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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1955
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Guardsmen Given
Orders To End
Woody Violence
Troopers Sent To
Perfect Circle Plant
New Castle, Ind. (U.R) Hun-
dreds of National Guardsmen,
led by Sherman tanks, rolled
Into New Castle today with or
ders to end the bloody, violence
at the strikebound Perfect Cir
cle Corp.
qGov. George Craig sent the
600 troopers after 10 persons
were injured in a wild gunfight
between strikers and non
strikers Wednesday. Four CIO
- United Auto Workers pickets and
four non-strikers were shot and
a state police captain was club
bed over the head.
All Taverns Closed
The guardsmen were preceded
by two 49-ton M-47 Sherman
tanks, each armed with a 90 mil
limetre gun and three machine
guns. The troopers followed in
four halftracks, trucks, and
Jeeps.
All taverns were closed and a
9 p.m. curfew was imposed. The
guardsmen had orders to break
up any . picketing eand to stop
anybody except maintenance
men from entering the Perfect
Circle plant. They were to be
ent to the Perfect Circle plant
, and to a .larger -Chrysler - Corp,
plant?where officials feared new
violence might break out.
Sympathy Demonstration
e The 4,000 Chrysler plant em
oyees had stayed off the job
In a sympathy demonstration
Wednesday. The heaviest single
force of guardsmen 'was posted
at the Chrysler plant o make
sure violence doesn't erupt when
the first shift of 1,700 employees
reported for work.
Road blocks were set up around
this city of 18,000 to keep out
out-of-towners who might want
o to swell the strikers' ranks.
3 Another crisis in the bitter
Perfect Circle dispute was ex
pected when representatives of
the company and of the striking
CK United Auto Workers meet
irrthe city council chambers in
an attempt to work out some
kind of a truce.
Valley Has First
Freeze of Season
- First freezing temperature of
The season was recorded this
morning at the Medford station
of the U. S. weather bureau but
both County Extension Agent
W.B. Tucker and the bureau
stated that frost was not general
enough to. end the growing sea
son in Jackson county.
; Low temperature reading was
32 degrees.
There was . scattered frost.
Tucker had a few reports of dam
age to truck crops. Melon,
squash? pumpkin and tomato
vines wilted down in scattered
places.
The county agent said there
is still considerable growing
time for forage crops, hay, corn
and pasture. Opportunity ; still
existed for cucumbers and "quite
a number of vegetables" to
..grow.
Washington (U.R) ' The
Comptroller of Currency has is
sued a call on all national banks
to report their condition as of
Oct. 5.
Neuberger Urges Extension
Of Bonneville Power System
Lakeview (U.R) Extension
. of the Bonneville power system
was proposed by Sen. Richard
L. Neuberger last night when
he and Rep. Sam Coon carried
their public power debate into
this livestock center outside
BPA's realm. '
Coon, the Baker Republican
who authored a bill for partner
ship financing of John Day dam
on the Columbia river, said the
Northwest needs new industry
to support its growing popula
tion and that power develop
ments must be started in a hur
ry. He asserted that partnership
TAH.K
TRIK
Janouch Appointed
To Succeed Sweeney
As County Treasurer
W "'''if
KARL JANOUCH
Maw County Treasurer
RALPH SWEENEY
Ends Long. Tenure
ies
Of Wreck Injuries
Floyd Pence, 45, Route 1,
Jacksonville, died last night as
the result of injuries received
late Saturday evening in i
automobile accident at Central
Point. Funeral arrangements
are pending at Conger-Morris1
Funeral home.
He was born at Trail and in
addition to his wife, Capitola,
he is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Minnus Pence,
Jacksonville; four brothers, Har
old Pence, Trail; Frank Pence,
Eureka, Calif.; Paul Pence and
Noel Pence, both of Medford;
and three sisters, Mrs. Verne
McKenzie, Trail; Mrs. LaDale
Herrman, Medford, and Mrs.
Harold Kilburn, Jacksonville.
County Judge Gets
Apples With Pears
Jackson County Judge Rod
ney Keating today insisted that
a grafting accident was re
sponsible for . a winter Nelis
pear in his Valley View or
chard that has been producing
apples along with its pears.
Keating said that had he had
such a grafting experiment in
mind he would have tried
growing pears on an apple
tree. Pears bring a better price
- than apples. - '
financing, with local interests
putting up the money for dam
construction, 'was the quickest
way to get power on the line.
Neuberger, Portland Demo
crat replied that cheap federal
power was the surest way to at
tract new industry. He said
John Day dam should be made
part of the Bonneville system
and that BPA's service area
should be extended.
The two Congressmen move to
Klamath Falls for a debate ap
pearance tonight and then con
clude their ten-city tour tomor
nw night at Bend.
SENT
I ONE
The county court today ap
pointed Karl L. Janouch as
county treasurer, succeeding
Ralph E. Sweeney, whose resig
nation was submitted to the
court last week and was accept
ed Monday. '
He will be sworn in officially
at a ceremony some time this
afternoon.
In appointing Janouch, the
court disregarded "with regret"
the recommendation of the Jack
son County Democratic Central
committee, which had urged the
appointment of either Andrew
Hawver or Ralph James.
Janouch's appointment is ef
fective immediately. He has
been deputy treasurer for
years, is a Democrat as the law
requires, and for many years
was supervisor of, the Rogue
River National forest,' later ser
ving as a forester with a lumb
er firm here.
Here is the text of the county
court's announcement of the
appointment.
"The Jackson County court
has received and reviewed the
recommendations from the Jack
son County Democratic Central
committee for appointment as
County Treasurer to serve the
unexpired term of Ralph . E.
Sweeney who recently resigned.
"Under Oregon Law, the suc
cessor appointed to complete an
unexpired term must be of the
same political party as the retir
ing official.
Business Background
"It is the feeling of the court
that the appointment of a suc
cessor to Mr. Sweeney is to be
based on personal qualifications
and business background of the
appointee. With this in mind the
court feels that in the best in
terest of the county it'must dis
regard with regret, the recom
mendations of the Jackson
County Democratic Central com
mittee, and does hereby appoint
Karl L. Janouch, Jackson Coun
ty Treasurer, to fill the unexpir
ed term.
"Mr. Janouch has served as
Chief Deputy under the retiring
treasurer for years. In Mr.
Janouch, through his work and
v close , association with Mr.
Sweeney, the court feels he is
eminently qualified to fill the
unexpired term until Dec. -31,
1956. Effective date of this ap
pointment is Oct. 6, 1955."
French Troops Seek
To Rescue Garrison
Fez, Morocco (U.R) A re
inforced French armored col
umn fought northward toward
the Spanish Moroccan border at
dawn today in an attempt to res
cue a French Foreign Legion gar
rison surrounded by; rebellious
Riff tribesmen.
French authorities believed
they had broken the back of the
rebellion but legionnaires at Tizi
Ouzli were still cut off and much
heavy fighting remained before
peace can be restored to the
bloody triangle north of Fez.
North Bend Mill Closed
By Boxcar Shortage
North Bend, Ore. ! U.R) The
Menasha Plywood Corporation
plant here which employs 315
workers, will shut down tonight
until at least next Monday be
cause of the boxcar shortage.
Sales Manager Mowry Smith
Jr., said the plant had a record
production last month of 6,500,
000,000 feet of three-eighth inch
plywood. Warehouse stacks
went from 1,250,000 feet in Sep
tember to 2,500,000 feet
Camp White Man Hurt
In Automobile Mishap
Leroy Francis Wells, 62, Camp
White, received a compound
fracture of .his left arm when
his car overturned in a ditch
Wi miles east of Medford. on
highway 62 last night.
Wells was taken to Commun
ity hospital by Medford Ambu
lance service.
,ence
iiower
Trip Bfe j Made
At Ike's Request
Denver (U.R) Vice-President
Richard M. Nixon will fly
to Denver Saturday for a face
to face bedside conference with
President Eisenhower, the temp
orary White House reported to
day. ' ' '
Press Secretary James C. Hag
erty said Nixon is making the
trip at the President's request.
It will be the first direct con
tact between the vice-president
and JVlr. Eisenhower since the
chief executive was stricken
with a heart attack almost two
weeks ago.
Hagerty said the vice-president
will fly to Denver in the
same plane with Sherman Ad
ams, top presidential assistant;
Dr. Dudley White, the famous
Boston heart specialist, who is
advising on the case, and Maj.
John Eisenhower, the President's
son,
Optimistic Reports
The announcement was re
garded as pnother of the in
creasing (Signs that the chief ex
ecutive Is on the road to recov
ery. The critical period in Mr.
Eisenhower's recovery will end
this week end, and the atmos
phere around the chief executive
was much more cheerful today
as medical bulletins continued
to report progress in his recov
ery. At 11 a.m. (MST)the doctors
reported that the .President con
tinued to progress "satisfactor
ily without complication" after
a sound night's sleep.
... . Hagerty emphasized that Nix-
ojQfand Jthe, President,wai dis-i
cuss no controversial ' matters
and that the President "just
wants to visit with him."
Nixon Summons
Security Council
Washington (U.R) Vice-President
Richard M. Nixon called
a meeting of the top-lever Na
tion Security Council ; today
the second such session over
which he has . presided since
President Eisenhower's illness.
In advance of the meeting
Nixon conferred with presiden
tial assistant Sherman Adams,
who returned to Washington by
plane Wednesdav nieht from the
temporary White House at Den
ver, iiaie Wednesday he discuss
ed with other White House
aides the "routine matters" to
be considered by the security
council and the cabinet on Fri
day. '
Nixon has been given written
permission by Mr. Eisenhower
to preside at both the council
and cabinet meetings.
Earlier today Nixon commend
ed regional directors of the
Small Business Administration
for "the job they are doing."
He addressed them at a closed
meeting. .',.
Blood Collection
Appointments Taken
Appointments are now being
taken for the Tuesday blood col
lection program to be held at
the Medford Elks temple, ac
cording to Red Cross officials.
Fifteen prospective donors
had made appointments through
this morning Quota for this
month's collection program is
240 pints, and some 300 donors
will be needed to reach " that
amount.
The Bloodmobile collection
unit will be at the Elks temple
from 1 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct
11. Appointments to give blood
at that time may be made by
teieofioning Medford 3-3813
Fall From Scaffold f
Fatal To Bend Man
Bend (U.R) William S. Fenn,
28, was killed yesterday after
noon when he fell from a 28-foot
scaffold while working on the
new high school.
Fenn, a recent resident of
Redmond, is survived by bis
wife, Lois, a two-year-old son,
and his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Stanley Fenn of Albany. Fenn
was a native of Nyssa.
Salem (U.R) Apportion
ment of highway revenues for
the three months ended Sept. 30
totaled $2,880,546 according to
Secretary, of State Earl T. New-
brjr.
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DEER HUNTER HAS EXCITEMENT There was an exciting
moment for Irvin C. Warren, Medford, last Sunday morning when
he shot the four-point mule deer with which he is posed here.
Warren said he saw the buck coming from quite a distance. He
fired at it when it was 75 yards away. The mortally wounded
animal kept coming right at him and dropped just 10 feet from
him. The deer was killed on the Sonny Dick ranch at Fox mountain
near Lakeview. Warren is one of many Medford vicinity hunters
who got their venison last week end. ,He was one of a party of
seven, six of whom got their deer. Others in the group were
Bill Honnel, Tom Colley and Michael Norton, Medford, Gene
Ballman and son, Tony, Ashland, and Dick. Warren's deer had a
32 58-inch antler spread. It was a deer the hunting party had
been after for a couple of years and had been spotted in the area
also before the season opened. (Anders .photo). .
Unemployment Drops
To Three-Year Low
I n Jackson
'' Unemployment in Jackson
county during September fell to
its. lowest level in three years,
according to John J. Patton,
manager of the Medford office
of the Oregon State Employment
service.
Non - agricultural placements
through the Medford office
reached the highest level for
only one month during the past
six years.
262 Unemployed
At the end of the month, the
number of unemployed in the
county was estimated at - 262.
The jobless ; group consisted
mainly of older men and women
who had been temporarily laid
cff, and those who had recently
moved to this area and were
not establised here. '
Weeks of unemployment claim
ed during September were bare
ly over half of the number of
weeks claimed in August and
slightly less than half the num
ber of weeks claimed during
September of 1954.
Employment reached a peak
during the month as a result
of harvesting an above normal
pear crop and a good peach
crop. Forest . fires early in the
month were a threat to the log
ging industry, but production
was resumed when rains helped
control this situation
Production Was Normal
Lumber prices were slightly
less favorable during September,
but production continued at or
close to" normal capacity. Where
possible, mills are planning to
operate throughout the winter.
Favorable weather helped
keep fruit harvesting and log
ging employment at a high level.
The above-normal fruit, harvest
absorbed all surplus able bodied
workers, increased demand for
shorttime help, and lessened
available supplies of men for
industrial demands. .
Will Increase Supply
End of the fruit harvest, Pat
ton says, will increase the sup
ply of job seekers, many of
vhom have regular occupations
and skills for which there have
been no immediate demand. '
Fruit harvest- will begin to
tsper off by the middle of Octo
ber, releasing more workers who
Klamath Falls Calls
For Potato Pickers
, Salem (U.R) Klamath Falls
sent out an urgent call for some
600 potato pickers as. Oregon's
available labor supply dropped
to 15,900, lowest in three years,
the State Employment Service
said today.
; Biggest shortages of workers
were around Portland and in
eastern Oregon, reports from
the 28 local offices showed.
County
will be seeking jobs elsewhere
Weather permitting, the outlook
for jobs in logging and lumber
is expected to continue good for
the next 90 days.
Festival Leaders
Chosen at Meeting
The Rev. John L. Thompson,
Ashland, was elected president
of the Oregon Shakespearean
Festival association last night in
Ashland at the association's an
nual 'meeting. "
Frank Fairweather, Medford,
was reelected vice-president.
Mrs. ' John C. , Cotton, Ashland,
was named secretary, and Rob
ert Reinholdt, . Ashland, was
elected treasurer. , -
New board members, elected
for three-year terms," are Dr.
Vern Blue and Phillip Gates,
both of Ashland. Reelected to the
board are Dr. B. A. Cope, retir
ing president, Ashland; A. C.
Allen Jr., Eagle Point, and Russ
Jameson," Medford.
Holdovers among the direct
ors are Robertson Collins, Med
f ordr R. D.- McCullouch,- Valley
VieWi and Harry A. Skerry, H.
S. Ingle, Rudolf Vest, and Ralph
Burgess, all of Ashland.
Scioo Principals !
To Meet of Salem
Salem (U.R) Some 400 school
principals will be in Salem in
the next two weeks for two con
ventions. The Oregon Association of Sec
ondary School Principals will
hold its annual convention next
Monday and Tuesday. The Ore
gon Association of Elementary
Principals convention will be
held Oct. 17-18. '
I
Pendleton U.R) Funeral
services were held, today for
Jim W. Shafer, 95-year-old Uma
tilla county pioneer, who died
Monday.
Young Democrats of Oregon Propose
Election Days Be Made Legal Holidays
Portland (U.R) Young
Democrats of Oregon urged to
day that election days be made
legal holidays, that"" election
board members be raised in pay
from 75 cents to $1 an hour and
that other changes be made to
ease voting procedure in the
state. ' '
These and other recommenda
tions were contained in a letter
from R. Vernon "Cook, state
Young Demoerittt pratidant, to
Worst Commercial Air
Crash in U.S. History
Cheyenne, Wyo. U.R) A United Air" Lines four-en gined .
DC4 transport plane en route from Denver to Salt Lake City
smashed into snow-covered 12,005 foot Medicine Bow Peak in
Southern Wyoming today apparently killing all 64 persons aboard.
It was the worst commercial airliner crash in the nation's
history. .
The worst previous occurred Jan. 24, 1950, when 58 were
killed in the crash of a Northwest Air Lines DC4 in Lake Michigan.
The big plane, reported overdue for more than three hours be
fore its wreckage was spotteti'
peared to have smashed into the towering peak at a 90-degree
angle, then exploded and burned, i
Pilots of the 44th Air Rescue Squadron who flew over the
crash scene said . the plane had disintegrated, and that it seemed
impossible that any, of the 61 passengers and three crew members
survived.
Hug Burned Area '
Capt. Melvin E. Conine, Chey
enne, co-pilot of a Wyoming Air
National Guard F80 jet fighter
which first spotted the aircraft's
wreckage, said there was a hugeH
burned area around the crash
scene. He said he doubted that
anyone could have survived.
Conine said the DC4 appar
ently smacked into the top of the
peak and then slid 200 feet down
the sheer rock face of the peak.
Parts of the wrecked plane
were strewn over a large area
in the deep snow on the moun
tain.
The burned-over portion could
be seen as far away - as the
small community of Centennial,
Wyo., about 12 miles south of
the crash scene. The location is
about 35 miles to 40 miles west
of Laramie, Wyo.
Dangerous Winds "
' The weather was clear in the
vicinity of, the peak but high.
wirias created a dangerous tur
bulence, for planes flying close
to the mountain.
The passengers aboard the
plane-were believed-4o have in
cluded five members of . the
famed Salt Lake .City Mormon
Tabernacle Choir returning
home from a concert tour of
Europe.
,They were identified in Salt
Lake City as Mrs. Endon G
Schow, Bountiful; and Mrs. Don
ald A. Kirk, Mrs. B. Ray Seare,
Mrs. Charles Smurthwaite and
Mrs. Victor J. Beck, all of Salt
Lake City: ,,
- Four other passengers were
reported to be Mrs. Darrell
Tucker, Ogden, her 21-months-
M. West, SaltXake City, and her
son, Earl.
In San Francisco, United Air
lines identified the three crew
members as Capt. G. G. Cooke,
35, of Menlo Park, Calif.; First
Officer, Ralph D. Salisburg, . 33,
of Palo Alto, Calif., and Stew
ardess Patricia Shuttleworth, 22,
of Salt Lake City.
Candidates Knotted
In Brazil Election
Rio De Janeiro (U.R) Ad-
hemar de Barros, millionaire in
dustrialist, and his Communist
backed Social Democratic op
ponent, Juscelino Kubitschek,
ran neck and neck in mounting
returns from Monday's presi
dential elections in Brazil. .The
Army supported candidate was
in third place. ,
Tabulation of about one fourth
of the estimated 10,000,000 votes
gave de Barros, Social Progres
sive party, 788,218 votes; Kubit
schek, Social Democratic party,
764,197; and Gen. Juarez Tavora,
National Democratic Union, 710,-
298. '" ------
Ashland Church Gets
Pastor From Salem
Salem (U.R) Rev. B. J. Hol
land will leave Salem to' become
pastor - of First Presbyterian
church in Ashland Nov. 1. Rev.
Holland, a graduate of Presby
terian seminary of Dubuque, has
been assistant pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church of Salem
for four years.
State .Sen. Pat Lonergan of
Portland, Lonergan is chairman
of the legislative interim com
mittee which is studying propos
ed changes in Oregon's corrupt
practices and election laws.
, Among other things sought
were an end to the requirement
that a citizen vote only in the
precinct where he lives and that
he must have lived there 300
days when voting.
Establishment of . numerous
and accessible ragiatratioa plao-
shortly before 11 a.m. (PST), ap
Work on.Projec!
To Build Artificial
Satellite Starts
Washington -U.R) The De
fense Department announced to
day that "work has begun" on
the project to hurl a small arti
ficial satellite into far space to
circle the Earth. ? i '
The department said the
Glenn L. Martin Co., Baltimore.
has been awarded the prime con
tract for "a major part of the
project," development of a' rock-.-''
et launching vehicle. .
Glenn L. Martin is the builder
of the Viking rocket which
holds the world altitude record
of 158 miles for a single-stage
rocket.
GE lo Supply Motor
The General Electric Co., the
department said, will supply the
rocket motor which will be used .1
in the first stage of pushing the
satellite, which is expected to be
about the size of a basketball,
into outer space.
The department said that
other important parts of the
launching vehicle will come
from different industrial
sources.
The Defense Department an
nouncement liftpfl snme nf thtk
secrecy around the space satel
lite project, first announced by
the White House on July 29. '
The earth satellite, perhaps
the forerunner of space travel
by humans, is due to be launch
ed sometime in 1957-58. It has
been given the name of Project
Vanguard. ' -
Leo Hernandez Hurt
In Fight at Tavern
Leo Hernandez, 35, of 322
South Riverside ave., was
stabbed last night during a fight
at the Casino taverri, according
to city police. :
Hernandez was taken by po
lice officers to Sacred Heart
hospital where he was treated
for a minor wound and released.
Troy Legate, 70, Crater hotel,
told police the fight was started
by Hernandez. The two reported
ly fought for a short time after
which Hernandez left but re
turned a few minutes later and
began fighting with, Legate
again, according to reports made
to city police.
During the scuffle, Hernandez
was stabbed in the chest with. a
pocket knife, police were told.
Legate was sentenced to 20
days in jail on a charge of being
drunk in public. "
Weather
rOBECAST: Variable hlfh '
cloudiness tonight. Mostly
cloudy Friday with chance .
of scattered rain showers.
Low tonifht 38. High Tti--
l Temp.
Highest Yesterday 64 ,
Lowest this Morning 12
es, allowing voters at least four
hours off at one time while polls
are open and registration by mail
with later verification of resi
dence were among other things ,
suggested. ... -
A limit of the amount of
money that may be spent on any
candidate and a requirement that
individuals making political con
tributions show their principal
source of income alio war uf-gaatod.
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