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Nl ju Wu UUJ fJlvvP Ah III J I FLASHING FAMOUS SMILE, President Eisenhower leaves car at Denver's Lowry Air Force Base to board plane for trip to Washington. He walked to plane unassisted.finiemationay President Arrives at urg By Cheering Throng Gettysburg, Pa. (U.P.) Presi dent Eisenhower, "feeling fine" and looking it, came to his coun try home today and got a warm and jubilant welcome from his neighbors. The home folks some 8000 of them packed Lincoln Square in the heart of this famed Civil War community and roared a happy "Welcome Ike!" Mr. Eisenhower responded with a brief speech expressing his "very deepest thanks." To Stay Indefinitely The President and Mrs. Eisen hower drove 80 miles from Washington for an indefinite stav on their farm on the out skirts of town where Mr. Eisen hower will recuperate from his heart attack and carry on his presidential duties. The President, with Mrs. EL senhower on his arm, walked out of the White House back door smiling and happy. Good naturedly, both posed for photo graphers for several minutes be fore stepping into the President s limousine. Gets Dulles Report (, The .President spent more than an hour in his White House office, working mostly on rou tine matters. He received, among other things, a report from Sec retary of State John Foster Dulles on the Geneva talks. The President was nattily turned out today in brown suit with vest, and a brown hat which he carried in his left hand as he and Mamie stepped from the White House. His face showed some .of the color which he ap Thornton Modifies Decision on Blind Workers; Now Under Compensation Law Salem (U.R) Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton re versed his previous finding and held today that blind workers in the Oregon Industries for the Blind workshop in Portland oc cupy a limited employment sta tus sufficient to permit them to come under the state workmen's compensation law. Workshop Closed s The earlier ruling last week resulted in officials of the workshop closing down opera tions for a short time until tem porary insurance was arranged. Thornton said "on Oct. 25 this office ruled that workers in the Oregon Industries for the Blind are not eligible for membership in the public employees retire ment system for old age and sur vivors insurance as 'stats em parently picked up Saturday and Sunday during some mild prac tice work on the White House putting green. Mamie's Birthday Mamie wore a navy blue cloth coat, with a stone marten neck piece, and a mauve hat trimmed with pink. She responded gaily, with a "thank you" when as sembled reporters and pho tographers wished her a happy birthday. She is 59 today. The Chief Executive after a week end of rest and mild ex ercise at the White House was ready to step up his schedule a little today Tuesday he will go to the tiny office in the Gettysburg post office from which he and his aides will conduct business of the nation and the free1 world. To Keep In Touch . V . Although the time actually spent in the 12 by 24-foot office may be limited, the President will be in finger-tip touch with the government's far-flung oper ations at all times through massive communications system set up in his farmhouse study. Wall, Floor Damaged In Fire Here Today Fire in a davenport burned through a wall and floor at the home of Harper Hamilton Jr., 2254 Aloha st., late this morn ing causing soot damage throughout the house, firemen reported. Two trucks were sent to the scene about 11:20 a.m. Firemen indicated that exact cause of I the fire was 'not determined. ployees.' "The Oct. 25 opinion includ ed comments to the effect that the State Industrial Accident Commission could not consider these blind workers as - work men under the workmen's com pensation law. After further study this portion of the opinion is modified for the following reasons: "Make Work" Projects "During the depression in the 1930s many public agencies re sorted to 'make work' projects to care for the unemployed and destitute. The great majority of cases involving injuries to those so employed denied compensa tion on the theory that payments were for relief and not wages under a contract for hire. "In analyzing these cases I Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 14 Pages Lonardi Ejected From Presidency In Argentina Coup Denounced As 'Treason' Buenos Aires (U.R) Gen. Juan Jose Uranga denounced to day as "treason" the palace coup that overthrew . President Ed uardo Lonardi and said he was resigning from the army to have full freedom of action to fight the move. The -strongly worded statement by Lonardi's trans port minister brought into the open the first major rift among the military forces supporting the revolutionary regime that ousted President Juan D. Peron. Some 60 per cent of these re mained loyal to Peron during the revolution. Lonardi was replaced Sunday by a new soldier-president, Maj. Gen. Pedro E. Aramburu, 52, and a four-man council consist ing of Lonardi's army, navy and air force ministers and vice-president Rear Adm. Isaac Rojas, a hero of the revolt against Per on. Coup Without Bloodshed The ousting of Lonardi was accomplished without blood shed, but the defiant statement of Uranga and a statement by Lonardi himself that he had not resigned raised the possibility of trouble ahead for the new re gime. Troops cordoned off the Plaza de Mayo but no incidents were reported. The state of siege re strictions alreadys in effect were somewhat tightened, but the city was quiet. Political observers said Lon ardi was overthrown because his government was ' becoming toff extreme right.wing. In re cent weeks his cabinet had be come "packed" with ultra right- wing Catholic Nationalists and there were fears this group would seize power. Accident Victims Return To School Two Medford high school stu dents injured early Saturday in an automobile accident near Roseburg returned to school to day. Expected home today from Roseburg are Ralph D. Stinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stin son, 1219 West 10th st., and Kenneth Potucek, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Potucek, 387 O'Gara st. Mr. and Mrs. Potucek are bringing the students home. Donald S. Wolfe, son of Mr. Hazel Wolfe, 322 Benson st., returned Sunday but .did not re turn to school today. Those able to attend school are Larry Tolle, son of Mrs Jewel Tolle, 2833 Table Rock rd., and Wolfe's brother, Arnold Wolfe. They returned home Sun day. The' students were returning from Coos Bay where they at tended the Friday night Med- ford-Marshfield high school foot ball game when the accident occurred. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones closing stock averages: 30 indus trials 484.88, up 8.34: 20 rails 161.81, up 2.21; 15 utilities 64.83, up o.lo; bo stocks 171.90, up 2.37. Approximately 2,760,000 shares changed hands today, against 2,000,000 Friday. find that there is a class of 'make work' projects Which is gener ally recognized for purposes of compensation. These are cases of where the income of the worker from the public source is depen dent upon and in proportion to his labor. There appears to be no doubt but that the compen sation of these blind workers de pends upon their work. Under mis acceptea test they may therefore be considered em ployees for purposes of work men's compensation." Thornton concluded, however, that under the present wording of the laws the blind workers cannot be considered "state em ployees" within the terms of the uregon public employees re tirement act or federal social security. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, K More 2 Deg ree Recorded 'Mere Damage Expected To Nut, Produce Crops in Oregon 'Excellent' Chance For Snow To Fall Portland (U.R) It was cold anywhere you went in Oregon to day and there wasn't much im provement in sight. Bend re ported nine below zero. Portland had a record low of 17 above for this early in November. The weather man predicted more cold with snow said to be on the way. Walnut growers said from 25 to 30 per cent of Oregon's 1955 crop may have been lost to freez ing. Other crops such as cauli flower, cabbage and celery also were hit. 'Western Oreonians shivered for the fourth consecutive day. The highest temperature forecast west of the Cascades today was 38. East of the mountains, cold hardened residents put a few ex tra logs on fires themselves as below-zero readings were reported at some locations and Burns and Pendleton had early-season rec ord lows. Snow Expected Tonight The forecast said there was an "excellent" - chance of general snow flurries over Oregon and Washington tonight as another storm headed south from Alaska. There was little general snowfall in Oregon Sunday and early to day, although Timberline lodge reported snow, strong wind and a reading of eight below this morning. Pendleton, where the mercury went down to six above, reported snow depth of four inches. Burns, where it was five above, had three inches of snow. Most of eastern Oregon was covered with white, while Med ford had three inches and Port land Salem retained a trace of Friday and Saturday's snowfall. Nut Check Suggested John Trunk, manager of the Northwest Nut Growers Associa tion, suggested that growers check a sample of their crop be fore going to the expense of pick ing. He said a similar freeze in 1936 destroyed unharvested wal nuts and that 25 to 30 per cent of the crop still was on the trees. Other temperature readings in Oregon early today were five be low at Redmond, three below at Burns, 12 at Klamath Falls, 16 at The Dalles, 17 at Astoria, 30 at Brookings, 23 at Medford, 17 at Roseburg, 20 at Eugene, 18 at Salem, 29 at North Bend, and 26 at Newport. The cloud cover expected late today probably will keep tem peratures from falling so far early tomorrow but below-freezing was expected throughout the state. Motorists were advised to have chains handy. Durkin, Ex-Labor Secretary, Dies Washington (U.R) Martin P. Durkin, the first labor secre tary in President Eisenhower's cabinet, died yesterday after a lingering battle with a brain tu mor. He was 61. Durkin had been on the crit ical list at Georgetown hospital since August when he suffered a relapse from his second brain operation within a year. Before suffering the relapse, Durkin had recovered sufficient ly from the second operation to return to work. He had been in a coma ffTr several weeks before his death and three sons were at the hos pital when the end came. Funeral services will be held in Chicago. Arrangements have not been completed. Durkin, a Democrat, had a short but explosive career as la bor secretary. He resigned in September, 1953, claiming the administration had reneged on a pledge to support his propos als for amending the Taft-Hartley law. tab States, Israel Prepare For Battle n Refugee rrooiem United Nations, N. Y. (U.R) The Arab states and Israel were expected to open a knock-down drag-out propaganda fight today in the United Nations special political committee on the Pales tine refugees problem. ; The ad hoc, or special, politi cal committee's annual debate on the Palestine refugees gives the Arabs and Israelis a chance to air publicly their grievances afi'd issue propaganda blasts be fore a U.N. body. - Each year they take full ad Ousted Brazilian President's Action Eases War Threat Rio De Janeiro (U.R) A threat of civil war eased today with the pledge of ousted Pres ident Carlos Luz to accept the new government of Brazil "to avoid bloodshed." - - - ' Luz said he would offer no resistance to the military coup that overthrew him and install ed Nereu Ramos in his place. Tension Builds Up Tension began building up when Luz returned to Rio har bor aboard the cruiser Taman dare aboard which he had fled the capital with a number of supporters at the outset of the bloodless revolt. He remained aboard ship part of the day and then was brought 'ashore and held in the naval ar senal. Brazilian marines armed with tommyguns stood guard. He was released Sunday night and went to his apartment. There he gave United Press an exclusive interview in which he renounced any claim to the pre: 'dency. Feared Change of Mind Although he had saidfeearlier he would not resist the new government, it had been feared he might change his mind when he returned to Rio and urge his supporters in the military to fight. But he acknowledged, instead, that "the presidency has passed to Hereu." "I plan to resign the presi dency of the chamber of depu ties, probably in the next meet ing, so as to avoid any judicial situation," he said. Copco Not Merging With Other Firms The California Oregon Power company is not interested in merging with any other power company, Albert S. Cummins, president of Copco, said today. Cummins said rumors have been circulating that the com pany might be considering merging with Pacific Power and Light company. He '-said there is no basis to the rumors. "Copco is not now and never has been interested in merging with anyone; has never discuss ed such a possibility with any company or individual, and its plans and purposes over the years have been to remain in dependent," he stated. Planning Commission To Consider Rezoning The Medford Planning com mission will consider two re quests for zone changes at its 7:30 p.m. meeting today. Requests for zone changes are on North Central ave. from commercial to light industrial and for a zone change at the corner of McAndrews and Clark sts. Also on the agenda is a con tinued hearing on a setback change at Eighth and Laurel sts requested by J. H. Clabby. JBUNE .ess Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 201 vantage of the debate to issue charges and counter-charges and this year's debate is expected to' bring longer and louder attacks because of the new tense situa tion in the Holy Land and the Soviet sale of arms to Egypt. The Arab states outnumber the Israelis six to one since only two of the eight-nation Arab League are not members of the United Nations. But, the Israelis are expected to hold their own on ' the subject, considered one of the sorest points between Israel and her Arab neighbors. RULING evidence was insuf ficient, Iew York judge dis misses the disorderly conduct charges, preferred by detec tive, against Dr. Clark Kuebler (above), provost at U. of Cali fornia at Santa Barbara. He claims frameup. (International) County Officials Attend Conferences Members of the county court left today for Portland where they will attend meetings this week. County Judge Rodney Keating and county commissioners Ches ter Wendt and L. G. (Shy) Morthland will attend a meet ing of the association of Oregon and California Land Grant coun ties in Portland tomorrow. Wednesday, Thursday and Fri day, court members will attend an Association of Oregon Coun ties meeting. Saturday, court members will attend a meeting of the Execu tive Committee of O and C coun ties. County Engineer, Paul Ryn ning, will leave for Portland tomorrow to (attend a meeting of the County Engineers asso ciation, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. He will remain in Portland Saturday to attend the second day of a two day meeting of the Oregon Professional En gineers association. Texas Man Dies Of Gas Fumes In Trailer Home Bedford Forrest Unger, 55, Longview, Tex., was found dead in his trailer house at 611 South Riverside ave., at 1:30 p.m. Sun day. Cause of death was listed as gas aspyhxia by sheriff's depu ties and a deputy coroner. Unger registed at the court Nov. 11 as Kurt Von Ungren. He told the manager he intended to remain about a week. Time of death was established at some time Friday night, by Carlos Morris, coroner. Conger - Morris funeral home is in charge of arrangements. - New York (U.R) Navy ships today towed a fire-blackened ra dar sentry vessel, the USS Seacher, toward a ship yard here where experts will search for the cause of a fire in which three seamen died and two oth ers were injured. Cold Weather FORECAST: Considerable cloud iness with brief clearing per iods. Mostly cloudy Tuesday with accasional light snow. Continued cold. Low tonight 20. High Tuesday near 40. Temp. Highest yesterady 38 Lowest this morning 22 Prec. To 4:30 a.m. today 23 mi Way; Cold Accompanies 4.7 Inch Snowfall In Medford Sunday Chains Advised For Mountain Highways The Medford station of the weather bureau reported a record November snowfall Sun day when a white mantle blank eted the Rogue river valley. A total fall of 4.7 inches was recorded at the airport weather station. Depth of snow on the ground was three inches at 10:30 a.m. yesterday. t Heaviest previous November snowfall recorded here was in 1911. Two inches fell Nov. 10, the first year weather data was kept here. Medford had a one inch total Nov. 12, 1918. With and following Sunday's snow storm also came the cold est temperatures of the season. The official thermometer at the weather station registered 30 de grees yesterday morning and this morning fell to a seasonal low of 22. Lowest previous temperature this fall was 32 degrees. The snowfall yesterday fol lowed traces of snow at the air port Friday and Saturday. Continued cold with occasion al iignt snow and a minimum temperature of 20 degrees is the forecast for Tuesday. Consider able cloudiness with brief clear ing periods is foreseen for to night. Four inches of new snow was reported at Crater Lake Nation al park in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. today, bringing the total of snow on the ground to 16 inches. Chains or snow tread tires were advised for both the south and west entrances and the rim road, which was closed tempor arily early today. Temperatures at Crater Lake ranged from a maximum of 20 yesterday to 3 above early to day. At 8 a.m. today, the tem perature was 8 above. The west Diamond Lake road was closed at 10 p.m. yesterday, according to state police. The east Diamond Lake road from Klamath Falls remained open. State police said chains or snow tires were recommended on Oregon mountain, the Green Springs and the Siskiyous. Traf fic was moving without chains at Prospect, they said. Other Amounts Prospect reported two inches of new snow with a total of nine inches on the ground, while three inches in the Siskiyous and two" in the Green Springs left totals of nine inches in both areas. , Packed snow and ice was re ported on Highway 66 over the Green Springs and Highway 99 over the Siskiyous, but state highway department crews were sanding both highways. South Bend., Wash. (U.R) A spruce log measuring 18 feet in diameter was taken from Pacific county woods last week by the H. Brix Logging company. Supreme Court Sidesteps Interracial Marriage Rule Washington (U.R) The-Supreme court sidestepped today a ruling on the constitutionality of state laws forbidding inter racial marriage. The high court, in a brief opinion, threw out a Virginia Supreme court ruling upholding the state's statute prohibiting marriage between whites and non-whites. But the court made clear that it did not mean, by this action, to strike down all such laws as unconstitutional. The court said the "inade quacy of the record" before it "prevents the constitutional is sue of the validity of the Vir ginia statute on miscegenation tendered here from being con sidered in "clean cut and con crete form." In another action bearing on Insurance Plof Involving Mother Claimed Admitted ( Denver Man Held; Faces Murder Charge Denver (U.R) The govern ment claimed today a faithless son had confessed to insuring his mother for $27,500 and then planting a dynamite bomb ' aboard a United Air Line DQ-6B airliner that crashed in a flaming explosion Nov. 1, kill ing her arid 43 other persons. The suspect, a once-convicted forger, was identified by the FBI as John Gilbert Graham, 23, who worked with his mother, Mrs. Daisy King, in operating a drive-in restaurant here. He is married and the father of two small children. Defense Utility Graham faces a preliminary hearing before U. S. Commis sioner Harold, b. uaKes on a technical charge of violating a section of the federal code which makes it an offense to sabotage a national defense ma teriel establishment or utility. A commercial aircraft is defined as a defense utility, the FBI said. But it appeared that if Gra ham's connection with the bomb plot crash of the big airliner, which fell in a flaming explo sion in a sugar beet field, near Longmont, Colo., less than two weeks ago, could be proven, he could be charged in state courts with the murder of any or all of the 44 victims. , Possibility Considered Two Colorado district attor neys said 'they were considering such a possibility. . 0 Denver District Attorney Bert M. Keating said he planned to confer with federal authorities on the state's possible role in the sabotage case. The plane took off from the Denver Muni cipal Airport and crashed some eight minutes later. District Attorney Marc Smith of Greeley, Colo., who has juris diction over the territory where -the plane crashed, said he would await the advice of federal au thorities before taking any steps in the case.. Smith said he was -certain if there were sufficient evidence to warrant filing of murder charges, Graham would be turned over to the state's custody. The penalty for sabotage of a national defense utility is a $10,000 fine or. 1,0 years in pris on' or both, but if Graham were convicted of murder in a state court, he would face the max imum penalty of death in the gas chamber. Still Being Questioned Graham, a husky, six-footer, with black, crew-cut hair, was still being questioned by the FBI's offices at the new Custom House building here. At the time of his arrest, Graham had been making monthly payments as restitution after being convicted in Novem ber, 1951, of forging $4200 in bad checks. His five-year sen tence was suspended on condi tion that the money be repaid. Mrs. King repaid $2500 of the amount and $105 remained to be paid when Graham was ar rested today. William A. Young Dies At Home Here William A. (Billy) Young, well - known Medford resident, died at his home, 815 Bennett st., Sunday evening. Mr. Young retired recently after operating a garage on North Front st. for several years G He was active in the Medford Gun club. Conger - Morris funeral home is in charge of funeral arrange ments. racial relations, the court left standing a lower court's deci sion forbidding Oklahoma offi cials to place the word "Negro" after the name of a Negro can didate for office in a state elec tion. Stock Option Plan The court also: 1. Agreed to rule whether em ployees of a company must pay extra taxes when they buy stock at a cut rate under a stock op tion' plan such as many corpora tions now have in force. . 2. Agreed to rule whether the states have the right to tax flfi-vately-operated housing projects in military bases.. 3. Refused for the second time to review the income tax eva sion conviction of Arthur H. Sa mish, California liquor lobbyist. t
