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0 issoaJj.gs Trade of KilDlRairjf o HE SOLVE BIG MYSTERY The mysterious disappearance of a home-owner's garden hose in Southern California might well be solved with the appearance of Bingy Yimra (above) from a new freeway excavation in San Francisco. Carrying coils of freshly laundered garden hose, Yimm' only comment was, "So solly, no talk." AIRLINER TAKES 30 LIVES G Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.- (U.R) An American Airlines twin-engined Convair crashed and burned today while attempt ing an emergency landing here. killing all 30 persons aboard. Lt. David Dyer, public infor mation officer at this Army post, said rescue teams had reached the scene and reported no sign of survivors. Explodes, Burns The CAB at St. Louis said the plane exploded and burned after hitting a wooded area a short distance from the landing strip. . The CAB said there were 27 passengers, including two chil dren, and a crew of three aboard ine plane, American Flight 476 from Tulsa, Okla., to New York The plane- had made landings at Joplin and Springfield, Mo., and was en route to St. Louis when it went down. Witnesses said they saw flames shooting from one engine as the pilot headed the '"piano -toward the military landing strip on the Fort Wood reserva tion. The craft plummeted to the ground in a heavily wooded area just short of the runway. Fire Fighters Rushed Military fire-fighting teams were dispatched immediately to the scene and reportedly found Committee Oversight Results in Pay Cut Salem1 (U.P.) An oversight fcy the Joint Ways and Means committee during the dying days (pt the 1955 Legislature will re sult in a substantial pay reduc tion for 19 administrative offic ials in Oregon for July, it was learned today. "The Legislature approved a ways and means bill providing salary adjustments for some 60 appointed state officials. The bill was an amendment to a salary bjll passed in 1953, and carried an effective date of July 1, 1955. However, one clause in the 1953 bill , apparently was over looked. It provided that salary raises could not become effective until the first of the month fol lowing approval by the gover nor. The catch was that the gover nor could not approve the sal ary changes until July 1 when the?law became effective. As a result, the 19 appointed officials will not only fail to get the raise provided in the bill for July but will draw less pay than they drew in June. . London (U.R) The mechanically-minded, blue-blooded Duke of Kent, a cousin of Queen Eliza beth II, will be posted to cthe Royal Scots Greys, a swank tank regiment, the British war office said. Roseburg Chamber Considering Study of Area Transportation; SP Times Unposted Roseburg The Roseburg Chamber of Commerce has voted to call in a represenative of the Stanford Research .Institute to discuss the problems of transpor tation in southern Oregon. he action is an outgrowth of the chamber's protests at the end of passenger service on the Southern Pacific line south of Eugene. It may result in a com plete survey of the situation by the well-known research organ ization. According to the chamber's action, such a survey would in CRASH the plane engulfed in flames. It was some time before rescue workers could approach the wreckage. The crash was the second for American Airlines in this area recently. Last March 20, an American Convair crashed near Springfield, Mo., killing 13 and injuring 22 persons. Decision Awaited On Placer Mining Claim's Validity A hearing on validity of a Jo sephine county placer goldmin- ing claim ended here yesterday at the Bureau of Land Manage ments offices in the Medford city hall. The hearing was conducted by Examiner Robert Felton, who is expected to release his findings in about three or four weeks. The claim, located on Galice creek in western Josephine county, is owned by Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Dickey, who were repre sented at the hearingsby Edward Kelly, Medford attorney. The BLM was represented by John L. Bishop, Portland. Located in 1920 The claim was located in 1920, according to Kelly, who said gold was taken from one corner of it 20 years ago. He stated that it was purchased in 1946 by Cecil Conley, who took out about $3,000 in gold in two years. Dickey purchased the claim, and one adjoining it, for $7,000 in 1949, according to Kelly. E. K. Peterson, district . for ester for the BLM, declared that bureau mineral experts found no gold in paying quantities in more than 50 samples taken from the mining claim. The hearings will decide if a road into O&C timber lands will be permitted to go over Dickey's claim. Dickey has indicated that he wants $1,500 for the access road property, according to his attorney. OICC Issues Permit To Wooden Shoe Room The Oregon Liquor Control commission has issued a liquor-by-the-drink license to the Wood en Shoe room, Holland hotel, in Medford, it was announced to day. The license was one of six issued by the commission at a meeting in Portland. William H. Baillie, adminis trator, said these six ran the total of such licenses in Oregon to slightly above 800, which is close to the 815 maximum allow ed by the law limiting licenses to one for each 2,000 population. clude rail, highway, water and air transportation, including spe cial studies of boxcar supplies, passenger and freight railroad service, and the possibility of straightening the SP's roadbed. Don't Post Time Roseburg The Southern Pa cific railroad has stopped posting an official arrival time for the two Rogue River trains, locally dubbed as "The Night Crawler." The Roseburg News - Review, following the recent "Pony Ex press" race with the train, began viefts Test AEC Announcement Fails To Disclose Type of Explosive Particles in Air Tell-Tale Clue Washington (U.R) Russia has resumed testing nuclear weapons "within the past few days," the Atomic Energy Com mission said today. A brief AEC announcement said: "Within the past few days, the Soviets resumed testing of nu clear weapons. This may mean the beginning of a new test series." The word "nuclear" could em brace either a hydrogen or atomic shot. An AEC spokesman declined to elaborate on the brief an nouncement, saying that the AEC would give "no amplification" and' that it would add "nothing more" to its two-line announce ment. As usual the AEC did not disclose how it received its in formation that Russia has re sumed nuclear tests. But radio active particles in the air are a tell-tale clue. The disclosure of the new So viet tests came shortly after Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin rejected President Eisenhower's proposal for a mutual U. S.-So-viet exchange of military recon naissance, to prove a desire for peace. 11 Shots Credited Resumption of the Soviet tests came at a time when the world was more hopeful of peace than perhaps at any time in a decade as a result of the Geneva summit talks and the recent conciliatory attitude of the Soviet Union and Red China. Russia has been officially cred ited in public announcements with firing 11 A and H-bomb test shots. But highly qualified sources said the actual number is considerably larger than this, perhaps double. Informed sources said the Rus sians have been steadily increas ing the frequency of their test programs and the number of explosions per series. Two People Injured In Auto Accidents Two people were injured last night and early this morning in Jackson county automobile ac cidents, according to state po lice. Levester H. Swing, Chico, Calif., was hurt at about 11:15 p.m. yesterday in an accident near the underpass on Highway 99 in north Ashland. Swing was the driver of a car which collided with the rear end of a vehicle operated by Joseph Turner, Portland, at a detour where Highway 99 is being wide ned. Swing was taken by Litwiller ambulance to Ashland General hospital, where he was treated for forehead cuts and bruises. Hospital attendants this morn ing listed his condition as good. Turner, and passengers in his car including his wife and four small children, escaped injury. Mrs. Susan Lucille Carter, 406 West Ninth st, Medford, suffer ed minor injuries at about 2 a.m. today in a one car accident near Central Point. Mrs. Carter was injured when she fell asleep while driving and her car left the road. The ve hicle struck a telephone pole, police said. She was taken to her home by sheriff's deputies. Weather FORECAST: Continues fair and warm throueh Friday. Low tonight 55. high Friday 95-88. Temp. Highest Yesterday 8S Lowest this Morning SS publishing a "Nightcrawler Log" on Page 1 each day, listing the actual .arrival time of the trail. The first night it was 10 min utes late; the second night 30 minutes. The third night Passen ger Agent B. G. Melstad declined to tell a News-Review reporter the arrival time, and commented "The train register is the com pany business." Unofficially, the News-Review reported, the train was 14 min utes late. The train beat the horses in last week's race by nine minutes. United Press Full Le 50th Year 26 Pag. Negotiations for Civilians' Release its Snag at Talks Geneva Meeting Halted Until Monday Geneva, Switzerland (U.R) Negotiations for the release of American civilians in China ran into a sudden hitch today when Communist China insisted it had rights , over Chinese students in the United States. The meeting between the United States and Communist Chinese ambassadors was ad journed until Monday to give the Red envoy time to confer with the Peiping government in hopes of finding a face-saving formula. Hitch Develops The meeting between U. S. Ambassador U. Alexis Johnson and Chinese Wang Ping-Nan be gan on schedule at 10 a.m. with agreement believed near, on ex change of American prisoners hejd by Communist China. But a hitch quickly developed when the Reds insisted they had rights over the thousands of Chi nese students in the United States and insisted many of them were being prevented from returning to their homeland. A recess was called and Wang huddled with his advisers for 15 minutes in a nearby office. He returned to the meeting room and the two ambassadors agreed to ,call it quits until Monday. Third Parly Mediation The dispute was reported to center on insistence on third party mediation to rule on "the case of the students. The United States was opposed on grounds most of the students did not want to return to Red China and those who wanted to could. Johnson outlined the U. S. po sition at the start of today's 90 minute session, third in a cur rent series. The United States fears that even minor indications that Peiping has any authority over Chinese Nationals abroad heightens its claim for recogni-, tion. The American ambassador also was reported to have sub mitted new U. S. names on its list of nationals in China and pressed for a quick reply on their fate. Judge Fee Slated To Preside Here Federal Judge James Alger Fee of the circuit court of ap peals of San Francisco will pre side .at a session of United States District court here starting Mon day. Judge Fee, who recently was elevated to the appeal court, is substituting for the regular dis trict court judge to help clear the federal case docket. He is presiding at a term in Klamath Falls this week. Judge Fee; a former federal district jurist, was appointed to the federal bench in 1931 by former President Herbert Hoo ver. He formerly was in Portland as district judge, and has served on benches in Washington, D. C, Detroit, Philadelphia and New York. Strawberry Producers Top Production Marks Portland (U.R) Oregon straw berry producers have topped all production records this season, according to the Department of Agriculture's market news serv ice. Some 81,672,517 pounds of stemmed berries have been de livered to freezing plants during the season to date, compared with 54,207,499 pounds for the entire 1954 harvest season, the service said. By comparison, it was reported that California which has a longer harvest sea son has processed only 53,153, 443 pounds of strawberries. HuBDetin Washington (U.R) The Fed eral Power Commission today issued an opinion authorizing the Idaho Power Co. lo con struct three hydroelectric de velopments in Hells Canyon area on the Snake river be tween Idaho and Oregon. 7 0 " If I I Iff DFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST A, 1955 frflero Airmen Reach Hong Kong (U.R) Eleven more American hero airmen crossed the barbed-wire border from Red China to freedom to day, haggard but in "pretty good" health and their spirits unbroken by more than two and a half years of unjust Commu nist imprisonment." Five and a half hours after their release, they boarded two luxury C-54s bound for Clark Field in the Philippines on the next leg of the long trip home and reunion with their families. Schmidt Shielded By Air Force orders, one of the 11, Airman Daniel C. Sch midt, 22, of Portland, Ore., was shielded from the knowledge that his wife had remarried dur ing his captivity in the belief that he was dead. "These boys have gone through enough," an Air Force liaison officer told newsmen. "Let this fellow have a chance to get settled before he learns about it." Another of the 11 was on crutches. First across the line was Col. John Knox Arnold Jr., senior officer aboard the B-29 whiclf was shot down over North Ko rea in the closing .days of the Korean war on Jan. 13, 1953, while on a leaflet dropping mis sion. "Sure glad to see you," were his first words. At a press conference Arnold said the B-29 was shot down near the North Korean coast "as I recall, 25 or 40 miles south of the Yalu river." Held As Pawns "We balied out from there " Red China claimed they had in truded over Chinese territory, sentenced them to prison terms of up to 10 years as spies and for more than two and a half years held them as pawns in the international cold war. Today was the first long step toward home for the 11. From Hong Kong their route takes them aboard luxury airliners to Manila, thence to Tokyo and then to the long-awaited reunion with their families either at Travis Airbase, ' near San Fran sicso, or at Seattle. The Air Force refused to re veal the exact rqute but said an other press conference would bo held Saturday in Tokyo. In command of the plane the night it was shot down was Capt. Eugene John Vaadi, 33, of Clayton,-N.Y. Neither he nor Arnold vitould reveal why Arnold was aboard. Vaadi said their plane was picked up by searchlights while over the third of six leaflet dropping targets. Two MIGs attacked and in the Ike Sees Door To Proposal Still Open Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower -said today that h did not believe Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin had closed the door on the President's plan to exchange military secrets., Mr. Eisenhower said at a news conference that it was his under standing Bulganin had said the Soviet Union's May 10 inspec tion disarmament proposal was more realistic. The President recalled some of his informal talks at Geneva with Bulganin and other Soviet leaders. He said he told them then that the United States was prepared to accept any fair system. The President at the same time said the United States would be bringing forth some new proposals in the inspection disarmament field during Unit ed Nations talks beginning at the end of this month in New York. $150 Stolen From Two Medford Churches A total of $150 was taken from - two Medford churches sometime between 3 and 8 a.m. today, according to city police. Investigating officers said 5145 was taken from the First Pres byterian' church, and about S5 was missing from the First Meth odist church. Entry to the buildings was gained through windows. Both church buildings were checked by city police at 3 a.m!, and were all right at that -time. The thefts were discovered at 8 a.m. by the secretaries of the two churches. ensuing hail of anti-aircraft fire and rockets, three of the B-29s engines caught fire. Three or four days later they were placed aboard a. train, taken to Red China and charged as spies. The man on crutches, Maj. William H. Baumer, 32, Lewis burg, Pa., said that just before Tokyo U.R) The 11 American airmen released today by Communist China all had to sign confessions that they were '"spies" against Red China and Russia before they could win free dom. Radio Peiping, propaganda voice of the Red regime, broad cast the text of the "confessions" a short time after the men were sentenced to prison Nov. 23, 1954. In the confessions, the men "admitted" that their B29 was shot down over Communist China while on an espionage run in stead of over North Korea as the Air Force said was actually the case. . Roseburg Reservoir A contract for work on Pour Mile and Fish lake reservoir fa cilities has been awarded to R. K. Shelton Construction com pany, Roseburg, it was an nounced today. Under Estimates Harold T. Nelson, Boise, Ida.. regional director of the bureau of reclamation, announced the award, which was made in his office yesterday afternoon. The company bid $69,551.50, or al most $10,000 less than the en gineering estimates. The work includes construe tion of a concrete parapet on the crest of the rockfill dike which forms Four Mile Jake, and a new concrete spillway; and at Fish lake, riprapping the upstream face of the earth and rock fill dike, and a'new concrete spill way. Starts Immediately Work will begin immediately, and it is hoped it can be com pleted within 120 days. -The work is being done by the bureau for the Medford and Rogue River Valley Irrigation districts, which will repay the cost of these "projects and the rest of an extensive rehabilita tion program, over a 40-year pe riod. Total cost of the entire project is estimated at $1,712, 000, and it will take about six years to complete. $103,235 Suit Filed In Circuit Court A Nevada woman has filed suit in the Jackson County cir cuit court for damages totalling $103,235.30 against Consolidated Freightways Inc. Mrs. Larry Johnson, a Nevada real estate broker, is asking $100,000 general and $3,235.30 special damages from the freight company for injuries allegedly suffered by her in a June 10 ac cident. The suit claims a Con solidated four wheel van type trailer rolled free across high way 99 and struck the Johnson car. Mrs. Johnson charges the company was negligent in park ing the trailer on an incline with insufficient braking. Mrs. Johson claims to have received severe and permanent injuries to her head, neck and back. She is represented by Dan iel P. Koehane, a Roseburg attorney. Astoria Girl Drowns When Tractor Upsets Astoria (U.R) A 16-year-old girl drowned in the Nehalem river yesterday afternoon when the tractor she was driving on a farm near Jewell upset and plunged into the stream. The victim was Judy Foster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Foster. Search for her started when she failed to come home for supper. (Baseball AMERICAN Chicago 3 9 0 Boston 7 14 0 Pierce, Consegra (4), For nieles (6) and Lollar. Moss (7); Nixon, Kinder (8) and White. Kansas City 18 0 Baltimore 8 9-0 Harrington, Boyer (4), Fri cano (5) and Astroth; Lopat and Triandos. 0 Tribune United Press Full Leased Wirt Price 5c No. 116 Freedom he bailed out "some object" hit him in the leg. "After I landed I was. losing blood and was too weak to help myself. I was frostbitten very severely." Today's returnees brought to 15 the number of U.S. airmen released by Red China since June 31. Firm (Gets Work Fact Congress this session approp riated $350,000 for the initial phases of the work, many of which can be done as coon as weather permits next spring, Approred Contract Water users of the two dis tricts approved the repayment contract in an election July 15 It is expected that decreases in operation and maintenance costs due to improvement of the canal and distribution system will off set the payments to the govern ment, resulting in no increase In water assessments. The Shelton company's 0 bid was the lower of two submitted. The other was by the E-W Con struction company, Eugent. Further Inquiry Set on Transfer Of Deputy Marshal Closure of the office of U. S. deputy marshal in Medford. an nounced recently in Portland, will be delayed pending a furth er investigation, it was reported today by Sen. Richard L.. Neu berger. Both before the announcement of the closure when it was only rumored, and since, many pro tests have been lodged in Wash ington, with Senator Neuberger, with Congressman Harris Ells worth, and with the department of justice. . B Neuberger. in a wire to the Mail Tribune, said he has "assur ances all factors mentioned in letters and wires of protest will be considered. Will Complete Study The senator had protested the proposed closing of the office. and said he has been informed by the department of justice that no action will be taken toward closing the office . . . until a department study now in Droc- ress has been completed." Announcement of the elosinel was made on July 23 bv U. S. Marshal Harold Sexton, who said that lack of business in the Medford office was the reason for the closure. The office has been in Medford for 40 years, and for 17 years Paul Hanlin has been deputy marshal. Under the closure plan, he would be trans ferred to Portland, and all work in this area would be handled out of the Portland office. Connie Caton To Rule Over 1955 Jacksonville Jubilee Jacksonville Connie Caton, sponsored by the Crater Lions club, was named queen of the Jacksonville Jubilee at the eighth annual Queen's ball last night 'in the Community club. As first place winner in the con test, Miss Caton will. receive a $300 wardrobe. Princesses Listed Zita Maddox, candidate of the Jacksonville Lions club, was second and will receive $200 in merchandise. Sallyo Walker, Med ford Lions club, was third. Her prize will be a $100 wardrobe. The other princesses are Bar bara Johnson, sponsored by the Exchange club, and Pat Minnis, Junior Chamber of Commerce entry. The other contestants, Sharon Bulganin Claims Proposal tacking Real Significance Geneva Conference Declared Success Q Moscow (U.R) Soviet Pre mier Nikolai Bulganin today re jected President Eisenhowers proposal for an exchange of military secrets to prove a mu tual desire for peace. Bulganin told an extraordin ary session of the Supreme So viet that "I do not believe the proposal can have any great, real significance." President Eisenhower pro posed to Russia at the Big Four summit conference in Geneva that the two nations trade their arms and military blueprints and throw both countries open to un limited aerial reconnaissance and aerial photography to prove their mutual desires for peace. Reports on Geneva The proposal was the sensa tion of the summit conference and, until -today, had not been answered by Russia. Bulganin's rejection of tht plan was made during a one hour and 35 minute report to an extraordinary session of the So viet Parliament on the results of the Geneva conference. He said that in private conver sations with Western leader at Geneva, Russia had pointed out that the terrain and topography of the USSR and United States "would -permit camouflage of anything desired." Thus, he said aerial v photographs wpuld not give satisfactory results. The comment was greeted with loud laughter. Bulganin said "we believe that our proposal of the 10th of May is much more realistic." Two-Step Proposal In that proposal Russia asked for progressive disarmament in two stages: Reduction of armed forces, a step by step reduction of arms leading finally to a com plete ban on hydrogen and atomic weapons. But Bulganin said the Geneva conference with its accomplish- rj, ments was a success and w "marked a turning point in the relations between the Soviet Union and the West.' The special parliamentary session was called for the speci fic purpose of hearing Bulgan- (? in's report on his meeting at Ge) neva with President Eisenhower, British Prime Minister Anthony Eden and French Premier Edgar Faure, "The Geneva conference," Bulganin said, "must be consid ered as a success for the forces of peace." Washington U.R) Russia's apparent rejection of President Eisenhower's proposal for swap ping military secrets will have a- chilling effect on world hopes for effective disarmament, ad ministration officials said today. But they refused to give up hope that the Russians will agre to some effective inspection and disarmament plan. It was noted that Soviet Premier Nikolai Bul ganin did not, in so many words turn down the proposal, but only minimized its value and signifi- cance. 'J Appointments By Blood Donors Being Taken Appointments are now being taken for two Jackson county visits of the Red Cross Blood-" mobile collection unit, according to collection program officials. The Bloodmobile will be in Medford at the - Elks Temple Wednesday, Aug. 10. from 1 to 6 p.m. Those desiring to donate blood (may make appointments by telephoning Medford 3-3813. A total of 250 donors is needed. The Bloodmobile will be in Rogue River on Tuesday, Aug. 9, from 2 to 6 p.m. at the VFW hall. Appointments may be made by telephoning Juniper 2-3256 between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. The goal is 150 donors. Frazier of the Launderette; Cora Mae Gleim, Talent Lions club, and Lee Anne Leach, Ashland Junior Chamber of Commerce, each were presented a Jantzen sweater. Court To Be Honored . Marvin Hart, chairman of the contest, made the presentations. Jim Pierce and his orchestra furnished the dance music. Miss Caton and her court will be guests of honor todayat 7:30 pm., at an annual Queen's ban quet in the new Jacksonville school gymnasium. Serving will be Jacksonville Girl Scouts with Mrs. Fred-Richardson in charge, and members of the Jacksonville Parent-Teacher association will prepare the dinner.
