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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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