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A'nwiw mm u mm i S o 5? REMOVING FLAMING DEBRIS from trailer of abandoned auto, civilian firefighters make eerie picture as they prepare to drive car to safety. They are among 1,000 men and 60 appa ratus units fighting La Tuna Canyon blaze which destroyed much brush and timber in Los Angeles area. Two homes were destroyed, 24 others damaged. ( International Soundphoto) Sams Valley Blaze Destroys Residence Of Euclid Martin Fire early today destroyed the home of Euclid Martin, route 2, box 522, Central Point, accord ing to officials of the Central Point Rural Fire protection dis trict. The house and all its contents were a total loss, firemen said. Four Trucks Respond The Central Point rural de partment dispatched four trucks to the fire, on Rock Creek rd in the Sams Valley area, at 12:07 a.m. today. The blaze, however, was discovered to be outside the rural district's protection area, and the trucks were forced to stop at the boundaries. Cause of the fire was believed to" have been a defective flue or stovepipe, firemen said. Central Point Rural firemen also responded to two other alarms during the past 24 hours. At 8:14 p.m., four units were i sent to the home of Keith Laugh- ton, route 2, box 248G. Medford, on Table Rock rd. south of Four Corners. Filled With Smoke The Laughton house was re ported to be afire, but investiga tion showed that the house was full of smoke caused by clothing ignited by a small electric heater in the bathroom. Firemen ven tilated the house. They reported slight damage other than, that caused by smoke. At 6:31 p.m., firemen respond ed to a flue fire alarm at the home of Lee McNew, North Grant rd. There was no damage First Snow Falls In Medford Area The Rogue valley today was on the southera fringe of snow showers reported throughout the Pacific Northwest. While Medford had only a trace of snow, a two-inch fall at Spokane, Wash., this morning was reported by the weather bureau and Seattle had two inches.9 In the southern Oregon area this morning snow showers were light and scattered and confined mostlv to mountain sections However, in the Prospect and Diamond lake cut-off areas snow was reported turning to sleet and sticking to the highways but causing no traffic problem, state police were told. Snow showers were mostly over the west north and northeast mountains around the valley but some were noticed to the south. Flur ries of snow in the Siskiyous dampened the highway. Weather bureau reports indi cated a damp cold with possi bility of scattered showers to night in the vicinity of Coos Bov where the Medford high football team is playing. Eagles To Build Garage for Disaster Car; Site Needed A garage to house the Jackson County disaster car unit will be built by the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie 2093,! is a site for the garage is provided, mem bers of the Eagles have an nounced. To Provide Labor. Material The Eagles volunteered to pro vide both labor and material for a garage large enough to house and maintain the 33 foot long disaster car if a building site can be found. Work on the disaster car was begun some time ago. It will contain rescue equipment, stretchers, first aid supplies, medical supplies a resuscitator. rehardists riefs to Supreme Court in Tax Attorneys for Jackson county orchardists who are fighting a legal battle with the State Tax Commission this week filed new pleadings with the State Su preme Court. The 13-page document is in reply to an answer filed with the supreme court by Jackson County Assessor Robert G Fowler, defendant in the mandamus proceedings original ly filed by the orchardists. Fowler's answer was an at tempt to show cause why he should not follow three orders of the Supreme Court, given in an alternative writ of manda mus. These orders were to de lete recent increases in valua tion of commercial orchard prop- 30 Units Parade Downtown Siteeh For Veterans Day A Veterans' Day parade made up of 30 floats, marching units and bands traveled down Main st. to Bartlett st. and back up Sixth st. to Holly at 11 a.m. today. The parade was part of com memoration ceremonies for vet erans who have participated in all of America's wars. Police Chief Charles Champ- lin, grand marshal, led the pa rade in a closed car. He was followed by a color guard com posed of members of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and Ma rines. Musical Units Medford High and McLaugh lin Junior High school bands marched in the parade. Other musical units were the Eve Pren tice Accordian band; Bliss Heine's Juniors; and a Scotch Kiltie bagpipe band. Marching units in the parade included representatives from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion; Disable d American Veterans, 186th Na tional Guard unit; Ladies Auxil iary of the VFW; Lady Bugs auxiliary of the Military Order of the Cooties; Ladies of the U. S. Women Veterans; the Navy Mothers Club of America; DAV Auxiliary 8; DAV junior auxil iary; Eagles Lodge; Cub Scouts; Boy Scouts; Explorer Scouts, and Girl Scouts. Cars and floats in the parade represented the Jackson County chapter of the American Red Cross; the Salvation army; Med ford Fire department; the Med ford Voiture Forty et Eight en gine; Pocohontas lodge; Medford Fire Department; Medford Dis aster Car unit; and the Trail riders. M. A. Beneka, VFW, was pa rade committee chairman. and cooking facilities when com pleted. The car is designed to cope with any disaster that might arise in the county. It will be held in readiness at large gath erings of people and will stand by when forest fires threaten homes or workers. Manned by Volunteers The unit is manned by volun teer workers from the Medford fire department. A meeting will be held Nov. 15 at 8 p.m. at the main fire station to discuss needs of the unit and plans for its use. Repre sentatives of all service clubs and any persons interested are invited to attend. Submit ase erty from the tax rolls, to re compute the county millage rate, and to turn the tax rolls over to the sheriff for collection. Started Last Spring The dispute arose last spring when the Tax Commission, act ing on the strength of an at torney general's opinion, ruled that commercial orchard trees should, for the first time, be considered in the taxable value of land. The outcome of this action was that the commission stepped into the role of the county board of equalization and conducted a series of hear ings on- the increased valuations. Fowler then turned over assess ment information to the sheriff for collection, and the tax state ments were sent out, including the new and higher valuations on commercial orchard trees. This week's pleading, filed for the Medford Pear Co., Irr., by the firm of Neff, Frohmayer Jnd Lowry, raises a numrer of ques tions for the consideration of the court, seeks to show that Fowl er's "show cause" answer was unsatisfactory, and asks the court to make its writ of mandamus preemptory. Position Outlined The position of the orchard ists, as revealed in the pleading this week, is that the tax com mission's orders and the hear ings were not according to law, were conducted improperly and were a "sham"; that the in creases were thus made without legal hearings and are unconsti tutional; that the increased as sessments were made without proper appraisals, and were based upon arbitrary and fic titious values, and that the asses sor acted improperly in refusing to comply with the court's altern ative writ of mandamus. B. E. Newton, Former Medford Man, Killed Salem (U.R) Beattie E. New ton, 84, Salem church leader and formerly of Medford, was fatally injured last night in a two-car accident 11 miles north of Salem, the first traffic victim on the new Salem-Portland freeway. Newton, formerly in the print ing business in Medford- was a teacher of the adult class of First Presbyterian church here and one of the organizers of the Harvesters, a church group for elderly, retired people. State police said Glenn L. Adams, 74, Salem, was driving the car in which Newton was a passenger when it as struck by another. Newton lived here from 1948 to 1953 and was associated with his son, M. Dale Newton, in the printing business on South Pa cific highway near Phoenix. His son. who lives here at 807 Grant St., left this morning by plane for Salem. The elderly church man was associated here with the First Methodist church and for about six years he taught the Ship mates class in the Sunday school. Survivors include his wife. Gerta, and grandchildren, Miss Nancy Newton and Dale New ton, both of Medford, and Fred Newton, Los Angeles. Newton and his wife lived in Salem at the home of a son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Bates. Weather FORECAST: Generally cloudy tonight and Saturday morn ing. Partly cloudy Saturday afternoon and evening. Con tinued cool. Low tonight 32. High Saturday 48. Temp Highest Yesterday 64 Lowest this Morning 37 Medfop United Press Full Leased Wii 50th Year 22 Pages President Leaves For Washington And Gettysburg Chief Executive 'Eternally Grateful' Denver (U.R) President Ei senhower left Denver today "eternally grateful" for the mes sages and prayers of people all over the world during his 48 day bout in the hospital here with a heart attack. Mr. Eisenhower, standing on a cold, wind-swept airstrip at Lowry Air Force Base just be fore his plane took off for Wash ington, said he departed with "a full heart" of gratitude for the good wishes and prayers during his illness. The President's plane, the Col umbine III, took off at 9:02 a.m. (MST). A few minutes later, a few snow flurries began falling from the low overcast skies al though the expected winter storm, which yesterday had been forecast for the Denver area, had not hit. The President and Mrs. Eisen hower were scheduled to reach Washington shortly after 4 p.m. (EST), spend the week end at the White House and then go to their farm at Gettysburg, Pa., for an extended period of convales cense. Looks Fit, Thinner As the President left his lim ousine to walk to the plane, he ducked back inside the car to kiss his mother-in-law, Mrs. John S. Doud, goodbye. Mr. Eisenhower looked fit, his voice was firm, but he quite obviously had lost considerable weight during his hospitaliza tion, j The field was heavily guard-" ed for the President's departure and only close friends of the LPresident and Mrs. Eisenhower and the White House staff were permitted near the plane. Mr. Eisenhower, standing on the sixth step of the plane ramp, said it was time again to say goodbye to Denver, but that this time he departed "under some what unusual circumstances." . One Purpose Served He said quite soberly, how ever, that his "misfortune" had served one valuable purpose he had heard from friends all over the world and it made him realize "how nice people can be." He expressed his "eternal gratitude" to the medical staff at Fitzsimons and the Air Force staff at Lowry where the Den ver White House was based dur ing Mr. Eisenhower's stay here of nearly 14 weeks. Repeatedly Mr. Eisenhower said he and his wife were deep ly touched by the thousands of messages, flowers and gifts that have come to Denver since his illness. The President said before de parting he wanted to say another word of gratitude to friends over the country and the world who "have sent up their prayers for a sick person." Wyoming Miner Trapped in Cave-In Rock Springs, Wyo. (U.R) Rescuers dug frantically today in their attempt to reach the last of three men trapped by a cave in at a Union Pacific coal mine near Rock Springs Thursday. One of the other two miners, Louis Julius, 38, a loading ma chine operator, was' rescued "ap parently in good shape," but his companion, John -Nesbit, 43, a mine foreman, was crushed to death a few yards away. The object of the continuing search was George Chenchar, 54, Julius' helper on the coal loader. Hope was waning that Chenchar would be found alive as the rescuers continued dig ging into the 15 to 20 foot thick wall of dirt and coal that caved in on the men. 'Unusual' Storm Hits Vicinity of Astoria Astoria (U.R) A northwest storm, called "unusual" in this area, struck here today bring ing winds up to 60 miles an hour and causing some power outages. Gusts of wind up to 60 mph were . reported at mid-morning today by the Columbia river lightship. Power was out to most of an area about 15 miles east of here about an hour and a half as the wind blew down branches, MELVv Hoover, in Veterans Day Speech, Calls On Nation To Continue Quest for Peace Washington U.R) Former President Herbert Hoover called on the nation in the memory of the Unknown Sol dier today to continue its "eternal quest for the Holy Grail of lasting peace." "Today we can rejoice that the shambles of death are sus pended," the white - haired 31st President said. "Yet to day there is no peace." Mr. Hoover spoke on behalf of President ' Eisenhower at Veterans Day services before the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National cemetery. He personally laid the Presidential wreath on the gleaming marble tomb. "We do not glorify war," he said. "No man came back from the furnace of war who does not pray that war be ended forever. "On this day we renew our dedication to the eternal quest for the Holy Grail of lasting peace, not only for ourselves alone but for all mankind." He said the nation also must dedicate itself "to maintain the respect of nations for our preparedness and our might to defend ourselves against aggression." A 21-gun salute boomed Decision Readied At Secret Parley Of Big 4 Ministers Geneva '(U.R) The Big Four foreign ministers decided today to end the bogged-down Geneva conference next Wednesday. The agreement to end the talks was reached swiftly. An official announcement said: "The ministers at their pri vate meeting, having in mind their agreement in New York early last month that the con ference should last about three weeks, agreed to organize their work here so that the confer ence could finish its work on Wednesday." The last plenary session will be held on that day. The decision to wind up the two-week-old parley was reach ed at a secret session of the ministers. To Minimize Split Shortly after the 30-minute secret meeting, the foreign min isters entered the council cham ber of the Palais des Nations for their 12th plenary session of the formal conference. Agreement to end the talks three weeks after they started was reached on the initiative of the West, which wanted to avoid an open breach with Russia on the current deadlock over Ger man unification, disarmament and East-West contacts, the three issues the ministers came here to discuss. Their batting average was zero on all three items on the agenda European security and German unity, the promotion of East-West contacts and disarma ment. Test Seen Timed Underneath the surface was the uneasy realization that Rus sia, which began a series of nu clear explosion at time of last July's "summit" conference, has just set off another one. There was speculation that the new, atomic or hydrogen bomb blast was carefully timed to underscore the Soviet posi tion at Geneva: It and not the West has been "negotiating from strength." . Western sources said Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav M. Molotov delivered the coup de grace to disarmament hopes Thursday when he rejected President Eisenhower's "open sky" inspection proposal. Salem (U.R) The state pilot program on compulsory meat inspection will operate in Klam ath, Lake and part of Grant county for three weeks begin ning Monday. United , FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1955 across the rolling cemetery when Mr. Hoover arrived and departed. The high notes of HERBERT HOOVER Honors War Dead San Diego (U.R) A low-flying naval attack bomber to day crashed into the destroyer U.S.S. Hopewell of the South ern California coast during maneuvers. A spokesman for the 11th ' Naval District said there were a number of other ships in the area to assist, if needed. He said there had been no .reports received here as to the extent of damage or cas ualties, if any. The propeller-driven plane was attached to the San Diego Naval Air Station and oper ated under the Air Forces of the Pacific Fleet 14-Year-0ld Jailed On Theft Charges A 14-year-old Medford youth was jailed, and two others were released to their parents, yes terday after their arrest by Med ford police in connection with two thefts and a break-and-entry Police said the youths admit ted the theft of several cases of empty pop bottles . from the Seven Up Bottling company, 306 South Fir st., and the theft of 24 bottles of beer from a truck at Anderson's market, 710 South Riverside ave., yesterday. The youths admitted also breaking and entering" the Doc tor's clinic, 1032 West Main st.', earlier this week. The two youths released to their parents were 13 and 16 years old. A 16-year-old and a 17-year-old were interrogated by police in connection with a report yes terday that juveniles were tak ing hubcaps from a vehicle parked on Riverside ave. near Liberty st. Brando, Grace Kelly Best Dramatic Actors New York W.P.) Marlon Brando and Grace Kelly were named today as the best dra matic actors and top money makers in the film industry for the 1954-55 season. The annual poll by the Inde pendent Film Journal also se lected a new king of the horse operas Audie Murphy. Kim Novak and Jack Lemmon top ped the most promising new per sonalities list. The late James Dean placed second among the most promising new stars. Walt Disney, an old veteran at walking off with Oscars and other top industry awards, was j chosen the top money producer. Tribune Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 199 taps cut the still air after he laid the large wreath. The ceremonies by the tomb of the Unknown Soldier symbolized the nation's grati tude and tribute to the sol diers, sailors, airmen and ma rines of past wars. In schools across the nation, school chil dren stood- in a minute of si lent tribute to the war dead. In towns and cities and century-old battlefields, veterans organizations conducted cere monies honoring their fallen comrades. The American Legion marked the day with ceremo nies at the historic Civil war battlefield at Gettysburg, Pa. The program included dedica tion of a legion plaque by In terior Secretary Douglas Mc Kay and Legion National Commander J. Addington Wagner and a reading of Lin coln's Gettysburg address by film star George Murphy. The day was once known as Armistice day in memory of the end of World War I. In June of 1954, it was redesig nated Veterans day as a more fitting tribute to the 571,598 Americans who died in two world wars and Korea and to the 21,000,000 living veterans of all wars. Phoenix Youth's Condition Serious Following Accident Earl Fredrick Dillree, 16, of 405 B st, Phoenix, was in serious condition at Sacred Heart hos pital today as the result of in juries suffered yesterday in an automobile accident. Dillree was hurt at about 11:20 p.m. yesterday when his car went out of control and rolled over twice. The accident oc curred on Hillcrest-Phoenix rd. near the intersection with Bar nett rd. Five passengers in the car received minor injuries and were not hospitalized. They were Riley Fred Bean, 17, of 411 Church st., Phoenix; Paul Junior Lovett, 15, of 3275 Biddle rd., Medford; William Donovan Dill ree, 15, of 405 B st., Phoenix; Buddy Glenn Miers, 17, of 203 Fifth st., Phoenix,' and James Young, age and address not listed. State police said the accident occurred when the car driven by Dillree came up over a small hill. Dillree put on the brakes to avoid another car, and his vehicle skidded sideways in gravel before rolling over twice, according to investigating offi cers. Dillree was taken to the hos pital by Medford Ambulance service. Hospital attendants said this morning he was being treat ed for chest and other injuries and is in an oxygen tent. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones closing stock averages: 30 indus trials 476.54 up 4.02, 20 railroads 159.60 up 3.52, 15 utilities 64.68 up 0.37 and 65 stocks 169.53 up 2.02. Approximately 2,000,000 shares changed hands today, compared with 2,550,000 shares yesterday. Site for Dentenfion Home Said 'Under Consideration7 A site for the new Jackson county Juvenile Detention home is under consideration, accord ing to County Commissioner Chester Wendt. No definite move to acquire a site for the home has been made, Wendt said, but members of the county court have looked at several possible sites and have one in mind. The people voted 565,000 for the construction of a detention home at the last general elec tion. Funds for the project will come out of county taxes now being collected. Acting President Forced Out; Navy; Air Force Silent Trouble Possible If Decision Rejected Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (U.R) The Army seized control of Bra zil today and forced the ouster of Acting President Carlos Luz. The Chamber of Deputies de cided by a voice vote of 185 to 78 to name Sen. Nereu Ramos, pres ident of the Senate, to be the new acting president of the republic. Luz boarded a naval vessel in Rio harbor and announced be fore the vote that he intended to remain in office as actine Dresi- dent, a post to which he succeed ed earlier this week when Presi dent Joao Cafe Jr., took a leave of absence following a heart at tack No Violence Yet A delegation of the hearts nt the parties in the Chamber of Deputies which supported his candidacy was sent to infnrm Ramos of the vote. It was not known when ho would be sworn in, nor as it known what the reaction would be from the navy and air force. Thus far. the crisis has been peaceful. But there could be trouble if the navy and air force reject the decision of the Cham ber of Deputies. Navy Position Unknown , The Navy announced initially that it and the Air Force would resist efforts to oust Luz. Later, the Navy said it would accept any solution reached by Con gress. A delegation of naval officers. headed by a Capt. Mota, visited the War Ministry this afternoon and was received by Gen. Hen rique Texeira Lott, the war min ister. They conferred for 20 min utes. No announcement was made afterwards of what they discussed. Luz boarded a naval vessel shortly before the Chamber of Deputies was called to consider the crisis. The Senate1 did not join in the session. Lott, who resigned last night as army minister after a disnnln with Luz, announced early is morning that the armv chiefs had given him authority "to set the situation in order." Luz messaged Flores Da Cun- ha, president of the Chamber of Deputies of the Brazilian Parlia ment, that he intended to retain his post as president. The surprise departure of Luz came shortly after the army seized control of the country. and despite a pledge by the air force and navy that they would resist efforts to oust him from the presidency. Simmering Dispute The crisis in Brazilian affairs has been brewing since last month when Juscelino Kubits- chek was elected president and Joao Goulart elected vice-presi dent. Some army elements consider them to be the political heirs of the late President Getulio Var gas, who committed suicide in 1954 after a dispute with the military. Nuclear Explosion In Russia Reported Washington (U.R) Russia has set off another nuclear bomb. In a brief announcement, Chairman Lewis L. Strauss of the Atomic Energy Commission said last night: "The Soviet Union has in recent days con ducted a furthern uclear test in their 1955 series." The AEC first disclosed the 1955 nuclear tests by the Soviets in a statement on Aug. 4. On Sept. 24, the AEC reported a second explosion in this year's Soviet program. Strauss' latest announcement was almost identical to one by Britain's Defense Ministry that Russia' "has recently conducted further test in their 1955 series of nuclear explosions." Members of the court have met with strong opposition to construction of the home in some areas, Wendt said, by peo ple who don't want a detention home in their neighborhood. Water and sewage facilities and distance from the courthouse, so there will be no transportation problems, are factors considered in selection of a site. The county court is anxious to find a site for the Juvenile home so that work on the proj ect may be started as early as possible in the coming year, Wendt said.
