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No Doubt Seen in
Sincerity of Soviet
Common Man To U.S.
New York U.R) Supreme
said today; sifter a six-week tour of the Soviet Union, that there is
"no doubt about the sincerity of the friendliness of the Russian
common man toward American visitors."
Justice Douglas and his wife who spent 10 days with him in
the Soviet Union arrived by plane from Helsinki, Finland.
Douglas said he toured Russia as a "sightseer" on a purely
social visit.
He said "the people everywhere were very hospitable,- very
friendly, and very curious about America. I was treated cordially
everywhere."
Douglas said the only Incident
of the Soviet Union occurred in Stalinabad, the capital of the
Republic of Tadzhikistan in Southern Russia, "where a policeman
threatened to arrest him after he
street at night.
A Soviet Intourist Agency
tamed him out of it.
His visit to the Soviet Union climaxed a three-month global
tour which also took him to Japan, the Philippines, Indochina,
Burma, India and Iran.
UaMaU in Region
Aids Fire Situation
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Forest fire conditions in Jack
son county took a decided turn
for the better this morning when
the first rain in weeks started
to fall
: Early this morning, rain was
reported in northern Jackson
and Josephine counties, and state
forestry department officials
were hoping they would get at
least some rainfall on the Sykes
creek fire, which is being mop
ped up north of Rogue River.
By midmorning, it was rain
ing in Medford, and rain was
reported falling in the Apple
gate ranger district of the Rogue
River National forest, and at
Star ranger station.
Danger Not Ended
Not enough rain- has fallen to
end the danger of fire in south
ern Oregon, but more rainfall
Is predicted through Wednes
day, accompanied by cooler aft
ernoon temperatures
It was expected that some rain
would fall today in northern
Siskiyou county, where Rogue
River National forest crews yes
terday were pulled off the Ster
ling mountain fire, which is now
being mopped up by Klamath
National forest crews.
The fact that Klamath Nation
al forest was able to take over
the entire Sterling mountain
fire was tgken here as an indica
tion that the Siskiyou county
situation has improved materi
ally. However, two fires, on Taylor
creek and Six Mile ridge, were
still listed as "out of control"
and burning in inaccessible ter
ritory with high winds and low
humidities.
The 5,000-acre blaze on Six
Mile ridge, and the 1,000-acre
Light Rain Forecast
In Western Oregon
By UNITED PRESS
Oregon's rainy season may be
on the way, the weather bureau
said today. '
Light showers fell in Port
land this morning after nearly
47 days of dry weather and oc
casional light rain was forecast
throughout western Oregon. The
damp weather eased fire danger
west of the Cascades but did not
ed it
The weather bureau said a
high pressure area which had
allowed summary weather ' in
Oregon had shifted southward
and that , Alaskan storms are
more likely to head for the Pac
ific Northwest.
The five-day outlook called
for showers in Western Oregon
through Sunday with spotty pre
cipitation in Oregon.
Taylor creek fire are burning
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Transfer of Part of Kenwood District
Official; Asset Distribution Outlined
A section of Kenwood school
District 102 was officially trans
ferred to Lone Pine district 10
ac a meeting of the two school
boards and the county boundary
board Saturday. County School
Superintendent Alf B. Mekvold
today revealed decisions reached
eat the meeting.
On Aug.. 26, the Boards tenta
tively granted a petition of 56
Kenwood district residents who
desired transfer. The action Sat
urday transferred all property
described in the petition except
. Lot 1, Block 2, Rogue Valley
Heights.
Area Outlined
Included in the transfer, with
the one exception, was all prop
erty west of Crater Lake ave.
to Coruna ave., 'and north- of
Roberts rd. to Crater Lake- high-
Court Justice William O. Douglas
during his tour of 11 republics
took a flashbulb picture on the
interpreter who was with Douglas
about a mile and a half from
each other.
In Rough Terrain 1
"These are the ones that are
making us bleed right now,'
Forest Service Spokesman Harry
Crebbins said. "They are in
steep, rough, nasty terrain and
it takes our men from four to
eight hours to hike into the fire
area from the nearest roads."
The Medford weather bureau's
five-day forecast for western
Oregon calls for showery periods
to continue through Sunday,
with amounts ranging up to half
an inch. Temperatures were ex
pected to- be below normal, in
the 60s and 70s. .
Prior to today, the last meas
urable rainfall here occurred on
July 26, when the Bedford
weather bureau reported .01 of
an inch. ' .
Firm
Found Guilty of
Unfair Practices
Washingnton (U.R) Giust-
ina Brothers Lumber company
of Eugene, Ore., was declared
guilty of unfair labor practies
today by a National Labor Rela
tions board examiner.
Examiner Maurice M. Miller
said the company would have
to make room for 32 AFL Lum
ber and Sawmill Workers who
refused to return to their jobs
following settlement of last sum
mer's Pacific Northwest lumber
strike.
To Pay Back Wages
Miller held that the company
also would : have to pay back
wages to the reinstated em
ployees. The order will "go into
effect in 20 days, unless Gius
tina Brothers appeals, or the
NLRB reverses its examiner. .
The company had contended
that the workers' refusal to re
turn to their jobs constituted an
unfair labor - practice in itself,
but Miller ruled that Giustina
Brothers was guilty of .''refus
ing" to bargain collectively with
the union. ir '
Compensatory pay would be
for the period from Jan- 19 of
this year to the date of rein
statement. Portland-Alaska Plane
Fare Reduction Asked
Portland (U.R) Pacific North
west Airlines today announced
it has requested authority from
the Civil Aeronautics Board to
reduce fare between Portland
and points in Washington and
Alaska.
Reductions as high as 23 per
cent were asked for flights be
tween . Portland and Tacoma,
Portland, Ketchikan, Alaska,
and between Ketchikan, Anchor
age," Cordova and other Alaskan
points. . . ' . -v :'. , .
The airlines begins service to
Ketchikan Oct 15, and the fare
reductions were asked to be
made effective on that date.
" The? ' purpose Of Saturday's
meeting was to distribute assets
and liabilities of the two areas.
-Deputy District Attorney Gene
Piazza interpreted assets of the
Kenwood area as being any prop
erty owned plus O & C funds.
The district's only property is
several school buses.
Two Subject to Division
It was agreed that two items
were subject to division a tui
tion fund of $82,000 and an
emergency fund of $50.0.
All other items in the budget
were considered continuing costs
of District 102 for the current
school year.
Piazza said assets would have
to be divided on an assessed
valuation basis. Therefore, divis
ion awaits figures from the as
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Santa Barbara
Forest Fire Again
Jumps Control Line
260 Persons Trapped
For Several Hour
San Francisco (U.R) New
blazes flared today in the Cali
fornia forests and the hopes of
firefighters to control the 70,000
acre inferno went up in smoke.
The blaze,' which flared out
of control again near Santa Bar
bara, trapped some 260 persons
for several hours Monday night
in an area smaller than a city
block.
350.000 Acres Blackened
The Santa Barbara fire is one
of five major blazes still raging
unchecked through the state.
Since the first of the month, a
rash of the worst coastal brush
and timber fires in history has
blackened 350,000 acres and
caused an estimated, $20,000,000
damage.
The trapped group, including
55 teen-age boys, was encircled
in ' Paradise Canyon when the
six-day old blaze flared up sud
denly and jumped State High
way 150. Bulldozers quickly
scraped fire breaks around the
area and water pumping units
took stations on the perimeter
of the fire.
Autos Evacuated
Sheriff's deputies and Cali
fornia highway patrol officers
then convoyed the group to
safety. About 50 privately-owned
autos in the area were evacuated
a few at a time to prevent snarl
ing the highway, already jam
med with firefighting equip
ment. The fire broke lines Monday
just as 1200 firefighters were
hoping for control sometime to
day. They had controlled all but
about six miles of the 72-mile
perimeter.
"But the flareup shattered
our hopes for control, in the near
future," a forest service 'official
said. '
Air Supremacy Rank
With Russia, Studied
Washington (U.R)-' The
Senate Military Preparedness
subcommittee is out to find an
aTnswer to' the fateful question
of whether the United States is
in danger of losing air supre
macy to Russia.
; As part of a broad inquiry
into the nation's air strength,
the subcommittee wants to de
termine specifically whether the
United States is ahead or behind
Russia in production of intercon
tinental jet bombers and in de
velopment of ' intercontinental
missiles.
The study will come as a cli
max to persistent Democratic
complaints throughout the year
that' the administration's air
force program, is inadequate in
view of recent Russian strides
in airpower.
The study also .may furnish
Democrats with ammunition in
case the administration makes
a move to cut back Air Force
spending v to help balance the
federal' budget.-
Gresham Man Killed '
In Asia .Plane Crash
Washington (U.R) An Ore
gon man today was listed as
one of 13 airmen killed last
Thursday when a B-29 bomber
crashed into the sea between
Formosa and Japan.
The victim was identified ' as
1st Lt. Frank G. Wills, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Wills
Sr., route 3, box 379A, Gresham.
Portland (U.R)- Enrollment
in Portland public schools
reached - 64,658 yesterday, 1425
more than last fall..
sessor's office on the valuation
of utilities and personal prop
erty in the Kenwood area. Real
property in the section is valued
at $137,437. ; 3
Total Valuation
It was agreed that the total
valuation of Kenwood District
102 is $1,185,244.57, with O & C
funds coming to $16,140.50.
No action was taken on dis
position of the rest of the Ken
wood district and Dewey District
29. According to law, both must
be annexed to one or more ad
joining districts operating stand
ard schools, as they themselves
have not operated schools for
two years. Kenwood and Dewey
districts for the past two years
have been sending children to
surrounding districts on a tuition
basis. ' '
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Hilda Rampaging
In Bahama Waters
Threat to Florida
Storm Still 750 Miles
Southeast of Miami -
' Miami (U.R) A new hurri
cane rampaging in Bahama wat
ers may veer northward and
strike the East Coast, a weather
man warned today.
Forecaster Walter Wavis of
the Miami Weather Bureau said
the tempest, which sprang up
Monday, is still' a threat to
south Florida. Most of the Ba
hamas were on alert.
Hurricane Hilda, eighth tropi
cal whirler of the year, churned
the sea just south of Turks Is
land nearly 750 miles southeast
of Miami during the night in an
almost stationary position.
Course Aimed near Miami
An advisory reported Hilda,
with top winds of 75 miles per
hour, was drifting slowly west-
northwestard on a course aimed
near Miami. .
The slow-down from an earlier
speed of 12 miles per hour when
Hilda sprang into full hurricane
formation and strength Monday
was considered a signal of fur
ther growth
Weathermen savl .it. ,.was..t.QO
early to estimate the full poten-
tion strength or course of the
whirler which developed from
a group of squalls in the Antilles
at dawn Monday.
Born Nearer Mainland
Davis said there' was a good
possibility of Hilda turning
northward and hitting 4he trails
of hurricanes Connie and Diane
which spread death and destruc
tion along the Eastern Seaboard
states earlier this year. .
The hurricane was born hun
dreds of miles hearer the U.S.
mainland than either Connie or
Diane, which moved in from far
out in the Atlantic to hit the
Carolina coast. . "
Dock Strike Spreads
Along East Seaboard
New York (U.R) A dock
workers strike spread rapidly
along the Eastern seaboard to
day. '
All New England ports, Phila
delphia, Jacksonville, Fla., and
Savanna, Ga., were shut down
by a "general strike" order sent
out yesterday to support 30,000
striking New York harbor dock
ers in their fight against the
New York-New Jersey Water
front Commission.
In Washington, Clyde Mills,
assistant director of the Federal
Mediation Service,- said the dis
pute "does not appear to be a
labor-management dispute in the
normal sense, and therefore we
do not intend to intervene."
The federal viewpoint ap
peared to be that the fight is a
local political affair and that as
such it should be handled by the
affected states. ' '
The President could be asked
to invoke the Taft-Hartley law
in event a national emergency
threatened, but no such step was
expected in the near future.
Oregon Schools Urged To
Recognize' Consfifufon
Salem (U.R) In compliance
with Gov; Paul Patterson's pro
claiming Sept.; 17-23 constitu
tion week, Superintendent of
Public Instruction Rex Putnam
today urged that all schools in
Oregon provide appropriate ex
ercises or ceremonies "to recog
nize the vital importance of the
constitution under which we are
governed."
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Cigarette-Puffing Doctor Proposes
Insurance Rate Increase for Smokers
Portland U.R) -A cigarette-puffing medic
proposed here today that life insurance pre
miums be increased for smokers. He asserted it
would cut . down the number of deaths from
lung cancer. .
Dr. Charles Dotter, professor and head of the
department of radiology at the University of
Oregon Medical School, told the 10th annual post
graduate cancer conference here that, in his '
opinion, there was no question about the link
between tobacco and lung cancer. .
Confessing his own smoking habits, Dr. Dot
ter said "I know it increases my chances of dying
Seven Injured in
Jackson County
Auto Accidents
Seven people were injured
this morning in two Jackson
county automobile accidents, ac
cording to state police and Ash
land General hospital attendants.
Injured at about 2 a.m. in a
one-car accident on. the Green
Springs highway east of Ashland
were Mr. and Mrs. Billy Noyes,
Mrs. Noyes' sister, Betty Randle,
and her father, Herman Randle.
All are temporarily residing at
712, Siskiyou blvd., in Ashland.
fCar Hits Tree ,.:
'Hospital attendants said the
accident occurred when the
driver of the vehicle went to
sleep and the car struck a tree.
The Randies received emergency
treatment and were dismissed.
Mr. and Mrs. Noyes are both
hospitalized. Their injuries were
not believed to be serious.
The second accident occurred
at about. 6:40 a.m. today on
Highway 99 at Valley View rd.,
in Talent. ; .
Three Injured
Police said a car operated by
Don J. Raspone, 253 Third St.,
Ashland, collided with a vehicle
driven by Ralph E. Honnold,
422 Siskiyou blvd., Ashland.. In
jured were the two drivers and
Mrs. Eleanor Raspone, a passen
ger in the car operated by her
husband. '''
. Mrs. Raspone received cuts
about her face and head, and re
portedly lost . considerable am
ounts of blood. ..Both Raspone
and Honnold received chest in
juries which did not appear to
be serious. All three -were taken
to Ashland General hospital by
Litwiller ambulance.
Wesfinghouse Strike
May Block Wage Talk
Pittsburgh (U.R) Settle
ment of a current strike of CIO
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
workers over a one-plant griev
ance may prove a major block
in early conclusion of a new
wage agreement with the com
pany, union President James B.
Carey indicated today.
, Carey; head of the Interna
tional Union of Electrical Work
ers, emerged from a meeting
with Westinghouse officials at
1:30 a.m. (EDT) and gave a grim
"no progress" report.:
He .had sought settlement of
a two-day walkout of the IUE's
44,000 Westinghouse members
which was called in support of
2,200 East Pittsburgh plant
workers who went on a strike
Aug. 8 in protest to a company
time-study program. ;
Five Men Fined
On Liquor Charges
Five young Jackson county
men, four from Jacksonville and
one from Medford, were arrested
yesterday and fined $15 apiece
in district court for illegal pos
session of liquor.
Jackie Dean McKinney," 19,
and Benjamin Virgil Sheare, 19,
both of . Jacksonville, two Jack
sonville 17-year-olds and - one
from Medford were involved. ;
William Tillman, 35, of 2802
Springbrook rd., was fined $255
and given a 90 day license sus
pension by District Court Judge
Rawles Moore for driving while
intoxicated. - - -
:EGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1955
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Rosenbalm has lived in Medford most of her life. Her husband
works at Crater Lake, and while he' is away she spends most of
her time in her garden, where she has many varieties of flowers
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Mt. St. Helens Area Probed
For Elderly Prospectors
Longview, Wash. (U.R) A 12-
man search party today probed
the Spirit Lake area near Mt.
St. Helens for two elderly uran
ium prospectors missing for two
days.
: The Washington state patrol
identified them as C; H. Allger,
85, Tacoma, and Charles Dick
ens, 70, of San Diego, Calif.
Marshall Stenerson, forest
ranger at Spirit Lake, said he
was called yesterday by J. F.
Castle, 92, of Tacoma, who had
accompanied the two other men
Virus Immunization
Nearer Realization
Minneapolis, Minn. (U.R)
Successful immunization against
various virus infestations was
closer to realization today due
to the discovery of a method of
separating a virus into its com
ponent parts.
A spokesman for the Ameri
can Chemical Society drew this
conclusion from a report made
yesterday to the group's 128th
meeting, held at the University
of Minnesota.
Dr. Barry Commoner of Wash
ington University, St Louis,
Mo., said he and three colleagues
have found a way to break a
tobacco mosaic virus into its
two parts protein and nucleic
acid and then rejoin them.
Commoner said that ultimate
ly it may be possible to make
an "artificial hybrid virus."
This "suggest that ways may
eventually be found to use virus
es as tools for intervening in the
normal processes of inheritance
among higher-organismi.''
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of- lung cancer yet I don't think I will die of
lung cancer." .(
Suggesting a $5 a year increase in insurance
premiums for. smokers, Dr. Dotter said "some
times we can get people by threatening their
pocket books better than we can by threatening
their lives."
Dissenting voice was , raised by E. Colton
Meek Jr., associate professor of pathology. He
said there was as much correlation between in
creased use of autos and their fumes and lung
cancer as there was between smoking and lung
cancer.
on the prospecting venture but
had remained behind in a camp
set up at Meta Lake. Castle
found a forest service telephone
and called the ranger ' station
when the other two men did not
return.
The three men left, their car
at Spirit Lake -Sunday and
hiked to Meta Lake. Allger and
Dickens left with Geiger coun
ters, no food and wearing light
clothing.
Stenerson made a search of
the area yesterday and returned
about midnight. The state patrol
and the St. Helens rescue unit
went into the area today and of
ficers said forest crews of the
Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. may
join the hunt today.
Californian Hears
Lake Ontario Goal
Toronto (U.R) A husky Calif
ornia swimming star battled six
foot swells and cross currents to
day in a brave bid to become
the second person to swim Lake
Ontario from Youngstown, N.Y.,
to Toronto. . "
The swimmer, Tom Park, 31,
Lakeview, Calif., , was reported
to be nine miles from the Tor
onto waterfront He began his
attempt to conquer, the 32-mile
stretch last night.
- Park's competition for lake
swimming honors, British dis
tance swimmer Brenda Fisher,
was pulled from the choppy wat
ers about 17 miles from Toronto.
Potlatch, Ida. 0!.R A grain
storage warehouse containing
nearly $500,000 worth of wheat,
barley and oats burst into flames
this morning and firemen said
all the grain would be destroyed.
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Establishment of
Diplomatic ties
Provisions Not
Immediately Told
Moscow (U.R) West Ger
many and the Soviet Union sign
ed an agreement tonight cover
ing the establishment of diplo
matic relations between the two
countries.
The agreement was reached
at the end of five days of talks ,
between delegations headed by
West German Chancellor Kon
rad Adenauer and Soviet Pre
mier Nikolai Bulganin.
Significant Act
It was considered one of the
most significant international.
acts since the end of World War
II, in . which the two nations
were bitter enemies. .,
The historic arrangement was
signed by Adenauer and Bulgan
in the white marble chamber
of the Spiridonovka palace.
Provisions of the agreement?)
were not revealed immediately.
Details were expected to be
given in a final joint communi
que prepared by Soviet Foreign
Minister V. M. Molotov and Bonn
Foreign Minister Henrich von
Bretano.
; Both Adenauer and Bulganin
seemed pleased with the final
agreement
a
Surrender Not Indicated
There was no indication that
the West German delegation had
given in to Soviet demands to
establish diplomatic relations
first and then talk about the
questions of prisoners still in'
Russian hands and German re
unification. A Arlenaupn wtim4i ilml - - rtrmm
conference tomorrow morning
before he flies back to Bonn.
The last meeting was a plen
ary session attended bj the full
uciejjouuus vi mm slues, it was
preceded by a private face to
face meeting between Adenauer
and Bulganin.
At the first session, Adenauer
was reported to have demanded
three - major concessions from
the Soviet Union . in return for
an agreement to insistent Rus
sian demands for th rsfnra.
tion of full, formal diplomatic
relations between the two countries.-
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Demands Listed
A member of the West' Ger
man delegation said they ware:
1. Amnesty for Germans still
held in the Soviet Union.
2. Agreement that the final
borders of Germany in the event
of reunification will be decided
only, by a formal peace treaty.
3. A clear understanding that
full diplomatic relations between
Bonn and Moscow will not imply
recognition of the- Communist
East German government by the
Bonn regime. ,
It was still too early to say
what the chances were of Soviet
acceptance.
Concrete Poured jl
Four Mile Project
The first concrete for the
Medford-Rogue River Valley
Irrigation districts' rehabilita
tion propject was to be poured
today at Four Mile Lake dam.
Excavation was completed in the
last few days, according to John
Hatch, engineer here for. the Bu
reau of Reclamation.
Hatch said excavation is con
tinuing for the spillway and
placing of riprap, on the up
stream face of Fish Lake dam.
The two projects are the first
steps in a recently negotiated
40-year rehabilitation contract
between the irrigation ' systems
and the Bureau of Reclamation.
R..K. Construction Co. of Rose
burg is scheduled to complete
the Fish and Four Mile lake jobs
within 120 days of the contract's
ratification. Work was begun
about the third week in August,
Fourth Street Crossing
Blocked TemporarilyQ
Fourth street railroad cross
ing is now ? blocked because of
work being done by Southern
Pacific company. .
The railroad is repairing the
spur track which leads to the
Crane company warehouse at
Fourth and Grape sts.
Vernon Thorpe, city public
works director, said that the
crossing probably will be
blocked to auto traffic most of
this week. -
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