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Newspaper Page TextMist o : l rC.:Vv? ; X VS . t4 50th Year , MOROCCO MOP-UP Suspects are lined up in seated positions against wall in Khouri . gba, Franch Morocco following the mop-up in an area where nationalist terrorists were allegedly concentrated. Premier Edgar Faure was reported ready to oust the Sul-' tan of Morocco and Governor Gen. Gilbert Gilbert Grandval in drastic move to bring peace to Franse's terror-ridden North African empire. U.S. Officials Take Precautions To Safeguard Lives in Cassablanca, Morocco (U.R)- Morocco began a. two-week per- iod of unusual tenseness today and U.S. military authorities took extraordinary precautions to safeguard the lives and prop erty of American servicemen and their families. Maj. Gen. Frederick Glantz berg, top U.S. commander in Morocco, declared half of the protectorate out of bounds for airmen at the four big strategic air bases. Servicemen and civil ians began painting American flaes on their cars w8h Morocco's destiny teeing shaped at cabinet meetings in Paris during the next twe weeks, officials at Rabat, the adminis trative capital, expressed fear of a renewal of the uprisings which cost some 2000 lives in Morocco and Algeria last week. 'Routine' Terrorism Rabat and Algiers officials reported only "routine" terrorist activities durin the night. Fren toops were reinforced at key. points through Morocco. Reinforced rjatrols cruised ' in Three Rural Fires Put Out Saturday The Central Point Rural Fire depigment answered calls to threa fires Saturday, rne largest burned over some 60 acres. Three trucks worked three hours to extinguish a fire in the Oregon State Game Manage ment area north of White City, starting about 12:55 p.m. About 60 acres of grass and brush were burned. Fire Chief Dick Krupp said the blaze adjoined a five acre section burned Friday night, but was from a separate cause. A small fire in sawdust sur rounding the burner at Conti nental Lumber company soutn of Central Point was quickly ex tineuished about 4:10 p.m. The log haul at Fir Ply Inc., 11th st.. Central Point, caught fire about 6:30 p.m. Chief Krupp reported that the blaze was put out by mill workers and a de partment unit before any dam age as done. C. B. Cordy Returns; Resumes Job Sept. 1 Clifford B. Cordy, Jackson county horticultural agent, has returned to his home here and will return to duty Sept. 1, fol lowing a year's leave of absence. Cordy attended the University of Florida, where he studied hor- ticultural subjects including tropical and semi-tropical fruit. Don Berry, who has been act ing horticultural agent during Cordy's absence, will remain as assistant agent. Perjury Charged To Icardi In Death of Maj. Holohan Washington (U.R) A fed eral Grand Jury today indicted former Army Lt. Aldo Icardi on eight counts of perjury growing outof the mysterious' slaying of Maj. William V. Holohan in World War II. Cloak and Dagger Slaying The indictment charged that Icardi, now a Pittsburgh lawyer, perjured himself in testimony be fore a House Armed Services subcommittee in 1953. Icardi stated at the hearing that Holo han was killed by an enemy band that attacked a mission that the major was leading behind enejiy lines in Italy. Holohan was slain in 1944 while of) a top secret cloak and dagger mission of the Office of Stytegic services. His body was no discovered until 1949 when armored cars through the native quarters of Casablanca, Rabat, Fe and other big cities. Glantzberg sent a message to his forces outlining a precaution ary security plan for the crucial two weeks ahead which may mark the beginning of peace in Morocco or open rebellion against French rule. "We are in no danger and there is no anti-American feel ings," Glantzberg said. "But spec ial care will be needed through the next weeks' probable in crease of tension." Some American servicemen and civilians did not wait for orders but began painting the Stars and Stripes on their auto mobiles. Some wore a painted "U.S." on the side and one zeal Morse Promises Fight For Hells Canyon Dam Portland lUR) More than 2500 Democrats yesterday flocked to Jantzen Beach Park here for the party's, annual ,njc- -nic featuring Sen. Wayne Morse and Congresswoman Editn Green as keynote speakers. Morse promised that in the next Congress he would make a fight for Hells Canyon dam "the like of which you have never witnessed." He said he had learned recently of an attempt by a private utility to win ex clusive power rights on the Kla math river. The Senator saia Rita Hayworth Leaves Dick Haymes Hollywood (U.R) Rita Hay- worth, who stuck by crooner Dick Haymes through two years of trouble, walked out on him today "for the best interests of my children." The much publicized couple admitted the fracture in their two-year-old marriage and Haymes blamed it simply on "pressures." "I don't know at this time that the separation is final," Rita said. Haymes refused to discuss what he and( his glamorous" film star wife had argued over but one report was that the spat in volved his management of her career. Haymes, after first denying there was any rift in his mar riage to the glamorous actress, finally broke- down and ad mitted he had troubles once again. Friends of the couple said the break-up came out of an uproar ious dispute Saturday night after which she flounced out in a rage claiming he used physical force. Rita's friends said the rift was "irreparable." it was found in a weighted sleep ing bag at the bottom of Lake Qrta. An Italian court ruled in 1953 that Holohan's death was plotted by Icardi and former Sgt. Carl Lodolce of Rochester, N.Y., but U.S. courts refused to extradite the two men. New Investigation The U.S. government opened a new investigation into the 11-year-old slaying last Aug. 15 when the Justice Department put the case before a Grand Jury. Thirteen Italians, including three priests, and the police lieu tenant who recovered Holohan's body from the lake, were sum moned to testify. The jury's re port today charged that Icardi lied to the House committee in vestigating Holohan's death. -"1 Morocco ous patriot daubed an enormous Stars and Stripes across the en tire roof of his vehicle. American authorities said the uprisings thus far had" spared all U.S. citizens. The Air Force offered emer gency housing to U.S. bases, but only three families have taken advantage of an offer of 25 trailers set up at Nouaceur. Americans driving to Nouaceur from Casablanca began taking roundabout ways to avoid driv ing through the Medina. On their side it appeared the nationalists were taking scrupu lous care not to involve any Americans so as to prevent any upsurge of U.S. public opinion against them. that it was typical of the give away program" to wait "until Congress is out of Washington." ' Morse' criticized" "the -President's road-building proposals, claiming that big business should be required to finance a larger share of the program through the "27 per cent after taxes profits big business is getting." The senior senator commended Sen. Richard L. Neuberger for his accomplishments in his first session as an Oregon senator and said he was doing a good job, "despite the snide attacks of the reactionary Oregon press." Mrs. Green told Oregon Demo crats that there had not been no "cold war" against the Eisen hower administration by Demo crats. She said "we gave Eisenhower excellent support on his foreign policy and why shouldn't we: It was the same policy of Tru man and Acheson that we have supported ' over a period of years." Washington Prison Riot Leader Escapes . Spokane (U.R) Two men, one of them a convict ringleader in the July 5-6 riot at the Wash ington State Penitentiary, escap ed from Eastern State hospital -at Medical Lake last night after overpowering an attendant. The state patrol identified the escapees as Herman Salter and James Eiland. Salter had been sent to the mental hospital from the state prison at Walla Walla five days ago. Eiland had been an inmate of Eastern State hos pital since June. The state patrol described both men as "dangerous." Salter is one of 11 convicts against whom Walla Walla County Prosecutor Arthur Haw man filed charges of first degree kidnaping and conspiracy to kid nap and prison riot as a result of the July uprising. Baseball NATIONAL R. H. E. Chicago 6 14 2 New York .. 3 7.0 Hacker and Chiti; Heaxn, Giel (4), Monzant (5), Grissom (9) and Katt. St. Louis : 4 7 1 Brooklyn 10 9 0 Poholsky, LaPalme (6), Get tle (7). Mackerson (8). Wright (8), and Sarni; Podres, Labina . (7) and Campanella. AMERICAN (First game) Baltimore .... 10 1 Detroit 0 5 1 Palica and Triandos; Gro mek. Foytack (3), Coltman (8) and Ho us. A Pr ' Robert Root Nt.. jd To Water Resource Board by Governor Study Planned For Efficient Use Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul Li Patterson today appointed seven members of the new State Water Resources Board, considered one of the most important bodies to be created by the State Legisla ture in many years. The board will have vast power over water resources of Oregon and will undertake a study with a view jtoward get ting the most efficient use out of those resources. Many Legisla tors consider creation of the board the most important piece of legislation passed by the 1955 session. Board Members Named to the board are: Rob ert H. Foley, Bend attorney, a member of the Upper Columbia River Basins Commission and experienced in the field of recla mation; Professor Fred Merry field, Professor of Sanitary En gineering at Oregon State Col lege and associated with a private engineering firm dealing with cities on sanitation problems; H. E. Maxey, Springfield newspaper publisher, member of the Wil lamette Valley Basin Commis sion for the past nine years and long interested in conservation; John Davis, Stayton insurnace man formerly with the Bonne ville Power Administration and long experienced with hydro electric problems; Wayne Phil lips of Baker, prominent rancher and cattleman,, and a student of land and water problems; Robert Root of Medford, farmer and orchardist, former member of the State House of Representa tives and active in reclamation projects; and L. C. Binford of Portland, -past . president -of the Izaak Walton League, active sportsman and resource conser vationist. Members appointed by Gov. Patterson must be confirmed by a two-thirds . vote of the 1957 Oregon Senate. Disarmament Talks Start in New York New York U.R) The dis armament . conference opening at the United Nations today brings East and West together for the first time in nine years with new ideas for laying down their arms. The Big Four powers-United States, Russia, Britain and France each are equipped with disarmament plans. All four are different. It is hoped that out of the four some realistic program will emerge from reducing the bur den of military costs on both sides of the Iron Curtain. And at the same time reduce the chance that civilization will destroy itself in a nuclear war. The experts see only a fair chance that the disarmament conference -under U.N. auspices will succeed, despite the inter national fair weather created at the Summit Conference in Ge- eva. There is still a wide gap be tween. Russia's determination to outlaw nuclear weapons entire ly and the West's belief that the A-bomb and H-bomb are its chief protection against the vast man power of the Communist world. Inversion Layer Keeps Smoke, Haze in Valley Smoky haze hanging over the valley this morning was caused by an "inversion layer," the weather bureau office here re ported. . . . A layer of warm air covered a cooler layer at ground level trapping ;the smoke from mills and other sources. State forest patrol and Rogue River National forest spokesmen listed no new fires over the week end, but considerable smoke resulted from a 60-acre grass and brush fire in the Ore gon State Game Commission management area along Rogue river on the former Camp White reservation Saturday. Weather Date Aug. 29. 1955 FORECAST: Considerable cloud iness through Tuesday. - Mild -temperatures. Low tonight 53. High Tuesday 90. . Temp. Highest Yesterday 93 Lowest this Morning J. 52 MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1955 (o) (o) IDrowin) Dim' Medford Man i Killed, Two Others Injured, Qn Auto Accidents One man was killed outright and two others were injured in accidents in this area over the week end. David Niel Bourquin, 26, of 719 West 10th st., Medford, was killed when the car he was driv ing went off South Stage rd., and struck a telephone pole and mail box near Voorhies crossing early Sunday. State police said the accident was reported about 1:40 a.m., and that the car apparently was traveling east." After the vehicle struck the telephone pole, the car veered back onto the high way, struck a mail box, and spun around. L Body Found Jack Hunter, Jacksonville, saw the body in the ditch about 11 feet from the car as he was passing. He called state police. Mr. Bourquin, a native of Oak land, Calif., came to Medford from Spokane, Wash., . in 1945 and graduated from Medford High school the following year. He served in the Navy from 1946 to 1948. A member of the Presbyterian church and the Jun ior Chamber of Commerce, he is survived by his parent?, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Bourquin of the same address. His father is chief of "the . civil aeronautics admin istration control tower staff at the airport. Funeral services will be. held in Conger-Morris chapel at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, with the Rev: John Reynolds of the Presbyterian church officiating. Committal will follow in Siskiyou Memorial park. Two Others Injured Two persons were - injured, neither seriously, in an accident about nine miles north of Pros pect on Highway 62 about 4:20 p.m. yesterday, Maurice Ralph Kohlie, 52, Buffalo, O., andKen neth Gordon Simmerman, 43, Eugene, were taken to Commun ity hospital by Medford ambu lance. Oil Refinery Fire Continues To Roar Whiting, Ind (U.R) A multi million dollar oil refinery fire roared into its third day today, keeping 1500 persons from their homes, in a devastated two--square-mile area. Standard Oil Company offic ials said the flames at its giant refinery finally were under con trol, although three fuel oil tanks containing 750,000 gallons of fuel still burned fiercely. " One thousand company em ployees worked through' the night fighting the .fires, which burst from the core of a stagger ing explosion at 6:15 a.m. Satur day. The blast, heard for 100 miles, roared from a 26-story cracking plant located in the 1600-acre refinery. Chain reaction explo sions . among the fuel tanks sent tons of metal flying into slum bering homes. Two persons were killed, hundreds were injured, and 10 per cent of the refinery became flaming, twisted rubble. Bad Check Suspects Waive Counsel Rights Robert Hibbard .Taylor, 41, Frenso, Calif., waived counsel and preliminary hearing in dis trict court Saturday and was bound over to the grand jury on $2,000 bond on charges of ob taining money by false pre tenses. The case involves a $35 fraudulent check to Sam Jen nings Tire company, Medford. Pauline Ruth Taylor, 31, also of Fresno, charged with uttering and publishing a" false check, also waived counsel and prelim inary hearing in district court and was bound over on $2,000 bond. Both were returned here from Fresno, Calif., late last week. Djakarta, Indonesia (U.R) The New Indonesian govern ment's anti-corruption drive has hit the Foreign Ministry. The Attorney General's ' office an nounced that a member of the ministry stationed abroad had been arrested. The name of the official was not disclosed. Simmerman was treated and released, and Kohlie was report ed in satisfactory condition this morning. He suffered only minor injuries. State police said a car driven by Simmerman, traveling south on Highway 62, overtook a car driven by Ferd Washington Jones, 62, Gold Hill, and was unable to pass or to slow down sufficiently. The Simmerman vehicle, police said, struck the rear of Jones' vehicle then veer ed across the highway and into a tree. . Others Not Hurt Jones and two passengers in his vehicle, Ada Jones and Eth el Tustin of Colorado, were not injured. A car driven by Richard Har old Kivett, 22, Jacksonville, went out of control on Sterling Creek rd., about three miles from Jack sonville about 4:15 p.m. yester day and hit a stump near the road. Police said Kivett told them his brakes did not work and he lost control. He was treat ed by a private physician for small cuts, police said. Salvation Army, Red Cross, Seek Flood Aid Money A Salvation Army voluntary disaster fund has been organized here, : and a little more than $1,000 has been raised for work in the flood-damaged northeast ern states, it was reported to day. The effort, an "unofficial" one started by members of the local Salvation Army advisory board, is to help pay for relief and rehabilitation work by the Sal vation Army units in New Eng land and other stricken states. Mobile canteen service and other assistance has been rendered. A spokesman for the group said donations may be mailed to Post Office Box 39, - Medford. He added the members of the advisory board know of the problems faced by the Salvation Army, and the way in which they are handled, with little ad ministrative expense and no waste. The funds will be used as Salvation Army workers on the scene think best The American Red Cross chap ter here will conduct a "Tag Day" Wednesday in Medford and Ashlandto raise funds for flood relief. . A goal of $1,650 has been set -in Jackson county, and c o n t r i b utions totaling $686.53 have so far been re ceived. . Seals Available for Last Festival Plays Ashland Many good seats are still ' available for the. last three performances of the 1955 Oregon Shakespearean festival according to Manager Bill Fat ten: Tonight is the second and final performance of "Timon of Athens," the final playing of "Macbeth" will be Tuesday night and the season will close Wednesday with "Midsummer Night's Dream." Reservations may be made by calling the box office ' in Ash land, 9-5111, or the rirvation desk in First National bank, Medford .3-4531. A record - breaking house Saturday night, with many turned away, gave rise to a rumor that no seats are avail able for the final performances, Patton said. Evans Valley School Patrons Vote on Bonds Polls are open between 2 and 8 p.m. today at Evans Valley school at Wimer for an election on a $50,000 bond issue for addi tions to bring the school up to state standards. The addition will include two classrooms and. restrooms on the first floor. Restrooms are now in the basement. , Tribune United Pres Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 136 iregn) Boating, Fishing Accidents Account For Loss of Lives Coast Guard Saves Three Fishermen By UNITED PRESS Eight persons lost their lives in Oregon waterways and at the beaches in a tragedy-filled week end and three others were res cued by the Coast Guard after drifting for more than 30 hours off the fog-shrouded coast. Five persons died in boating mishaps in the Astoria area where authorities said it was the worst record in the history of the annual Astoria Salmon Derby. Waters off the mouth of the Columbia river and in the stream itself were jammed with sports fishing craft. Father, Daughter Die Duane Schaeffer, 32-year-old Hammond, Ore., construction worker, and his 12-year-old daughter, Alice Marie, were the latest victims reported hr the series of mishaps. Their boat, a 12-footer with an outboard motor, was found about 9 p.m. last night lying upside down on the sand on Clatsop spit. Their bodies were not recovered. Schaeffer is the father of four other children. His wife, Alice, was hospitalized at Columbia hospital . in - Astoria suffering from shock. A. W. Robinett, 34, of Wapato, Wash., drowned in the Columbia river near Spearfish, Wash., Sunday morning. Robinett, who was sturgeon, fishing . in a boat with four companions, fell into the water when he attempted to gaff a catch made by one of the party. His body was recovered by other fishermen who dragged the slack stream with their lines, Eleven-year old Donald Roley of Oregon City drowned when the 16-foot outboard motorboat in which he .was riding capsized near Clatsop spit at the Colum bia's mouth. A coast guard boat picked up his shocked parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Roley, but could not revive the boy. Father Survives Allan Murchison, 29, Astoria and Marvin Barton, 29, Portland, were missing and . believed drowned after their 20-foot boat crashed into the south jetty at the mouth of the Columbia in a fog. Don Barton, father of one of the missing men, survived the wreck and reported jthe accident to the Point Adams lifeboat station. Coast guardsmen were patrolling the jetty today in search of the missing men. Dragging resumed this morn ing for two men who were miss ing and presumed drowned after their little round-bottomed fish ing boat capsized on Dexter r,es: ervoir near Eugene. ' . Victims Identified State police said the victims were Frank Recob, 50, owner of a Springfield trailer court and Everett Colley, 27, an employee of Weyerhaeuser timber com pany. The boat was recovered with fishing lines still drifting in the 50-foot water. The coast guard rescue took place, north of Florence where three men had drifted more than 30 hours after the engine of their cruiser failed. Bill.Ers kine, Swiss Home, and his com panions, Sam Matthews and Pat Williams of Florence, were picked up about 4 p.m. after a widespread search in which 25 fishing boats and civil air patrol planes took part. 'Unimportant' Ashland Home Finally Told Several items, including ladies clothing more than 50 years old, were stolen when a house own ed by Albert L. Peachy S., at 909 Peachy rd., Ashland, wras ransacked about three ' months ago, Jackson county sheriffs of fice said today. - The burglary was not report ed until late - last week, officer's said, because Peachy did hot "think it. was important." He reported it on advice of his daughter. ;' ' Sheriffs officers reports stat ed the house, which previously was used for storage purposes only, was entered through a win dow sometime last April or May. The burglary was discovered by Peachy when he went there to Resident General; Sultan Would Be Ousted Under Plan Appeasement Hoped By French Premier Paris (U.R) The French Cab inet today approved the pro posals-of Premier, Edgar Faure for ending the bloody Moroccan uprising. . The decision to support Faure was taken in a stormy 13-hour Cabinet session which at times threatened to topple his govern ment. - Faure's plan calls for the oust er of both the French Resident General Gilbert Grandval, who is hated by French colonials and right wing elements of Parlia ment for his "soft" policy in Morocco, and Sultan Sidi Mo hammed Moulay Ben Araf a, who is bitterly attacked by the Moroccan Nationalists. The Premier hopes by the two moves to appease both the Na tionalists and the French who have . demanded a more stern policy toward them by the resi dent general. Successor Selected The Cabinet finally agreed to Faure's formula after a 10-hour session, broken for a few hours sleep and resumed for another three hours this morning. Informed sources said the Cab inet agreed to accept Grandval's resignation within the next day or two and will appoint Tunis ian Resident General Pierre Boyer de la Tour to take his place. If he accepts, the government will ask Boyer de la Tour to leave for Rabat Thursday to as sume his difficult new post. He served as resident general in the sister French North Afri can protectorate of, Tunisia while the difficult home rule agreement for that .area was ne gotiated there. Sources within the Cabinet said the dispute over Faure's plan nearly cracked the govern ment's right of center coalition Cabinet, , France's 20th govern ment since World War II. New Government . - - L ' TT "TT1 . . a a uix c tuiuprunuse pxan calls for formation of a Moroc can Thome Council to take over the powers of the Sultan. The council then will form by Sept. 12 a representative Moroccan government, including National ists. ' After that has been com Diet ed, the - Moroccan government will negotiate with the French home rule reforms, less far reaching than those accorded Tunisia. The reforms will -end 41 J . 1 m . uic uireci ruje oi me protector ate from Paris. . The Cabinet acted swiftly to day under urgent warnings that failure to find an early solution nvght touch off new bloody vio lence in Morocco. Exploding Artillery Shell Kills Children El Paso, Tex.-(U.R An artil lery shell exploded in the midst of a group of children gathered around a small fire last night, killing three of them and injur ing 10 other persons, two criti cally. Zelma Morales, 4, was dead on arrival at El Paso General Hospital. Two other children, George Valdez, 5, and Ricardo Lujan, 10, died shortly after reaching the hospital. Doctors-worked to save the lives of another child, Ramon Ramirez, 8, and an adult, Mrs. Tomasa Venzuela, 43. Both of Ramon's legs were blown off, and Mrs. Venzvfela was believed to have caught a shell fragment in the chest. Seven other children and 22- year-old Amado Rivera were seriously injured, most of them suffering from burns. Police said they think the ex plosive was a 90-millimeter shell which some of the children found on a picnic a few days ago. Burglary of straighten it up so he could move into the house. . The entire house, both upstairs and downstairs, was ransacked, officers said, and contents of drawers, cabinets and boxes were scattered on floors. Burg lars also afe several cans of food, and used two plates and spoons, the report stated. Items stolen included old fash ion clothing, both ladies and childrens, some of which was more than 50 years old, a saddle, a rawhide lariat, floorlamp, win dow drapes, two homemade for mal dresses, and two new pil lows and a set of dishes. No estimate as made of the value of stolen property.