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Accad
e Traffic Mishaps
Account for Four
During Week End
14-Year-Old Boy
Victim of Gunshot
By UNITED PRESS
Nine persons met accidental
death in Oregon during the week
rnd. Four died in traffic, three
drowned, a 14-year-old boy was
" accidentally shot to death and a
man died from burns.
The gunshot death occurred
yesterday about 6 p.m. Coroner
L. L. (Jim) Powers said the vic
tim, Marland Theiss, was shot
by his 16-year-old brother, Ro
land, as the older boy was prac
ticing drawing his .22 - caliber
pistol. '
Marland died about 10 min
utes after the accident in Forest
Glenn hospital. The boys were
sons of Mr. and Mrs. John Theiss
of Canyonville. 1
Drowning claimed the life of
three-year-old John Avery
O'Conner 20 miles north of Lake-
view Saturday as the tot walked
into a stream to recover a toy
he had dropped. He was not
missed for about an hour.
Jack Quinn, 17, Creswell, was
presumed drowned yesterday in
the Willamette river about five
miles southwest of Creswell
when his horse stumbled and
threw him into the water.
Another drowning victim was
James Brace Adams, 42, Idanha.
His body was recovered from
Detroit lake yesterday after his
car plunged off North Santiam
highway late Saturday or early
yesterday.
A head-on collision seven
miles east of Oakridge early yes
terday killed Ralph L. Baker,
23, Westfir, who was flung from
his automobile by the impact.
Four others were injured, three
of them seriously.
A 37-year-old Crescent City,
Calif., man, Lee Abyta, was in
jured fatally early Saturday
when his car skidded into a
bridge abutment south of Cave
Junction on the Redwood high
way. " ' - - " '
Victor Miller, Spokane, Wash.,
was fatally injured 20 miles
0 south of Bend Saturday when his
car ran off the road and over
turned. Peter Paris Threlkel, 61, Mar
ion, died en route to a Salem
hospital Friday night after his
car plunged from. Cloverdale
road into a creek near Marion.
E. H. Spoo, 67, Mitchell, died
Saturday several hours after he
was burned in a fire at an auto
court caused 'by a heating unit
explosion.
Shasta River Water
Not For Domestic Use
Yreka The city of Yreka
received a set-back last week in
its search for new and addition
al supplies of municipal water.
The city received a report
from the state bureau of sani
tary engineering which indicat
ed that water from the Shasta
r.-er "is not satisfactory for do
mestic use during summer and
tffall months unless extensive
treatment is provided."
Use of Shasta river water
has been suggested as a supple
mental to well water now used
in Yreka which in recent years
has proven insufficient for the
demand during summer months.
Stewardesses Credited With Calming
Fears of Children on Crippled Plane
Hilo, Hawaii (U.R) Two
stewardesses were credited today
with keeping nearly a dozen
scared children calm while their
plane limped overwater for 300
miles with two of its four en
gines feathered.
The stewardesses, Barbara Ba
jott of Walnut Creek, Calif., and
Bobby Vineyard of Alameda,
Calif., were aboard a California
Eastern Airlines DC4 that lost
its No. 1 and No. 2 engines yes
terday. Military Dependents
. The plane landed safely. It
carried 55 passengers and six
crewmen. Five of the passengers
were women, 11 were children
and the other 39 were service
men. The women and children
were military dependents.
The plans was flying from
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 19
emit
TALENT PROJECT CONSTRUCTION
FUNDS MAY BE SOUGHT BY IKE
By A- ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington The prospect
that President Eisenhower will
ask Congress in January for
funds to start construction of
the Talent division irrigation
project is considered good by
informed administration offi
cials. Congress last year approved
planning funds for the project,
but construction funds fell by
the wayside in the midst of a
verbal slugging match between
Rep. Harris Ellsworth and Sen.
Richard L. Neuberger over who
was to blame for it.
Outlook Favorable
Interior department officials
who have been involved in prep
arations of the annual budget
that goes to Congress in January
say the outlook for new projects
is very favorable, despite the
concerted effort in many quar
ters to reduce federal spending
and balance the budget.
Last January's budget submit
ted to Congress by the President
did not contain a request for
construction funds for Talent
Medford Trucker
Injured in Crash
Robert Glen Cosier, 33, of 808
Broad st., Medford, was injured
when the truck he was driving
was involved in an accident
about a mile south of Gazelle,
Calif.,. on.Highw.ay 99 Saturday.
Ira Thompson, 51, of Mt.
Shasta, Calif., driver of the car,
was killed almost instantly in
the Willow creek bridge acci
dent. Cosier was admitted to Mt.
Shasta hospital with hand and
arm fractures and possible in
ternal injuries. His condition
Saturday was listed as critical.
He was transferred to Sacred
Heart hospital here late Satur
day. "
California police said the
vehicles collided on the bridge,
and Thompson's car. sheared off
a' bridge railing and landed on
the hood of the truck where it
caught fire.
Nine States Reach
Trucking Agreement
Salem (U.R) Eight Western
states and Kansas reached an
agreement over the' week-end
under which transport trucks
will pay pro-rated license fees
charged to trucks of such states,
but based on the mileage trav
eled by the out-of-state trucks
Secretary of State Earl-T. New-
bry said today.5
At present these states oper
ate under reciprocity agreements
which permit the trucks to travel
through the states without pay
ment of motor vehicle fees.
Newbry said Orgeon had pio
neered the plan in. 1949 but had
not been successful up to now
in getting it adopted. He pre
dicted the plan would become
nationwide in scope within the
next year or two.
The states entering into the
agreement include Oregon,
Washington, California, Idaho,
Montana, New Mexico, Nevada,
Colorado and Kansas.
Travis Air Force Base about 50
miles northeast of San Francisco
to Hicam Field, Hawaii, under
charter to the - Military Air
Transport Service.
Engines Feathered
Pilot Alfred Ladoo of Hay
ward, Calif., said the plane was
about 300 miles from Hilo when
he had to feather the No. 1 en
gine because of a fuel leak. A
few minutes later, he had to
feather the No. 2 engine.
"We went down to 6000 feet
when we lost the No. 2 engine,"
Ladoo said. "I thought for a
while we'd have to ditch."
Some of the children began
crying. The stewardesses began
singing songs and otherwise try
ing to distract their attention.
When the plane was about one
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The project was authorized in
1954 under legislation spon
sored by Congressman Ellsworth
and the then Sen. Guy Cordon.
Sen. Neuberger, who unseated
Cordon last year, charged that
failure of the GOP administra
tion to ask for money for Talent
showed that it had been used
"as a campaign device to drum
up Republican votes" before the
election but that after Cordon's
defeat the administration "evi
dently abandoned interest in the
project."
, Ellsworth called this a "smear
like attack" and pointed out that
the administration had asked
MolotoY Expected
To Present New
German Proposals
Geneva U.R) Big Four con
ference sources predicted today
Soviet Foreign Minister Vya
cheslav M. Molotov. would re
turn from Moscow with new pro
posals that could break the
current deadlock on German
unity.
Molotov took advantage of a
three-day conference recess to
fly home to Moscow for consul
tations with the other Kremlin
leaders. All three Western for
eign ministers also were absent
from .Geneva., - - - i
New Russian Proposals
The unofficial reports said
Molotov was expected to return.
with new proposals on German
unity and all-German elections
that would go at least part way
toward meeting the West. The
Western Big Three and West
Germany proposed Friday that
free all-German elections be held
in September, 1956.
The reports here said Molotov
may accept the idea of free all
German elections sometime in
the near future without agreeing
to the September, 1956, deadline
proposed by the West.
W e s t e rin diplomats believed
such a "concession" if it should
come, would be designed to put
the West on the spot with de
mands for similar "concessions"
on its side rather than with any
real intention of reaching a cold
war peace settlement in Geneva.
Two Developments
Diplomats saw two develop
ments hich cast cold water on
any rose-colored outlook, how
ever: 1. The East German Commu
nist observer delegation in Ge
neva already has turned down
the West's proposals for all-German
elections and said they were
unacceptable as long as West
Germany remains a member of
the Western Alliance.
2. Soviet Vice Premier Lazar
Kaganovich in a speech in Mos
cow Sunday made it clear that
Moscow's aim still is to swallow
up all Germany into the Com
munist system as ell as to smash
the Western alliance.
Portland (U.R) Robert D
Maxwell of Redmond, Oregon's
only living World War II holder
of the Congressional Medal of
Honor, will lead the Portland
Veterans' Day parade Friday as
grand marshal.
hour from Hilo, the stewardesses
told the passengers:
"Now is the time to say our
prayers and hope we get to
Hilo."
Then they divided the chil
dren among the adults to hold
in case the plane had to ditch.
Plane Intercepted
Meanwhile, a Coast Guard
P4Y intercepted the stricken
plane and escorted it into Hilo
All ships along the flight path
were ordered to stand by in case
the plane had to ditch.
Ladoo said he had 50 gallons
of fuel left when he landed at
Hilo at 6:42 p.m., HST, or
enough to fly another half-hour
Three tires blew when the plane
landed.
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for $30,000 to plan the project
and $352,000 to renabilitate the
Medford and Rogue River Val
ley irrigation districts' facilities.
Ellsworth also contended that
a simple typographical error
made by a government clerk had
resulted in the Bureau of the
Budget gaining the impression
the Talent project did not have
the favorable benefit-to-cost ra
tio which correct figures showed
it to have.
Funds Turned Down
When debate on the public
works appropriation bill came
up, the House turned down re
quests for construction funds for
Talent but the Senate agreed to
put up $500,000 for this purpose.
However, the resulting compro
mise between the two houses on
the bill caused the deletion of
the funds for Talent construc
tion. The total estimated cost of the
project is $21,065,000. The proj
ect would provide supplemental
water for 9250 acres that pres
ently are inadequately irrigated,
and it would provide for 8640
acres of new land.
Recommendation of funds by
the president in his forthcoming
budget message would very like
ly end the partisan battle that
began last session.
Election Of Talent
Director Tomorrow
A director for the Talent Ir
rigation -district will be' elected
tomorrow. A poll will be open
between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. at
the district office in Talent.
Joe H. Meyer, the incumbent,
and David H. Holmes are seek
ing, election as director for a
three-year term starting Jan. 1,
1956.
Meyer is completing his first
term. He is a truck farmer, rais
ing tomatoes, onions, cantaloupe
and other garden produce.
Holmes, president of Harry and
David's Bear Creek orchards,
also is a dairyman and stock
raiser. .
Politicians Keep Eye
On Tuesday Elections
Washington (U.R) Renub-
lican and Democratic strategists
will have their political barom
eters out tomorrow when thous
ands of voters go to the polls in
local and statewide elections.
They will be trying to de
termine what bearing the local
elections J based brimarilv on
local issues will have on the
1956 national campaign.
The voting will be the first
on a.broad scale since the Demo
crats recaptured control of Con
gress a year ago and the first
since President Eisenhower's
heart attack upset calculations
on 1956.
Two states. Kentuckv and Mis
sissippi, will elect governors,
four Kentucky, Mississippi,
New Jersey and Virginia will
select state legislators, and sev
eral cities will elect mayors.
Malheur Declared '
Farm Disaster Area
Portland (U.R) President Ei
senhower notified Gov. Paul L.
Patterson over the week-end
that the southern section of Mal
heur county has been declared
a major farm disaster area eli
gible to receive federal aid.
Winter forage in that section
of the state has been damaged
by prolonged dry weather and
Gov. Patterson said that he and
Rep. Sam Coon (R-Ore.) had
been working to obtain federal
relief for southern Malheur
farmers.
The relief would be adminis
tered by the department of agri
culture. The president's wire said: "I
am hopeful that the farmers of
Malheur county will have an
early and effective relief from
their distressing situation."
Salem (U.R) The fourth an
nual Oregon weed conference
will be held here tomorrow and
Thursday, sponsored by the Ore
gon State College extension division.
GETTING FIRST LOOK at Hollywood motion picture studio, visiting Russian newsmen,
Anatoli Sofronov, playwright (second from left), and Boris Izakov, magazine editor, (second
from right) are escorted by Merle Oberon and Lex Barker, movie stars. (International)
Ike Will Return
To East Friday;
Race Up To Him
Denver (U.R) Dr. Paul Dud
ley White today approved plans
for President Eisenhower to fly
back East Friday but said the
chief executive will have to
"decide for himself" whether to
run again.
The Boston heart specialist
said, "I have no precedent on
which to base either adequate
advice or predictions" on
whether the President 'should
seek another term.
Ike's Own Decision
"He'll probably have to decide
himseif," White told reporters
at a Denver White House news
conference after his final check
on the President's condition at
Fitzsimons Army Hospital.
White said Mr. Eisenhower
and the doctors agreed on plans
to leave here by air Friday morn
ing arriving in Washington that
afternoon. On Monday, Nov. 14,
the chief executive is expected
to be moved by automobile to
his- Gettysburg,- Penrr. farm for
recuptration. -
White and Maj. Gen. Howard
M. Snyder, the White House phy
sician, agreed that it probably
will be late January or Febru
ary before Mr. Eisenhower is in
a position to decide whether he
should seek another term.
Progress Encouraging
The internationally known
heart specialist said he thinks
the President first must resume
some of the "full strain" of the
presidency before deciding on
his own future.
White said "He got to use his
own judgment." He said all the
doctors can do is tell the Presi
dent how fully he has recovered
from the moderate coronary
thrombosis which felled him
Sept. 24.
White gave newsmen a full,
encouraging report on Mr. Eisen
hower's recovery to date.
Group Arrives Safely
In Hawaiian Islands
The 30 or so Jackson county
people on the "Pears to Pine
apple" good will tour to the
Hawaiian islands, which left
"Medford Trans Ocean and In
ternational Airport" Saturday,
apparently arrived safely and
well.
The Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce office this morn
ing received a seven,-word cable
gram from them, which said:
"Wonderful trip. Will be back
by spring."
Actually, the tour is due back
Saturday, although a few of the
members may stay on for addi
tional time in the islands. ..
Twin Boys Have Same
Weight and Height
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Yost,
route 1, box 388, Gold Hill, are
parents of twin sons, their first
children, born Nov. 5 at Com
munity hospital. Though not
identical twins, the boys ' were
identical in weight and height at
birth. They , each weighed 7
pounds, 0V2 ounces, and- each is
21 inches tall.
Yost is employed at Elk Lum
ber company. Mrs. Yost has a
brother and a sister who are
twins; and Yost's brother is fa
ther of a set of twins.
The boys have been named
Upton Lee, the firstborn, and
Thomas Dee.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Fair through Tues
day except for morning fog
in vallevs. Low tonight 40.
.High Tuesday 65-68.
Temp.
68
35
Highest yesterday
Lowest this morning
Republicans Hopeful
Patterson Will Seek
Ejection To Senate
Portland (U.R) Wellington D
Rankin, newly elected chairman
of the Western Regional Confer
ence of the Republican Party,
won the cheers of some 650 con
ference delegates here Saturday
night when he declared that Re
publicans everywhere "hope and
pray" that Gov. Paul Patterson
of Oregon will announce his
candidacy for the United States
Senate next year.
Rankin, attorney general for
Montana, made his remarks at
the close of the two-day confer
ence and following an address
by Gov. Patterson.
Rankin said "the eyes of the
west, the eyes of America are
on Paul L. Patterson because
America needs him in the Unit
ed States Senate."
In his speech, Patterson did
not disclose whether he would
be a candidate to compete for
the ;Senate seat now held by
DenVoerat -Wayne Morse; But he
said' Republican ideals would
outlive and transcend any one
man or group of men.
Patterson declared that the
party had brought morality back
to government; had restored
public confidence; had brought
history's greatest tax break, and
had advanced civil rights as they
had never been advanced be
fore. In the first of two Portland
appearances, Secretary of Labor
James P. Mitchell told the con-
Dulles-Tito Accord
May Anger Kremlin
Geneva '(U.R) A joint decla
ration by Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles and Marshal
Tito of Yugoslavia that the So
viet satellites should be freed
may anger the Kremlin, it was
believed today. . ,
Dulles flew to Yugoslavia and
conferred with the : Yugoslav
nresident for seven hours on the
Adriatic island of Brioni. They
issued a "common accord call
ing for independence for the
satellite countries.
Diplomatic observers here said
Tito's main idea was believed to
be to have Communist states in
dependent from Russia as is
Yugoslavia. However neither de
fined the meaning of the word
"independent" and neither went
into specific detail.
But his statement came on the
eve of the October revolution
which first brought Communism
to Russia and was expected to
cause anger m the Soviet Union.
Informed sources said the Soviet
Union alwavs denied Russia was
the "boss" of the satellites and
would find itself in a difficult
position because . of Tito's de
mands. -
Home Campaign of UMC
JtV Porchlight Drive
Women volunteer workers in
the United Medford Crusade
will wind up their campaign, be
tween 7 and 8 p.m. today with
a "porchlight" drive.
Workers in the Home Crusade
division will call on homes which
signify a desire to give by leav
ing on porch lights. Mrs. E. A
Littrell and Mrs. Scott Davis are
in charge of workers in the
home division, which is to pro
vide an opportunity for those
who have not contributed else
where.
DOW JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow Jones
closing stocks: 30 industrials
470.58 up 3.23; 20 railroads 153.-
37, up 0.95;' 15 utilities 64.29. up
0.12; 65 stocks 166.32, up 0.98.
Approximately 2,230,000 shares
changed hands today, compared
with. 2,430,000 Friday. '
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ference that "the American
working man never had it so
good."
Mitchell said "There are more
people at work in the United
States than ever before in our
history. They are making, more
money. And their money buys
more than ever before because
prices have remained virtually
steady for two years."
The secretary told the banquet
audience that "this is not a Big
Business government; nor is it
a Big Labor government. It is a
government devoted to the pro
motion and the development of
the welfare of every single indi
vidual American."
Labor - management relations
have reached new heights of har
mony during the past two years,
Mitchell said, and he attributed
the peace on the labor front to
the Eisenhower administration's
"hands off" policy in collective
bargaining.' -
Two Injured Men
Thrown From Auto
Mrs. Marjorie Jean Ford, 21,
and Debby J. Ford, 3, of 1024
North Central ave. were injur
ed when they were thrown from
an automobile involved in an
accident at the cornei of West
Tenth and South Holly sts. at
9 a.m. Sunday.
Mrs. Ford, who suffered head
and back injuries, was reported
in good condition today at Com
munity hospital.' The child was
treated for cuts and bruises and
released. They were taken to
the hospital by Medford Ambu
lance service.
Drivers of the cars involved in
the accident were Herbert Dean
Ford, and Berda Mary Downing,
1518 Mae st. The latter was cited
for failure to yield the right of
way to oncoming traffic.
Man Fails to Break
Into Klamath Jail
Klamath Falls (U.R)
Sheriff Murray Brition said
today a man tried io break
into jail here but failed.
Brilton said he and Jailor
Richard Hunt early Sunday
chased an unidentified man
clad only in a T-shirt and
shorts who placed a ladder
against one of the walls of the
jail and tried to open a win
dow leading into the women's
quarters.
Tipped off by telephone,
Britton came to the scene and
found the prowler fleeing to
ward a big sawdust pile across
the street from the jail. The
man wasn't found.
Zhukov Asks Preparedness
On Revolution Anniversary
Moscow (U.R) Soviet De
fense Minister Georgi Zhukov
called today for "vigilance" and
"battle preparedness" in a Com
munist Revolution anniversary
celebration marked by the ap
pearance over Red Square of a
"mighty airborne battleship."
Giant Bomber Overhead
Marshal Zhukov reviewed the
Soviet armed forces in a great
parade on Red Square marking
the 38th anniversary of the Oc
tober revolution.
A giant jet bomber escorted by
swept-wing jet fighters streaked
overhead following Zhukov's
speech atop the mausoleum of
Stalin and Lenin.
Earlier First Vice Premier La
zar Kaganovich, in a speech be
fore Soviet and Communist Party
Arrest of Veteran
After Discharge
Declared Invalid
Swimming Pool, Park
Segregation Ruled Out
Washington (U.R) The
supreme Court struck down
more racial barriers today. It
ruled that racial segregation in
public parks, swimming pools
and golf courses is unconstitu
tional. The high tribunal also invali
dated a section of the 1950 Mili
tary Code of Justice that allows
the armed forces to arrest and
try a veteran after his discharge
to civilian life for a serious
crime committed while serving
in uniform overseas.
In still another major action,
the court refused to review a
lower court's ruling that it is
unconstitutional for the govern
ment to bar members of alleged
subversive groups from federal
low rent housing projects.
Follow Earlier Ruling
The court made its segrega
tion rulings in two brief orders.
There were no written opinions,
but both actions evidently were '
based on the same reasoning
as the tribunal's historic decision
last year banning segregation in
public schools.
In one of today's cases, the
justices affirmed a ruling by the
fourth U. S. Circuit Court of Ap
peals last March, outlawing sep
aration of whites and Negroes in
public parks and swimming
pools operated by the state of
Maryland and the city of Balti
more. In the other segregation case,
the Supreme Court upheld an
appeal by three Negroes who
were barred from the ' Bobby
Jones public golf course in At
lanta, Ga. The justices unani
mously ordered the federal dis
trict court in Atlanta to direct
the city to open its golf courses
to all regardless of race.
Toth Wins Freedom
The court's 6 to 3 decision on
the Military Justice Code freed
Robert W. Toth, 24-year-old
Pittsburgh steelworker, from
prosecution on charges-that he.
murdered ' a Korean "civilian
while serving as an Air Force
sergeant in Korea in 1952.
The Air Force arrested Toth
in 1953, five months after he was
discharged, and whisked him to
Korea to face a court martial.
A federal judge ordered him re
turned to this country pending
a test of the constitutionality of
the Military Justice Code provis
ion under whfth he was arrest
ed. The decision apparently frees
from Army prosecution the
three turncoat GIs who returned
to this country last summer
from Red China. All three are
now civilians, having received
dishonorable discharges when
they first elected to stay with
Red China. O
Up To Congress o
The court majority does not
mean there is no way of trying
an ex-serviceman whose crimes
go undiscovered until he is dis
charged. The six justices suggest
ed that Congress could provide
for such cases to be tried before
civilian federal district courts,
with special jurisdiction.
In the housing case, the Su
preme Court upheld, without a
written opinion, ao ruling made
by the Wisconsin Supreme Court
last June.
State to Buy $400,000
Worth of Chevrolets
Salem (U.R) The state of
Oregon plans to purchase $400,
000 worth of Chevrolet vehicles
next year, according to the State
Department of Finance and Ad
ministration. The vehicles will be suppied
directly by the Chevrolet divis
ion of General Motors. Prices
range from $1105 ftr a business
coupe to $1612 for a station wa
gon. '
leaders, declared that the 20th
century will see the triumph of
Communism throughout the
world.
"Under the banner of Marx,
Engels, Lenin and Stalin we
have triumphed and will contin
ue to triumph to full victory for
Communism," Kaganovich said.
Struggle Continues
Zhukov spoke to thousands of
troops and citizens massed in
Red Square. He said the Soviet
Union continues "undeviatingly
and consistently to struggle for
the cause of peace throughout
the world."
The goodwill shown at the Ge
neva summit conference has led
"to a certain relaxation in inter
national tension." he added, but
he warned sailors, soldiers and
airmen not to relax their guard.
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