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London (U.R) A royal an
nouncement said tonight that
Princess Margaret will not wed
RAF Group Capt Peter Town
tend. The anneuncement carSe from
Elizabeth House, the official res
idence of the Princess and Queen
Mother Elizabeth.
It ended two and a half years
of speculation which rose to
fever pitch after the Princess's
tth birthday in August and
Townsend's return from "exile"
as air attache at the British Em
bassy in Brussels early this
month.
Given Up for Dui
he announcement meant that
Margaregave up Townsend for
duty.
In an unprecedented personal
statement, Margaret said:
"I would like it to be known
that I have decided not to marry
Group Captain Peter Townsend."
The Princess, denying sugges
tions that she was being pres
sured into making her decision
by disapproving Church or
Crown, went on:
"I have re:hed this decision
entirely alone."
Personal Statement
Text of the historic statement.
; "I would like it to be known
that I have decided not to marry
Group Captain Peter Townsend.
"I have been aware that, sub
ject to my renouncing to my
rights of succession, it might
ehave been possible for me to
'contract a civil marriage. But,
mindful of the Church's teaching
that Christian narriage is indis-
soiuDie ana conscious 01 my uuiy
to theGFJommonwealth, I have re
solved to put their considerations
before any others.
"I have reached this decision
entirely alone, and in doing so
I have been strengthened by the
unfailing understanding and de
votion of Group Captain Town
send. Im grateful for the con
cern ci'all those who have con
stantly prayed for my happin
ess. (Signed) Margaret."
, That was the end of the text.
She Loves Him
Margaret'. statement -made it
clear that she loved Townsend.
But it also made cigar she gave
him up for Chrch and Crown.
This was the abdication of
King Edward VIII in reverse.
Edward gave up his throne in
1936 for the fcve of American
divorcee Wallis Warfield Simp
son. But Margaret renounced
the man she loved for her roy
al duty as a Princess of the reign
ing house and third in line of
succession to the Crown.
Itwas a sacrifice of a young
girl'4) first love for an old king
dom's fierce pride. For Town
send, it was tragedy.
The fragile-fa'ced flier him
self spent a last two and a quar
ter hour visit with Margaret to
night. Then quietly he left Clar
ence House and went off into
th foggy London night.
Residents Urged to
Mail County Taxes
.People who wish to avoid
standing in line to pay taxes are
urged to mail taxes to the tax de
partment at the Jackson county
courthouse, Sheriff Howard
Gault announced today.
All taxes mailed in which are
postmarked before midnight,
lipv. 15, will be processed for
the three Der cent discount al
lowable for paying a full year's
two per cent discount is allowed
for paying three quarters of a
year in advance, and one per
cent for half 8 year.
A long line of People waiting
to pay taxes today stretched
from the door of the tax depart
ment on the second floor and
down the stairway.
Police Agencies, Of her Groups Ask
Cooperation of Residents Tonight
Today is Halloween.
And botlulaw enforcement of
ficials and groups sponsoring
collection of contributions to at
least two worthy causes urged
the cooperation of Rogue valley
residents.
The Medford Camp Fire girls
and children interested in the
project will collect pennies and
small coins for the United Na
tions International Children's
Emergency fund (UNICEF) in
stead of asking for tricks an
treats.
Children will assemble at the
nearest school, xcept Jefferson
school, and wil return to the
schoo for refreshments. Instead
of meeting at Jefferson school,
children will assemble at Wash
ington school.
dhildren will be identified by
ornge tag ith the UNICEF
Wed
PRINCESS MARGARET
Speculation Ended
PETER TOWNSEND
Lost Out To Duty
N.Y. Firm Buys
Lorenz Company
Portland (U.R) Adsco Indus
tries Inc., Buffalo, N.Y., has
signed through one of its Sub
sidiary corporations an agree
ment to purchase the business,
inventory and !hysical assets "of
the Lorenz Co., which has opera
tions in Klamath Falls and Med
ford, Ore., it was announced to
day.
The announcement was made
in a joint statement by W. C.
Lorenz, president of Lorenz Co.,
and J. L. McGara, executive
vice-president of Adsco" Indus
tries, Inc.
The Lorenz Company handles
industrial supplies, wholesale
hardware, plumbing" supplies
and steel jobbing.
McGara said operations would
be continued as in the past and
that no changes are planned in
the operating and sales organiza
tions. This is the second step taken
by Adsco in establishing itself in
the Northwest. Earlier this year
the Woodbury interests were ac
quired. The latter has distrib
uted for the past 32 years the
same group of products as Lor
enz Co. with operations in Port
land, Eugene and Medford.
Snow Continues To
Fall At Crater Lake
Snow continued to fall at Cra
ter Lake National park today,
according to park rangers.
A total of nine inches had
fallen by 1 a.m. today after a
15-hour storm which showed lit
tle "signs of easing. Snow also
fell in the Union Creek area
yesterday.
Chain or snow tread tires are
needed to drive to the lake rim,
officials said, and were advised
for travel on Highway 62
through the park.
Rim rd. and the north,, en
trance' have been closed. .
emblem, and collection cartons
will be similarly decorated.
Adults mjist accompany children
when they pick up materials at
schools.
Refreshments will be served
by members of the Active club,
Medford, Lions club, " Crater
Lions club, Kiwanis club, and
the Junior Chamber of Com
merce. ' ,
UNICEF funds help more than
28,000,000 children and their
mothers each year in some 90
underdeveloped countries of the
wrld0
At Phoenix, collecting old eye
glasses by; youngsters will be
sponsored by the auxliary of the
Phoenix Lions club. m Eyeglasses
are collected for the 'Short Hills
Junior Service league, which
melts down old frames and se
cures new prescription glasses
for people who cannot otherwise
Petitions Filed
For Director Of
Talent District
Holmes, Meyer Only
Race in 4 Districts
The only election for director
in four Jackson county irrigation
districts will be held in the Tal
ent district Tuesday, Nov. 8.
David Holmes, route 3, box
208, Medford, and incumbent Joe
Meyer, Talent, have filed peti
tions seeking election to the
board in the Talent district. The
poll will be at the Talent district
office. ,
Reinstated
Incumbent directors in Rogue
River Valley, Medford and Eagle
Point Irrigation districts i have
automatically been reelected.
Single petitions were filed for in
cumbents, and under Oregon
law, directors automatically are
reinstated if there is no opposi
tion.
Reelected were C. H. Taylor,
route 1, box 228, Central Point,
to Rogue River Valley district; J.
C. Cameron, 2946 Roberts rd.,
Medford, to Medford district;
and C. J. Greb, box 104, Butte
Falls, to Eagle Point district.
Earlier petitions also were
filed by Don Minear, Jacksonville-Phoenix
rd., and Archie
Ferns, Fern Valley rd., for elec
tion as directors of the Talent
district, but both have with
drawn, i '
Five Reasons
Holmes said he was asked to
seek election from livestock in
terests in the southeast area of
the district. He listed live rea
sons why he accepted and is
seeking election. They are:
1. Positive action toward prog
ress on the Talent project.
Holmes said he believes the re
habilitation project is not prog
ressing as "fast as it might" and
that "more aggressive action by
the board might be of assistance"
to the project.
2. A complete "review of exist
ing facilities."- Holmes said he
would like to have an "actual
physical inspection by the board
with a view toward securing fed
eral funds for necessary rehabil
itation work."
'Complete Review
3. Holmes said he wanted a
"complete review of management
policies .-- and procedures. He
said he thought there should be
more publicity on the activities
of the district so residents may
know what the district is doing.
4. "Appointment of a dairy
stockman - fruitgrower advisory
committee to the board to coun
sel with the board on problems
which are urgent and pertinent
to the operation of the district."
5. "Better utilization of exist
ing water for all members of the
.district."
Besides Meyer, other members
of the Talent board include Hen
ry Owen and Homer Moore. R.
H. Kent is secretary-manager.
Boy's Body Found
Ending Year-Old Hunt
Powers Lake, N.. D. (U.R)
The discovery of a four-year-old
boy's body one year after he had
wandered from his ranch home
raised strong suspicions . today
that he had been murdered.
An examination of young La
Verne Engel's body was sched
uled and authorities planned to
drain off the slough where the
discovery was made yesterday.
Sheriff Martin S. Ryan said it
was "inconceivable" that La
Verne's body had been over
looked in a shoulder-to-shoulder
search by thousands of men last
October.
Ryan also couldn't figure out
how the little boy could have
got so far out into the pond, lo
cated about a mile from his
parents' ranch home.
He said "I still haven't given
up the possibility of foul play,"
and indicated someone may have
placed La Verne's body in the
slough after bad weather halted
the search last year.
afford them.
Children who secure old eye
glasses will receive treats from
the auxiliary at the Phoenix
Community club.
Urge Cooperation
Medford police have asked co
operation in reporting acts of
vandalism. Chief Charles
Champlin said extra patrolmen
will be on duty tonight, and ex
pressed hope that children con
tinue to cooperate this year as
they have the past few years.
Moore Hamilton, Medford,
postmaster, said every attempt
would be made to apprehend
and prosecute, persons guilty of
mail box destructio tonight.
Hamilton pointed out that
mail box destruction is a fed
eral offense. Last year, several
boxes in Jackson county were
destroyed or damaged by van
dals on Halloween.
MedfordTribune
Bnlted Press Full Leased Wire 1 v ' - United Press Full Leased Wire
50th Year 16 Pages
accid
Albany Family
Perish in Flaming
Mt. Sexton Crash
Springfield Woman
Hit by Car, Killed
By UNITED PRESS
At least 10 persons died in
Oregon highway accidents' dur
ing the week-end including four
members of an Albany family in
one accident nine miles north of
Grants Pass.
Delbert Colbert, 22, his wife,
Bonnie, 22, and their two
i .. '
children, Vickie, 2, and Douglas,
11 months, died in their flaming
car after it had struck rear first
a second car driven by Marvin
P. Wineman, 20, Glendale, Ore.
The gas tank of the Colbert car
exploded and the family was
trapped inside.
The accident happened Satur
day night.
Car Skidded
Wineman told state police he
had just rounded a curve when
he saw Colbert's car skidding
into his northbound lane at the
foot of Sexton mountain. He said
he could not avoid the accident
Five persons in Wineman's car
were injured but not critically.
The Albany family was en
route to Crescent City, Calif.
Springfield counted its first
auto fatality since 1951 when
Laura M. Brockman, 74, was
struck by a car just inside the
city limits Saturday. ,
Norman J. Love, 21-year-old
Reedsport sailor en route home
on leave, was killed early Satur
day when a car went out of con
trol hear Scottsburg.
Tw Portland Deaths ; - v
Portland recorded two fatali
ties, its 31st and 32nd of the
year. James Charles Brubaker,
17, was killed Saturday night
when the motorcycle on which
he was riding was struck by a
car. Mrs. Pauline Koeneman,
about 75, died last night follow
ing a two-car collision.
Fred Dennis, 51, Salem, was
injured fatally Saturday when
the car in which he was riding
struck a tree.
John W. Duckworth, 25, a
member of the RCAF, died yes
terday after the car in which he
was riding struck a hay truck
west of Redmond in central Ore
gon. Mrs. Smith Tells of
'Horrible Nightmare'.
McMinnville (U.R) Mrs.
Marjorie Smith, on trial for the
slaying of her attorney husband
last April in Portland, testified
today that the 24 hours follow
ing her arrest were a "horrible
nightmare." .
Mrs. Smith, taking the stand
for the third straight day, said
detectives played a tape record
ing of Victor Laurence Wolf's
confession in her ear until she
"passed out on the floor."
She testified that detectives
"jeered and made fun of me"
when she insisted she knew noth
ing of her husband's insurance
or financial position."
Mrs. Smith testified Saturday
that she never conspired with
Wolf to murder her husband.
Supports Termed
'Planned Squeeze'
Pendleton U.R) Sen. Ed
ward J. Thye (R-Minn.) today
termed the administration's flex
ible price support program a
"planned economic squeeze" and
said the nation's farm producing
plant must be cut without reduc
ing farm income.
Thye, a member of the Senate
Agriculture Committee, said in
come could be held up by "some
orderly rental program," under
which the government would
pay farmers to keep-surplus-producing
land idle.
The "theory of flexible prices"
calls for lowering prices to re
duce surpluses, Thye said. "Then
it becomes a question of the sur
vival of the fittest and the man
with limited capital goes out of
business,'" he added.
(See story on Page 6).
Vancouver, B.C. (U.R)
Western Canada's biggest news
print producer, the Powell River
Company, has announced it had
hiked its price of newsprint $4
.a ton. '
MEDFORD, OREGON, M'
EwTS
Pres?
Rer
Four-t
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Denver (U.R) President Eisenhower in a conference today
with Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield agreed to renew
his request to Congress next year for higher postal rates.
Summerfield, former chairman of the Republican National
committee and one, of Mr. Eisenhower's chief campaign advisers
in 1952, said that not a word of politics was discussed at Fitzsimons
Army hospital today.
Summerfield echoed what other visiting cabinet members have
said that it would be "inapropriate" to discuss Mr. Eisenhower's
political future and the current political scene while the chief
executive is recovering from a heart attack.
Summerfield indicated that the administration again would
ask for four-cent first class postage and seven-cent airmail rates.
He said a request for higher rates in the first three classes was vital
to reestablishment of the Post Office department on a "pay-as-you-go"
basis rather than continuing to build up a departmental deficit
which totals more than $4,500,000,000 since the end of World
War II. .....
Answer Filed By
County Assessor .
To Court's Order
Salem U.R) An answer to a
Supreme court writ of manda
mus was filed here this morning
on behalf of Jackson County
Assessor Robert G. Fowler. It
was filed by Carlisle Roberts,
assistant attorney general as
signed to the State Tax Commis
sion. .'
In his answer, Fowler asked
the court to withdraw its alter
native writ. The court had or
dered him to show cause why he
chose not to follow the alterna
tive in1-its .prder . last week, and
his 1 answer ; today was designed
to show such cause.
Tells History
The 15-page answer recited
the history of the dispute be
tween Jackson county orchard
ists and the tax commission,
which began last spring when
the commission, acting on an at
torney general's opinion that for
tax purposes the word "trees"
included orchard trees, ordered
their valuation be included on
tax rolls in Jackson county.
Fowler's answer pointed out
that on June 3 the Tax commis
sion issued an order to the board
of equalization "to assess-the
value of the trees at the same
per cent of true cash value as
other real property.".
What action the court would
take was unknown-' today. It
could ask further pleadings from
the 180 orchardists who, through
the Medford Pear Co., -Inc., filed
the petition for the writ before
ordering a hearing.
Alternative Given
In the alternative writ of
mandamus, the court ordered
Fowler to delete recent increases
in orchard tree assessments, to
recompute the county millage,
and to deliver the assessment
roll to the sheriff for collection.
He was given until today to com
ply, or show cause why he did
not.
fowler last week returned the
assessment rolls over- to the
sheriff without making the
changes specified, and county
tax statements now being deliv
ered include the increased tree
valuations.
yi4i7fon-Freewafer
Woman Dies in Fire
MUton-Freewater, Ore. (U.R)
Mrs. Mary Jarie Hendrix, 72,
died in a fire which gutted her
home here last night.
Her body was found on the
living room floor after firemen
put out the blaze. The coroner's
office said the woman died of
suffocation and burns. Her pet
"dog also died in the fire.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) . Closing
Dow-Jones stock averages: 3; in
dustrial 454.87 up 0.02; 20 rails
149.53, off 0.57; 15 utilities 63.37
up 0.12; 65 stocks 161-67 off 0.11.
Sales today totaled 1,800,000
shares, compared with 1,720,000
Friday .
WEATHER
FORECAST Generally cloudy
with occasional showers to
night and Tuesday. Snow flur
ries in mountains. Low to
night 38. High Tuesday 52-55.
I Temp.
Highest vesterdav ' 57
Lowest this morning 37
Prec.
To 4:30 a.m. today'-.
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OCTOBER 31, 1955
A,
' 10
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A'
4uest for
Postage
Summerfield thought the pub
lic at large was ahead of Con
gress in realizing the necessity
for higher postal rates. Congress
last year turned down the ad
ministration . request, but Sum
merfield felt that people real
ized they are not actually pay
ing three-cent postage, but more, J
because of the annual postal
deficit.
Reporters , tried all possible
lines of questioning to determine
whether Summerfield had talked
politics with the President, but
to no avail.
- "I felt that under the circum
stances it would be inappropriate
for me to discuss politics with
him (the President) or anyone
else," Summerfield said.
He was asked why the admin
istration ieaaersnip leit it in
appropriate to discuss domestic
politics with the President, but
felt no such compuctions in-'dis-cussing
with him tense world po-
litical affairs such as the' current
Big Four foreign ministers meet
ing. '
He said it was simply a mat
ter of being primarily interested
in having Mr. Eisenhower recov
er his health.
Navy Flying Boat
Crashes in Panama
Colon, Panama (U.R)
A
U.S. Navy Martin Mariner twin
engine flying boat crashed onto
a breakwater on takeoff today
and burst into flames.
One of the eight .men aboard
was known to have survived.
The other seven were missing.'
Washington (U.R) The Agri
culture Department says it will
buy 100,000 tons of domestic
sugar before Dec. 31.
Wife Kills Prominent
Horse Race Figure;
Mistaken for Prowler
Oyster Bay, N.Y. (U.R)
Detectives of the "Duchess of
Windsor set" in an intensive in
vestigation of the fatal shooting
of multi-millionaire William
Woodard Jr., 35-year-old owner
of the famous race-horse Nashua
by his ex-model wife
Nassau County District At
torney Frank Gulotta said the
shooting was apparently an "ac
cident" but would remain an
"open case" pending full investi
gation. The 32-year-old Ann
Eden Crowell Woodward, who
was reported to be in a state of
shock in New York's Doctors
hospital, told police she mistook
her husband for a prowler.
The young' sportsman was
the son of the late William
Woodward. Sr., president of the
Hanover Bank of New York and
owner of . Belair Farms whose
horses have won three Kentucky
Derbies.
Returned From Party
The shooting took place early
Sunday morning in the Wood
wards' lodge in this exclusive
Long Island community shortly
after the couple returned from
a party honoring the Duchess of
Windsor at the home of Mrs.
George F. Baker. r
The guests told police the
Woodwards talked incessantly of
their fear of a prowler and had
stated they intended to "get
him."
Mrs. Woodward, a one-time
Powers model and radio actress
turned socialite, killed her hus
band, with a blast from a double
barrelled, 12-gauge shotgun that
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No. 189
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GEN. WILLIAM DEAN
Quits After 32 Years
Elaborate Farewell
Ceremony Planned
As Dean Retires
San Francisco (U.R) Maj.
Gen. William F. .Dean, a foot
soldier who never could get com
fortable in his role as the "hero
of Taejon," retires from the
Army today after 32 years' ser
vice.
The Army planned an elabor
ate farewell ceremony, complete
with1 full dress parade, to mark
Dean s last hour in its Tanks.
,.The fuss was likely to embar
rass the 56-year-old Dean. .-. The
general, . captured in,.-the early
days of the Korean war while
trying to spot Communist tanks,
could never get used to the spot
light of fame. ''
."The. real heroes of Taejon
are the ones who didn't, come
back," he said. "What . I have
dne is nothing compared to the
great sacrifices made by so
many otheiy."
To Rest a While
Dean, released from a Red
prison camp in September, 1953,
has since advised, too, against
judging too harshly those who
broke under Communist brain
washing.' He has served since his
release as deputy commander of
the Sixth Army here.
. The general has only one goal
in mind right now.
"My only desire is to devote
my time to my wife and family,"
he said.
police ' said ' "nearly ripped 'off
his head."';
- The beautiful blonde immed
iately called servants and police
who found her husband's nude
body lying in a darkened hall
way connecting Woodward's
bedroom with his wife's. Mrs.
Woodward said they had both
gone to bed armed because of a
prowler, believed ' responsible
for at least 40 local burglaries,
had been lurking around their
home.
Mrs., Woodward, the daughter
of a middle class Pittsburg,. Kan.,
family, married the banking heir
in Tacoma, Wash., in 1943. They
had two children, William in,
11, and James, 7, who were re
ported, to have been, taken to
the Manhattan home of" tHeir
paternal grandmother after the
tragedy.
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Communist China Releases
4 More American Citizens
Hong Kong (U.R) JThe Chi
nese Communists released four
more Americans today, includ
ing a Catholic priest, the White
Russian wife . of an American
sailor and a SS-yeai'-old Ful
bright student who said Commu
nist . "rehabilitation" had 'im
proved her.
Those released were:
Father Armond Proulx of
Lawrence, Mass., a Jesuit priest
in China since the 1939s.
Mrs. Nadeshda M? Romanoff,
wife of an American sailor, and
her daughter, Irene. They have
Dulles Statement
Designed to Better
Soviet Relations
Other East Europe '
Countries Included
Geneva (U.R) The United
States announced today it is lift-,
ing immediately all passport re
strictions on travel of Ameri
cans to Russia and other east
European countries. . s
It came as each of the minis- -
ters made opening statements on
the question of increased East
West contacts, and shortly after
Dulles made the announcement
at the fourth plenary session of
the Big Four foreign ministers
conference.
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles, British Foreign Secretary
Harold MacMillan and French
Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay
agreed to "consider sympathet
ically" Israeli demands for de
fensive arms. '
Significant Move'
Dulles told the meeting that
the passport 'restrictions were
lifted as of today. This makes
U. S. passports valid for the Sov
iet Union and all other East
European countries with which
the United States maintains rela
tions. Dulles' move was one of the
most significant actions design
ed to better relations , between
countries on both sides of the
Iron Curtain.
In seeking to relieve the ac
cumulated tensions between the
Communist and non-Communist
worlds, the West challenged
Russia to stop jamming western
broadcasts, quit censoring news
and let down the bars to free
travel to and from the" Soviet
Union.
The West also called for step
ped up - trade with the Iron
Curtain countries.
Spearheading the West's drive
Dulles also proposed:
1. An agreement on reciprocal
aviation rights between the Un
ited States and Russia to enable
American airliners to and at
Moscow and Soviet airliners to
land at New York." "
'; 2. Free circulation of the U.S.
sponsored . Russian . language
magazine "Amerika" in the Sovi.
iet Union and circulation of an
official Soviet magazine in the
United States.
3. Distribution of U. S. films
in . Russian and reciprocal set
ting up of information centers.
4. Increased exchanges . of
tours between the United States
and Russia.
$. Stepped up trade with the
Soviet Union.
Discuss Mideast Crisis
After a preliminary round of
statements, the Big Four plan
ned to turn the question of -East-West
contacts over to their ex
perts for the preparation of de
tailed plans within the next two
weeks. . ,
In their preliminary session,
the western foreign ministers
had devoted their main atten- ,
tion to the looming Middle East
ern crisis.
Accident Victim Still
In Critical Condition
Paul Palmer, 30, Ashland, still
is in critical condition at Sacred
Heart hospital where he was
taken Friday afternoon after he
fell about 30 feet while work
ing for the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph company in the
Little Applegate area, v ,
The workman, employed out
of the Medford office of the
firm, is reported to have fallen
from a tree while removing a
circuit along a county road. He
received chest injuries, it was
reported by company officials.
Closed Fire Season
Ends at Midnight
The 1955 closed season on.
Oregon, state department of for
estry protected land ends at
midnight tonight.
Gov. Paul Patterson lifted
the fire season by proclamation
last week end. A copy of the
proclamation was received Sat
urday by state forest patrol
headquarters here. 1
Burning permits will not be
required again until 'April 1,
1956.
been living in Harbin, Man
churia, where the Reds refused
repeated 'requests for an exit
visa.
- Mrs. Romanoff is a naturalized
American citizen..
Miss Harriet Mills, a Fulbright
scholar of New York City.
Miss Mills came to Hong Kong
by ffain from Peiping. The
others arrived aboard the Brit
ish ship Hanyang.
Father Proulx said he had
spent 43 months in jail in Shang
hai where he was questioned at
least 30 times,
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