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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
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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"
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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.
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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. ' "
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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.
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Weather
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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
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