princesses, Verna Hickman, Col- lette Perrine. Glenda Forman , mio tvi VinrtM iron and flesh were In noseouig 1"- ., . , . their starting blocks and all set to go at the stroke of midnight last night. With a toot and a snort they took off from Eugene m a mad dash to Roseburg, 75 miles to the south. The idea being to determine which is faster the Southern Pacifies Rogue t .- ' irin nr- a nnnv pynrpss. nivci - i - . .. , , , j The pony express, thought up by tne KoseDurg tnamper i Commerce and made up of riders and horses from six saddle clubs, was out to prove that horses can carry a letter from Eu gene to Roseburg faster than the train. New Riders. Same Engineer , The railroad was out to prove nothing more tnan mat tne train will start on scneauie at Eugene ana amvc m uku.s- The ponv express will change horses and riders each mile. The train will keep the same engineer all the way. ct,w;r, timo na nrettv definitely set ax i:ui a.m. dui uicic tirVion the. finish tanp will - , , , ..r- c enmo n it TPrPru p tji u uiuiuii as iu i mr Mivina wd rn nnpnpn inp be reached. Sponsors of the pony express said they expected the festivities other officials and .;., nhua intn thp Roseburg Station arouna o a.m. ouuuicn. I t T,artiirant: inrlnriine Pacific officials said this isn't so they tnougnt me tram wuuiu sheriff Howard Gault, Don Mil- ... o.v,-. .,iJ . .lirM r To confuse matters, me pony cxpiess nav Leonard Ward, general cnair- miles shorter than the railroad, causing SP officials to shout man were alg0 presented. foul." They contended the riders snouia mane every siup 12 Events included train does and travel the same route. xhe rodeo itself consisted of Whatever routes were to be taken, however, mere was iu uc J2 events including bull dog a big celebration at the Roseburg end of the run. A goodly number ging bareback riding, calf rop of this Douglas county city's citizens were expected to stay up to ing saddie bronc riding and greet the riders and the train in tneir pre-aawn mmu. iu brahma bull ridingall present- the celebrants occupied street dancing and a watermelon feed ed "in the spirit of the old west." was planned. Hard-bucking, sunfishing Poor Service Charged broncs tossed three out oi six The whole thing started when soutnern racmc aunuum. riders jn the saddle division, but wanted to abandon its passenger run from Eugene through Rose- only one out of seven contest burg to Grants -Pass, Medford and Ashland. The railroad said it ants were thrown in the bare had been losing money for years on the service. Opponents of back riding section. Norm Wood the plan, mostly Chamber of Commerce officials and civic leaders ward and Bill Herrara were the of the communities of the communities affected, contend it was only two to remain astride the iSead, Three Missing As Boat psizes At U up ei u a River Bar- Sutherlin Man Victim; Two Saved On Fishing Jaunt the railroad's poor service which led to loss of passengers. Russia, Great Britain, France Join in Race To Launch Satellite necessary eight seconds in the brahma bull event The Jackson County Sheriff's Posse drill team, under drill master Homer Marx, presented a series of drills that included the "double-ring," "threading the needle," "oblique cross over," "pinwheel" and others. The junior posse followed later in the show with a series of fast drills that included the "wed- . jin mav opt the first Hinff rine" and "necklace." London lu.ra u.. I . imo infn snace. Todav's show, beginning at Britan were reportea reauy British government's 2 p.m.. will feature the presen- join the American space race guided weapons department at tation of the Gibson saddle for t octahlishment ths TJniinHnn's "all-around COW- baiuraay, wuiic uienujom""""-- ". j 7 ., , , flioht to the moon now in Farnborougn is oenevcu DOy, xnree quaner-mue u- is only a matter oi money. Zmm, m Hp tested in Uris and iunior riders, and pres Authorized Soviet sources m ftltuI.e at Australia's Woom- entation of prize money to con- Moscow said the Russians -re Rocket Ranee. testants in addition to tne regu ,! launch a satellite Wpnri Lonechambon, president har events. K Ampriran art!- of the men council "i iuaJ, r sinuiai i - , .. -i j v,4. -EVonnn 4i,,,,r,v, itxnmfnwn IVToHfrarri ran researcn, uim-iuscu mai. ... 1 unuuu wwj.v.... ' nin i: in the race, with some sisting mostly or norses ana na prrpt nroiects of considerable ers, and the bigger ana more importance underway in xne pretentious aaturaay paraae, a.- Bahara dpsprt. tracted large crowds. "The decision of the United The Saturday paraae was iea statps marks less a discovery by tne Asniana rmue oagpiye than a progress, important but Hjand, and also featured Bliss nrpHirtahe. alone a path already Heme s Juniors ana tve tricn explored during and since the tice's accordionists. In addition 1 x , T I trt rAirtt Trniin. tVlPTP Were . . - . iiac, 1. ' . 1 1 11 1 .1 1 in 11 1 1 11 1 1 1 I I. v. . m wu, Algiers, Algeria (U.R) .j n,nimn riirertnr of the romic entries, floats and auto Fierce Algerian rebels battled paris observat0ry, said that "in mobiles, and the partly-finished tr esrane a desert trap set by th nresent state of scientific Jackson County Disaster car. Tppinnnaires Saturday knowledge, many accomplish- jvieaiora ponce oim.eis. iii . . .. . . j mPntc of this kind are possible." western costume directed traffic. but tne xrap neiu. v,- aHripH "a ThA sneond of the three rodeo a ikA Ji l 1a onu iij -www., 1 . There was no retreat .or u fundg rebels as the pitched Daiue Eneineer Hans-Hermann Koel roared through its second day. he cf Stuttgart, Germany, said Th. T pcfinnnaires. France's that "all we need is a billion dol . I 1 1 .. nrA lira f.nnlH an aHpaH with best fighting troops, reportea - - they had killed at least 25 men couJd diye farther Qut of the outlaw "Army oi into space." in the rocky hills 16 miles north (Se story en page 2) of Negrine in East Alberia. , , A French Pjper Cub spotter TUrKee KeSIUEniS plane covering the movements of the insurgent coiunui , IP A VHm III TlfP I WW I Mill Wl 1 W $8? 1 ficial planet. No date was an nounced for a possible takeoff, but German rocket pioneers said Algerian Rebels Fail to Spring Trap MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM The scene shown above will be frequently repeated this summer in the Shakespearean Festival theater in Ashland. It was taken during a dress rehearsal of the lead-off play in the 1955 festival,, "A Midsummer. Night's Dream," which will open the month-long event tomor row evening. The actors shown are, left to right on the upper level, Irene Baird and Don Soule; lower level, Jean Fitch, Joan Kugell, Robert Stattel, Karen Cochran, Agnes David and Michael Kasdan. The theater stage is a reproduction of the old Fortune theater in London, and the plays are presented with Shakespeare's own stage directions. (Anita Fowler photo.) Coast Guard Warns Of Rough River Bar Reedsport, Ore. (U.R) At least one sports fisherman was drowned Saturday when the pleasure boat Viray capsized in heavy surf at the Umpqua river bar here. Three others were still missing and two were rescued. The coast guard at the Ump qua river lifeboat station said the dead man was Clifford Ken neth Flory, 51, of Sutherlin, Ore. Survivors of the mishap were identified as Albert Lewis, Reedsport, and Lloyd L. Ballen tine, Sutherlin. ' Warned by Coast Guard Others aboard the craft were Cecil Haig, Sutherlin, Royce Bowman, Reedsport, and Robert Sandau, Oakland, Ore. The Winchester Bay coast guard station said there were about 125 boats behind the jetty in the Umpqua river during the morning and the coast guard had warned them that the river bar was rough and that if they crossed they would have to re main at sea for six hours. The coast guard summoned a search plane irom its fori Angeles, Wash., station to hunt for the three missing men. The Viray was being mashed to bit on' the south jetty at the river mouth. On Fishing Trip The men had started on a fishing trip when the boat was caught and capsized in huge breakers near the Umpqua bar. The coast guard said the sea out side the harbor was calm and there was only a slight wind blowing, but the breakers were "huge and rough." The coast guard said Lewis and Ballentine were "pretty beaten up" by the pounding wat ers but were being treated by a doctor at the lifeboat station. Shakespeare Plays Start Monday shows was held last night. Minimum Wage Bill Sent to Eisenhower Washington (U.R) The House Saturday completed con gressional action on legislation raising the federal minimum wage from 75 cents to $1 an hour effective next March 1. It now goes to the White House. If signed by President Ei senhower, it will mean pay in- shot down by the rebels who now have heavy machineguns. Truckee, Calif. U.R) A The tribesmen tried yamiy iu ra - gnn g . whipped prpaSpS for some 2.100,000 work- . ii nmnnnQirPC i - - i flee oetore xne is""".--" . ctrnrl w5riHc. last nieht fore- ers who now eet less than $1 an rmild close the trap arouna - coma ciose u ph residents to evacuate summer hour. them, jsunney w . :. Mr. Eisenhower had recom- The Legionnaires nave ou nomes on xne ouxs ox ui minimum be raised , . cmPP WedneS- I .ar-n.f iwnfsr of, "t""v-" . . , nunung me ua lamuou w..., to 90 cents but Democrats pusn day wnen n-" mues wesi oi nenu. were ambushed ana Kiuea i The blaze, of undeterminea suddIv convoy moving through oriein, burned out of control on the nearbv Aures mounxaiiis. the south bank oi tne lrucKee ZD leei Ashland The 20th Oregon Shakespearean "Festival opens tomorrow. It will run through August. The event, which has earned an international reputation since it was first started, (on the same program as a boxing match in 1935) has grown to become one of the major dramatic projects of the Pacific coast. Some 15,000 or 20,000 or more paid admissions are expectea this season, many of them from out of the state. It is recognized as an important tourist attrac tion by the travel lniormaxion division of the Oregon highway department. Traditional, brief opening ceremonies will be held at cur tain time tomorrow evening. Dr. A. Cope, president of the fes tival association, will welcome the first-night audience, as will Producing Director Angus Bow- mer, father and guiding spirit of the festival. Dignitaries here for the opening will be introduced. 'A Midsummer Night s Dream" is the opening play, to be followed in rotation by "Mc- rivpr with a narrow Knvato. Calif. U.R) Air- rntprtincr trip ritv. man Ronald G. Hofenbredl, 21, TrurlrM Firp Chief Tom Dol- of Hamilton Air Force base, died reported that a shift of wind instantly Friday ana a cuuu from the SQuth woujd seriously ion was critically injured when endaneer the city of some 1,000 their car turned over. nomilation. Homes were wetted down by 500 volunteers on the Conferees Deadlocked on Ldestroyedasawmm r,j v,nv fartorv owned bv the Stockton Box company. Units were called in from the State ine units for the next four years. Forest service, Big Bend and la- The House, prennially opposed hoe City. IO pUDUC IlOUMUg, ma . r j 1 - . - J visions in its bill ior conunu Anpropnarion i!trZ For Klamath Fails Base ed for authority to build 70,- Washington, D. C. (U.R) 000 new tmblic housing units Congressional acuon was pl over the next two years. pleted Saturday on appropria- Comoromis. Fioures Re eeted tions lor military consinuuuu.. - thP at Portland International air- uemuLidui; sciioiuis v. - . . ,nnf,nM nnmmittPP reDorted port. Klamath Falls Municipal Public Housing Provision Washington (U.R) Senate House conferees were deadlock ed last night on the public hous ing provision in a new housing bill the last major hurdle to congressional adjournment. To Meet Again Monday After nearly seven hours of closed door meeting, conferees of the Senate Housing banking committees broke up near mid night with no agreement on the size of the future public housing rrnfram. The conferees agreed to meet a pain Monday in an attempt to resolve the issue which threat- .nc to hold of congressional ad journment as well as scuttle the ntirp federal housing program. The Senate had passed a bill authorizing 135,000 public hou that they had proposed a com- airport and Tongue Point Naval ,- nf sn nnn units station at Asxona. for theext year- ' The bill provided $1,806,000 The w,c mnWnrP reiect- for Portland airport, $2,957,000 ed this proposed compromise for Klamath Falls and $92,000 anj marip a r-nnntpr offer of for Tongue Point. The Senate thP aHministratinn nroeram of followed the House's lead in ap- 35,000 units over the next two proving the supplement appro- years. This counter offer was priations dui aim ih i u rejected by the Senat confer- White House ior nresiaeni rasen- ggg, k- WCl Uu". ed through the higher figure. The president has not said whe thpr he will sien the bill. But Secretary of Labor James P. Mit chell said he would recommend sienature. Leeislation does not extend coverage of tne ieaerai wage- hour law, as Mitchell had sought. Less than half of the nations workers are now covered. Monday Adjournment Seen for Congress Washington (U.R) Congress went on a bill-passing spree Sat urday, clearing the decks for ad journment expected Monday. Speaker Sam Rayburn (Tex.) said flatly the House would ad journ Monday. Senate Democratic L.eaaer Easle C. Clements (Ky.) said ne was "fairly sure the Senate would be ready to join the House's adjournment plans. The House passed about 275 hills. It considered about 50 others, voting some down and nacsinir over others until the Jt a next session. The Senate didn't match the House total, passing only about 75 bills. But the Senate confirm ed a number of presidential nom inations. Springf ield 'Man Heads Oregon Legion Redmond, Ore. W.R) Jack Larson of Springfield, Ore., was named commander of the Ore- eon Derjartment of the American Legion here Saturday at the final session of the department's an nual convention. He was elected unanimously. Don Eva, a Portland attorney, was chosen to succeed Larson as vice commander. Others elected to department office were Tom Stoughton. Portland, finance oi ficer; Hollis Hull, Albany, na tional executive committeeman Clyde Dickey, Portland, alter nate national committeeman. and the Rev. Alfred Williams Portland, chaplain. Morse Wonts Talbott's Affairs Investigated Washington (U.R) Sen Wayne Morse suggested Satur day that Senate investigators re vive their inquiry into Air Force Secretary Harold E. Tal- botts private financial affairs to determine whether he was in volved in the fight for control of the New York Central rail road. Among other things, the Ore gon Democrat said in a Senate speech, the Senate investigations subcommittee should ask lai bott whether he approached "any other members of the present cabinet on the New York Central matter." beth." "All's Well That Ends Well," and "Henry VI, Part 3," in that order. "Timon of Ath- Strong Protest Note Sent to Bulgaria Washineton - (U.R) The United States, in a sharp protest note to Bulgaria, Saturday de manded "prompt and adequate" indemnities for the families ot 13 Americans killed in the shoot ing down of an Israeli airliner. Text of the note was not maae public. But State department spokesman Henry Suydam saia it "emphatically protests the brutal hooting down" of the airliner which the Bulgarians said strayed over Bulgarian soil early this week. Fifty-eight per sons, including the Americans were killed. Suydam said the United States called on Bulgaria to take "all aDDronriate means" to preveni recurrence of the incident and to inform this country of the measures taken. It was transmitted to the U. S. Embassy at Berne, Switzer land, and will be delivered to the Bulgarian government by Switzerland. The United States has no diplomatic relations with Bulgaria. Grand Jury Indicts Abbott in Kidnap Case Oakland, Calif. (U.R) Tha Alameda County Grand Jury Saturday indicted Burton W. ens, a litue-proaucea piay, win adooh on iwu tuums iui siuiwjr be given special performances slaying of Berkeley school girl on Aug. 23 and 29. curtain time stephanie Bryan. throughout the month will be J, . . , ..' . .. . . 8 30 p m The iury voted indictment Preceding the opening play, a alter iour aays oi inquiry ura group of some 150 or more in- the case that has aroused mora vited guests will attend a din- jnterest in the San Francisco tIU1 X J"S - - ' tion. They will include news- - paper people, governmental of- Abbott, nervous and unsmil ficials and others who have had mg was immediately transfer- I 1 . 1 nl some pari in niaiw.s uic .j from hig Berkeley jail cell a success. I . . f 19 new qucii iei & iu mc vuuuij French Plane Streaks iaiihere. . The 27-year-oia universixy oi California student, who twice Faster Than Sound Paris (U.R) France's shark- refused to go beore the grand nosed Trident I jet plane shot juryj sajd he still hoped to meet several hundred miles an hour with Stephanies parents, ur. beyond the speed of sound Sat- and Mrs. Charles S. Bryan Jr., urday in a test flight bid to make !n" r " it the world's fastest aircraft. Abbott was arrested for mur- The slender, silver S.O. 9,000, der jujy 21 when 14-year-old only plane in the world to be Stephanie's body was found in powered primarily Dy a rocKex remote Trinity county, en sine, is believed to have flown close to or faster than 1,000 San Francisco (U.R) A man miles an hour, although officials identified as Antonio Rocco Bul- refused to eive nrecise details etti. 53. apparently took his own of the performance. life Saturday by leaping from ThP snppd of sound at sea the Golden Gate bridge. The level is just over 738 miles an Coast Guard recovered the body hour. near Pt. JjiaDio. Sports Bulletin Long Beach, Calif. (U.R) The Los Angeles Rams dis played a top areial attack last night in trouncing the Fort Ord (Calif.) Warriors. 44-17. Sacramento, Calif. (U.R) Late inning homers by Luis Marques and Ed Mickleson helped the Portland Beavers down Sacramento, 6-4, last night in the opening game of a Pacific Coast League itri. Down Payment on Federal Home Mortgages Increased Washington (U.R) The Eisen hower administration, irankiy worried about inflationary pres sures, Saturday raised down payment requirments two per cent on all homes bought with government-insured mortgages. It also abolished the veterans administration's policy of no down payments on GI home loans. Federal Housing Chief Albert M. Cole called the action "a mild and temporary precaution ary measure which seeks to as sure the housing market will not contribute inflationary pres sures to the economy. down payment requirements, al so cut the maximum terms or. FHA and GI home loans from 30 to 25 years. No change was made In the current 4V per cent interest on VA home mortgages or the five per cent rate on FHA-insured morgages. Chairman Olin E. Teague (D Tex.) of the house veterans com mittee, promptly accused the Eisenhower administration of "playing politics" in abolishing the no-down payments policy on VA mortgages. He said it would give "windfall" profits to lenders at the expense of The administration, in rasing veterans..