Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 14, 1955, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texto G MUPPIIHIS, POL W (SET I TOTES Medfokd -Ull Leased Wlra 50th Year 26 Pages mom A HALPJMSLE AWAY .. . . , ' ttln as he takes a sun bath on deck of Fitzsimons Hospital in Denver. Photo was made from top of a drive-in movie screen 100 feet high and about a half-mile away. Camera was m Big Bertha with 36-inch lens using 5x7 film. Standing by are an Army nurse and secret fjprnc men. Flowers, Gifts Flood Hospital Room as Ike Observes Birthday Denver (U.R) President President at breakfast to begin Eisenhower observed his 65th birthday today surrounded by gifts and flowers and with an exchange of cheery birthday greetings to some 40 persons from the Fitzsimons Army hos pital sun terrace. -.; His doctors, meanwhile, re ported another encouraging sign in his recovery from a heart at tack. - The President, who earlier had inspected some of the flood of presents that arrived here, got nnpxnected ereetings when i,. ,u wheeled in his hospital bed out onto the sun terrace of the hospital's eighth floor. x ormin of about 20 photogra . phers and 20 hospital patients standing on the hospital grounds hplow the west terrace looked up as the President's bed. was wheeled to the edge and then veiled out a spontaneous "Hap py Birthday." President Waves Back Both the President and Mrs. Eisenhower waved back and then someone, it was not imme diately determined whether it was 'the President or some at tendant with him on the terrace, renlied "thanks The President had awakened this morning "refreshed and in a haDDV birthday mood.' His doctors also reported for the first time since he entered h hosniial SeDt. 24 that "his cardiogram has stabilized at satisfactory level." Mrs. Eisenhower joined the Matthews Fined $50 In District Court -Ralrjh Bernard Matthews, Evergreen Bus lines, this morn in was fined $50 and court costs in district court on charge of hiring an unlicensed chauffeur. s Acting District Judge George W. Rode withheld execution of the sentence until Matthews' at tnrnev reaches a decision con cernins an appeal. Matthews' was charged with hing Elbert Ray Young, 512 Pennsylvania ave., driver of a hut involved in an accident Sept. 15 in which one man was killed and 16 people were in jured. Son Sought in Stabbing Of fjatkir Held at Reno Reno. Nev. (U.R) A 27- year-old extonvict who stabbed his father critically and disap peared with his young and at tractive stepmother Wednesday night in Los Angeles has been arrested here. Ralph Reno, who refused to talk about the whereabouts of his stepmother, Mrs. Stella Reno, 37, was captured without incident by five police officers in three patrol cars who boxed him in near the center of dowp: town Reno. He was booked on charges of attempted murder. (See Story on fag 10) MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1955 Arrow Doints to President Eisenhower in first picture of showing him the multitude of gifts, flowers and messages that poured in from all the world. Presents From Family . The President especially en joyed presents from his own family, the . White House staff, the press corps, and. messages and other gifts from the Cabi net and Republican state chair man. Mrs. Eisenhower gave the President a plastic easel for his use in painting while in his hos pital bed. The White House staff in Washington sent the traditional 65 American Beauty roses, and the temporary White House staff gave him a garden of flowers for his Gettysburg, Pa., farm. Annexation Move . Gets Endorsement Of City Planners The Medford planning commis sion late yesterday recommend ed to the city council that sev eral hundred acres southeast of Medford. be annexed. The recommendation was made after members of the commis sion toured the proposed boun dary. The council is expected to consider the recommendation at its Tuesday night meeting. The area includes land south east of Medford, south of Hill crest rd. and east of Bear Creek Included in the area are Rogue Valley Country club, the pro posed Rogue Valley Memorial hospital site, a proposed con valescent home, and the Mcln- tyre subdivision around Barne- burg bill. The recommendation by the commission was made after sev eral petitions with signatures of 84 residents favoring annexa tion were submitted. ' The area was included in an annexation proposal defeated by residents southeast, south and southwest of M.e d f o rd's city limits earlier this year. Small Boy Injured in Bike-Auto Accident Danny Dixon, 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Hunter Dixon, 19 Highland dr., Medford, was slightly injured about 3:45 p.m yesterday when the bicycle he was riding collided with a car operated by Charles Owen Cox, 210 Elm St., Medford. The accident happened at the intersection of East Main st. and Willamette ave. No citations were issued, police said. The boy was taken to Sacred Heart hospital by Medford am bulance service. He suffered minor cuts and bruises and was later released. Salem (U.R) Loder Brothers, a Salem auto agency being pick eted by AFL machinists, has filed suit in Marion county cir cuit Court for an injunction to halt picketing. Maurice L. Tedrow Receives Transfer From Rogue Forest Transfer of Maurice L. Ted row, staff officer of the Rogue River National Forest, to the staff of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, where he will be in charge of. timber management, was announced today by Forest- Supervisor J.. H. Wood.,. ,. Tedrow is"emativeof pregon and a graduate of the school of forestry at Oregon State col lege. His first appointment ,as forester in 1934 was on the Rogue River forest, , and he served as district ranger, first on the Klamath and then on the Butte Falls district until 1936, when he was tr ansferred to the Tonasket district on the Col ville. Returned in 1940 He returned to the Rogue River forest in 1940 with promo tion to the supervisor's staff, in charge of fire control and range management activities. In 1949 he was again promoted and has handled timber and range man agement activities Since that time. Wood said that, with the in crease in timber activity in re cent years, Tedrow's ! develop ment of , plans and . procedures have been highly valuable in harvesting timber with full pro tection of the Forest's resources. Move to Vancouver Mr. and Mrs. Tedrow. with their two children, reside at 317 Howard st. Both have been active in various phases of com munity service and Mrs. Tedrow is an officer in the Parent Teach er's association of Medford. They plan to leave about Nov. 1 for Vancouver, Wash., the head quarters of the Gifford Pinchot National forest. Wood said that announcement of replacement for Tedrow is ex pected soon. Portland (U.R) Retrail of Sherry Fong on a first degree murder charge in - connection with the death of 16-year-old Diane Hank last year has been assigned to Circuit Judge Alfred P. Dobson. Weather FORECAST: Variable high cloudiness through Saturday. Continued mild. Low tonight 48. High Saturday 75. Temp. . Highest Yesterday '. -8 ' Lowest this Morning 47 Senator Morse Speaker Today, Saturday At Public Meetings; Major Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), will be the principal speaker to night a public mee'ting of the United Nations association. The meeting is scheduled for 8 p.m. at the Medford High school auditorium.- A feature of the program will be a series of questions from the audience. It is anticipated that these will include queries concerning recent American Le gion action on UNESCO, UN in m t3 c: c n o sS p: a r a, g a IE led Wire Price 5c No. 175 Hope of Preventing Middle East War May Be Unrealized Arab-Israel Tensions Sharpest in Six Years Washington (U.R) The Unit ed States today faced the pros pect that its hopes of preventing new warfare between the Arabs and Israel might . go up in gun smoke with little notice. A frank analysis given here of the Middle East situation is that 'Arab-Israeli tensions are the sharpest since full-scale fighting raged in the area six years ago. Tensions at New Peak Tensions have been brought to a new peak by Egypt's deci sion to buy arms from the Com munists. That decision is said authoritatively to have: 1. Raised the prospect that Is rael might renew fighting to get the jump on Egypt before Czech arms are delivered in the near future. Z. All but killed the major American effort to create a basis for peace in the Middle East, That effort was to obtain an Israeli-Arab agreement to share the waters of the Jordan river. U. S. Issues Warnings 3. Prompted new U. S. warn ings to all Arab states against buying or trading with Russia for arms as Egypt did. The warn ing is to the effect that the Arabs can't shoot their way out of Mid dle Eastern problems, that they should withhold their fire and seek peaceful solutions to their .auarrelg ,witlj.Jsrae,l,.; . i Diplomatic officials have-not given up all hope of avoiding new fighting in the Middle East. But they see the scales tipping dangerously in the direction of a new conflict now that Russia and its satellites are threatening to upset the balance of power in the region. Egypt Blamed Egypt is blamed for suddenly sparking new tensions by deal ing lor Ked arms.,. There is no backing out of the deal, it was learned, because Egypt already has "deposited $2,870,000 in Czech bank as a down payment on the arms. Strategists here believe Israel has a temporary arms advantage which it may use before the Red arms are delivered to Egypt. Trouble may come first from the U. S. .- sponsored Jordan Val ley project. Experts believe .that Israel could cut the Jordan wa ters within two weeks if the Arabs reject the sharing plan, which is believed doomed. Jacksonville .Council Petitions Available Jacksonville Petitions for nominating candidates for Jack sonville city ;ouncilmen are available at the city recorder's office, Recorder Mrs. Ted Hew lett, 701 South Third t has announced. One vacancy will be filled. Councilman Lloyd Rasmussen moved from Jacksonville re cently. No one was appointed to fill the vacancy because he was to come up for re-election this year. Two other councilmen E. O. Graham and Ernest Mclntyre have terms expiring this year Neither as yet have indicated vhether or not they will seek re-election. Petitions must be signed by 20 residents before candidates' names go on the ballot for th.e election Nov. 8. Petitions must be filed with the city recorder at least 10 days prior to election date. fluence on U.S. foreign policy, the status of international trade organizations under the UN, and the UN and world government. Senator Morse also was slated to discuss the UN earlier today in an interview on television station KBES-TV. The interview was to be conducted by Bruce Manley, president of the local UN association group. This morning the senator spoke at an assembly program mi DISIW Russia's Request For Ballot Delay Falls on Deaf Ears Philippines Lacks One Vote at Recess United Nations, N. Y. (U.R) The United States and Russia battled io a draw through six ballots today with neither gaining election of its candidate for a U.N. Security Council seat. United Nations, N.Y (U.R) The Philippines and Poland bat tled through four ballots in the UN General assembly today with neither gaining the two-thirds majority required for election to the Security Council. The Philippines, backed by the United States, stood within one vote of election to the 11-nation council when Assembly Presi dent Jose Maza of Chile declar ed a 20-minute recess. Delay Request Futile Russia, campaigning hard for Poland on grounds that election of an Eastern European country was required under a gentle man's agreement reached in Lon don in 1946, futilely asked that voting be delayed until another meeting. The United States con tends that the 1946 agreement pertained only to the Jirst Se curity Council election. The assembly also was pick ing six new members for its Ec onomic and Social Council and two for the Trusteeship Council but these ballots were complete ly overshadowed by the Philippines-Polish battle. Both the United States , and the Soviet bloc accused each other of violating the "spirit of Geneva , generated when ' the Big Four heads of government met last July. . x Significance of the vote went beyond the Philippines-Polish contest. It involved the "equit- ble-rgSographic distributionv" of the six non-permanent seats on the council, three of which are filled each year for two-year terms. 'Gentlemen's Agreement Poland and Russia contended that U. S. support of the Philip pines violated a "gentlemen's agreement" reached in 1946 un der which the non-permanent seats were apportioned among Eastern Europe; Western Europe, the. Middle East," the British Commonwealth and Latin Amer ica. , - -v The United States took' the position that the agreement per tained only to the first Security Council election. ' - Soviet Deputy Foreign Minis ter V. V. Kuznetsov, in a press conference Thursday, issued veiled- threat to Latin America and Western Europe that they might be next to lose a council seat if the "gentlemen's agree ment" was not observed. Nunley Completes Jensen Case Brief .District Attorney Walter Nun- ley's brief for the appeal of the James Norman 'Jensen case has been put in the hands of the printer, it was announced today by the district attorney's office. Jensen was convicted last year of the murder of Mrs. Fern Hile, Medford housewife, and sentenc ed to die in the state gas chamb er at Salem. Defense attorney Edward Kelly's notice of appeal acted as an immediate stay of execution. ,. ' After all briefs have been fil ed the Oregon State Supreme court will set a date for oral arguments. Sutherlin Business Building Destroyed Sutherlin (U.R) Fire last night destroyed the Sam Robin son Building Supply Co. firm, largest business of its kind in Sutherlin. Address Set at Southern Oregon college in Ashland. Tomorrow afternoon, starting at 2:30 o'clock, Senator Morse will be guest of honor at a gath ering of soil and water conser vationists at Hanleylands, He will give a major speech Saturday at a Democratic spon sored dinner to be held in the Pioneer room of the Jackson ho tel, starting at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will be open to the pub lic. State Democratic Chief Draws Blast For Harriman Stand Howard Morgan Lists Liabilities Portland (U.R) Oregon Democratic Chairman Howard Morgan today drew stinging re buttals from fellow Democrats angered over his criticism of Gov. Averill Harriman's presi dential candidacy. In a mimeographed handout to the Portland press, Morgan affirmed his support of Adlai Stevenson for the Democratic nomination for president and his opposition to New York Gov. Harmiman who, Morgan assert ed, would be a weak candidate beset with liabilities. Chief lia bility listed by Morgan was Har riman's appointment of Tam many Leader Carmine DeSapio as New York secretary of state. That, he said, "would be a hard thing to sell voters west of the Hudson river, and maybe east of that river as well." Would Route Money Morgan asserted that the Tam many leader would swing the nomination to Harriman by routing Harriman and Tammany money to Sen. Estes Kefauver to finance bitter primary fights with Adlai Stevenson in the hope of hurting both. Morgan's statement contin ued, Harriman will remain aloof from these contests as he has already announced, and the eastern bosses will try to sweep up the pieces and hand them to Harriman at the convention." DeSapio told the Portland Oregonian by telephone in San Francisco last night, that the statement was "too ridiculous to deny." He said it is "surpris ing that such an irresponsible, irrational statement could ema nate from a supposed state lead er of our party." Cautious Comments ' Other Oregon Democrats com mented with caution. Monroe Sweetland, national committee man, said ' anything I iiave to say about Chairman Morgan's attack upon Gov. Harriman and Sen. Kefauver will be said pri vately to Mr. Morgan and Ore gon Democrats, not to the press and radio." National . Committeewom a n Mrs. Lillian Burton said "It's a typical Morgan letter." Morgan called his statement a "candid . appraisal" issued in an unofficial capacity and said it was not to be construed as a personal- attack.- He mentioned Harriman's lohg career in pub lic service but declared flatly, "Mr. Harriman is too. old." Morgan said that if the New York governor- were nominated and elected he would be the old est first ternt president in his tory. "Mr. Eisenhower's illness has made it extremely unlikely that such an enterprise will, succeed next year," Morgan wrote. . Critical of Statement Morgan was also critical of Harriman's statement that he is not obliged to support Steven son, disavowing his earlier an nouncement that he was 'for Adlai Stevenson." Morgan as serted Harriman's switch was based on President Eisenhower's apparent removal from the pres idential race and has cast doubt on Harriman's "political integ rity." .' . . Replying today to DeSapio's outburst, " Morgan said "I can only reply that Harriman is not the leader xf, but is led- by, Tammany Hall." Wendell Wyatt, state Repub lican, issued a statement in which he said, "Oregonians : who so whole-heartedly supported Dwight Eisenhower for the pres idency in 1952 should view with alarm this fight of the vultures at -,the first sign of the Presi dent's illness." . -He said, "We do not intend to argue with Howard Morgan regarding Harriman's qualifica tions. No doubt he. is right." Prominent Polishers To Aid UMC Campaign Some of the leading citizens of Medford will be wielding the polishing cloths Saturday at a United Medford Crusade shoeihina stand sponsored by the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce. Doing the polishing will be John Pletsch. president of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce; M. M. Huggiiu, UMC fund drive chairman; Fire Chief Gordon Barker, Po lice Chief Charles Champlin, City Councilman John Snider, and City Manager Robert Duff. All proceeds from the stand will go to the United Medford Crusade. The stand will be set up at Main st. and Central ave. from 1 to 5 p.m. Oregon Farmer, Brood Arrive in Portland Portland (U.R) A big' air plane bringing 12 Korean-American foundlings to new homes in the United States arrived at the Portland International Airport about 12:40 p.m. today. Eight of the children were adopted by Harry Holt, Creswell farmer, and four will be adopted by three other families. Margaret Dines rah ' Tow risehd: iritaim ; London (U.R) Princess Margaret went to dinner at Windsor with RAF Group Capt. Peter Townsend tonight, giving open en couragement to the expectation that they are going to marry. - However,' no official steps had been taken. Clarence House, . where the Princiss is staying, said officially tonight that no an nouncement concerning Princess Margaret's personal future is presently contemplated. ' The lovely young Princess, dressed all in white, sped in a royal black limousine from London to Windsor accompanied, only by .her youthful lady-in-waiting, Iris Peake. Townsend had driven away from London earlier for a week end at the Windsor country estate of Mrs. John Wills, Margaret's . cousin and their confidante in the royal romance that has set Brit ain buzzing wtih marriage rumors. Then, at nightfall, Margaret and Queen Mother.. Elizabeth slipped out the back door of Clarence House and sped away into the darkness. Somewhere along the way, the Queen Mother apparently was dropped -off and Margaret proceded to Windsor with her lone companion. RALPH E. SWEENEY Funeral Services Monday Ralph E. Sweeney, Longtime County Treasurer, Dies Ralph Ernest Sweeney, ' 76, Jackson county treasurer for 18 years, died this morning at' his home at 1125 West Main st., after a lengthy illness. Mr. Sweeney early this month resigned at county treasurer, a position he had held since 1937. Hehad been prominent in Ore gon Masonic activities for many years. Born Aug. 28, 1879, at Chil howee, Mo., Mr. Sweeney was married Oct. 29, 1905 to Grace McElwee, He was in the banking bus iness in Chilhowee and Joplin, Mo., and at Baxter Springs, Kan. before moving to Medford, and served as teller and assistant cashier of the First National bank of Medford from 1924 td 1936, when he was eleeted coun ty treasurer. . Mr. Sweeney was a past pres ident of Southern Oregon chapt er, Sons of the American Revolu tion. In Masonic organizations, he was past master , and past grand master of the Grand Coun cil of Oregon, past grand com mander of the Grand Command- ery of Oregon, a member , of Table Rock Council of Royal and Select Masters, past eminent commander of Malta Command ery and past eminent grand jun ior warden of the Grand Com mandery of Oregon, and a mem ber of Hillah temple of the Shrine, having served as a trustee of the temple for many years. Was Democratic Leader He was at member of the Grange and of the Presbyterian church.. He had been active in Democratic party affairs in Jackson county for many years. Funeral services will, be held Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the First Presbyterian church, with Dr. D. Kirkland West officiating. In terment will take place in Siski you Memorial park. Perl funeral home is in charge of arrange ments. ' ' The body will lie in state at the funeral home from Saturday until-Monday morning. Friends may call to pay their respects. Patterson Suggests Use of Sales Tax Portland OI.R) Gov. Paul Patterson yesterday suggested a sales tax as a means of meeting the increase cost of government services in Oregon, but quickly added initiative for such a pro gram should come from the peo ple. Patterson told members of the Multnomah County Schoolmast ers association that the "big con cern at the state level, today is to get the money with which to provide an education for the children of Oregon." - The governor said the Legis lature found it necessary to in crease income taxes at its last session. "All government services are going to increase and I don't feel that we can withdraw those services which the people feel we need," he said. luzziGig Margaret's swift night ride in a curtained car seemed to be an obvious act of faith designed to show the British people and all the world her feeling for ; di vorced group captain. It was generally believed from her conduct over the last two days that an engagement announcement is imminent. With no official guidance, the press and public were sweDt with speculation that the report ed royal romance soon would end in marriage. The royal family deliberately stood aside and said, nothing. But a statement was believed due soon, . , The news spread like wilrifir after Townsend's call on Mar garet, last night at Clarence House. It was a move seemingly calculated to prepare the people for a royal wedding announce ment. Away.For Week End The . morning newspaper head lines brought crowds of curious to stand and stare outside Clar ence House and the building at No. '19 Lowndes Square where Townsend stayed. When Townsend emerged at 2:50 p.m., eight policemen held back the staring, interested throng. Most were women and some called, 'Good Luck." Grave and unsmiling, he said, "Thank you." But the 40-year-old hero pilot dodged reporters' questions, maintaining that "I cannot say anything.'! :' " " :, . - . -v : Five Sentenced In District Court Three I young men and twn girls were fined and resaivmi jail sentences vesterdav in Hir. trict court when they all pleaded guiny to disorderly conduct. Fined $25 and costs and sen- tenced to 90 days in jail were Christina Ruth Kindairi 1Q nf 330 North Holly t., and Chris tina Bay Burch, 22, of 609 West 13th st. Both jail sentences were suspended on payment of fine. Walter Ben Kendall. 20. of 330 North Holly st., and Gerald Jess Kicketts, 23, of 330 North Holly st., each were fined $40 and costs and sentenced to 90 days in jail. The jail sentences were suspended on payment of fine. ' George Edward Gunter, 20, of route 2. box 644. Central Point, was fined $40 and costs and sentenced to 90 days in jail. His jail sentence was not sus pended because of five previous convictions. -AH five were,' arrested by Medford police at 330 North a Holly st. about 9:15 a.m. yes terday. Police, said thev had re ceived complaints of loud parties at the address, and were mak ing a routine inauirv concerning the whereabouts of one of the men. Canyonville Pioneer Lost on Deer Hunt Canyonville' U.R) An 82-year-old pioneer of the Canyon ville area was listed as missing today in the rugged Devils Flat area of southern Oregon and search parties equipped with mobile radio equipment and air planes launched an all-out effort to find him. - Ed Hamlin became separated from his hunting party late yes terday and first searchers were called at 9 p.m. Early today, members of the Douglas County Sheriff's Posse, Douglas Forest Protective Association, U.S.- For est Service and Oregon State Po lice were checking the Devils Flat, Devils Knob and Cedar . Hamlin was town marshal in Canyonville for many years and had himself conducted searches for persons lostin Devils Flat. He was warmly dressed when last seen yesterday and well ac quainted with the area. Canyon- ville foot searchers were headed by his son, John Hamlin. Aircraft from the air search and rescue service was to join v the hunt as soon as fog lifted from the mountainous area thiy morning.