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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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