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roduces hree west Turns Down T mm?;-- v. ;1- Four-Power Pledge To Refrain From Force Told in Plan Troop Withdrawal From Germany Rejected Geneva (U.R) The Soviet Union introduced a new proposal on disarmament today, shortly after the West rejected 'three other Moscow proposals on European security treaty and withdrawal of foreign troops from Germany. The disarmament plan called for a four-power declaration pledging the Big Four to refrain from the use of force. It called also for continued consideration of Soviet and western disarma ment proposals, including Presi dent Eisenhower's "open sky' plan. The West rejected the secur- 3 ity and troop withdrawal propos als because there still was no Soviet provision for the prior re unification of Germany. Abandon Hope The Soviet Union in turn again rejected the western view that security treaty and German unity must be linked.. Russia ac cused the West of "bad faith." The United States, Britain and France abandoned their efforts to get RUssia to lift the Iron Cur tain. The Western Big Three plan ned to issue a declaration to the German people tonight or tomor row, laying the blame for failure of the foreign ministers confer ence to unify Germany on the Soviet Union. Thus, today's 14th and 15th plenary sessions o the abortive parley ended as .have all the oth ers in disagreement. A final communique will be issued to morrow, the last day of the con ference. Soviet Foreign Minister, V. M. Molotov put forward the pro posal in the dying hours of the futile Big Four Conference but the West said his proposal would do little more than lock the Iron Curtain firmly in place. At the same time Molotov re jected a French proposal for in creased contacts - between the1 two sides and for a free flow of news between East and West. The West already had warned that continuance of the Iron Cur tain was a threat to peace. No News Flow The Molotov proposal provided for exchanges of scientific dele gations that would bring western know-how to Russia. But it a pointedly ignored all western plans for opening holes in the Iron Curtain for news and ideas. Molotov spoke first in a morn ing session that marked the final failure to agree on the last sub ject of the Big Four Conference. The West also, failed to win any promise from Molotov to halt the sale of arms to Egypt despite a warning that, too, increased the threat of war. Chamber Group Studies Taxation A study of local taxation and budgeting is being undertaken by the legislative committee of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, it was announced to day. Frank J. Van Dyke, chairman of the committee, has called the first of a series of breakfast study meetings for 7:30 a.m. Fri day, Nov. 18, at the Medford hotel. Van Dyke said the study will include the county, city and school budgets as well as ap praisal, assessment and other taxation procedures in the coun ty. The committee will invite county, city and school district officials to appear at the meet ings to give details of their fi nancial operations. Objective of the . study is simply to inform the members of the committee, and any other chamber members interested, -of the facts of local taxation, the chairman explained. He said those "wishing to attend should inform the chamber office so places can be reserved for them. Polls Open Until 8 For School Bond Vote Polls will be open until 8 p.m. today at the Griffin Creek school gymnasium on an election on authorization of a 545,000 bond issue to construct three new classrooms. Mrs Myrna Frink, principal, said present facilities are in adequate because of rapid ex pansion of population in the dist rict. Present enrollment is 272 pupils, 50 more than last year. Plans call for construction of three rooms just south of the rooms built several years ago. Norfolk, Va. (U.R) The main section of an American ex pedition is steaming toward the Antarctic today to explore the steries of the South Pols. j l A J Z A v X 'jc t ( rvS CITY MOD HEAD Jerry M Gastineau, above, district mana ger of the Equitable Life Assur ance Society, has been appoint ed Medford campaign chairman for the March of Dimes, it has been announced. Gastineau. who lives with his family at 1620 East Main st., came here recent ly from Lincoln county. He for merly was an athletic coach at Ashland high school. Reconstruction of Hansen Building Gets Under Way Reconstruction work on the Hansen building, which housed the Medford Furniture store un til a fire gutted the building last July 8, began yesterday. William Hansen owner of the building, obtained a 555,000 per mit from the city to begin the work. Plan To Move At the same time it was an nounced by Robert Rector, ma jority owner and manager of the furniture store, that it would move back into the building when it is completed, which is hoped for in less than 120 days. Jack Borcher, a local contractor,- is- doing the -work.- The reconstruction work will be to the specifications of the Medford Furniture store, Rector said. The present walls of the building, which withstood the fire, will be reinforced with steel, and used for the recon structed and remodeled interior. The furniture store's present location, on North Bartlett st., next to the Greyhound Bus de pot, will be retained and used for second hand sales and for warehousing, thus freeing space in the rebuilt location for sales area, Rector said. He stated this will permit the addition of new lines of furniture, as well as the present lines. New Stairs, Elevator The ramp which was a fea ture of the old building, will be retained, but new stairways and a freight-passenger dual-purpose elevator will be installed. Personnel of the store will be unchanged, Rector said. County Receives Large Tax Payments Five large tax payments, total ing more than 5900,000, have been received by the Jackson County Tax Department. The largest single tax payment to date was made by California Oregon Power company which paid 5403,547.38. Second largest payment to date was made by Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph company, which paid S164,390.34. The company's total tax bill for the state, after discount, was 53,788, 222.40, an increase of 12.1 per cent over last year. A total of 5161,969.24 has been paid for Jackson county taxes by Medford Corporation. Timber Products company has paid 589,148.19. Southern Pacific has paid 586, 936.66 for 1955 taxes on its prop erty ih Jackson county. Total gross taxes on Southern Patific property in Oregon were 52,445, 322, acording to R. H. Holmes, district freight and passenger agent. Harold Brown Taken To Portland by MF Harold Brown, Old Stage rd., a well-known Medford insur ance man, was flown to Port land yesterday for emergency major surgery. The flight was made in one of the newly-acquired twin Beechcraft airplanes operated by Mercy Flights, Inc. The pa tient was accompanied by Mrs Lois Beech, R.N. Brown was the 420th patient carried by planes of the non Drofit air ambulance corpora tion since it began service in January, laoO. M EDF0RD United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 22 Pages Medford Shivers As Temperature Plummets to 20 Equals Record for Date Set in 1929 Temperatures dropped to about 20 degrees in the Medford area last night, and sub zero readings were reported from most of the surrounding moun tain areas. The Medford tem perature equalled a record low for Nov. 14 set in 1929. Frigid 26 below zero tempera tures were reported at Diamond The abrupt change from moderate to cold weather may result in the injury of fruit trees, according to C. B. Cordy, county horticultural agent. It will not be possible to determine whether or not any damage has been done un til after the weather moder ates again, he said. The freezing weather will cause the leaves to fall from pear trees, making extensive pruning possible, Cordy said. lake and Chemult, east of the Cascades, and Prospect had a reading of 2 below zero. Klam ath Falls reported 5 below. Other temperatures reported in southern Uregon included Bly, 20 below; Lakeview, 8 be low; Siskiyous, 14- above; Green- springs, 5 above; Cave Junction, 23 above, and Crater Lake,, 7 below. New snow was reported on the Siskiyous and at Crater lake. Cloud Layer Helps Medford temperatures were expected to drop to about 18 de grees last night, with 15 in the coldest places, but a cloud layer over the Rogue valley kept tem peratures slightly higher than expected. Temperatures here are ex pected to be higher tonight, with lows of 25 to 28. Light snow is being forecast for to morrow morning. Highway reports from around southern Oregon included: Siskiyous Packed snow, well sanded, on highway. Two inches of new snow, total of eight inches. Chains not required. Greensprings Highway bare in some exposed areas. No new snow, total of four inches. Chains Needed East Diamond Lake Packed snow, plows operating. No new snow, total of eight inches. Carry chains. Klamath Falls Packed snow in some areas. No new snow, total of six inches. Prospect Packed snow well sanded. No new snow, total of eight inches. Crater Lake South and west entrances open to rim. One inch of new snow last 24 hours, total of 14. Chains or abrasive tire treads required, Annie Springs to rim. Weather FORECAST: Increasing and thickening" cloudiness tonight. Occasional light snow Wednes day. Slightly warmer tonight. Low tonieht 25-28, high Wednesday 42-45. Temp. Highest Yesterday 43 Lowest this Morning 20 80 Attend Some 80 men las. night at tended a dinner "kick-off" meet ing in the drive to raise 5714,000 toward the construction of a new hospital in the Medford area. Chief feature of the evening was a description of methods to be used in the campaign, given by Louis Barr, consultant to the drive, who has headed similar successful drives in other local ities. Area Has Advantages He pointed out that Medford has the wealth and the capacity to raise the sum needed, and en joys considerable advantages over other areas due to the fact that only $714,000 needs to be raised from the public, with the rest of the 51,900,000 cost to be furnished by a federal grant, and by several substantial con tributions already made. As to the need for the Rogue Valley Municipal hospital, Barr pointed out that virtually every MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, N lie To Appear If! Tis sutler Hearing A one-day Congressional hear ing on federal timber policies will open at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow in the Pioneer room of the Jack son hotel. The hearing, with at least 14 witnesses, is expected to last until late afternoon. Tomorrow's hearing is one of a series that opened yesterday in Redding, Calif., and moved to Klamath Falls today. Congressmen To Appear Advance information indicates that Congressmen Earl Chudoff (D-Penn.), Clare E. Hoffman (R Mich.); John E. Moss Jr. (D Calif.); and Possibly Robert H. Mollohan (D-W.Va.) will repre sent the House of Representa tives at the hearings. It appears unlikely that any of the three senators scheduled to take part in the hearings will be here for the Medford session. Senator Richard L. Neuber ger (D-Ore.) has been stricken with a virus infection and will be unable to be here. Senator W. Kerr Scott (D-N.C.) is in Colum bia, S. C, presiding over a meet- Freeway Decision Needed by State, Planners Agree The Medford Planning com mission agreed last night it should inform the city council and the Oregon State Highway commission the location it be lieves most desirable for a High way 99 freeway and other arter ial streets. Although no official action was taken, Don Root made the suggestion after a discussion of the highway commission's report on the Main-Sixth -st. one-way couplet, and possibilities of a Main-Eighth st. one-way couplet. Answer Requested The Main-Sixth st. couplet was brought to the commission's at tention by a letter from John Crawford in which a definite answer regarding Sixth st. ex tension was requested. The let ter stated that if Sixth st. is not part of the final one-way couplet plan, a motel is planned on Riv erside ave., on the Merrick prop erty. City Manager Robert Duff pointed out that there is before the highway commission now an alternate plan which would uti lize Eighth st. as part of the one way couplet plan. Duff said in both possibilities Sixth st. or Eighth st. the city would be required to finance construction of a bridge across Bear creek. Would Aid Financing The state highway commission would help finance widening and reconstruction either street west of Riverside ave. because it would be part of the state high way system. Action on Crawford's letter was delayed until after the alter nate plan before the highway commission has been returned. Hospital Fund Drive family needs hospitalization at one time or another over a per iod of a few years; that the num ber of standard hospital beds in Jackson county is below the de mand, and that due to medical skills in the community and to Medford's location, it is a medi cal center with the potential of becoming a greater and more important one. He indicated that one of the things which volunteers who are giving their time to raise the money will encounter will be rumors of all kinds about the hospital and the campaign, and he said the rumors should be reported and corrected. Values of Cooperation The theme of the evening was set in a brief talk by Dr. D. Kirkland West, minister of the First Presbyterian church here, who pointed to the values of community cooperation in what is essentially a spiritual endeav A T T i 55 loesses Here ing of the senate agriculture committee and will join the hear ings later in the week. Senator George W. Malone (R Nev.) was in Nevada yesterday and it was not known when he will join the hearings. Some 14 statements have been filed by prospective witnesses slated to appear at the Medford hearing. Written statements must be filed at least 72 hours in ad vance of the hearings, but they may be filed by mail, so the total number of local witnesses may not be known until tomorrow. Those filing statements so far include Southern Oregon Ply wood, Inc., Grants Pass; Brown Brothers Lumber Company," Inc., Grants Pass; Magnolia Lumber Company, Rogue River; Brook ings Plywood Corporation, Brookings; Southern Oregon Conservation and Tree Farm as sociation, Medford; Jack A. Crump, Medford; Lithia Lumber company, Ashland; Hunter and Best Sawmills, Inc., Jacksonville; Yellow Fir Lumber company, Happy Camp, Calif.; Double Dee Lumber company, Central Point; the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce; and the Brookings Chamber of Commerce. The brief filed by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce lists information to prove the im portance of the lumber industry to this area. Wood Waste Potential The brief also points out the value of wood waste as a po tential means of increasing south ern Oregon payrolls through greater utilization. It suggests that, since changes in policy concerning forest administration would have an immediate effect on the economy of this area, con sideration of changes should be based on a complete and de tailed study of timber supply, species, marketability and other factors. After the Medford session, the hearings will move to Roseburg Thursday and Eugene Friday. Nov. 21, 22 and 23, hearings will be held in Portland, and on Nov. 28 in Aberdeen, Wash., Nov. 29 and 30 in Seattle, and Dec. 1 in Spokane. Court Fines Five On Game Violations Richard Goudie Cash, 29, of 429 VS Palm st., Ashland, and Glenn Sephen Mayben, 20, of 79 Baum st., Ashland, were fined S80 each in district court Mon day on charges of killing deer out of season. Cash and Mayben were charged with killing two doe deer. The deer and two 22 cali ber rifles were confiscated and sent to the Oregon State Game commission. Floyd Ernest Burge, 29, Rose burg, was fined 530 on a charge of disguising the sex and species of migratory waterfowl. A 17-year-old boy was fined S15 and a 15-year-old boy was fined S6 for hunting on closed land without permission. or caring tor tne sick ana dis eased now and in the years to come. Otto Frohnmayer, campaign chairman, presided, and Gene Thorndike, chairman of the ad vanced gifts committee, intro duced team managers who. in turn introduced members of their solicitation teams, and oth er leaders in the hospital cam paign. Among others who were intro duced were Mrs. William Fluh rer and Mrs. Chester Guches, of the hospital board, Miss B. J. Larson, administrator of the Rogue Valley (Community) Me morial hospital, John R. Tom lin, and Mr. and Mrs. A: S. V. Carpenter. Materials Distributed The meeting concluded with the distribution of campaign ma terials to the men attending, which will be used in the solic itation work. Men in tne canv Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 202 Snow and Rain Seen for Oregon By Wednesday Alaskan Storm Said Heading South Portland (U.R) The weath er bureau today forecast a warn ing trend for Oregon during the next few days as the state shiv ered in one of the coldest Nov embers on record. Forecasts said a storm was heading south from Alaska that would bring precipitation of snow and rain to the state by tomorrow. , Coldest official reading today was 16 below at Baker. But the State Highway department re- Baker, Ore It was 14 de grees colder in Baker at 4:30 a.m. today than it was in Nome, Alaska, at the same time. Baker had IS below zero, Nome two below. ported an unofficial low of 26 below at Chemult and East Dia mond lake. Austin had 24 be low zero, Meacham 22 below and Lapine and Bly each 20 below, according to the highway de partment. 14 Below at Bend Bend had 14 below, according to the weather bureau, while it was 12 below at Redmond and 11 below at Burns, where an all time record low for this early was set for the second day in a row. Portland and Pendleton also had record lows again for this early. Portland had 13 above and Pendleton six below. Eu gene had 13 above and Salem 10 above. The freeze had ruined remain ing truck crops. The East Side Farmers' market in Portland was closed early today because of a lack of fresh produce. Storm Moving Southward The weather man said another storm system from the Gulf of Alaska was moving southward. This was described as more po tent than the past two which threatened heavy snows but which veered to southwest Ore gon and California. The new storm was taking a more easterly path and eventu ally will replace the cold mass of air over the Northwest, the weather bureau said. This was expected to mean snow start ing Wednesday but also rising temperatures for the next sev eral days with snow changing to rain. Other low temperatures in cluded 17 at Astoria, 29 at Brook ings, 11 below at Burns, four be low at Klamath Falls, three be low at Lakeview, 22 at Medford, 23 at Newport, 25 at North Bend, 1 two above at The Dalles. The high in Oregon yesterday was 43 at Brookings. . But there were worse places than Oregon. The high temper ature in Helena, Mont., yester day was seven below zero. (See Story on Page 11) Salem (U.R) Walter F. Sar gent, rehabilitation forester in the northwest Oregon district, has been promoted to district warden at Forest Grove. Kick - Off oaign will meet for breakfast each day during the drive. Oreganization of the general campaign started today, Walter G. Garner, chairman, announc ed, which will be divided into four divisions with three groups of workers in each division. Robert Dames, John Graff, Dwight Houghton and Vic Mil nes are managers of divisions. James J. Dunlevy is associate chairman. Garner pointed out the cam paign "is a voluntary organiza tion. Any man who can spend several hours a day or in the evening and attend daily report breakfasts is invited to volunteer his service." The general campaign organi zation and the advance gifts group will combine forces when the latter reaches an objective of about S400,000. Both organi zations will solicit subscriptions in the general campaign, ADLAI STEVENSON Now Officially evercson In! eiitlon To Seek emo Nomination Chicago (U.R) Adlai E. Stevenson today announced he will run for the 1956 Democrat ic presidential nomination. "I shall be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Pres ident next year," Stevenson said. He gave three reasons for seek ing the nomination: 1. He believes it "important" for the Democratic Party to take over the national administration. 2. He has been "assured" of support from "representative people in and out of my party throughout the country." 3. He believes all citizens should contribute what they can "to the search for a safer, saner :worldJ- i "I shall be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Pres ident next year. "I shall do all I can to per suade my party to entrust that immense responsibility to me again, because: "First, I believe it important fcr the Democratic Party to re sume the executive direction of our national affairs; "Second, I am assured that my Public Hearings On Council Agenda Two public hearings and sev eral ordinances are on the agen da for the pity council at its 7:30 p.m. meeting today. Hearinr- will be held on in stallation of water mains in the recently annexed Laurelhurst addition, and vacation of an al ley in the Crowell addition. Con tinued hearings on annexation of California Pacific Utilities property on Groveland ave., and on property owned by Ben ton Smith and Odell Larson on Murray st. also are scheduled. Ordinances authorizing con struction and calling for bids for the Laurelhurst addition water mains, annexation of property on Murray st., vacating the Crowell addition alley, and ac cepting work done recently by J. C. Compton company will be considered. ' The council also will consider an ordinance permitting instal lation of bicycle racks and bicy cle parking in city street park ing strips. City Manager Robert Duff will report on the Verde Hills sanitary sewer system. Resi dents recently asked the coun cil to consider installing a sewer as soon as possible. Comparative costs on trunk line installation and construction of a pump house and pressure line will be available. William B. Tucker Gets 30-Year Service Award . Salem (U.R) The Oregon Farm Bureau Federation today honored 30 men and women for service to Oregon agriculture over the past 30 years.-Honors were bestowed at the 24th an nual convention of the federa tion being held here. Among those receiving 30 year service pins was William B. Tucker, Medford, Jackson county agent, for his work in extension service. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow Jones closing stock averages: 30 industrials 487.07, up 2.19; 20 railroads 161.09, off 0.72; 15 ut ilities 64.75, off 0.08; 65 stocks 172.06, up 0.16. a Candidate Reveals candidacy would be welcomed ' by representative people in and out of my party throughout the country; "Third, I believe any citizen should make whatever contribu tion he can to the search, for a safer, saner world. "It is of first importance to return the executive branch, of our government to the Demo cratic Party because it is appar ent that wisdom and responsi bility began to reappear in the conduct of our affairs only with, the return of Congress to Demo cratic leadership in the 1954 election. "Seldom beiore has the United States faced a period of greater opportunity and greater dang- er. "Our great opportunity lies in the fact that our prosperity and. wealth can now be used to give all our people the higher stan dards and wider opportunities which are mankind's universal dream. These are now within our reach, not simply for a favored few, but for every family in Am erica. Communist Danger "Our danger lies in the ambi tion of a new tyranny for mast ery of the world, and in Com munist exploitation of the hope and discontents of the two-thirds of mankind who now demand a share in the good things of life. In partnership with our friends and allies, with confidence bom of strength and influence 'born of magnanimity, we must work to uproot the deep causes of con flict and tension and to outlaw the very means of war in this atomic age. "The task of the Democratic party is to make prosperity and peace' not a political slogan but an active search for a better America and a better world. "I am ready to do what I can to that end either as a worker in the ranks or at the top of the ticket if my party sees fit to so honor me." Headquarters Ready The statement was handed to newsmen in a three-room suite already engaged as his political headquarters, a short distance from his LaSalle st. law offices. Stevenson was not on hand when the statement was issued at his offices, but planned to read the statement later before a tele vision camera. Frank Cripe Home Damaged by Blaze The home -of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cripe, route 2, box 383, Medford, was almost totally de stroyed by fire last night. The Central Point rural fire department dispatched four units to the fire at 8:10 p.m. The house was located on . the Thomas Whittle ranch, on the Jacksonville-Central Point hwy. south of Beale lane. Firemen, who were hampered by cold weather, saved some articles of clothing and furniture from the house and prevented the fire from spreading to near by machine sheds. Origin of the blaze was not known. - - .. , At 6:42 a.m., today, one unit was dispatched by the rural fire department to put out a small, fire around a flue in the home of Mrs. Floyd Hedgpeth, on the Upton rd., north of Central Point. 1 f
