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o r on tep Dinifteire Qi Dim 3 Ralph E. Moody Dies; Well-Knoun Attorney 'Handled Vote Frauds Ralph Elnfo Moody, 90, one of Cftgon's best-known attorneys who played a large part in the Jackson county vote fraud cases In the earftr 1930s, died in a Salem hospital yesterday. He is survived by his wife, the former Elizabeth3 Regina (Gene) Johnson. They were mar ried in Ashland in 1933 while she was employed by the Ash land Tidings. Special Prosecutor Mr. Moody was in practice in Medford for some time before being named special prosecutor in connection with the "Good Government Congress" disturb ances which culminated in the vote fraud cases and a murder trial. Later he was in practice in Salem, but had been in fail ing health in recent years. He closed his office in July for that reason. ' Mr. Me-ody wasbom in The Dalles. Ore., the son of Z. F, Moody, governor of Oregon from 1872 to 1877. He was admitted to the bar in 1888, and began one of the longest records of legal and public service activity in Oregon. . In the early 1900s he served in the Oregon legislature, and was known as the "father" of the Oregon people's utility law, During' his long career he also represented a number of utility firms; practiced in Washington state, Portland, Chicago, Med ford and Salem; was prosecut ing attorney for several Wash ington counties; was chief clerk of the Oregon house of represen tatives; was a special assistant attorney general of the Y.S., of Washington and of Oregon; was legal adviser to several sessions of the Oregon legislature, and in the late 1930s was special prosecutor, appointed ky the late ! Festival Schedules Last Show of Year; f -Has Best Season .' "i Ashland The 20th annual Oregon Shakespearean festival will close here tonight after its mcst successful season. The final i play will be "A Midsummer Night's Dream " Festival officials have an nounced th&t all previous attend ance records already have been broken. The attendance mark for a sin gle performance has ben bro ken twice this season, a marK 0 of 1,064 set on Aug. 13, for a performance of "A Midsummer Night s Dream, was broken last Saturday night when 1,137 saw -All's Well That Ends Well." Tiadiiional Ceremonies Tonight's performance will be followed by traditional closing night ceremonies, with the act ors carrying lighted caidlss through the audience and sing ing the English ballad "Gren sleeves." Plans are now being com pleted for next season's plays, which will include "Romeo and Juliet," "Love's Labour's Lost," "Richard III," and "Cymbeline." The fifth play of the season, to be presented only twice, will be "Titus Andronicus." (See year-end reviews on Page 2) Chiloquin Man's Body Found on Dirt Road Chiloquin (U.R) The body of Jackie Jones, about 25, was found lying on a dirt roadin Chiloquin on the Klamath In dian reservation today. Klamath county authorities said he had been shot 81 the left shoulder with a .30-.30 caliber rifle. District Attorney Richard Beesley said he expected an ar rest to be made later in the day. Jones had returned to his home at Chiloquin from Gresham, Ore. just a few days ago, Beesley said. $1,250 Awarded in Condemnation Suit A U. S. district court jury here yesterday returned a judg ment granting Zora Gallagher $1,250 for property involved in a Bureau of Land Management condemnation suit. The jury was out for about two hours. The property involved in the suit is located near Galice in ' Josephine county. Hearing on the suit was set two weeks ago by Federal Judge James Alger Fee during a regular session of U. S. district court. . Judge Fee left Medford yester jay to conduct a federal court session in Eugene start jjig today. Mford G RALPH MOODY Native Oregonian Dies at 90 Gov. Charles Martin, in the fam ed "goon" trials involving la bor racketeering. Born in 1865, he attended schools in The Dalles, Willam ette university, and "Albany law school in New York. Mr. Moody was a not-infre quent visitor to Medford over the years, and was well known here, Funeral arrangements are pend ing. Medford Man Held In Grants Pass on Stock Sale Charge Grants Pass Clarence Ed ward Smith, 62, of 311 South Peach St., Medford, is one of two men arrested here Monday and charged with the unlawful sale of unregistered mining stock, according to the Grants Pass Courier. , The other man arrested was Mitchel Emanuel Hughes, 74, who lives on the Redwood high way. Sales To Medford People - District Attorney Max McMil- lin issued the complaints against the men. He said a Grants Pass couple paid the two men $718.92 earlier this year as part pay ment for 1,000 shares of stock in the O'Brien Chrome company, and that an unidentified Med ford man paid $1,500 for some of the same stock. There were smaller sales to at least two oth er Medford people, McMillin stated. The district attorney pointed out that it is unlawful to sell securities in Oregon unless they are registered with the state corporations commissioner, and that those selling stock must be licensed. The commissioner has informed McMillin, he said, that the stock in question is not regis tered, and that neither Smith nor Hughes are licensed. Hearing Friday Preliminary hearing in the case has been set for 10:30 am. Friday by Justice of the Peace R. E. Smith. The Medford sus pect was held in jail, and Hughes was released on $2,000 bond. Oregon Gels Share Of Polio Vaccine Portland (U.R) Oregon's share of more than 3,000,000 cubic centimeters of Salk anti polio vaccine released nationally today will total 41,283 ccs. the State Board of Health said here. The- vaccine will be available in the state almost immediately but will be diverted to commer cial channels for sale through the pharmaceutical houses, ac cording to Dr. Harold Erickson, state health officer. He said distribution through commercial channels was recom mended by the state advisory committee to the State Board of Health. The Board, however, asked that physicians cooperate with the state anti-polio program by making the vaccine available only to children in the 5 to 9 age group the age of highest polio incidence. Six-Day Adjournment In US-Red China Talks Geneva (U.R) The United States and Red China today an nounced a. six-day adjournment of their slow moving .negotia tions on the repatriation of 41 Americans detained behind the Bamboo Curtain and return of Chinese students from the United States to Communist China. No reason was" given for this latest delay in the talks. Stores Will Remain Open for Shopping Until Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 18 Pages Israel Accepts UN Cease Fire Order 'Under Protest' Egypt Acceptance Announced in Cairo Jerusalem (U.R) Foreign Offices sources said today Israel had accepted "under protest" an order by the UN truce supervis or to Israel and Egypt to halt their fighting before it flared into a major war. Egypt's acceptance of the cease fire order was announced earlier in Cairo. The Foreign Office spokesman made it clear Israel resented the wording of the order by Canad ian Maj. Gen. E. L. M. Burns on the grounds his cease fire, de mand implied common guilt. The Israelis blamed Egypt for the week of clashes in the Gaza strip that has left 24 dead and 41 wounded on both sides. Report New Violence An Israeli military spokes man reported new attacks by the Egyptians during the night. The situation along the Gaza strip was described as tense, but calm, by morning. An Egyptian military spokes man said the Israelis fired mor tar and automatic weapons dur ing the night at an Egyptian out post in east Gaza and that the Egyptians returned the fire in a one-hour artillery duel. No cas ualties were reported. A foreign office source said Israel had complained again to the UN Security Council in New York of the Egyptian attacks and made representations to the United States and Britain to ask Egypt to stop using force. Conditional Acceptance Israel, in accepting Burns' of fer, made it conditional on Egypt agreeing to an immediate halt of raiding and sabotage in Israel territory and the placing of land mines on Israel roads. Burns re plied that Egyptian acceptance of the cease fire order answered that request. Stronger Japan Role In Defense Expected Washington (U.R) Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shige mitsu ends an official visit to Washington today with indica tions he has won for Japan a stronger role in North Pacific de fense arrangements. ' ' Informed sources said U.S. of ficials are trying to find a for mula to meet Japan's desire to shake off its role of "junior part ner" in its own defense. - These sources said Shigemitsu told officials in conferences Tuesday that if Japan gets -a greater voice in the defense ar rangements, he then wants an understanding on 'when and at what rate U.S. forces will be withdrawn. The sources said the United States probably would grant some concession to Shigemitsu in an effort to bolster and con solidate pro-American elements in Japan. But they said the United States probably . would not agree to a firm timetable for troop withdrawal until later. Guard Use on Roads May Be Questioned Olympia ' (U.R) The legality of Gov. Arthur B.. Langlie's call of the National Guard during September week ends to help curb the rising death rate -on Washington's highways may be questioned, it was learned today. Attorney General Don East void may be requested by one or more county prosecutors to issue his opinion on what effect the use of the guard will have cn civil law with regard to law en forcement. Eastvold said he had not been asked yet to rule on the legal implications involved in the gov ernor's use of 375 selected Na tional Guard troops during the Labor Day week end and every week end in September, but said he would if asked. New York (U.R) Wholesale food prices as measured by the Dun & Bradstreet index on Aug. 30, dropped to $6.15, lowest level in "31 months. - Sports Bulletin Chicago Nashua won in its race with Swaps today. MEDFORD, OREGON, WF MS Stassen Proposes Ground Observers .: In Key Locations Need Recognized Subcommittee Told United Nations, N.Y. '(U.R) Russia maintained stony silence today on American moves to carry out President Eisenhow er's Geneva proposal to combine U.S. and Soviet disarmament inspection plans. The five-nation- United Na tions disarmament subcommit tee, meeting in its third session, had before it a U.S. statement that "each nation has recognized the need for ground observers" to facilitate military inspection. Thi3 was proposed in addition to President Eisenhower's aerial inspection and exchange of mili tary blueprint proposals and was in line with a Soviet plan advanced last May 10. Soviets Make No Comment But despite the apparent close ness between the Russian and American plans on this point, Soviet disarmament delegate Arkady A. Sobolev made no comment. U.S. disarmament expert Har old E. Stassen, detailing the .Ajnerjican .j?lan, Tuesday, pro posed that ground observers be stationed at "key locations" in each country to: 1. Give early warning of any mobiliaztion for a surprise at-: tack. 2. Check the validity of mili tary "blueprint" information ex changed by the countries. A key feature of the Soviet proposals published last May and restated at this conference called for stationing inspection teams at railheads, road junc tions, sea and airports' to watch for war preparations. Opposing Features Combined By combining this feature with the American - plan, the United States carriad out the suggestion made by Mr. Eisen hower at the Geneva summit conference to Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin that an at tempt be made to combine So viet and American ideas on dis armament. But the two countries re mained far apart on other major points. These included Russia's demand for unconditional prohi bition of nuclear weapons and immediate reduction of armed forces. Actually, none of the other Western powers on the subcom mittee Britain, France or Can adahas publicly endorsed 'the American plan. But British dele gate Anthony Nutting called Stassen's outline a "helpful elaboration", 'Tag Day' Sale Victims; Lions, Rotary, SA A special "Tag Day" event, sponsored by the Jackson coun ty chapter, American Red Cross, was under way in Medford to- day to raise funds for flood re lief in the disaster stricken northeastern section of the Unit ed States. Tags went on sale this morn ing at 9 o'clock, and the sale, in the downtown area, was. to continue until 9 p.m. All pro ceeds from the sale will be sent directly to American Red Cross headquarters for flood relief. Quota Set at $1,650 Jackson county's relief fund quota has been set at $1,650. In addition to the "Tag Day" sale, relief contributions are being accepted at the Red Cross of fices in the county courthouse. The local Red Cross chapter was given special permission for the one-day tag sale by the United Medford Crusade. : Other groups and agencies in v ST 31, 1955 STh?'tilRJ?5Thl W0Tl?'s la!?e? warshiP' USS Forrestal turns to head down the James River from Newport News, Va., out to open sea for six-dav sea trials to eSrSS ri2n- 1036feet l0DS flattP dW3S d0CkS Kunuby- Flood Relief Goal Set at $10,000,000 Denver U.R) The White American Red Cross has raised its goal from $8,000,000 to $10, 000,000 for flood disaster relief in Eastern states. ' President ' Eisenhower receiv ed a report from Ellsworth Bunker, president of the Red Cross, announcing the higher goal and reporting that more than $5,000,000 have been re ceived so far for the special fund. Mr. Eisenhower received the report during a brief but busy session at his summer White House headquarters at Lowry Air Force Base. . He left shortly after 9 a.m. for his- usual round of golf at Cherry Hills Country club. . Press Secretary James C. Hag erty said the President also was keeping in touch with a high level White House meeting in Washington flood disaster relief and with U.N. disarmament talks in New York City. (See Story on Page 12) Agricultural Mineral Developed by Company San Francisco U.R) Crown Zellerbach Corporation today announced plans to market a valuable' new .agricultural min eral it has developed as a by product of the pulp and paper making process. The new mineral is a remedy for iron deficiency in plants, known technically as iron chlo- 'rosis, the company said.' Under Way Jackson county also are Taising contributions to be used for flood relief. These include the Medford Rotary club, the, Salva tion Army, and the Crater Lions club. Rotarians earlier this week unanimously .approved sending $500 for aid to the disaster area. Salvation Army Fund . , A Salvation Army voluntary disaster fund has raised more than $1,000 for work- in the flood-damaged area. The fund is to help pay for relief and re habilitation work done by the Salvation Army units in strick en areas where mobile canteen service and other assistance has been rendered. Donations to the Salvation Army fund may be mailed to Post Office Box 49, Mehford. The Jackson county disaster car will be used by members of the Crater Lions club tomorrow evening when they go out to if RIBUNE United Press Full Leased Wire -' - - Price 5c No. 138 .Baseball NATIONAL Cincinnati . 0 7 0 New York J. 5 9 0 Katt. AMERICAN Baltimore ........ 13 0 Cleveland 5,5 0 Wight. Brown (1) and H. Smith; Score and Hegan. Boston 2 8 0 Chicago .. 4 9 0 Brewer, Kiely (5), Succe (7) and White; Eeegan and Lollar. Big Three Ministers To Meet Sept. 27-28 Washington (U.R) The Big Three foreign ministers will meet in New York Sept. 27 and 28 to coordinate Western strategy for the Big Four foreign ministers' conference in Geneva in Octo ber, it was announced today. . The U.S., British, and French diplomats will be joined . Sept. 28 by Western German Foreign Minister Henrich von Brentano. An announcement issued si multaneously in the three west ern capitals, said "these meetings are a part of the preparatory con sultations which have already begun between the French, the United Kingdom and the U. S. governments : and their NATO partners." The announcement said the foreign ministers will discuss "matters of common interest, in cluding the forthcoming Geneva conference." " To Aid Flood Plan Help raise funds for flood disaster relief. .. , Light Bulb Sale About 20 club members will participate in the drive, which will be in the form of a light bulb sale, with assorted bulbs in a large sack going for $2. Dona tions for flood assistance, which will be forwarded directly to the American Red Cross disaster headquarters in. New t England, will also be accepted. The Lions will make their so licitations in the east side of town, as they have previously conducted bulb sales on the west side. The disaster car, used to call attention to the purpose of the sale, will park in a neigh borhood and the club members will fan out, ringing doorbells, until the. area has been covered and then will move on. The -sale will start at about 7 p.m., and is expected to last two hours. ml till Jot v. Weather FORECAST: Occasional h i f h cloudiness tonight and Thurs day. Little temperature change. Low tonight 50. High Thursday near 93. Temp. Highest Yesterday 89 Lowest this Morning 47 AW01 Pair Held On Robbery Charge Coquille --(U.R) Two youths absent without leave from Ft. Ord, Calif., were ' held here . to day for Douglas county author ties on an armed robbery charge. -Robert Eugene Mitchell, 18, and . Richacd Allen McKelvey, 17, were arrested early this morning ' by state police while they were asleep in a car parked along the highway just north of Myrtle Point. ' Officers said the pair admit ted the armed robbery of a gro cery store at Myrtle Creek on Highway 99 south of Roseburg last night. They pointed a.un at an elderly man operating the store and ordered him" to give them - the .contents . of the cash register..' Officers were" not , cer tain how much money was taken. - - Also ' admitted - was . the bur glary of a sporting goods store in Burns, Ore., where eight rifles and shotguns and a 357 magnum pistol were taken Monday night, and the theft of a car and gaso line at, King City, Calif., last Friday. ... . 4 Police said ' the youths told them they had visited Las Vegas and Reno, Nev., on the trip north to Burns, Lakeview, Med ford, Grants Pass, and Myrtle Creek. Child Not Abandoned, Grandmother States ' Portland (U.R) A Port land grandmother complained to day that her grandchild was not given away as claimed by a 10-year-old girl yesterday and she was near tears as she started court action to get the infant re leased from Albertina Kerr nur sery where police had placed it. The confusing episode came to light yesterday when the moth er of 10-year-old Marcelle Ever man called police to report that an unidentified woman had "giv en" Marcelle a baby and dis appeared. Mrs. Marvin L. Mays read the newspapers and called "police to report that the child Terry Lynn, belonged to her daughter, Patric ia. ., . Mrs. Mays said Marcelle had volunteered to babysit with the child when the regular babysit ter was unavailable. Mrs. Mays had understood ' that Marcelle's mother had agreed to the ar rangement. Women's Protective Division of the police department said Mrs. Mays and her daughter would have to go through the courts to have the child released from the nursery. - "It's all very confusing," said Mrs. Mays. 9 o'clock w 9 M Leaders Issue o Call for Mass Demonstrations Refugees Say Plan Calculated Maneuver Buenos Aires (U.R) Juan D. Peron today offered to resign as President of Argentina, in the interests of "political peace." Leaders of the powerful pro- Peron General Confederation of Labor and the, Peronista party promptly called for a general strike and mass demonstrations throughout the nation to keep him in power. Four hours after appeals were broadcast for "another Oct, 17 revolution" to demonstrate Pe- ron's popular support, 15,000 of his followers had gathered -in the wast Plaza de Mayo in cen tral Buenos Aires. On previous ' such occasions the square, which faces Casa Ro- sada, the seat of the govern ment, has been jammed with 200,000 to 300,000 wildly enthu sisstic supporters. Plan May Backfire The appeal for another Oct. 17 revolution alluded to the 1945 uprising when workers of Argentina swarmed into the streets in riotous demonstrations which firmly established Peron in power. In Montevideo, Uruguay, Ar gentine refugees said Peron's offer to resign was a calculated political maneuver designed to reinforce his weakening hold on the government through mass demonstrations. These sources said the paltry turnout in Bue nos Aires indicated the maneu ver may backfire. Buenos Aires afternoon news papers, all pro-Peronist, printed special midmorning editions with banner lines reading 'Te- ron Must Not Go" and "Peron, Yes; Another, No." The group gathered innthe plaza was orderly. They sang "Children of Peron" a party song, and shouted "Workers" with Peron" and "Ouft Lives for Peron." Trucks, many with out of town license plates and daubed with Peronista slogans, were ar riving in Buenos Aires. Although there had been no disorders, shops in the main sec tion -of -Buenos Aires slammed down their iron shutters and stores locked their doors against the possibility of violence. Peron's offered resignation was announced to the public by broadcast over the national radio by Hug di Pietro, secretary general of the General Confed eration of Labor, and Alejandro Leloif, president of the Supreme Council of the Peronista party. Hew Morocco Boss Will Tackle Crisis Rabat, Morocco (U.R) Gen. Pierre Boyer de la Tour du Mou lin, France's tough new boss of Morocco, was flying here today to seek a "reasonable and peace ful solution" of the crisis rock ing the strategic protectorate. -Boyer de la Tour took off from Tunis to put France's new peace plan in effect here in the wake iof the bloodiest violence that has swept North Africa in years. He takes over as resident gen eral from Gilbert GrandvaL whose resignation was announ ced in Paris this morning. Premier Edgar Faure's peace plan calted for a new nationalist backed Moroccan government to take office by Sept. 12 to nego tiate reforms which would end direct rule of the protectorate from Paris. N Crew Mopping Up Evans Creek Fire A 12-man ere wQ today nt mopping up a fire in an olS slash area on the east forf of Evans creek, according to (tatf forest patrol officials. The firef which was reported Monday afternoon, was held to approximately five acres. Crews from the state forest patrol, Elk Lumber company, Timber Prod ucts company, and the Byron Coulter arid Adams Brothers woods operations fought the fire. 'Unnecessary Kissing Ban DraWs Protest Stockton, N. J (U.R) A Stockton couple objected today to Mayor Chester Erric$'i pro clamation of a ban on "un necessary kissing." Mr .and Mrs. Robert 5ern ens charged the ruling violates the constitutional right to the pursuit of happiness. Errico said the proclama tion was based on a list of san itary regulations sent to this flood-stricken community by state health authorities. Tonight
