Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 18, 1955, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVote Wr mm Medfokd United Frew full Leased Wire 50th Year 26 Pages PBoime Crashes Into He Dim 'Hollywood;" Thiref FLOOD CLAIMS HOME With one of its sides torn away, a bouse begins to topple into the raging Bvram River in Greenwich, Conn., as the normally quiet stream undercut its banks. Flood waters from heavy rains have driven thousands from their homes and caused millions of dollars' damage. UMC Drive Reaches 59 Per Cent Mark; TotaJ Now $64,684 The United Medford Crusade has reached 59 per cent of its $109,000 goal, it was announced report luncheon yesterday. Yesterday's total of $22,280.30 e brought the over-all total to $64, 684.53 for the campaign. Elliott Becken's Lion Hearted section of the campaign was high with $6,363.28 or 85 per cent of the division's goal. The King Ar thur division, headed by Dick House, was low with collections totalling $4,046.50, 51 per cent of the. section goal. The campaign committee an nounced receipt of a $25 contri bution from Stuart - W. Gates, route 2, ljox 455, Medford, who is presently serving with the foreign service in Tangier, Mor occo. Gates is assistant attache of legation. Yesterday's luncheon was do nated by the Kiwanis club and served by Kiwanis Dames. Fluhr er bakery donated bread. The luncheon was held at the YMCA. The last weekly report lunch eon will be held at the Elks tem pple next Monday, for which the conuapittee is setting a goal of 75 per cent. Central Point Man Found Dead in Car Harvey Sylvester McCrea, 62, of route 1, box 174, Central Point, was found dead in his car at about 6:30 p.m. yesterday. It is believed that he took his own life, according to Sheriff Howard Gault. A garden hose was Jound lead ing from the exhaust of the car into the trunk, and a note was ' found in the house. McCrea had been in ill health for about five vears Gault said. The body was discovered by McCrea's wife and three other people who took her home from work when her husband failed to call for her. An autopsy will be perform ed, according to District Attor ney Walter Nunley. - Medford, GP Units Set for Formal activation ceremonies for two new southern Oregon Army reserve units is scheduled for 8 p.m. today at the Medford Senior High school auditorium. The units are the 417th Engi neer Aviation brigade, Medford commanded by Col. W. H. Pren tice, and Company E, 2nd battal ion, 413th infantry ' regiment, 104 th infantry division, Grants Pass, commanded by Capt. James T. Cain. Featured Speakers Featured speakers at the cere money will be Maj. Gen. Wil liam Dean, deputy commander, Six'h army; Gov., Paul Patter son; Col. Willard B. Carlock, chief of the Oregon Military dis trict; and Mayor Earl Miller. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1955 ', - mm 1 1- 1 Eisenhower Receives Gettysburg Report; Brother Lunch Guest Denver (U.R) President Eisenhower was permitted in a wheel chair for the first time today and hospital corpsmen pushed him around for half an hour in it. -:.. . i - "The President 'was lifted f rom' hi'Tbed" at "Fitzsimoris Army hospital into the wheel chair. The corpsmen wheeled him around for 30 minutes on the eighth floor sun terrace. Denver U.R) President Ei senhower today, received a full report from Mrs. Eisenhower on activities at his Gettysburg, Pa., farm and spent a restful day of continued recovery in his hos pital room. Report by Telephone The first lady, who joined the President at breakfast, cave Mr. Eisenhower a complete report from people' at the farm. She had iust talked bv lone distance tele phone with the Gettysburg estab lishment, where the .president likely will spend his convales cent period. However, Press Sec retary James C. Hagerty told re porters that while It is very likely that we will be going to Gettysburg, until it is definitely sure, I'm not going to announce anything." Rev. Bolster Among Coadjutor Nominees Portland U.R) The Very Rev. James W. F. Carman, dean of Trinity Cathedral in Phoenix, Ariz., today, was elected bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon. The Rev. George R. V. Bol ter, rector of St. Mark's Episco pal church, was one of 12 Epis copal clerymen nominated Mon day as bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal diocese . of Oregon. Six of the 12 are Oregonians. The nominations were made at a special convention of the diocese in Portland, called spe cifically to select a bishop co adjutor, who will succeed the Rt. Rev. Benjamin Dagwell upon his retirement as bishop in Jul, 1958. Bishop Dagwell yesterday by the lay order, accroding to told delegates the new bishop Army Reserve Activation Officers and men of the two new units are from Medford, Ashland, Grants Pass, Glendale, and surrounding areas. It is ex pected that the total strength of the two units will be more than 400 officers and men. General Dean, one of the heroes of the Korean war and holder of the Congressional Medal of Honor, is scheduled to discuss the Army reserve pro gram. It will be one of his final public appearances in uniform before his retirement later this month. Music for the program, which is scheduled to last about an hour and a half, will be pro vided by the Medford high school band. Hagerty said nc final decision has been made. ' The President awoke in good spirits after a full night's sleep and spent a day of comparative quiet, visiting with his family and enjoying his usual outing in the sun. ' Luncheon With Brother The President scheduled a luncheon visit with his brother, Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower, presi dent of Pennsylvania State Uni versity. Mrs.' Eisenhower, making her second trip away from the hos pital suite since the President was stricken Sept. 24, was the honor guest at a luncheon and fashion show given by Fitzsim Tnons Army Hospital wives at the Hospital Officers Club. would have jurisdiction over the part of the diocese south of Marion and Lincoln counties, and would also have responsi bility for postulants for holy orders. Bishop Dagwell would retain jurisdiction over the northern part of the diocese, and responsibility for candidates for holy orders. Responsibility for church institutions, including hospitals and schools, would be divided on the geographical basis. The coadjutor bishop will probably reside in the southern part of the diocese, which in cludes all of Oregon west of the Cascades. Scattered Voting The first ballot taken today showed widely scattered voting for the 12 nominees, with no candidate receiving a majority either from the clergy order or by th lay order, according to United Press. Balloting was scheduled to continue untu one of tne nomi nees received a majority vote from both orders on the same ballots. Besides Mr. ' Bolster, other nominees included the Rev, George R. Turneyi Portland, a former rector of St. Mark's church, and the Rev. Alfred S Tyson, Roseburg. Representing .St. Mark's church at the meeting are the Rev. Mr. Bolster, the Rev. Rob ert F. Burger, and Shelby M. Tuttle, J. A. McDougall, Fred J. Carr and Robert W. Voegtly, vestrymen. TRIBUN X? fir. -v Price 5c Seven Pehv.i at Christening Party, Injured Critically I Neighborhood Becomes Scene of Confusion North Hollywood, Calif. (U.R) A small plane piloted by mil lionaire sportsman Joel Wolfe Thome crashed into an apart ment house last night, bringing flaming death to three persons and injuring seven others. The dead were identified as Thome, Mrs. Betty Jean Wolf, 18, and Sherill Presten, six-week-old girl. Mrs. Wolf was a second floor resident in the apartment building. '"v Bodies Badly Burned Seven persons attending a christening party for the Presten child were removed from, the shattered building and taken to North Hollywood and Valley re ceiving hospitals in critical.seon dition. ' Hospital attendants said the bodies of the victims were badly burned. Thorne, 40, scion of a New York banking family, was a well-known racing car and plane enthusiast. The plane, a Beechcraft Bon anza, smashed into the front sec ond floor apartment of the two- story building shortly after take off from nearby Lockheed Air terminal in Burbank. The oir- port said Thorne we headed for Las Vegas. Clothing on Fire The crash occurred at 10:10 p.m. (PST). Minutes afterward, the quiet residential neighbor hood was a scene of screaming children and stunned adults, stumbling from the wrecked building, their clothes on fire. Prior to the accident, residents said they heard a low- flying plane, its engine sputtering and apparently in trouble. There was momentary silence when the engine cut out, followed by a re sounding crash which shook the entire area. Police said the plane hit high tension wires, sheared a wing and then smash ed the apartment. Husband at Meeting . Mrs. Wolf was a junior col lege student. Her husband was attending a naval reserve meet ing at the time of the tragedy. The seven injured included Mr. and Mrs. Mike Presten, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marchica and their two children, Patricia 10, and John, 7, and Mrs. Anne Pres inzano. All were attending the party for the Presten infant. Policeman Attacked; Pair in Custody Ontario, Ore. U.R) Two Cal ifornia men who attacked an Oregon State Police officer last night when he stopped them for a minor traffic violation were in custody here today. Charged with assault with in tent to rob are Terry Schnitt- stan, 21, Concord, Calif., and Roy Ward, 18, who said he was irom Santa Monica, Calif. State police said California authorities were preparing to extradite the pair to face auto theft charges. Keith Lewis, of the state po lice, said he was sitting in his car radioing for further informa tion about the California pair when Schnittstan approached him from behind and grabbed him by the throat. Schnittstan called to Ward to help him get the officer's gun, Lewis said, but a hefty kick in the lower . abdomen forced Ward to retire from the fracas. Lewis, who was still holding the radio microphone, called for as sistance from state police head quarters at Ontario, but was able to overpower Schnittstan before help arrived. Canadian Newsprint Firm Increases Price Montreal 0J.PJ The St. Law rence Paper Corp., Canada's fourth largest croducer rtnews- ptint, announced todayVt was raising the price of its product $5 a ton, effective Nov. 1, to "ab sorD the rising costs of labor and expansion." Weattier Forecast: Scattered light ghow srs mostlv in the mountains through Wednesday. Continued mild with low tonight 48 and high Wednesday near 73. TEMPERATURE est yesterday 83 st this morn. 49 -'oitation: To 430 a.m. to- .02 . EDGAR FAURE Premier Survives Crisis Two Annexation Proposals Slated For Public Hearing Public hearings on two an nexation proposals will be held at the 7:30 p.m. meeting of the Medford city council today. Properties requesting annexa tion are owned by the Califor nia Pacific Utilities company, on Groveland ave., and School Dis trict 49, for land adjoining the Jefferson grade school site. Both were requested by petition. Also on the council agenda is consideration of annexation of several hundred acres of land southeast of Medford. The pro posal has been recommended by the planning commission. . Freeway Petitions Mayor Earl Miller will report on petitions objecting to location of a proposed Highway 99 free way along the Gennessee-Tripp st. route, and announce the ap pointment of a budget commit tee member. vi-'v-rs-- ' : A report from the finance committee on the audit and fi nance department reorganiza tion will be given. Other items include ordi nances accepting a Park st. pav ing project, creating an emer gency fund payment for a civil defense mobile radio, and call ing for a hearing on vacation of an alley in the Crowell addition. City Manager Robert Duff will report to the council on a request from Southern Oregon Humane society for increased compensation, a storm sewer ex penditure for Fair Oaks dr., a request ' from Avis-U-Drive for space in the municipal airport terminal building, and progress on the Berrydale Sanitary dis trict. . Field's Daughter Freed by Russians Moscow (U.R) Mrs. Erika Glaser Wallach, adopted daugh ter of Noel and Herta Field, has been freed from a Soviet labor camp and is in Moscow await ing transportation to the West, it became known today. Mrs. Wallach, the last member of the Field family to emerge from captivity by the Commun ists, was released several days ago. She appeared healthy and was reported anxious to return home. She is trying, to get Soviet travel papers to go to Berlin by train, where she hopes to get an American visa and join her hus band, Robert, who is living in Viginia near Washington with their two children. Mrs. Wallach, 33, disappeared in East Berlin in 1950 while seeking information about the Fields. John Pletsch Named Loan League Officer Portland (U.R) E. P. Stelle of First Federal Savings and Loan, Eugene, today was elected president of Oregon Savings and Loan league, succeeding Robert K. Powell of Salem Federal. Other officers named at the three-day, 36th annual league convention include John Pletsch of Jackson County Federal, Med ford, first vice-president; Carl Davis of Pioneer Federal, Baker, second vice-president, and Don Chapman of Equitable Savings, Portland, Secretary-Treasurer. Powell, Robert H. Hazen of Benjamin Franklin, Portland, and the four new officers, were named to the league's board of directors. v B. M. Keith, First Federal, The Dalles, was elected Oregon direc tor for the U. S. Savings and J Loan association. France Snatched From Brink of Cabinet Crisis National Assembly Votes 294 to 258 Paris (U.R) Premier Ed gar Faure won a vote of confi dence on Algeria in the National Assembly by an unofficial count of 294 to 258 tonight. The vote snatched France back from the brink of a Cabinet cris is that threatened its domestic stability and international pres tige. , The deputies voted to approve Faure's policies for the North African territory of Algeria, af ter being warned that failure to do so would defeat next Sun day's refendum in the Saar and threaten France's place at the Big Four foreign ministers con ference later this month. Reluctant legislators went along after Faure made a per sonal plea to save his govern ment and keep France fram searching for a 22nd Premier since the end of World War II. Fall of the government would weigh heavily against France in the United Nations as well, France led its permanent delega tion out of the UN General As sembly because the world body voted to debate the Algerian problem and France regards that as its own affairs. It also would come at a time of a developing crisis with Spain over the fighting in the Riff Mountains of Morocco near the borders of Spanish Morocco. France has claimed and Spain has denied that rebels have been aided from the Spanish side. In Morocco, the fighting still was going on in the Riff Moun tains while a four-man throne council in Rabat worked on the setting up of a national govern ment. Persistent reports said the council would name : Fatmi ben Slimane as "first premier." Mutilated Bodies 01 3 Boys Found Chicago (U.R) The nude. mutilated bodies of three young boys were found' in a forest preserve today in what authori ties called the "most horrible sex crime in years." The bodies, stripped of all clothing, were found piled in a dry creek bed a short distance from a parking area in Robin son Woods, west of the city. ' Coroner Walter McCarron said the boys had been strangled their mouths had been taped and their hands and feet wired together. "This is the most horrible sex crime in years, he said, it must have been done by a mad man." Two of the boys were iden tified as John Scheussler, 13, and his brother, Anton, 11. They were identified by Fire Depart ment Lt. John M. O'Donohue, a next door neighbor. The other victim was believed to be Robert Peterson, 14, who was with the Scheussler brothers when they disappeared Sunday after telling their parents they were going to a downtown the ater to see a Walt Disney movie. The gruesome discovery was made by Victor Livingston, a salesman for the Capital Wine and Liquor Co., who had pulled off the road to eat his lunch. Willows, Calif. (U.R) George Herbert Bradshaw, 18, a Navy man from Corvallis. Ore., was killed early today when he was struck bv a lumber truck on Highway 99-W, two miles north of Willows. Southern Pacific Agent Hopes for End Of Boxcar Shortage Early Hope that the . local boxcar shortage will improve early in November was expressed by Bob H. Holmes, Southern Pacific dis trict freight and passenger agent, at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon in the Jackson hotel yesterday. When asked definitely when the boxcar shortage would be alleviated, Holmes said that he didn't know, but expressed hope that it would end early in or by the middle of November. Little Immediate Relief General opinion at the discussion-type meeting, which was attended by both lumbermen and representatives from five railroads, was that there is little to be done at this time to relieve the shortage of boxcars. It was generally agreed that the car shortage is national, rath er than local, and due mainly to a peak loading period for vari ous commodities which exists during September and October. It was pointed out that a back HEADED FOR SHOWDOWN A sad-faced Princess Mar-1 garet leaves by car for London after a weekend with Group Capt. Peter Townsend and some otner friends near Binfield, England. The 25-year-old sister of Queen Elizabeth II was headed for a showdown with the powers that be' over her right to wed the 43-year-old divorced Townsend. 1 Family, Cabinet in Consultations on MargaretY Future London (U.R) RAF Group Capt. Peter Townsend . dated Princess Margaret for the sixth straight day today while the royal family and the cabinet held urgent consultations that may decide the couple's future. Townsend drove boldly through the front gates and went in the main entrance of Clarence House. Attorney General Summoned - A short time earlier Prime Minister Anthony Eden presided at a two-hour Cabinet meeting to which Atty. Gen. Sir Regin ald Manningham- Buller wa s summoned. The attorney general is the government's top legal officer and usually advises on drafting of legislation. As is customary, no announcement of what went on was made after, the Cabinet session. But observers felt his presence might indicate the gov ernment is considering revision of the royal marriage act of 1772 which presently entagles any Margaret-Townsend marriage in red tape. To Call on Queen . . After the cabinet meeting, Ed en prepared to consult later in Police Investigate Abduction, Robbery John Edward Moorman, 61, of 5010 Crater Lake highway, told Medford police he was adducted on North Front st. last night, taken outside the city limits, and robbed of $85 and a gold pocket watch. - . Police said Mporman told them he was forced into a car, believed to be either a Hudson or Mercury, by four or five men after he came out of a cafe. He said he was forced into a car near 28 North, Front st. about 9:20 p.m. Moorman told police he kicked the right rear window out of the car during the scuffle. He said he was taken to Roberts rd. near Foothills rd., where he was rob bed of $85 and a gold pocket watch. He told police he was beaten about the face and head in the car, and was left in a ditch. Police found shattered glass on the sidewalk where Moor man said he kicked out the car window. log of equipment couldn't be built up by Southern Pacific be cause the equipment doesn't exist. Small Mills Hit The . smaller sawmills, that can't afford to accumulate a large inventory, are hit hardest by the boxcar shortage, accord ing to Russ Hogue, vice-president of Medford Corporation. During a time when the lumber market is soft, as it is now, the lack of facilities to ship lumber may be very costly, Hogue said. If the price of lumber drops $10 per thousand during the time it is waiting to be shipped, it rep resents a loss of $300 per car load. Medco has suffered a pay roll loss of 4,000 man hours and expanded its inventory to 100 cars more than normal, Hogue stated. The railroads of the nation are not producing new boxcars fast enough to keep up with the re tirement of old cars, Hogue said. He pointed out that they have the day with Queen Elizabeth n. - - . . The Queen, who as reigning sovereign and defender of the Anglican faith, cannot sanction ' a marriage between the divorced . Townsend and her sister, return ed, from Scotland this morning ' in a grave and unsmiling mood. The Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen's husband and the person reported leading the fight against Margaret's marriage to a divorced commoner, also return ed to London from Denmark. Showdown Seen Near The gathering of the royal fa-' mily and the urgent Cabinet dis cussions were taken as signs a showdown may not be far off. umciaiiy, jviargarei s lamuy must oppose the marriage. The press and public, are divided. The Chiirch of England must oppose it because the church does- not. : . j : vorced person while his former mate is alive. But Princess Mar garet seems determined to make her own decision. ' S O ; Shortly' after 2 p.m.' . Town send's car swung through the front gates . and he went into Clarence House for another call on the 25-year-old Princess.' For the first time since Town send came home from Belgium to pay court to the pretty Prin cess, the thick wooden gates in front of Clarence House swung . open for him. O Portland Police Search for Robber t Portland (U.R) Police today , searched for a gunman in his , early 30s who yesterday staged a daring daylight hollup of the Metropolitan branch of the U.S. National bank and escaped with $3285 in cash in Portland's first bank robbery in more than two years. .Witnesses said the man, about 5 feet 10 inches tall, carried a small black revolver and shoved a note through the tellers cage. Mrs. Gladys Learned, the 'teller, said the note was printed on the back of a withdrawal slip. It read: "Give me all your $5, $10, $20 and $50 bills and be quiet and no one will get hurt. - Mrs. Learned shoved her small bills at the bandit who took off at a run. in November 40,000 cars less than they had last year. Holmes, however, stated that Southern Pacific is an exception to this, having in creased its carrying capacity 44.2 per cent during the last 10 years. Would Not Help Bert Havard, general agent, traffic department, of the Chi cago and Northwestern railroad, said that the car shortage would not be helped if the Chicago ana Northwestern had a line here. They are now delivering between three and four thousand empty cars per month to western lines, he said. In answer to questions con cerning what is now being done about the car shortage Holmes said that they were loading and moving cars faster than ever be fore, and that 60 new boxcars are being made available for loading in Oregon per week. Next week's discussion topis will be "What is Medford going to do about parking" with Vic Milnes, chairman of the round table, serving as leader. ;