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Princess Margaret,
Townsend Run Into
Possible Trouble
q No Marriage Seen
For Two Months
London U.R) Princess Mar
, garet and RAF Group Capt. Pe
ter Townsend returned from a
week end meeting in the country-
today and raneinto a possible
storm of trouble over their re
ported romance.
Margaret said a lingering
goodbye to Townsend at the AI
lanbay Park estate of her cou
sin, Mrs. John Wills, and then
"sped off to London and a busy
week of social and official en
gagements.
Townsend Returns
- Two hours later, Townsend
drove his French sports car out
ai the eraveled drivewav of the
Wills' mansion at nearby Bin-
field and headed back toward
his London flat at fashionable
19 Lowndes Square.
As the two principals in Brit
ain's most notable royal ro
mance in 19 years returned to
the capital .other figures in the
mounting drama also headed
, back to town. , '
No Quick Marriage
Queen Mother Elizabeth ar
rived at Clarence House shortly
before the3 arrival of Princess
; Margaret. Prime Minister An
thony Eden arrived in town
shortly before lunch. Queen
Elizabeth II and her two chil
dren headed in from Scotland
later in the day, and the Duke
of Edinburgh was en route from
Denmark.
- Margaret indicated that there
would be no marriage for at
least two months, since she an
nounced acceptance today of in
vitations to two officials func
tions spaced out over November
and a third on Dec. 7.
; The lines were being drawn
for a showdown, possibly this
week. Margaret had powerful
support but some of the bitter
ness contained just below the
British surface began spilling
over toward an open row.
Signs of Trouble
One of the first signs of trou
ble ahead came in the influen
tial Sunday Times which warn
ed the princess she must re
move herself and any children
of a marriage with Townsend
out of line for the British throne
q if she marries the group captain,
a divorced man and commoner.
The Daily Express answered
that today with a demand she
hang on to her royal rights and
"shun a "second class" marriage
" that would relegate her and her
husband to the role of ordinary
man and wife, far removed
from the throne.
The tryst in the country was
described as a "weekend of re
discovery,'" a few days together
to see if Margaret and Town
send's love for one another had
survived his two years and four
(tnonths of exile.
Cool Toward Romance
: A friend of the Duke of Edin
burgh said he himself has sug
gested the week end together to
see if they still loved one an
other. But the Duke was report
ed still cool toward the marriage
and anxious to prevent it if pos
sible. Salem (U.R) The Oregon Ele
mentary School Principals As
sociation opened a two-day con
ference here today with some
400 delegates in attendance.
.- Portland (U.R) Perry South,
retired U. S. forester, died here
Sunday. He was 79.
Weather
FORECAST: Fair through Tues
day with patches early morn
ing fog. Low tonight 40. High
Friday 78-80.
- ' . Temo.
9ighest yesterday
owest this morning
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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1955
fffort To Curtail iloodstibv
Ben Silmane Takes Post
On Throne Council's Bid
Rabat,Morocco U.R) Moderate Moroccan leader Fatmi Ben
Slimane accepted the premiership of the new national government
today, even before it was offered by the hours-old Throne Council.
The four-men council, anxious to stop bloodshed in the troubled
French protectorate, was following up its installation this morning
with a meeting this afternoon to call on Ben Slimane.
In Paris, the white-bearded Ben Slimane accepted in advance.
"I accept in principle becoming the first Prime Minister of
Morocco if the Throne Council decides to ask me," he 'said.
"It now seems probable that the council will call me," he add
ed after a meeting with Pierre July, minister of Tunisian and
General Dean To
Speak ai Reserve
Activation Program
Maj. Gen. William F. Dean
will make one of his last public
appearances in uniform when he
speaks at reserve unit activation
ceremonies at Medford High
school auditorium at 8 p.m. Tues
day. General Dean is scheduled to
retire later this month.
He is one of several speakers
who will be present when the
417th Engineer Aviation Brigade,
Medford, and Company E, 413th
infantry regiment, Grants Pass,
are activated in ceremonies here.
Other 'speakers- include. Ore-,
gon Gov. Paul Patterson and
Medford Mayor Eari Miller.
General Dean will speak on
the new reserve program. He,
Governor Patterson and others
will be introduced by James Dun-
levy, manager of radio station
KYJC.
Music will be furnished by
Medford Senior High school band
under the direction of I. A.
Mirick. The ceremonies are open
to the public.
General Dean holds the Conr
gressional Medal of Honor, and
was. prisoner of the Chinese
Communists for several months
during and after the Korean con
flict. Westerberg Named
Head of Dairymen
Reno (U.R) Organization of
the Western States Milk Pro
ducers was completed here dur
ing the week end by grade . A
dairymen , representing produc
ers in seven Western states.
Richard Westerberg, Medford,
Ore., was selected as the group's
first chairman. Other offices are
Bill Canepa, Reno, vice-chairman,
and Lynn Bramkamp, Sac
ramento, secretary.
Westerberg reported the or
ganization was formed to enable
dairymen to discuss mutual prob
lems. He said it is becoming in
creasingly evident that the dairy
men of the West are interde
pendent. The group also selected an
Executive Committee consisting
of the three officers plus Lloyd
Gardner, Salt Lake City; Dennis
Wilson, Spokane, James L. Coop
er, Phoenix, and Leonard Man
waring, Idaho Falls, Idaho.
Dominican Republic
Struck by Hurricane
Miami (U.R) Hurricane
Katie slammed upon the Domini
can Republic with winds of 115
miles per hour, heavy rains and
dangerous tides today, and
whirled across mountainous jun
gles of the interior.
.Lowlanders along the south
coast had been given only a few
hours warning to flee to higher
ground as the small but vicious
new hurricane sprang up in the
Caribbean Sea and struck short
ly after midnight.
Katie, 11th tropical whirlcr
of the year, was first spotted by
reconnaissance aircraft yester
day afternoon. Points in both the
Dominican Republic and Haiti
were hurriedly alerted.
Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul Pat
terson has designated the week
of Oct. 23-29 as "National Child
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in
Moroccan affairs.
Neither Side Pleased '
But these moves pleased neith
er the Nationalists demanding
outsright independence, nor the
French settlers who want to
crack down on nationalism.
The throne council promised a
new and democratic era for the
terror-ridden protectorate and
said its first task would be to
form a representative govern
ment to define the permanent
links between France and Mo
rocco. y
While the 108-year-old grand
vizier of Morocco was reading
the proclamation in the imperial
palace's hall of the viziers, acts
of terrorism were reported
throughout Morocco. Frenchmen
and Moslems were still killing
each other in the Riff mountains.
Major Move by Faure
Installation of the- throne
council was .a maior- rnovp. bv
Premier Edgar Faure td save' his !
government in the bitter Nation
al Assembly debate at home
wnich comes to a climax Tues
day afternoon when Faure has
posed a vote of confidence.
- The North African situation
was snarled further by a quarrel
with Spain and a flat charge by
Resident General Pierre Boyer
de Latour that French troops
were fired on last week from
Spanish Morocco and that Span
ish denials that Riff terrorists
have come . from the Spanish
zona go "against the facts."
Nominates Medford
Boys for Academies
Three- Medford vnuths ha VP
been nominated to fill vacancies
at the Air Force academv at
Lowry Air Force base, Colo., and
xne in aval academy at Annapolis
by Congressmen Harris Ells
worth. Charles H. Hollis Jr., 510 Mae
St.," Medford, and Wayne D.
Bertelsen, 515 Dakota st., Med
ford, were nominated for three
Air Force academy vacancies
allotted to Oregon. They will
have an opportunity to compete
with other : nominees in. final
qualifying physical and mental
examinations, and if successful
will enter the academy in July,
1956.
Pfc. Jesse F. " Dressier . Jr.,
route 2, Medford, was nominated
an alternate appointment to the
Naval academy.
Nominations are based on
grades learned by candidates in
civil service preliminary exam
inations, i
Egyptian Forces '
Repulse Israel Raiders
Cairo (U.R) A military
spokesman said today an Israeli
force crossed the border into
Egypt and was driven off by
Egyptian gunfire yesterday.
The spokesman said the Is
raelis approached the border
from the El Auja demilitarized
zone, accompanied by two United
Nations truce cars, and ignored
an Egyptian warning to stop.
DECORATION , SHOWN
Miss Clara Snerbourne, home
economist in the northwest for
Hotpoint, will be at the City
Appliance store at 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday to demonstrate achiev
ing good interior decoration.
Miss Sherbourne is expected to
provide helpful suggestions on
purchasing slip covers, draper
ies and other household mate
rials. Klamath Falls-J(U.R)Wendell
W. Palmer, superintendent of
the Klamath Indian Reservation
since June, 1954, said he has
been transferred to the Indian
agency at Bimidji, Minn.
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John D. Provoo
Delay Said Reason
To Uphold Decision '
Washington (U.R) The Su
preme Court today barred the
government from prosecuting
treason charges .against John
David Provoo, former Army ser
geant accused of collaborating
with the Japanese while a pris
oner during World War II.
In a brief order, the high court
upheld a lower court decision
freeing Provoo on grounds the
Justice Department waited too
long in bringing the 38-year-old
ex-GI to trial.
Right Said Denied
Federal Judge Roszel C.
Thomsen of Baltimore ordered
Provoo released last March,
holding that he. could not have
a fair trial "at this late date."
He said that Provoo had been
denied his constitutional right
to, a speedy trial. At the time
Provoo had been in custody for
5Ji years waiting trial.
Provoo, a former resident of
Sausalito, Calif., was accused of
seven treasonable acts, including
a cnarge that, in 1942 he report
ed a' fpllnw nricnnnr nf ir.
Capt. Burton CThomsoiv. to! TfieXsi
"u.i vx wai,
Japanese as uncooperative and
anti-Japanese. The government
said this reuort was resDonsible
for Thomson's execution.
Convicted in 1953
Provoo was convicted of trea
son in 1953 after a trial in the
New York federal court and sen
tenced . to life imprisonment.
However, the U. S. Court of Ap
peols in New York reversed the
conviction, ruling there was im
proper . ' cross-examination relat
ing to homosexuality and that
the government should have
brought Provoo to trial in Mary
land, where he had been sta
tioned in the Army,-rather than
in New York.
Provoo then was brought to
Maryland for treason last Oc
tober. Five months later Judge
Thomsen ordered him freed.
Mrs. Pree Wins
Chamber Contest
Mrs. Bert Pree, of Bert Pree's
Dress shop, today was announ
ced as winner of the member
ship competition of the Jackson
County Chamber of Commerce.
The membership contest has
been under way for 4Vi months.
Mrs. Pree has securd 28 new
members for the chamber, and
32 renewals or reactivation of
delinquent memberships, for a
total of 60. The resulting in
come to the chamber totals $2,
212.50. As leader in the contest, Mrs.
Pree wins a free trip to Hawaii
by air during the good-will
"pears to pineapples" tour which
will leave from Medford Nov. 5.
, The chamber office said her
membership activity is the bst
on record in the chamber with;
in the past five years.
Eagle Point Man To Sail
On Antarctic Expedition
Eagle Point Franklin A. Mc
Kitrick Jr., a Navy seaman, and
son of Mrs. William R. Vance,
star Route, box 29, Eagle Point,
is scheduled to sail with a Navy
expedition to the Antarctic this
winter on the attack cargo ship
USS Wyandot. He will, be 20
years old Nov. 26.
Commonly known as "Opera
tion Deepfreeze," The expedition
includes eight vessels and ap
proximately 1,800 men. It will
reach Antarctic waters late in
December to begin initial phases
of a long-term program of ex
ploration and scientific study in
cooperation with other nations.
The USS Wyando.willdeave
in mid-November, carrying sup
plies and equipment for building
bases and outposts.
McKitrick attended Lone Pine
school and lived here with, his
PLANE OF THE FUTURE Douglas Aircraft
at Los Angeles offers this artist's conception
by Ervin R. Heald, aerodynamic design spe
cialist, for ths' company, of the combat jet
plane of the future. At a recent meeting,
Heald stated that a "jet capable of flying up to
like JHIears
Hagerly Briefs
Chief Executive
On Assistance
Denver (U.R) President Eis
enhower today received with sat
isfaction a brief report on the ex
tension activities of the federal
government to provide relief
assistance in flood stricken areas
of New York, Pennsylvania, Con
necticut and other sections of
the East.
Generalized Report
The chief executive received a
generalized report on federal
storm relief work from his "press
secretaryJames-CL.Hagertytis
Mr. Eisenhower awaited the ar
rival of Defense Secretary
Charles EJ Wilson and Adm. Ar
thur W. Radford, chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The plane bearing Wilson and
Radford, who also were accom
panied by the President's young
est brother, Dr. Milton S. Eisen
hower, landed at Lowry, 'Air
Force Base here at 11 a.m.
(MST).
Radford and Wilson drove im
mediately to Fitzsimons ' Army
Hospital to see Mr. Eisenhower.
No Pressing Problems
The defense secretary told re
porters who met him at the
plane that he and Radford had
"no pressing matters to submit
to the President today."
"I do have some appointments
that require his personal approv
al," Wilson said.
"It isn't that we have any im
portant decisions to discuss with
the President," he added, "but
rather that it is helpful that we
both talk to him at this time."
Dr. Milton Eisenhower, who is
president of i Pennsylvania State
University, said his visit was
merely "a family affair. I have
no business with the President."
Sirnkins Concert For
UMC Will Be Tonight
Arthur Lee Sirnkins, ' tenor,
will hold a concert at 8 p.m. to
day at Medford High school au
ditorium with proceeds going to
United Medford Crusade
Tickets are available at Bark
er's and at the auditorium door.
Medfprd residents who mailed
ticket applications which were
returned to them may obtain
tickets at the door.
On the same program tonight
will be the "Oriental Magic"
show with Chop Chop and Char
lene. ; .- - v
family on Lone Pine rd.He
joined the Navy nearly three
years ago and volunteered for
the Antarctic jrvice. He is a
cook, and received his basic
training at San Diego, Calif.
McKitrick has a sister, Mrs.
Neal Pratt, living in Medford,
the wife of a Medford fireman.
At least one other valley man,
Paul K. Bowker, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth- Bowker, route 1,
box 68,, Central Point, also is
scheduled to go on the expedi
tion. He is a Navy radar elec
tronics airman, and the unit with
which he will serve received pre
liminary training in Greenland.
He has been in the air service
since August, 1953: Bowker re
ceived basic training ' at : San
Diego, Calif. He was 20 years
old last June 29.
Flood Relief Report
Hunting Accidents
Claim Three in State
By UNITED PRESS
Three Oregonians died while
hunting this past week end. Two
of them, including a 14-year-old
boy, were accidentally shot. A
thn-d died of a heart attack after
Four Arrested For
Disorderly Conduct
Four men were arrested
Saturday night and early Sun
day at the Veterans of Foreign
Wars'. club,42 North Front st.,
andjailed . on - charges of dis
orderly'cohduct. A vsrf
' William Leonard Hurst, 1125
West 10th st., and - Sherman
Francis 1 Egger, Grants ' Pass,
were arrested by Medford police
for creating a disturbance at the
VFW club- because the manage
ment would not accept a per
sonal check, according to police
reports. Hurst was charged with
resisting arrest as well as dis
orderly, conduct. . . .-
Both men pleaded innocent in
police court today. Trial for
Hurst was set for Nov. 10 and
Egger's trial was set for Nov.
8.
Roy Willard Atwood, 812
Broad st., and Myron Murphy
Ray, 723 Oak st.,'were fined $25
each in police court, today, on
charges of disorderly conduct.-
The two men were fighting in
the VFW club when arrested by
city police. - ' . .
Morse Gels Report
On Salvage Problem
Portland (U.R) Sen. Wayne
Morse - (D-Ore.) said over the
week-end he had directed a re
port on the Smith river timber
salvage problem prepared by the
joint committee on federal tim
ber.. ' -'
Morse said the report which
was requested by himself and
Sen. Richard Neuberger, made
three major recommendations.
First, the report recommended
an increase in the Bureau , of
Land Management's staff to en
able the bureau' to operate the
timber salvage program to bring
out the most timber ' with a
minimum loss of value.
Sound timber, secondary ac
cess road development was sug
gested ,to make possible more
speedy removal of salvage tim
ber from inaccessible : forest
areas and ultimate removal of
ripe timber.
Also suggested was the waiv
ing of marketing area restric
tions for the salvage program.
Astoria Auto Collision
Kills Tongue Point Man .
Astoria (U,R) A head-on
collision between two automo
biles today took the life of a
Tongue Point sailor and injured
an Astoria resident.
Police said the victim - was
Charles '. Francis Acord, 28,
whose home, town was listed as
Eau Claire, Wis. Injured, but not
seriously, , was Wayne Edmond
Flues, Astoria., -
Neuberger Leaves for ;
Canadian Water Study
Portland (U.R) Sen. Richard
L. Neuberger left here last night
to begin a study of Canadian di
version and storage plans on the
Upper Columbia river.
six times the speed of sound at altitudes of
100,000 feet is not too distant." Resembling
a guided missile, the craft will probably have
: a lower vertical tail as well as an uppper. A
long slim fuselage and horizontal fins, front
and rear, in line. . .
rescuing a woman companion
who had shot herself in the
ankle.
Clyde Britain, 40, Roseburg,
was shot about 5:30 p.m. yester
day in the woods between Suth-
erlin and Elkton. .'.',,
Britain's uncle. Gene Steele,
said the three-man party , was
walking single file in rugged
country when he noticed-his ri
fle was pointing at 18-year-old
Wendell Carter behind him. He
said that when he shifted. the
tifle from his shoulder, it dis
charged and fatally wounded his
nephew. . .v-:,..." , , ' ;.
Heart 'Attack Fatal 4
- Britain was carried out of the
woods alive but died en route to
Community . hospital at Rose
burg. '
A 37-year-old Lebanon hunter
died of a heart attack yester
day afternoon after running
more, than a quarter-mile to get
an ambulance for Mrs. Lewis J.
Copple of Lebanon who had ac
cidentally shot herself in the
ankle with a .270 rifle.
. Wayne Robert Wood was the
victim of the heart attack. Dep
uty Coroner Walt Huston said
Wood was seized after putting
Mrs. Copple safely on the ambu
lance about five miles north of
Lebanon. He was taken to Leb
anon Community hospital where
he was pronounced dead. '
Leg Amputated
Mrs. Copple's left leg had to
be amputated below the knee.
The first gunshot fatality was
James Robert Allen, 14, Eugene.
He was shot Saturday while
hunting with his 17-year-old
brother, Creston, and Olaf
Thingval, both Oregon State
College studentf from Eugene.
Creston told' state police he
mistook his younger brother for
a deer and fired in a clump of
brush about five miles south
west of Eugene. Allen was
struck in the chest and died in
stantly. ' .
Diplomats Move To
Break UN Deadlock
United Nations, N.' Y. (U.R)
Diplomats maneuvered behind
the scenes, today in an effort
to break a ballot deadlock over
a Security Council seat sought
bV ;the Philippines, Poland and
Yugoslavia. ;
' . Voting on the disputed seat
was scheduled to resume tomor
row. The delegates Igave up last
Friday after six ballots failed
to produce conclusive results.
The Philippines, backed by
the United States, led all the
way but failed to get the re
quired two-thirds majority. Rus
sia, which had supported Poland
from the start, 'unexpectedly
switched its vote to Yugoslavia.
Westinghouse Employees
Walk Out in Dispute
; Pittsburgh, (U.R) . A strike
of 44,000 CIO Westinghouse
Electric Corp. employees began
last midnight when negotiations
failed to reach agreement on
wages, time study and; the
length of a new contract. .
, Top officials of ' the Interna
tional Union of Electrical Work
ers (CIO) met with company bar
gainers and federal mediators in
daylong' sessions Sunday in an
effort to avert a mass walkout
at 28 plants of the nation's sec
ond largest electrical manufacturer.
Scores of Streams
Slowly Receding
As Toll Increases
Latest Survey Shows
At Least 48 Killed
Hartford. Conn. (U.R)
Flood waters of scores of streams
in seven Northeastern states
began slowly to recede today,
leaving in their wake a mount
ing toll of dead and damage that
may total more than a half mil
lion dollars.
At Least 48 Dead
The latest survey showed , at .
least 48 dead in the . flood-
ravaged area stretching from
Maine to Pennsylvania where a
similar disaster struck only one
month ago. An estimated 25,000
persons were homeless and
thousands were idled when in
dustries, either inundated or
without power, were forced to
shutdown.
Rain, which had fallen for
four days, continued to pelt
down on the stricken area and.
the Boston Weather Bureau saw
no respite from the cloudy skies
until Wednesday. However, the
Weather Bureau said swollen
streams are slowly receding and .
will continue to do so.
Connecticut Hit Hard O
Its forecast said that rainfall
today and tomorrow would mea
sure one to two inches or more
and that if such a fall develop
ed in Eastern Massachusetts and
Rhode Island there might be ,
further rises in streams in that 1
area.
Connecticut, which bore ftie
brunt of the August floods, was
hardest hit by the newest dis
aster, especially the eastern
coastal area of the state where ' '
hundreds of homes and indus
tries were inundated and water
and food supplies' were threat
ened. -Commuters
Delayed
Connecticut counted at least
22 dead. New York reported 10
dead, New Jersey 4, Pennsyl-O
vania 4, Massachusetts 4, Rhode
Island 3, and Maine 1.
, Thousands of commuters who
work in New York City and live
in Fairfield County, Conn, were
delayed in reaching their jobs
this morning because of curtailed
schedules on the New Haven
Railroad and traffic jams on
parkways leading into the city. .
Troops Patrol Streets
National Guard troops, called
out by Gov. Abraham Ribicoff
shortly, after he rushed here
from a West Virginia vacation,
patrolled the streets in a dozen
Connecticut towns. Looting was
reported in Danbury, Stamford
and Greenwich.
Several towns proclaimed a
state of emergency. Danbury and
Norwalk were without power. In
the latter town, a power plant
blew up early Sunday when
flood waters poured over a gen
erator. Evacuation also was still
underway in Norwalk where the
Silvermine river threatened a
residential area.
' In some Connecticut areas,
more than 10 inches of rain had
fallen since Friday.
The New York City and Long
Island area escaped any serious
flood threat.
Atomic Tests Start
At Nevada Grounds
Washington U.R) The gov
ernmeat began tests at the Ne-'
vada Atomic Proving Ground
today of weird airborne instru
ments developed for gauging radio-activity
in event of nuclear
war.
. The aerial radiological moni
toring exercise, dubbed Opera
tion Arme, will continue
through Oct. 21. Some 31 per
sons, including five' from the
Atomic Energy, commission, 25
from state and federal Civil De
fense groups, and one from the
Defense department will partici
pate. The exercise has no connec
tion with experiments starting
around Nov. 1 to determine the
safety of atomic weapons iiw
the event of accidents during
handling and storage.
Nor will any new atomic ex
plosions be involved. "
Utah Livestock Judgers
Take Top Honors at PI ,
Portland U.R) A livestock
judging team from Utah State
College walked off with honors,
at the Pacific International Live
stock Exposition here yesterday.
The Utah State team was
named high in the intercollegiate
livestock judging contest and
high team in cattle, sheep and
hog judging. . . x
California Poly was second in
livestock judging, Idaho third,
Brigham Young - fourth, and
Washington State fifth.
Chicago (U.R) There were
2,620,000,000 .persons in the
world last July 1, Rand McNally
& Co. estimated.
. .