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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1955)
T o Tuesday, October 25. 1953 MEDFORD (OREGOV) MAIL TRIBWKI JIU Five Airfields Being Readied for Soviet-Chinese Use Opposite Formosa Expansion Said Important Fact Confronting Allies Tokyo (U.R) A string of five airfields opposite Formosa are being readied for use by the combined Soviet-Chinese air force, U. S. Far East Air Com mander Gen. Laurence S. Kuter said today. The southward expansion through mainland China of bases available to Soviet and Chinese air power, Kuter said in an ex clusive interview, is one of the most important new facts con fronting U.S. and ailied defense chiefs in Asia. Russian Advantage It gives Russia the advantages, but not the political liabilities, of an overseas base chain extend ing toward Southeast Asia. Kuter said he would discuss the status of the Reds' five For mosa straits jet bases Thursday with Nationalist China's air force commander, Maj. Gen. Wang Tiger Shu-Ming. Kuter is scheduled to, fly to Formosa Wednesday. ,; ' Taipeh dispatches have quot ed Nationalist sources as saying the five bases already are ready ' for use by jet planes but so far are unoccupied. The bases at Foochow, Swatow, Shanti, Lung tien and Shiffu have been under construction since last spring. Power Remains Stable Kuter said total Communist air power in the Far East has remained stable this year at about 7500 warplanes, including 3000 jet fighters, 500 to 700 1L28 light jet bombers, 200 TU4 and similar propeller - driven medium bombers, several hun dred obsolescent light bombers and attack and fighters planes, transports and other aircraft. Against this big Red air force, the United States has based in the Far East only about 2000 planes, which might be joined in an emergency by the small air forces of Nationalist China, South Korea, the Philippines and Thailand. Taleni-Ashland Youth Fund Drive At One-Fourth Mark Ashland Progress' reports on the Ashland-Talent Youth fund drive by organization members at a meeting held Fri day night in the basement of the city libraryt show that only 25 per cent of the $14,300 goal has been achieved thus far. Ken Jones, president, urged all committee members to re double their efforts in order to achieve the goals for which their organizations were responsible. Final plans for a radio auc tion over Station KWIN were discussed but details must be worked out with station per sonnel before definite dates and times may be announced. This feature has averaged nearly a thousand dollars a year in the i past for the drive funds. Another meeting has been scheduled for Thursday, Octob er 27, at 7:30 p.m. in the base ment of the city library.' It is urged that every Youth Coun cil member and other interested members of the community at tend this crucial meeting. Those who wish to volunteer 'their services should contact Ken Jones or Sam Hays immed iately, is was announced. Hkmalh Rancher v Grassman of Year Portland (U.R) Oregon's ."Grassman of the Year" is Lloyd Gift, Klamath county rancher. G$The Portland Chamber of Com merce, sponsor of the grassman contests, named George Milne, a Tillamook dairy farmer, as sec ond place winner. -' Gift will be Oregon's entry in the regional contest and will re ceive $300 as a state award pro vided by the United States Na tional bank. Milne will receive S200. Gift's rangh consists of 6,000 acres once considered worthless land in the Langell valley. On 700 acres Gift dug five miles of drainage ditches, increased the storage reservoir, leveled 'the land, and seeded it to a grass- legume mixture. Holdup Men Left Holding Wrong Bag Lot Angeles (U.R) Bank teller Leonard S. Pirri, 50, left two holdup men holding the wrong bag Monday. Pirri said the two ap proached him as he left his car during the noon hour and walked toward the bank. Af ter a brief struggle, the men grabbed the bag he was car-. rying and fled. The bag contained the re mains of his lunch, Pirri said. Higher Education Board Seeks 19 More Teachers Portland (U.R) Enroll ment increases on six campus es prompted the State Board of Higher Education to move for 19 more teachers and $50,250 in additional supplies and equip ment. The board, meeting as a com-mittee-of-the-whole, decided to ask Gov. Paul Patterson for permission to use $146,685 of "over-realized" student fee in come. Chancellor John Richards said the following apportionment of teacher help was planned: Oregon State, equivalent of 2.6 fulltime teachers or $17,600. Oregon, 3.2 instructors, $11, 865. Portland- State, 5.6 teachers, $21,700.-' v Oregon college, .3 teacher, $3350. Southern Oregon, 2 teachers, $900. Eastern Oregon, 1 teacher, $6000 and summer session, $9000. Extra money for supplies and equipment would include $29, 680 to Oregon State; $10,000 to Oregon; $2800 to Portland State; $3325 to Oregon college; $2275 to Southern Oregon, and $2170 to Eastern Oregon. Some $17,920 for water was not allocated. Both Dr. O. Meredith Wilson, president of the University of Oregon, and Dr. A. L. Strand, president of Oregon State, warn ed of housing shortages to come. Dr. Strand said, "We are in des perate' ' circumstances how." ' Housekeeper Left large Trust Fund Milwaukee, Wis. (U.R) A housekeeper of wealthy Henry J. Schlesinger. who died Oct. 10 at the age of 76, has been left half the income of a trust worth be tween $800,000 and $1,000,000, it was disclosed today. The housekeeper, Miss Zilla Helgeson, 64, was also a nurse in the Schlesinger family more than 40 years. She is guaranteed an income of at least $400 per month for life under the terms of the trust. Schlesinger's son, Robert H., will get the remainder of the in come from the trust, if any, at the trustees discretion. He disappeared a short time after a New York jewelry firm attempted to collect a bil1. of more than $100,000 for jewels he allegedly ordered and gave to movie star Linda Christian. The firm was unsuccessful in its at tempt to reclaim the jewels. Budget Committee To Meet Wednesday A meeting of the city citizens' budget committee will be held in the city hall at 7:30 pjn. Wednesday, it was announced today by Mrs. Marina Gates, sec retary of the committee. . - She said City Manager Robert Duff and City Atorney Frank Farrell will discuss county bud gets, particularly funds for road and street use, and how cities can share in these funds under Oregon law. In addition, Mrs. Gates indi cated that matters concerned with personnel administration in the city will come up for discus sion. The budget committee in the past has only met during budget-making time, but has been meeting monthly recently so it can gain a better understanding of the city's financial prbblems. Dead line Sunday Classified Is at noon Saturday. 10 a.m. Monday for Monday, other days 5:30 orevious day STEAM CLEAMEfL -clea3 tpur dirtiest" equipment".... CHEAPER FATTER GETTER brFMsE demonstTatiox...callor write OAK ST. TANK & STEEL CO- Four Men Fined for Game Law Violations Three men were fined yester day in district court for viola tion of hunting regulations and a fourth was fined Saturday for falsifying information about a hunting license. Jimime O. Selby, 27, of 335 F,d wards st., and William Ray Arnold, 25, route 3, box 204, were fined $30 each for shooting a hen pheasant during closed season. . Meredith Hart Parsons, 36, of 1525 Grand st., was fined $18 for hunting during prohibited hours. Hunting hours closed at 5:13 p.m. and Parsons was ar rested at 5:26 p.m. . Wiliam Stanley Avist, 25, of 506 Alice St., was fined $15 for falsifying facts about his place of residence when applying for a hunting license. Mystery Attacks Made on Family Of Chief of Police in Iowa Town BOY ELECTROCUTED Molalla (U.R) Daniel Green wood, 9, was electrocuted yes terday afternoon when - he climbed a power pole near his home and his head touched a power- line. He fell to the ground and died instantly.. Grinnel, la. (U.R) Police Chief Waldo E. Johnson called on all his crime-fighting exper ience today to catch the un known enemy who is waging a murderous vendetta against his own family. The assailant had set fire to the bed of Johnson's son while the 7-year-old boy was sleeping in it and knocked his wife un conscious with an ax. Johnson admitted he has no idea of the identity of the prowler who has twice invaded his home. But he assumed the attacker was an unbalanced man who had a personal reason for hating him. And he relied on "routine police methods" to catch his enemy before he strikes again. Telephones After Attacks Both attacks occurred Friday and were punctuated by a mys terious telephone call asking about the condition of the chief's son. At about 2 a.m. Friday, John son and his wife were awaken ed by the screams of their son, James. They rushed to his room and found his bed in flames. Johnson snatched up his son, who had suffered minor foot burns. Then the police chief not iced that the front door of his home was open. Later that day, when Mrs. Johnson and the boy were alone in the house, the telephone rang. Mrs. Johnson picked up the receiver and a man asked about the boy's condition. When she asked who was calling, the man hung up. Mrs. Johnson then drove her son to school and the prowler was waiting for her when she returned. As she entered the kitchen, someone struck her from behind with an ax. Finds Bloody Ax Recovering consciousness, she called her husband. ' Johnson rushed home to find a blood stained ax, which he owned, ly ing on the kitchen floor. A chair was overturned and the back door was open. There were no other clues. Mrs. Johnson had suffered superficial cuts and a bruise be hind her right ear. Both she and her son were in good condition and Johnson said today they had overcome their initial fright. ' In fact, the Johnson family set an example of calmness to the rest of the town. The police chief scorned to ask police pro tection from his own iorce. But other townspeople were careful to lock their doors at night Finds No Tie-In Johnson admitted he was "buffaloed" in his investigation so far. He has checked up on every unbalanced person with whom he has had recent con tact, "but I can't find any tie in," he said. . In the meantime, he ordered tests on his son's bedclothes to see how -the fire was set and sub mitted the ax for a fingerprint check. "I live here," he said. 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