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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
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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.
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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.