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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
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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.
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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-
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. 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.
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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. ;