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het Foninig Selhiedlda'Ded Diuiinm Vapor- e o Medford United Presi Full Leaded Wire 50th Year 20 Pages Congressional Achievement Adjournment Follows Approval Of Housing Bill President Gets Most Foreign Requests '""Washington (UP.) The Democratic-controlled Congress laid its record before the country to d-ay. Partisans immediately be- gan debating whether it gave a new showing of "unity and aclevement" or short-changed President Eisenhower on domes tic legislation. After false starts Saturday and Monday, Congress finally achieved its goal of sine die ad inurnment Tuesday night, the House quitting at 7:36 p.m. (PST) and the Senate at 8:0d p.m PST). Housina Bill Approved The dam broke when the House approved the compromise housing bill despite last-minute objections from President Eisen hower over some relatively min or provisions. This was followed by settle ment of the bitter squabble be- twecft House and Senate leaders over how to. handle some pay raises for congressional em ployees in the appropriation bill for Congress itself. Compromises were' reached and approved over legislation to extend the defense production law and allotting 'federal funds for free polio vaccine. And in the scramble, the Senate shelved sugar production quotas until next year. The windup marked the end of seven mouths' in which Mr. Eisenhower got practically all he asked in terms of foreign policy and national defense from a Con gress controlled by the opposi tion party. On domestic,, legislation the story was' different. Mr. Eisen hower was given much of what he asked but generally the final bills bore a Democratic imprint. And big chunks of his program were ignored, stymied or side tracked until next year. 'Unity and Achievement' Label The record was one to which Senate Democratic Leader Lyn don B. Johnson attached a label of "unity and achievement." He said Democratic leadership had enabled the nation, "for the first time in many years," to speak wffii "a strong and single voice" to the world. In contrast. Senate Republican Leader William F. Knowland said the congressional perform ance was "moderately satisfac tory" from the administration viewpoint. A GOP - controlled Congress, he said, would have enacted more of Mr. Eisen hower's domestic program and more of it in accord , with the President's recommendations. Payoff Next Year Two years not one make the record of a Congress and the payoff will come next year. On the basis of the record a year nice,Jthe two parties will have j go before the country for the 1956 campaign. Most Republi cans hope and believe, however, they will have a still bigger as set in an Eisenhower candidacy for a second term. (See Stories on Page 3) Railroad Says Plan On Trains Unchanged Portland (U.RJ Recent in structions issued to Southern Pacific agents to accept Pullman reservations on the Portland Ashland passenger train after Sididay, Aug. 7, did not neces sarily mean that the company's decision to discontinue the train had been cancelled, an SP of ficial said today. Bernal S. Quayle, general pas senger agent, said "the notice given to the public on July 6 that the train would be discon tinued Aug. 7 has not been with drawn." However, he said, Pub lic Utilities Commissioner Charles H. Heltzel has recently 'officially challenged our right to do so with a formal order and out attorneys required time to study the legal effect of that order." "In the meantime," Quayle said, "we have merely instruct ed our agents not to refuse to accept Pullman reservations for dates later than Aug. 7." The railroad says it is losing money on the route. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUG Winning off UN Seat By Red China Seen 'Not Too Far Away' Geneva (U.R) Western diplomats closely following the talks between the United States and Communist China said to day it "may not be too long" before Peiping wins member ship in the United Nations. They said ' Red China must first make a genuine success of the Geneva talks and convince Washington it is ready for a cease fire in the Formosa Strait where the United States and Red China appeared close to war early in the year. The diplomats paid particular attention to Secretary of State Council Sustains Mayor's Velo of Paving Ordinances The city council last night, without dissent, sustained Mayor Earl Miller's veto of two ordi nances for paving Kenwood ave. between Second and Humphrey sts. The ordinances called for bids and paving on Kenwood ave. , Mayor Miller vetoed the bills last week "after careful consid eration; and review of all fac tors involved, and for the best interests" of the City of Med ford. He Dointed out that be cause one person wnnarew a name from a petition favoring paving the percentage dropped below the necessary 50 per cent of property benefitted. Without at least 50 per cent, the city cannot levy assessments against property benefitted. The council passed the ordi nances at its last meeting after a public hearing in which objec tion to paving arose. The Ken wood ave. paving project has been before the council several times this year, but because nec essary percentages were not available the matter has been delayed. Mayor Miller said: "Lean well understand the desires of those people on Kenwood avenue who have tried so many time's to ac quire the necessary percentage to get their street paved, and it is my hope they will be able to obtain the necessary percent age in the future with mutual understanding and their desires will be presented to the council without a reoccurrence of signa ture withdrawal." Assessor Bob Fowler Taken To Hospital R. G. (Bob) Fowler, Jackson county assessor, was taken to Community hospital by Medford ambulance service yesterday af ternoon, for treatment of what apparently was a heart attack, which he suffered in his office at the courthouse. The hospital today reported his condition as fair, and said he spent a good night. Fowler served as county agri cultural agent from 1924 until his retirement a few years ago. He was elected assessor at the last general election. Washington (U.R) A House interior subcommittee will hold a hearing at ine miles. Ore., on Nov. 8 on the $550,000 Wapinita reclamation project in Wasco county, according to Rep. Sam Coon, (R-Ore.). Baseball AMERICAN Cleveland 2 5 0 New York' . 14 1 Garcia. Mossi (9), (Narleski (9) and Naragon; Turley, Kon sianty (9) and Berra. Chicago 4 8 3 Boston 6 11 0 Trucks, Martin (4), Howell (7) and Lollar; Parnell, Hurd (7) and White. NATIONAL .-. D Pittsburgh 3 8 0 Chicago 2 7 2 Face, Surkong (9) and Shep ard, Atwell (9); Davis, Jeffcoai (9) and ChitL John Foster Dulles' press confer ence statements in -Washington Tuesday when he appealed to Red China's leaders to make a public declaration against using force to conquer Formosa. ' Some believed Dulles might be holding out for Peiping the bait of American ' diplomatic recognition and a U.N. seat two goals Chinese Communist Pre mier Chou Enlai has been seek ing for months. Governments Consulted The American and Chinese negotiators took a day off today to consult their home govern ments on the release of Ameri can civilians held lay Red China while optimism that the civilians would be returning soon grew steadily. Diplomatic sources said they believed arrangements for the return of the civilians could be worked out in three or more meetings between U. Alexis Johnson, U.S. ambassador to Czechoslovakia, and Wang Ping nan, Red Chinese ambassador to Poland. Wreck Kills Four Near Myrtle Creek Myrtle Creek, Ore. (U.R) Four persons were killed and two seriously injured early to day in a highway accident in volving a loaded log truck and two automobiles on Highway 99 six miles -south of here. -- State police identified the dead as Cecil Leroy Lemen, 34, a Navy man from Seattle, and his wife, Bernice Jean, 31; and Mr. and Mrs. John Victor Sheely of National City, Calif. The two Lemen children, Peg gy, 6, and Jimmy, 2, were ser iously injured and taken to For est Glen hospital in Canyon ville. The accident occurred about 7:30 p.m. Police said the Lemen car attempted to pass the Sheely car and trailer and 'was met by the log truck, driven by Arthur' Kelly, 26, of Myrtle Creek. In pulling back into the south bound lane the Lemen vehicle struck the rear wheels of the truck. The impact threw the car into a ditch and the load of logs spilled onto the Sheely car, crushing the California couple. Kelly was unhurt. Prospect Men Fined For Venison Possession Jessie Merit Taylor, 72, and Warnie G. Hampton, 37, both of Bar GM ranch, Prospect, were fined a total of $130 for viola tion of game laws in district court yesterday. Taylor received a $50 fine and Hampson an $80 fine for posses sion of untagged venison. The' meat was confiscated and order ed delivered to the - Salvation Army. O Two Annexations, Two Contracts, Two pieces of property on Black Oak dr., were annexed to the city and bids on two im provement projects were award ed by the city council last night. The council adopted an ordin ance annexing property owned by Allen Hart and Thomas W. McFadden on Black Oak dr., aft er a public hearing at which no objection was voiced. Both Hart and McFadden had petitioned for annexation prior to the city's annexation proposal which was defeated in a July 5 election. The council alsor accepted ded ication of Black Oak dr. south to Country Club dr. The street is 60 feet wide and is used by residents living near the new hospital site. A request from E. M. Sands that California Pacific Utilities property at 303 Groveland ave. be annexed was referred to the planning commission. The prop erty is in Roseborough addition. Bids for construction of a san itary sewer on Oregon ave. be tween Oregon terrace and Keene Way dr., and one for paving Oak st. between West Second and 75 v (JNE J Presa FuU UaMd 7ir Price 5c No. 115 Debated Released Fliers Reported To Have Reached Canton No Hitch Expected In Thursday Arrival Hong Kong flj.R) The 11 American fliers being freed by Communist China were reported today to have reached Canton in South China, and U.S. offic ials saw no hitch in their return to freedom Thursday. The Royal Observatory here predicted rain and fog for Thurs day but American officials said any decision to delay the men's immediate flight home for a re union with their families would be made that afternoon. To Arrive by Train 0 American sources said the 11 men would spend the night in a Canton hotel and come to Hong Kong by train from the.Kwang tung Province capital in- the morning. The train usually ar rives near the border at 8:30 p.m. (PST). Lt. Col. O'Wighton D. Simp son, Air Force liaison officer and the official American greet er in Hong Kong, planned a trip to the new territories adjoining Red China late today to make a final check on arrangements for receiving the airmen. The men's contact with the press will be limned in Hong Kong to answering such ques tions as "How does it feel to be out?" and on their health. Hearing Tests Validity of Claim ' : Hearings on the validity of a placer gold mining claim owned by S. L. Dickey being conduct ed at the Bureau of Land Man agement office here, are sched uled to finish today, according to Eugene Peterson, district for ester; The claim, located on Galice creek in western Josephine county, has been examined by bureau mineral experts to deter mine if the claim was valid. More than 50 samples from the "Hidden Treasure", claim failed to show gold in paying quantities, Peterson said. Dickey presented witnesses who had mined there in previous years. They stated that, while their operations were not profit able, they believed they could have been if operated in a more efficient manner, Peterson ad ded. The hearings are to decide if a road into O&C timber lands will be permitted to go over Dickey's claim. The government has let a contract for the0 construction of the, Galice road for some $430, 000, and construction is now in progress on all parts of the road except through Dickey's claim, Peterson said. 0 St. Louis '(U.R) Mayor Ray mond R. Tucker has proposed to put St. Louis' policemen in Ber muda shorts and sport shirts. West Jackson sts., were awarded. J. C. Compton's bid of $11, 250.75 on an alternate plan to for Oak st. paving, to use creek run gravel rather than crushed rock for base, was accepted. The bid was within 5 per cent of engineer's estimates of $10,718. Warren Conrad's bid of $3,142.75 was the only bid received ,pn the Oregon ave. sanitary sewer. It was within 6 per cent of en gineer' o estimates of $2,959 for the project. c Both bids were recommended by City Manager Robert Duff. The council authorized Duff to refer back to residents on Stewart ave. a proposed sanitary sewer line because the low bid of $808.95 by E. O. Stevens was 56 per cent over the engineer's estimate of $517. Duff pointed out it has been the policy of the council to refer a bid back to property owners when it is over 10 per cent above the estimate. Conrad bid $810 for the Stewart ave". project. c Duff was authorized to work out an;arrangement between the city, county and Medford school district to install a traffic signal Weather FORECAST: Continued fair through Thursday. Low to night 52. Hich tomorrow 88. Temp. Highest Yesterday 87 Lowest this Morning SO Sheriffs Blazing Pistol Puts Down San Antonio Riot Too Many Concessions Blamed for Outburst San Antonio, Tex. OI.R) A sheriff who stopped a prison riot last night with his blazing pistol said today the uprising occurred because the convicts were given too many concessions. One pris oner was killed and two others wounded in the brief outburst. -"The more you give them, the more they want," Sheriff Owen W. Kilday said after the riot was put down. Riot Predicted He predicted last Wednesday that the riot would occur after a prisoner uprising in which they demanded better food and a later curfew. The prisoner killed in last night's riot was identified as Rodolfo Escobedo, 27, who was serving a theft sentence. The wounded prisoners were Pas trino Galvino and Rodolfo Reyes, 33. Galvino was shot in both legs and Reyes was hit in the right leg. The rioting started shortly after supper as some 65 prisoners in the Bexas county jail were taking their recreation period outside their cells in the fifth floor cellblock. Kilday said they knocked out the lights and start ed breaking windows and tables. Plate Thrown The men started throwing their stainless steel eating plates at Kilday and his deputies as they tried to enter the cellblock. Kilday said he had two pistols loatfed with cartridges filled with parafin that could "hurt a man, but wouldn't kill him." He said he fired 12 parafin shells down .through the cell block, but the prisoners, refused to quiet down. L- The sheriff then put iiye live shells into his pistol and fired into the dark cellblock Escobedo was shot in the stom ach Tas he advanced on Kilday and was caught in the glare of the sheriff's flashlight. He died a few minutes later. July Was Second Coldest on Record Last month was the second coldest July on record at the weather bureau station here. The -average temperature was 67.9 degrees, or 3.9 below nor mal, and only .3 degrees . above the coldest July recorded in Medford in 1916 when the mean was 67.6 degrees. Temperatures during July ranged from a high of 99 on July 13 and 14 to a low of 40 degrees on July 3. Although there were four days of cloudy skies and nine days of partly- cloudy skies, the only measurable rainfall record ed was .01 inch July 26. Aver age rainfall for July is .17 inch es. A trace of rain was recorded July 2. . July's 18 clear days compares with a normal number of 22. Normallyo there are six partly cloudy and three cloudy days in July. at the corner of Stewart ave. and South Holly st. The school district requested the light to protect children crossing Stew art ave. when school starts at the new Jefferson grade school. Duff pointed out, however, "unfortunately, we have nothing inour funds for traffic signals." Funds for' four proposed traffic signals were deleted" from the 1955-56 budget after Medford residents rejected a proposed budget $66,510 over the 6 per cent limitation. Councilman John' Snider sug gested the school district furn ish ..funds and city employees install the lights. Half of Stewart ave. is in the city and half in the county. The planning commission is studying a request from the school district to annex property south of Stew art ave. The council authorized Duff to draw up plans for a Verde Hills Sanitary sewer. Residents have two choices, Duff report ed. One would be installation of a pumping station to carry sewage to present city lines, or to delay installation of sewer f J J JUBILEE CANDIDATES A queen and four princesses will be named tonight to reign over the eighth annual Jackson ville Gold Rush jubilee Saturday and Sunday. The selection will be at the annual Queen's Ball, starting at 9 p.m. in Jack sonville Community hall. Candidates, above, left to right, are "Miss X," (Barbara Johnson,) sponsored by Medford Exchange club; Connie Caton, Crater Lions club; Sally Walker, Medford Lions club; Patricia Minnis, Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce; Cora Mae Gleim, Talent Lions club; Zita Mad dox, JacksonMle Lions club; Sharon Frazier, Medford Laun- derette; and Lee Anne Leach, Ashland Junior Chamber of Commerce. Standing behind candidates are Marvin Hart, left, chairman of the queen's contest, and Ike Dunford, jubilee general chairman. The picture was taken in front of U. S. Hotel in Jacksonville, headquarters for the jubilee. The queen is named on the basis of the number of jubilee tickets sold. The annual Queen's Banquet will be held in the new school building in Jacksonville starting at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow night. Dr. Elmo Stevenson, president of Southern Oregon college, Ashland, will be master of ceremonies. The Jacksonville Parent-Teacher association will serve at the banquet. c o (Courtright Photo) Brothers Sentenced To 25 Years in Pen Glenn Eugene Crow, 31, and Delbert Lee -Crow, 33, both of Carthage, Mo., were each sen fenced to 25 years in the Oregon State penitentiary by Circuit Court Judge H. K. Hanna this morning. The brothers were arrested by city and state police officers and sheriff's deputies on the roof-of the. Mason & Ehrman Co. ware house July 20 after blowing the safe and taking nearly $1,000. They pleaded guilty to the theft last Wednesday Further questioning revealed Forest Areas Closed To Non-Permit Entry Closure of the Jenny creek Dead Indian creek and Prospect- Butte Falls; forest areas will be come effective at midnight to morrow, and permits will be re quired for travel on roads other than state and county highways. Permits may be obtained from state forest patrol headquarters on Table Rock rd. or from any guard stations in the areas. Entry permits ban smoking and building open fires except in designated places. Guard stations from which permits may be secured for- en trance in the Butte Falls-Pros pect area are McLeod, . Trail, Prospect and Butte Falls, and for permits into the Jenny creek- Dead Indian creek area stations are Lincoln, Ashland and Moon Prairie. Approved lines until a trunk line is install ed on Barnett rd., and then con nect with it. Residents of the area will be contacted to determine which plan they prefer. . Public hearings on zone chang es in Queen Anne addition and on East cJackson st., were con tinued until next meeting be cause of public hearings had not been posted. The Queen Anne addition zone change request is from single family to two fam ily dwellings, and on East Jack son between Genessee and Haw thorne sts., the request is from two-family and multiple family to commercial. Duff reported that the Fruit grower's league has started con struction of sanitary sewer to the Mexican Labor camp, which is on property leased by the city near the airport. Duff said san itary sewer installation was part of the agreement of the lease. The ccouncil approved a re quest from Jim Elliott, 720 South Grape st., for an extra width driveway upon recommendation of Duff. .1 that they were part of a seven Lman-burglary gang from south- west Missouri, which committed some 140 crimes including al most $500,000 in that state dur ing the past three years. Others Given Terms Six other persons received shorter sentencfes, four more re ceived suspended sentences, and tnree cases were continued in to day's circuit court proceedings, Robert Johnston Smith, 35, of 801 Newtown st., pleaded guilty to obtaining money by false pre tenses. This case was continued pending FBI reports. The case of Paul Eugene Peck, 20, Fish Lake, accused of rape, was also continued pending FBI reports. Sigurd Cholaas, 31, a tran sient, was sentenced to three years for contributing to the de linquency of a minor. D. G. Hampton, 23, Newburg, Ore., pleaded guilty to obtain ing; money by false pretenses and received a sentence of two years and two months.. Joseph Patrick Lynn, 36, Clifton, NJ., received a two year sentence for the same crime. Year's Jail Term Edward J. Bolen, 31; of 2882 Stewart ave., was -sentenced to one year in the county jail for making a false statement in writing for purposes of procur ing benefit. A two year sentence was giv en Glen Delbert Dunham, 34, a transient who. was convicted of entering a motor vehicle with intent to steal. David E. Porter, 39, Talent, received . a sentence of five months in the county jail for concealing stolen property, and his wife, Catherine, received sentence suspension for one year and was placed on probation on similar charges. : Sentence was suspended for one year in the cases of James Espy, 21, Talent, and his wife, Martha Alameda, charged with concealing stolen property. They were placed on probation. Phillip Lester Swenson, 35, Alleff hotel, received a one year suspended sentence for forgery. The court continued the case of Wendell Floyd Long, 17, U.S. Air Force base in Pleasanton, Calif., for sentencing. Long is charged with grand larceny. fores! Pal ro Crews Watching Fire Area State forestry department crews were patrolling about a quarter acre of land south of Lost Lake today after fire burned over the logging area late yesterday. Ted Maul, forest warden, said damage was not extensive. A crew from Ashland responded to the fire about 5:30 p.m. yes terday. Missile Expected To Reach 60 Miles Into Outer Skies Light Ball Equal To Full Moon Seen Washington (U.R) - Th United States plans to fire a sodium vapor rocket 60 - miles into the skies over New Mexico in an experiment expected to produce a ball of light equaFto a full moon at twilight. Dr. Homer Newell, an official of the Naval Research Labora tory, confirmed that the experi ment will be undertaken after a scientist disclosed the project in London. Later, a spokesman at the Air Force Research Center. Cam bridge, Mass.. announced that the rocket would be fired the weeK of Oct. 14. The spokesman said the "Aerobee rocket would be fired 20 to 60 miles in the sky de pending on weather conditions, although the high altitude weather missile hik climbed as high as 152 miles in tests. Repetition of January Test He said the experiment would be a repetition of a similar test made last Jan. 19. He said it had nothing to do with the proposed launching of an artificial Earth satellite by the U.S. govern ment in 1957. Newell said it is hoped theSex periment will clear up some of the mysteries about a layer rf sodium which scientists believe hovers in the ionosphexe 60 miles above the Earth. He added that the sodium moon project also may supply important data for the man- made Earth satellite vehicle, which the United Sfetes hopes to nuri Detween 200 and 300 miles above the Earth in 1957. Glow Observed Scientists have long observed that sunlight entering the At mosphere produces a glow high in the skies that suggests the presence of a layer of natural sodium. One of the problems of upper air research in the government's rocket program haseeg) to de termine the exact altitude and other characteristics of this hlayer.; The sodium vapor rocket is ex pected to supply at least some of the answers. A few pounds of sodium vapor will be ejected from a rocket about 60 milps and at about twilight. May Give Answer If this sodium glows brightly, equalling the glow of the moon at twilight, the experts say ' it will confirm the presence of the natural sodium layer. The rea son for this is thate; sodium ejected beneath the sodium layer would not, for technical reasons, produce any light itself. The intensity of. the glow giv en off by the sodium- rocket also may supply scientists with a means for measuring the con centration of sodium in the natural sodium layer. ' Rehabilitation Project Pay Contracts Signed The boards of directors of two irrigation districts have signed 40 -year repayment contracts with the federal government. and the projects are now ready for big awards, it was reported today. i Work contracts, for spillway improvement at Four Mile and Fish lakes, owned jointly by the Medford and Rogue River Val ley Irrigation district. ,an be let almost immediately, perhaps by tomorrow. Bids have already been submitted on these jobs, which are the first phases of an eventual $1,712,000 rehabilita tion contract covering most of the canal systems of the two districts. State Income Surtax Becomes Effective Salem (U.R) Since the 45 per cent surtax on personal income rates passed by the 1955 Oregon Legislature "was not subjected to the referendum, the addition al tax became effective today. It will apply to personal incomes during the present tax year, payable on or before April 15, 1956. Increase in the withholding tax from employes' salaries will not become effective until Jan. 1, 1956. A three cent per pack tax on cigarettes, which would have gone into effect, was re ferred to the people and will be" voted upon in the 1956 general election. ' LOGGER INJURED Eugene Anderson, 30, Trail, was taken to Sacred Heart hos-4 pital at 12:45 p.m. today for' treatment of an injured eye re ceived while working in logging operations in the Tiller-Trail area.
