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Jury Selection
Nearly Completed
In Bombing Death
Jurors Challenged in
Marjorie mith Case
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McMinnville (U.R) The
jury which will decide the fate
of Marjorie Smith of Portland,
accused in the car-bomb death
of her attorney husband, w
expected to be completed today.
Defense and prosecution at
torneys were rapidly using up
their quotas of peremptory
challenges and when court re
cessed this morning, eight more
prospective jurors were excused,
live lor cause and three on
challenges without cause.
Against Capital Punishment
. Of the five excused for cause
today, three said they were
against capital punishment while
the other two admitted opinions
about Mrs. Smith s guilt or in
nocence. Except for white gloves, Mrs
Smith was dressed in black.
Only a tentative 12-member
panel was seated at the first day
of the trial.
Prosecutor Willis A. West
yesterday indicated the state
would seek the death penalty
for the woman when he asked
prospective jurors about their
feelings toward capital punish
ment. During the first day of the
attractive, 35-year-old widow's
trial for complicity in the bomb
slaying of her husband, 27
prospective jurors were excused,
six of them on peremptory chal
lenges.
Preconceived Opinions
Of the 21 veniremen excused
for cause, most of them express
ed preconceived opinions gen
dered by the slaying's wide
spread publicity. This was also
the basic reason for the change
in venue which brought the
case from Multnomah county to
Yamhill county.
Mrs. Smith was implicated in
the slaying of her husband, At
torney Oliver Kermit Smith, by
45-year-old Victor Laurence
Wolf. Wolf has confessed attach
ing a homemade dynamite bomb
to the starter mechanism of
Smith's car, saying he did so at
Mrs. Smith's bidding tagain her
love.
Dinner Honoring
Hedrick Planned
Salem--(U.R) A dinner hon
oring E. H. Hedrick, Oregon
educator who retired from the
Medford school system in Aug
ust, will highlight the annual
fall conference of the Oregon
Association of District Superin
tendents Oct. 27 in Erb memor
ial building on tne university
of Oregon campus, the State De
partment of Education said here
today.
Leonard Mayfield, . superin
tendent, Medford, will represent
the superintendent's association
on the dinner program and D. A.
Emerson, deputy superintendent
of public instruction, will repre
sent the State Department of
Education. Harold Beall, super
intendent. Springfield, is in
charge of arrangements.
The conference- opening at 9
a.m. Thursday will be concerned
with findings of the governor's
conference on education. R. E
Jewell, superintendent, Bend,
will preside at the business ses
sion. .
Presentation of the panel topic
will be made by Owen Sabin, su-
perintendent, Milwaukie.
Faure Calls for
December Elections
Paris (U.R) Premier Edgar
Faure's Cabinet tonight called
for general elections in Decern
ber to trv to rid the National
Assembly of cliques and splin
ter groups undermining govern
ment authority.
The Cabinet introduced a bill
by title only in the Assembly
this evening. The title calls for
new elections in the first half
of December and demands ur
gent consideration of the
measure.
A committee of ministers will
fill in the text of the bill to
morrow.
The decision is up to Parlia
ment.
The call for December elec
tions is a break with French
tradition. In-the past, elections
havp hppn held in the warm
months to make it easier for
voters in rural areas to get to
the polls.
Lumber Shippers Receive
57 Per Cent of Car Needs
Salem (U.R) Public Utilities
Commissioner Charles Heltzel
said today lumber shippers were
only able to receive 57 per cent
of cars they ordered from South
ern Pacific railroad -last week,
lowest percentage for the year.
Medford
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IN GOOD HANDS An unidentified fireman carries an
injured man to waiting ambulance after rescuing him from
fire which swept through the Adams Hotel on Chicago's
Skid Road. Two persons died and 10 others were injured
in the blaze. Damage was estimated at $20,000.
County Court Gives
Approval to
Road Financing Plan
State - proposed plans for fi
nancing a new Medford-Klamath
Falls highway were accepted to
day by members of the Jackson
county court in- conjunction
with Paul Rynning, county en
gineer. ";
Construction on the new road,
which will .- provide an easy
grade route to Klamath Falls by
way of McAllister Soda Springs
and Lake of the Woods, will not
start until 1957. It would cost
an estimated $900,000.
Meet with Baldock
Rynning and County Commis
sioner .Chester Wendt met yes
terday in Salem with R. H. Bal
dock, state highway engineer, to
discuss plans for financing the
road.
Plans adopted are for Jackson
county to furnish 60 per cent of
the cost, which would be taken
from secondary highway funds
received from the federal gov-
McCall Out of Race
As State Secretary
Portland (U.R) Tom Law-
son McCall last night took him
self out of the race for Republi
can nomination for secretary of
state and declared his support
for . State Sen. Mark Hatfield,
dean of students at Willamette
University. ;
McCall, who opposed Rep.
Edith Green for Congress in the
last general election, told . a
meeting of Multnomah county
Young Republicans the GOP
must accept candidates who have
progressive : ideas and scored
those who would oppose Hat
field because of his liberal views.
McCall had been mentioned as a
possible candidate for the job.
McCall also urged Young Re
publicans to adopt a resolution
calling upon the state not to send
its employees through picket
lines in legitimate labor dis
putes. UO Studenfs Fined
For Burning Turf
Corvallis (U.R) Six Uni
versity of Oregon students who
admitted burning - the 1 letters
"UO" in the turf of Parker sta
dium at Oregon State college to
day were fined $50 each in Cor
vallis district court.
The students were formally
charged with entering the prop
erty of another with intent to
injure grass. They were tempor
arily suspended at the University
of Oregon. .
The court today suspended $30
of each of the fines pending good
behavior. The students will be
required to pay for damages to
the turf which Physical Plant
Superintendent Dick Adams said
would amount to about $92.
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State's
ernment, and the state to furnish
the remaining 40 per cent.
- The county "received about
$64,000 a year for the secondary
highway fund. If this amount
were used toward construction
of the new highway it would
take about eight years to com
plete. According to Baldock,
however, there is a strong pos
sibility that the amount receiv
ed from the federal government
will be . substantially increased
shortly after congress convenes
in January.
In the past, the federal sec
ondary highway funds have
been used for construction and
repair of bridges in the county.
Members of the county court
and the county engineer now
feel, however, that following the
construction of the new McKee
bridge next year, the funds may
be made available for construc
tion of the new Klamath Falls
highway.
May Reconsider
The - Klamath county court
voted against the plan recently,
but it is believed by the Jackson
county court that they may re
consider when it is learned vat
Jackson county has adopte;" 'ie
plan.
Only about three miles of the
new road will be in Klamath
county. A delegation from Jack
son county may confer with the
Klamath court early next week
concerning the highway, accord
ing, to Wendt.
Oregon Telephone
Strike Threatened
Portland (U.R) Pacific Tele
phone and Telegraph Company
today requested help from the
federal mediation service in
avertings a possible strike of
some 5000 CIO workers in Ore
gon, whose contracts expire at
midnight Sunday.
PT&T currently is involved in
a strike by Northern California
and Nevada workers. ; ;
Salem (U.R) Gov. Paul Pat
terson has appointed Mrs. Glenn
Maxwell of Haines as a member
of the Baker County Public Wel
fare Commission.
Tokyo (U.R) Russia
double-crossed the Japanese in
the spring of 1945 and went to
the Yalta conference , secretly
knowing Japan was willing to
surrender to the Allies, one of
the Allied prosecutors - in the
Japanese war criminal trials
said today.
In an exclusive interview
with United Press, this story
was told by Roy L. Morgan, who
was associate prosecutor durig
the trial of war premier Hideki
Tojo. Morgan was in charge of
investigations for the interna
tional prosecution section.
"Shigenori-Togo, foreign
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Site of Proposed
Hospital, RVCC
Included in Area
Church Property
Annexed by City
The Medford city council last
night directed City. Attorney
Frank Farrell to prepare and
submit ordinances calling for
elections on annexation of sev
eral hundred acres of land south
east of Medford.
The council accepted a recom
mendation from the planning
commission that the area be an
nexed. The proposed area includes
the Rogue Valley Memorial hos
pital 20-acre site, Rogue Valley
Country club, two cemeteries,
and an extensive subdivision plat
around Barneburg hill.
Two Elections
Two elections would be held.
One would be in Blocks seven,
eight, part of nine and block
ten of Siskiyou Heights addition
extension, and the other would
be in an area east of Bear creek
and west of Murray rd. A sepa
rate election in Siskiyou Heights
addition is necessary, City Man
ager Robert Duff pointed out,
because those blocks are now a
county "island" surrounded by
city limits.
The "island" was completed
last night when the council
adopted an ordinance annexing
property owned by First Church
of Christ, Scientist in. block six
ofthe addition extension! The
island includes property be
tween Richmond and Barneburg
rds. on the east and west, and
Keene Way dr. and Oakwood
dr. on the south and north.
No one appeared at a public
hearing opposing annexation of
the church property. John
Pletsch spoke in favor of annexa
tion. The area southeast of Medford,
exclusive of the three-block is
land in Siskiyou Heights addi
tion extension, generally includes
an area within the following
boundaries:
From the southwest corner of
Hillcrest rd. and Pierce rd. east
along a line south of Hillcrest
rd. to just west of Foothills rd.;
then south along the western
edge of Foothills rd. to a line
north of Country club dr. ex
tension: then westward to just
west of Murphy lane; southward
to just south of Barnett rd. From
there the line follows the old
Barneburg property line south.
west and north around Barne
burg hill to just east of Ellendale
dr.; then north along the east
edge of Ellendale dr. to a point
300 feet south of Barnett rd
then west to Bear creek.
The line then follows Bear
creek to the present city limits.
Opposes Cemetery Annexation
Manville M. Heisel, attorney
representing Siskiyou Memorial
park association, opposed annex
ation of the cemetery, pointing
out that the non-profit organiza
tion would be unable to finance
its share of street improvements.
He pointed out that if the area
is annexed, the cemetery would
be surrounded by city- streets,
but that the . association would
not have-control of more than
50 per cent of the front footage
of these streets.
, Improvements are made on re
quests by petitions representing
at least 51 per cent of the front
footage: Petitions are submitted
by residents desiring improve
ments. ' Heisel pointed out that
the
Doublecrossed
minister of Japan in the spring
of 1945, -discussed with me
Japan's attempts to make peace
in the spring of that year, after
the big March 10, 11 and 12
raids on Japan," Morgan said.
Togo was sentenced to 20
years in prison where he died.
"Realizing Japan's inability to
carry on the war against the
United States further," Morgan
said, "Togo with other members
of the cabinet met and decided
to seek peace.:
"After deliberations and many
discussions, it was decided by
the group that since Russia bad
a neutrality pact with Japan
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Washington (U.R) Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles today
held a strong hand of diplomatic
cards to play at next week's Big
Four showdown meting at Ge
neva on key East-West problems.
Dulles, in a whirlwind . finish
to preparations for the . confer
ence, has lined up support of
President Eisenhower and .a
group of congressional leaders
of both parties for U.S. strategy
on the twin problems of Euro
pean security and German unity,
disarmament and lowering of
East-West barriers.
Additional support for Dulles'
Geneva strategy came late Thurs
day from the secretary's own
State Department. It suddenly
made public an 88-page record
of many of Mr. Eisenhower's
and Dulles' statements at the
earlier Summit . meeting at Ge-
association would gain nothing
by being annexed, and question
ed whether assessments levied
for improvements would be bind
ing upon the association. Ceme
teries, he said, are tax free, but
he could not determine whether
that included assessments for
local improvements.
Heisel recommended leaving
the cemetery an island, but
Councilman John Snider said he
did not "want to contemplate
leaving an island" in the pro
posed annexation area.: 'r ' "'"
Representatives of the IOOF
cemetery, which also is included
in the area, also expressed oppo
sition to annexation on the
grounds the organization would
be unable to finance improve
ments.
A petition signed by 32 resi
dents in the Crestbrook rd.-
Modoc ave area opposing annex
ation also was reviewed. The
petition was submitted Tuesday
night just prior to adjournment.
Glenn Jackson urged annexa
tion of the area in. behalf of
Rogue Valley Memorial hospital.
He said city sanitary service is
a necessity if the hospital is to
obtain federal funds to help fi
nance construction of the $1,
800,000 project.
Others Object
Several other residents object
ing to annexation were present
inquiring as to what would be
come of farm land in the area,
and whether or not building per
mits would be required for con
struction of farm buildings. City
Manager Robert Duff said per
mits would be necessary, and
construction standards would
have to be followed.
The question of whether or
not water meters would be re
moved upon annexation was dis
cussed. Duff said residents
would continue to be on a me
tered basis if annexed, , but
pointed out that city rates are
less by 50 to 50 per cent. He
said water services both inside
and outside the city are now be
ing installed on a meter basis.
Whether or not children would
attend Medford schools also was
discussed. Duff pointed out that
the county school district boun
dary board has jurisdiction.
Some of the area in the proposed
annexation is in the-Phoenix
school district, and children
would continue to attend Phoe
nix schools unless boundaries
are changed by , the county
school district boundary board.
City Attorney Farrell was di
rected to submit ordinances call
ing for elections in the areas at
the next regular council meeting.
Japan Before Yalta, Tojo Prosecutor Claims
which had two years to run and
because of Russia's position in
relation to the Allied "power ,
Russia should be approached as
mediator.
"The Japanese ambassador in
Moscow was instructed to ap
proach the Russian foreign of
fice for the purpose of getting
Russia to act as mediator.
"According to Togo, the Rus
sian government accepted the
role as arbitrator in a peace be
tween Japan and the United
States."
"Japan's peace terms which
Russia was to pass on to the
United States were similar to the
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through Saturday. Valley fog
patches mixed with smoke in
. morning. Little temperature
change. Low tonight 46. High
Saturday 72-74.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 73
Lowest this Morning 48
Prec. to 4:30 a.m. Today, Trace
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neva last July. '
Strong Determination Shown
The document showed the
strong determination" of the
United States to link European
security and German unity to
gether a tussle the President
won from Soviet Premier Niko
lai Bulganin. It also brought out
Mr. Eisenhower's -flat pledge 'to
nussia tnat . under no circum
stances is the United States ever
going to be a party to aggressive
war against any nation." This
was coupled with the President's
pledge that the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization is "purely
defensive.
Dulles met Thursday with 14
key congressional leaders to ac
quaint them with U.S. strategy
and to shore up any weak spots
in bipartisan backing. The Sec
retary of State was reported
pleased by the reception his
views received from the law
makers who met with him for
nearly two hours.
Several Points Made
According to legislators who
attended the meeting, Dulles
made these points:
; The Allies plan to offer Russia
security guarantees based on a
five-nation pact which could be
expanded to many other nations
on each side of the Iron Curtain
The plan is designed to prod
Russia into a German reunifica
tion program.
On disarmament, the United
States will stand solidly behind
Mr. Eisenhower's plan to build
trust and confidence by exchang
ing -military blueprints and aer
ial i reconnaissance rights with
Russia.
Dulles has high hopes that
major accomplishments will be
reached on the third and final
Geneva problem lowering of
East-West barriers. There is no
prospect of easing Western bars
on strategic trade with the Iron
Curtain countries at this time.
(See Story on Page 12)
Parsons To Speak
For Advisory Group
Capt. Paul Parson, head of
the Medford district of state po
lice, will speak at a meeting of
the Advisory Committee to the
Jackson County Juvenile Court
on Monday, it was announced to
day. The meeting will be at 8 p.m.
in the circuit court room. After
his talk, Captain Parson will ask
questions from members of the
committee. In addition,, it is ex
pected that a report will be
made on progress in securing a
site for a county ' juvenile de
tention home. ' v
' The advisory committee is
composed of representatives of
many of the county's civic, serv
ice and fraternal organizations,
and is designed to be of assist
ance to the juvenile court judge,
the juvenile office staff and to
police authorities. '
Bulletin
. Salem (U.R) Southern Pa
cific today filed suit for a dec
latory judgment against an or
der of the public utilities
commissioner directing the
railroad to continue passenger
train service between Portland
and Ashland. The case -will be
heard Oct. 31 by Marion Coun
ty Circuit Judge Val D. Sloper.
terms of the Potsdam declara
tion, with three . exceptions.
These exceptions were: i.' The
emperor system should be re
tained. 2. There should be no
Allied occupation, of Japan. 3.
There should be no prosecution
of Japanese leaders.
"Several months passed and
Japan got no answer from Rus
sia as to the progress of its
mediation efforts.
"Finally the atomic bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima and the
Japanese ambassador in Moscow
was again contacted by " Togo.
Togo wanted to ascertain the de
County Group
Seeks To Have Tax
Deleted From Roll
Writ of Mandamus
Asked of High Court
Salem U.R) A group of
some 180 Jackson county or-
chardists have asked the Oregon
Supreme court for an alternative
writ of mandamus commanding
Jackson County Assessor Robert
G. Fowler to deliver the assess
ment roll for fiscal year 1955-56
to the sheriff of Jackson county
and to delete from the rolls all
increases in assessments on
commercial orchard property.
The demand stems from in
creases in assessments which fol
lowed a reappraisal of all prop
erty in Jackson county by the
State Tax commission. The or
chardists c contend their proper
ties are discriminated against,
compared to other farm lands of
the county. . , , " . .
The Supreme court, which re
ceived the petition late yester
day, directed both sides to sub
mit arguments by noon Monday
why the high court should or
should not accept jurisdiction in
the case instead of the usual pro
cedure of having such action
started in Circuit court.
Should the court accept juris
diction, the petition asks that it
direct the assessor to compute a
rate per cent of levy' upon the
legally assessed valuation of
Jackson county "and the subse
quent divisions thereof for said
fiscal year, or in default thereof
to appear in this court at a time
to be named in said alternative
writ and then and there show
cause why he has not done so.'
Elsewhere in Salem, State Tax
Commissioner Sam Stewart said
that 190 parcels of Jackson coun
ty land will have their tax val
uation reduced as a result of
hearings held there last week.
Owners of 473 pieces of land ap
pealed previously-set valuations.
Stewart said mailing of no
tices to orchardists, telling them
of the findings following the
hearings, started Tuesday. Coun
ty Assessor Robert Fowler has
been ordered to change the in
dividual valuations to conform
with . those found by the com
mission. ..... : ,-.
Stewart said the tax commis
sion has done everything in its
power to assure a correct and
valid assessment roll.
Commercial Pear
Picking Hears End
Commercial pear picking and
packing are nearing completion
in Jackson county acording to
County Horticultural Agent,
C. ff. Cordy.
Many orchards have finished
picking and others are near&gj
completion. Pears left to be
picked are mainly, winter nelis.
No figures are available on
the size of the pear crop but it
is "big," Cordy says. ' ; .
Some orchardists are starting
to plant cover crops now. Prun
ing will begin as soon as- the
leaves are off the trees, accord
ing to Cordy.
Roseburg Pilot Hurt
In Crash in Japan
Tokyo (U.R) A Roseburg,
Ore., Air Force pilot was one of
three men injured today when a
B-47 jet bomber crashed during
takeoff in northern Japan. One
man was killed. .
The Oregon ' man, 1st .W.
Charles W. Clark, was co-pilot of
the bomber, which crashed about
300 or 400 yards off the end of
the runway at Misawa air base on
the northern tip of Honshu, Ja
pan's main island.
Clark and the other two in
jured men were reported in
"good condition."
Officials at Mountain Home
Air Base in Idaho identified the
man killed as 1st Lt. Edward C.
Dow of Bishopville, S. C, an ob
server aboard the jet bomber.
Spokane U.R) Marilyn Gould
of Corvallis, - Ore., has been
IvTowned homecoming queen at
Whitworth college: - .
velopments of Japan's offer of
peace.
"The reply to the Japanese
ambassador in Moscow by. the
Russian government was "Rus
sia is now. at war with .Japan.
Troops are crossing the Man
churian frontier.' :
"Togo told me that up until
the end of the: war, Russia
who had accepted the role of
peacemaker never advised Ja
pan as to its mediation efforts.
"Togo indicated that Russia
had played a most ignominous
role in world history in accept
ing the role of peacemaker end
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TIPS iT OUR WAY Tommy
Kono of Sacramento, Calif.,
flexes his muscles during the
Mr. Universe contest at Mu
nich, Germany, now an offi
cial part of international
weigntlifting championships.
Five points he won here
tipped the victory to the U. S.
over Russia, 30-29. Kono also
won the light-heavyweight
(181 pounds) lifting title.
Eight Arrested
For Questioning
In Chicago Deaths
Chicago U.R) Police disclos
ed today that eight persons have
been arrested for questioning
about the slaying of three young
boys, but none was regarded as
a "good suspect." v
Lie detector tests were sched
uled for at least two of the eight
Edward Rohlfes, 47, and Michael
: Chupick, -22 ! . V. V.
Rohlfes, a former railroad
worker, volunteered the infor
mation that he spent all of last
Monday night and most of Tue
day morning in a forest preserve
parking lot near the ditch where
the nude and battered bodies
were found.
Sent To Laboratory
Crime laboratory technicians
found a crowbar, a clawhammer
and a sweatshirt, stained as if it
had been used to wipe up some-,
thing, in Rholfes' truck. The ar
ticles were sent to the labora
tory for analysis and to deter
mine whether human hair could j
be found on the hammer.
If the bodies had been there ,
then, he said, he would have
seen them. They were discov
ered, by a liquor salesman at
12:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Rohlfes said he saw three men
in a battered old Ford drive into
the parking lot at 10:30 a.m.,
just as he was leaving. Detec
tives said these men could have
been the slayers, about to dis- '
pose of the bodies.
Rohlfes said he had withheld
his information because he did
not want to get a forest ranger
in trouble for letting him sleep
in his parked truck in the" for
est preserve. ' x - '
He said he formed the habit
of sleeping there because of ,
marital discord at home. He now
is divorced, he said. i
Tape in Auto
: Chupick was held for a lie test.
after police found copper -wire
and masking tape in his car.
Tape of some sort was used to
bind the' victims' eyes and
mouths, and Chupick said he fre-:
quented a bowling alley where
the boys were seen Sunday
night. - .
. The slain boys, Robert Peter
son, 13, John Schuessler, 13, and
his brother, Aton Jr., 11, last
were seen alive Sunday night. -
. Sheridan, Ore. (U.R) The Mc
Mormick Lumber and Manufac
turing - Company, Sheridan's
largest industry, has halted oper
ations, idling 70 men. ' ' - ,-
then using the information to
further their own policies and
finally, attacking Japan which
they knew already was defeated. ..
"It appears the Russians went
to Yalta knowing ? Japan was.
already to surrender. Their bar
gaining there with the ' Allies
over a price for their paticipa
tion in the war was carried on
against this background. -
"They had accepted Japan's
offer to make peace, apparently
kept it to themselves and capital
ized on it for the Soviet govern- -ment's
benefit." . -
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