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maiwiwiip) M v W( VAhA " &'t ' jSTV I r L r fei i n - f I W:M h , i;" n Ml SSSSSSMSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSMSMMaMHrffi1 AT ACTIVATION CEREMONIES Activa tion ceremonies for two new southern Oregon Army reserve units were held last night at the Medford Senior High school -auditorium. Here for the ceremonies were, left to right, Col. Willard B. Carlock, chief of the Oregon Two Men Receive Prison Sentences In Circuit Court Two men each were sentenced to. two years In the Oregon state penitentiary by. Circuit Judge H. K-Qlannah today. Richard Ray Putney, 34, Box 132, Ashland, was sentenced to two years on charges of sex crime, and Donald Neil Chinn, 25, of Medlin, Ore., was sen tenced to two years on burglary &arges. '. '. - Mrs. Bonita "Vivian Silas, 38, Oregon City .""received a two year suspended sentence on charges of receiving and con cealing stolen property. Sentencing Continued Stuart Ernest Partelow, 21 of Ossining, N.Y., pleaded guilty to contributing to the delin quency of a minor, but sen tencing was continued pending receipt of Federal Bureau of In vestigation, reports. C. Al Han sen, 41, Pomoma, Calif., pleaded guilty to charges of obtaining rboney under false pretenses. His sentence also was continued pending receipt of FBI reports. Tho raw against' Paul T jnn Qacks, 220, route 1, . box 133, Gold Hill, on charges of rape was continued. John Hodiak, Film Actor, Dies at Home Hollywood (U.R) Stage and screen actor John Hodiak, 41, whose latest picture was to be premiered throughout the na tion today, died of a heart at tack today in his San Fernando Valley home. The veteran actor, long a lead ing man both here and on the New York stage, collapsed in his bathroom, his studio announced. His latest picture, "Trial," in which he plays an attorney, was scheduled to open its first run today . . 1 He first won fame on the screen as the major in the picture; "A Bell For Adano." Hodiak collapsed as he was getting ready to go to work in "On The Threshold of Space. Studio workers said Hodiak appeared perfectly healthy yes terday and was "modest and un assuming as usual." . Princess, Royal Family Dme With Head of Church London (U.R) Princess Margaret and other members of .the royal family dined tonight with the heads of the Church of England, who are among the strongest opponents of her re ported romance with RAF Group Capt. Peter Townsend. First Meeting The dinner was Margaret's first meeting with her sister, Queen Elizabeth, and the Arch bishop of Canterbury, primate of the established church, since her widely-reported love affair with Townsend reached critical proportions a week ago. Elizabeth with smiling dignity and Margaret with head- high I Medford Ge nera I Dea n Wa rns Against Dangers of Communism to World The clear, obvious and ulti mate .objective of the commu nists 'is world communism with the fount at the Kremlin, Maj. Gen. William Dean, deputy com mander of the sixth army, stated in a speech here last night. A crowd, of about 500 was in the audience. , Dean, who spoke at an activa- tio'n'ceremony for the 417tM En gineer" Aviation Brigade and Company E, Second Batallion, 413th Infantry Regiment, in Med ford Higii School auditorium, said that strength and strength only has a chance of preventing war and that it is imperative that we have a strong army re serve. ... - Was Prisoner of Reds General Dean was a prisoner of the Chinese communist's for several months and is a holder of the Congressional Medal' of Honor. Last night was one of his final public appearances in uni form before his retirement Nov. 1. "There seems to be a feeling nation-wide! that there is no more threat from Russia. I 'don't feel that way," Dean said. Dean stated that the commu nists want . to catch the free world with its guard down and are willing to use any subterfuge to accomplish this, including of- Jack Creager Named To Budget Committee Jack H. Creager, 27 Glen Oak dr., Medford, was appointed by the citycouncil last night to fill the unexpired term of A. A. (Tony) Lausmann on the citizens budget committee. Lausmann re signed recently. Creager is Medford-Ashland manager from the Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph company. The committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. today. The meeting was postponed from last Wednes day night for lack of a quorum. Monthly meetings of -the- citi zens' budget committee started recently upon request of Mayor Earl Miller and the council. went by separate cars to be guests of the Archbishop at the Palace of Lambeth on the banks of the Thames. Also ' present were Queen Mother Elizabeth; the Duke of Eidenburgh, husband of the Queen and the -reported leaders of the fight against Margaret's romantic attachment to Town- send; and the bishops and arch bishops of the realm. Talk Not Disclosed What went on inside the an cient palace was not disclosed, but the dinner provided the out spoken Archbishop of Canter bury with an opportunity to tell Margaret his view's. Stores Will Remain Open for Shopping Until Military district; Gov. Paul Patterson, and Maj. Gen. William Dean, deputy commander, Sixth Army. With them, at right, is ' Col.. ' W. H. Prentice, commanding officer of the : 417 Engineer Aviation brigade, one of the two new units. (Brainerd Photo) fers of peaceful accord. "It frightens me to listen to the radio to listen to the tele vision panels," Dean said, re ferring to decreasing fear of com munist aggression. "I learned while a 'guest of the communists that their ulti mate end was world commu nism," the general said. "The so viet citizens are sincere in their purpose and sure of the put come they, look forward to the time -when they canr liberate us from capitalism," he added." The communist people " are building up hope for depression, disunity and internal revolution within the United States, and if this fails, they win use force, Dean 6aid. The general stated that we can't match the enemy's active military strength, so it is imper ative that we have a strong army resrve. Won't Have Four Years Before this we have always had time to prepare for war. In World War II, however, it took us four years to amass sufficient strength to launch an amphibi ous landing in Europe. We won't have four years again, Dean said. For this reason we must main tain a strong army reserve. The white-haired, sincere ap pearing general arrived at Med ford Airport at 5:30 p.m. in an Army plane during a drenching thunderstorm. He was greeted by a delegation of army officers and by an bid friend, Dr. L. S. Inskeep, 2401 Hillcrest rd. The general greeted Dr. Inskeep warmly and they talked for sev eral minutes in the airport wait ing room. , Mayor Earl Miller made a brief speech welcoming the army reserve units and their officers and the other speakers to Med ford. . Governor Speaks Governor Paul Patterson, in a speech following Dean's, stated that we have had reason to re joice during the past 2V6 years because there has been, more or less, peace. in the 'wdrld. . This peace is due,, not to a change of heart in the enemy, but because the enemy has be come aware of the fact that the U. S. means business, the gov ernor pointed out. Patterson ' congratulated the reserve units and suggested that they must Enlist others to insure the success of the program. '. , t He asked the audience to join him in wishing General Dean many happy years following his retirement Nov. 1. Col. Willard B. Carlock, chief, Oregon Military district, con cluded the activation ceremonies by reading a brief history of the two units and presenting the colors to commanding officers Col. W. H. Prentice and Capt. James T. Cain., . ... Speakers were introduced by Master of Ceremonies James Dunlevy, manager of radio sta tion KYJC. . The Medford High school band played Ihree numbers during the ceremony and were highly praised by both Governor Pat terson and General Dean. Medford United VTes Full Leased Wire 50th Year 28 Pages Four People Hurt In Jackson County Highway Accidents 11 -Year-Old Boy in Critical Condition Three automobile accidents were reportde today in Jackson county. Four people were hurt in the mishaps. An 11-year-old boy was criti cally injured at about 6 a.m. to day in an unusual automobile accident on Highway 99 near the Gold Hill overpass, according to state police. ! ' ' The child, Joe Willie Haynes, Corcoran, Calif., was struck by a pickup truck operated by Lowell DuBois, 48, Grants Pass, police said. He was taken to Sacred Heart hospital by Med ford Ambulance service. DuBois told investigating of ficers he was driving sout on Highway 99 approaching a northbound car when he sudden ly saw a vehicle without lights in the road ahead of him. He swerved' in an attempt to miss the 'vehicle, but struck the Haynes boy, who was helping push it. Were Passing Car ' The boy's father, Joe Haynes, told poliee the battery of his car- had; gone, ' dead. The' whole Haynes family was pushing the vehicle m an attempt to get it started when the accident oc curred. The boy was knocked to the pavement, receiving head in juries. The' family had been working in the hop harvest at Independ ence, and was returning to Cor coran when the accident oc curred. ' Mobile radio played a part in summoning aid for a man in jured in another accident. Bernard A. Wild, 42, Pros pect, was injured when his pick up truck left Crater Lake high way near Trail. Wild apparent ly went to sleep while driving, at about 11 p.m. yesterday. Called Ambulance The accident was discovered by a Ross Lumber company em ployee, who had a mobile tele phone in his truck. The man, whose name was not learned by ambulance attendants, called Medford ambulance service,, and then brought Wild toward Med ford in the truck. He was met by the ambulance, which took Wild to Community hospital. Wild was treated for lacerations' and chest .injuries, which were not believed to be serious. - - - Leon Stanfield, 646 Oak st., Central Point, was injured when the car he was driving collided with one operated by Leonard Kunzman, 443 Oak st., Central Point, about 5:20 p.m. yesterday. The accident happened at the corner of Seventh and Oak sts. in Central Point. . . Condition Good Stanfield suffered a shoulder injury, and his condition was described as good today by at atendants at Sacred Heart hos pital, where he was taken by Medford Ambulance service. Kunzman suffered minor cuts and bruises in the collision. Oran Chastain, Central Point police chief, said Kunzman was travel ing west on Oak St., and Stan field was going south on Sev enth st. Dougas McKay's Mother Suctumbs in Portland ' Portland (U.R) Mrs. Minnie Adele Frater, 82, mother of Sec retary of Interior Douglas Mc Kay, died in a local hospital yesterday after an illness of two weeks. ; Mrs. Frater had lived most of her life here. Her first husband was Edwin D. McKay, father of her only living two children, Secretary McKay and Mrs. John G. Cheetham, Portland. IPdke Seek ' Koddeirs" Dim Deofth , hiree Yyftlh)s MEDFORD, OREGON, WEr Spectacular Storm HHs' Medford Area; Some (Damage Listed A spectacular lightning storm hit the Medford area yesterday evening, disrupting power facil ities briefly and causing some damage. A direct lightning strike on a California Oregon Power Com pany line feeding Medford from the Lone Pine substation caused FinanceDeparfmenl Survey Funds Get City Council Okay An ordinance creating an emergency fund to . finance a survey of the possibilities of changing the treasurer-recorder to a finance department was adopted by the city council last night. The ordinance was adopted after a report from the finance committee which recommended emoloyment of a new account- Ling, -firm f or. this .year's.. i!idit. The. m -committee recommenced the change-over survey be con ducted prior to the audit. " Jack Fitzgerald, chairman , of the finance committee, said the committee felt "the city and citi zens should - have . a different firm do the audit every 'few years." . . . : Firm Recommended The committee recommended the firm Haskins and Sells ofj Medford make the survey prior to an audit. The Knox' Account ing firm previously has con ducted the audit. John Snider, president of the council substituting for Mayor Earl Miller, pointed out that the "accounting firm which has been doing the audit has done ah excellent job." He added that thers is no criticism of work done by Knox. The change from treasurer recorder was authorized by Medford residents last Novem ber when the city manager form of government also was author ized. Bulletin First bids will be call ed for , work on the Howard Prairie section of the-Talent project in May, it was learned here today. The United Press in Washington . reported from the bureau of rec lamation that $53,100 has been made avail able for the first phases of the $2,007,200 job, a part of the $22,000,000 over-all irrigation and reclamation project in the southern : part of Jackson county. Until today, the only funds available for the Talent project have been $154,000 in plan ning money appropriat ed by the 1955 session of congress. It is be-, lieved here the $53,100 is part of this planning sum, and that the work will be explanatory in nature,' preparing for construction as soon as authorized by Congress. iTRIBUNE r5 o United Press Full Leased Wire v.- . 6ER 19, 1955 a brief power outage and did damage to Copco equipment. ' ?- Reports from people at the airport said the flash from the power line strike appeared to last nearly 30 seconds. ; . The resulting power outage sent radio and television stations in the Medford area off the air for periods ranging up to about five minutes. ' Damage Reported Copco officials said this morn ing that the lightning strike burned up two transformers in the Popular dr." area and blew out a number of transformer fuses in many parts of Medford and near Voorhies crossing, south of the city. Other lightning strikes in Medford were reported. Leroy Tompkins, 1206 Wood lawn dr., said that about 5:30 p.m. lightning struck a shade tree in his front yard, about 20 feet from his house. Mr. and Mrs. Tompkins and their son Ronnie, 16, .were standing about 20 feet away. ; The strike, which went down the. tree- into the ground where it dug a - hole, shook up - the Tompkins v- house, knocking planters Off walls and blowing up a lumtbulb in the kitchen. Rain. Bail Fall The weather bureau log at the airport said the storm started at about ' 4:47 p.m. and ended at about 8:13 p.m. During - that period, both rain and hail fell. While only .23 of an inch of rain was recorded by the weath er bureau, most of that fell in a very few minutes in huge drops. Hail, fell only for a brief period, and in scattered areas. Up to noon today, no hail dam age had been reported at valley orchards or elsewhere. The heaviest fell, lasting about 10 minutes, occurred in the Griffin Creek area. State forest patrolmen this morning reported spotty rain in the 'district. Considerable' rain fell in some spots and none in others. No fires from the light ning had been reported by mid morning today. 30 ScheduleVisit To Copco Projects About 30 Medford business men, including members of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce members and direc tors, win tour California Oregon Power company developments in the Toketee area Thursday. Frank Benesh will conduct the tour, which is designed to acquaint ' Chamber members with various developments in the area and their economic value to the Rogue valley. : . The tour, traveling by special bus, will leave Medford hotel at 7 a.m. Thursday and will make stops at Diamond lake, Lemola dam and project, the Lemola powerhouse under construction, and Clearwater dam and power house. The tour will include stops at Toketee, Fish creek, Slide, creek and Soda Springs projects. The group is expected to re turn to Medford about 6:30 p.m.' Chamber officials said a few seats still are available. Slash Burning Permits Still Required by State State forest patrol headquar ters' here 'said today that per mits for slash burning are still required. - . . - Permits are being issued for some areas but not for others where there is still a fire hazard, it was reported1. Application can be made to patrol headquarters or to local, wardens for the per mits. ' " Price 5c No. 179 Officials Work On Theory Gang Was Responsible ; Autos Reported : In Vicinity of Crime Chicago (U.R) A motor ist reported today that he saw two "hot-rod type", cars in a for est preserve parking area a few feet from the ditch where the nude and mutilated bodies of three young boys were found. Police said the report was the '.'hottest lead so -far." - , The motorist, E. J. Malone of suburban Schiller Park, said he saw a light green convertible and a cream-colored sedan yes terday morning, a few hours be fore the bodies were found. But he said he thought noth ing of it at the time and natur ally did not get the license num bers. Gang Killing Theory . . ; Police said the "hot-rod" angle gave credence to the theory that the three youngsters were slain by a teen-age gang in one of the city's most shocking crimes. . The bodies of the three boys, missing since Sunday, were found yesterday stacked like cordwood -in a ditch in Robin son's Woods -northwest .of the city.' The victims were 14-year- pld Robert Peterson,' John Schu- essler, 13, and his brother, Anton Jr.,. 11. . u ' ' A searching party of about 50 men, including 110 members of the 49th Anti-Aircraft battalion stationed near the scene, search ed the woods this morning. Coroner Walter J.r McCarron conducted an inquest this mor ning at the county morgue and said later he believes the crime was the work of a gang. Fathers Break Down Although preliminary reports indicated the victims died Sun day night, an officer said he be lieves they may have died as late as Tuesday morning, because the bodies showed few signs of ex posure. , The fathers of the victims, Malcolm Peterson, 36, a carpen ter, and Anton Schuessler, 42, a tailor, testified at the inquest. Peterson broke down and wept. Schuessler had to be helped to and from the witness' stand. (See Stories on Page 6) Weather i FORECAST: Considerable cloudiness through Thursday. Continued mild. Low tonight 40. Hith Thursday 65. - Temp. ' Hifhest Yesterday , 1 Lowest this Morning 52 Prec. to 4:30 a-m. Today JSC Action On Two Annexations Deferred; Third Approved The Medford city 'council last night deferred action on two an nexations, continued - a public hearing on another, and annex ed the Jefferson school and ad jacent properties south' of S,tew- srt ave. s- " -,- At an adjourned ; meeting Thursday night, the council will consider a recommendation from the planning commission for an nexation of more than . 1,000 acres southeast jot Medford. The recommendation was received last night. '.'. Area Outlined - - The area proposed for annex ation includes Rogue Valley Country "club, a 20-acre Rogue Valley' Memorial hospital site, the Mclntyre subdivision around Barneburg hill, Siskiyou Mem orial park and the IOOF ceme tery. The land lies east of Bear creek, and west of a line extend ing south from Foothills rd. A petition submitted last night asks that certain properties with 9 o'clock Tonight Papers Show Steps Urged To Bring Russia Info War New Ammunition For Controversy Washington U.R) The De fense department today made public long-secret official rec ords showing that Gen. Douglas ; MacArthur repeatedly urged steps to bring Russia into the war against Japan. .Publication of the documents furnished new ammunition for both sides in the controversy which has sprung up around a statement MacArthur made at the time the Yalta papers were released last March. MacArthur said then that if he had been consulted at the time of the Yal- ' ta conference in February, 1945, , he would have opposed Russian entry into the war "at that late date." , . MacArthur's statements was contradicted by an Army his torian, Louis Morton, who said , MacArthur had "stated emphat ically at the time of Yalta" thg a Russian attack in Manchuria should precede an American in vasion of Japan. The 107-page historical record released today bore out Mac Arthur's contention that Wash ington officials preparing for the raita conference did not consult him then about his views at that time on brineine Russia intn the Far East war. It also showed, however, that MacArthur discussed the matter with War Department planning omcers wno visited him in the ", Pacific on Feb. 13, 1945. This : was three days after the' Yalta talks ended but presumably be- iore MacArthur had been ad vised at the Yalta deal for Rus sian entry. An Armv renresenta- tive said in his official report of mis discussion that MacArthur "emphatically stated that0 we must not invade' Japan proper unless the Russian Army is pre viously committed to action in ' Manchuria. He said that was essential." - . And as late as June 18,' 1945, four months after eYalta, Mac Arthur said in a message to Gen. ' George C. Marshall, Army Chief of Staff, that "the hazard and loss of a U. S. invasion of Japan will be greatly lessened" if it was preceded by a Russian at tack from Siberia. Three Burglaries Reported in CP Centrol Point Three bur glaries in Central Point resi dences are being investigated bv Police Chief Oran Chastain this week. The burglaries occurred sometime Sunday night. Chastain said the residence of E. L. Matthews Jr., 135 Oak st., was burglarized and about $100 and a wrist watch were taken from the dining room. Entrance was gained by breaking the rear door screen. About $4 was taken from the home of Leon Christensen, 112 Ash st., Central Point. The money was in a billfold on the living . room piano, Chastain said, only a few feet from sleep ing watchdogs. The third burglary was at the home of R. J. Batzer, 219 South Seventh st., where burglars en tered, removed a woman's purse to the front porch and emptied the contents. Nothing was re ported missing, Chastain said. in .the - proposed annexation be excluded, including the two cemeteries. Also Thursday night the Coun cil will hold a public hearing on annexation of property owned by the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in the Siskiyou Heights 1 addition extension. Hearing Continued ' . A public hearing on annexa tion of California Pacific utilit ies company property on Grove land ave., was continued until the meeting on Nov. 1, because consent documents have net yet been signed. . The council adopted an ordin ance annexing about 30 acres south of Stewart ave., between extensions . of Holly st., and Oakdale ave. The site includes, the new Jefferson grade school, and several proposed subdivis ions. Petitions were submitted asking annexation, and no one appeared to object at a hearing last night i i
