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Temperatures
In Several Stales;
Iraffic Snarled
Southern States
Also Feel Chill
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A bitter cold wave froze the
nation from the Rockies to the
Appalachians and from the Can
adian border to the Gulf Coast
today.
The Arctic air raced across
the Midwest and then poured
into Eastern and Southern
states. Cold wave warnings were
posted for Virginia, West Vir
ginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennes
see, New York state and Pennsyl
vania.
Temperatures Skid
The Canadian freeze also drop
ped temperatures as much as 45
degrees in Nebraska and nudged
the temperature to zero levels
in much of the nation's North.
Early today, cold wave condi
tions ruled through most of the
Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, and
the middle and upper Mississippi
valleys. Temperatures were be
low zero- or close to it in Wis
consin, Minnesota, and North
Dakota, and were below 10 above
as far south as central Illinois,
northern Kansas, and northern
Missouri.
Gusty winds and quick-freezing
snow accompanied the cold
snap' in the Midwest, slowing
traffic to an agonizing crawl in
northern Michigan and causing
close to 1,000 auto accidents in
Chicago.
Car Pile Up
Two miles of cars lined up
for ferries in three and a half
inches of snow at the Straits of
Mackinac in Michigan. State
police reported that it took from
four to five hours to drive the
65 miles from New Buffalo,
Mich., to Chicago.
In the Windy City, the snow
turned main thoroughfares into
icy runways. The accident rate
zoomed and commuters reported
delayed trains because ice had
frozen railroad signals in down-
state Illinois.
Farther south, the tempera
ture dropped to 30 at Memphis,
Tenn., and to 32 at Dallas, Tex.
The weather was mild along the
West Coast, but was marred by
heavy fog along' the southern
California shoreline.
Faure's Survival
Chances Diminish
Paris (U.R) Premier Edgar
Faure's chances of survival
Tuesday in Parliament dimin
ished sharply today despite his
plea to "end this merry-go-round
of governments" and his hopes
of presenting a new disarma-
T:ent plan to the world.
The French press was almost
unanimous in predicting the fall
of the Faure cabinet when the
National Assembly votes on his
sixth vote of confidence in as
many weeks.
Behind' the wave of near-cer
tainty of Faure's defeat in the
National Assembly confidence
vote was the announcement of
the Communist bloc decision not
to support him. In two past con
fidence votes he scraped through
only with Communist support.
Senate Group
Sarena Mining Claims Case
Portland 'U.R) The so-called
Al Serena mining claims case,
subject of a controversy at re
cent federal timber policy hear
ings here, will be studied by the
Senate interior subcommittee in
January. Sen. Richard L. Neu
berger (D.-Ore.) said today.
Sen. Neuberger, in a state
ment released from his office
here denied a claim by Rep.
Harris Ellsworth (R.-Ore.) at last
Friday's hearing that "politics"
motivated the inquiry into the
41 Sarena case by the joint' Con-
orpssional interior subcommit
tee.
'If it's 'rjolitics' for the Amer
ican people to learn why this
pvtraordinarv act took place,
then any governmental vigi
MEDFORD, OREGON, MOND'
Wc s,ji& Host
SPEED DID THIS This was just one car until it met up with this utility pole at high
speed in Pittsburgh, Pa. Four teenagers in the car were thrown clear and two of them
were seriously injured. The accident plunged the entire district into darkness.
or ui
Riddle, Ore. vUR) Sher
iff's deputies armed with gas
grenades were alerted for pos
sible irouble shorily before
noon today as morethan 100
wildcat strikers massed out
side the labor-troubled Kanna
Nickel Company plant here.
Hanna General Manager
Earl Mollard said onh' 60 of
the morning shift's 130 united
steelworkers crossed unsanc
tioned picket lines today. Also,
only a small number of the
200 AFL employees of Bechiel
Construction Company crossed
lines.
Riddle. Ore. (U.R) Labor
problems flared up again yester
dav at the Hanna Nickel com
nanv smelter here as Douglas
county sheriff s officers Drone
up a crowd of 30 to 40 workers
milling around the plant.
A wildcat strike which halted
production and construction
work at the plant was reported
settled ' Saturday when Hanna
General Manager Earl Mollard
and John Rusen, CIO steelwork
ers business agents announced
that strike issues would be han
dled through normal grievance
procedure tinder the union con
tract.
Warning From Sheriff
However, the crowds that
gathered around returning
workers yesterday brought
Courtesy Driver Fails
To Identify Number
No one identified the "Cour
tesy Driver of the Day" license
number published in Sunday's
Mail Tribune, and prize money
will total $10 for Tuesday's
number if it "is identified.
The "Courtesy Driver of the
Day" is part of Medford Safety
council's "Partner in Safety
program. An anti - jaywalking
campaign started today in Jack
son county communities. Cash
awards will be presented to resi
dents who approach jaywalkers
and receive an affirmative an
swer to "Are you Mr. or Mrs
Javwalker?"
Will Study
lance and caution can also be so
labeled," Neuberger said.
"We already have established
by testimony under oath," the
Oregon Democrat said, "that the
highest level of the Interior de
partment overruled the expert
judgment of mineral examiners
in the employ of both the U.S
Forest Service and the Bureau
of Land Management" in the
mining claims case
Sen. Neuberger said the claim
filed by an Alabama company,
also involved "thousands of dol
lars worth" of timber in the
Rosue River National forest and
sn fell within the scope of the
Jpjp
timber hearings, which contin-
ued at Aberdeen, Wash., today.
8, 1955
f tallies Flare up
warning from Sheriff Ira Byrd
that he would make arrests if
ny returning workers were
threatened.
The walkout resulted from an
incident last Monday when four
men walked out after refusing
to clean up a furnace area. When
they returned, they were told
they had been replaced.
Some 350 Hanna company em-
Talent Couple Hurl
In Crash Saturday
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lock-
wood of Talent were in fair con
dition at Ashland General hos
pital today after the car in
which they were riding went
out of control and rolled over
three times near the Lithia
Drive-In theater late Saturday
night.
State police said Lockwood
33, lost control of his car,
swerved from the outside to the
inside lane, skidded sideways
about 144 feet, rolled over three
times and ended ud on its
wheels facing northwest. Lock
wood, and his wife, Marie
Louise, 32, were traveling south
Both were taken to Ashland
General hospital by Litwiller
ambulance. Their conditions
were described as serious Sat
urday night.
In another accident, vehicles
operated by Kenneth John Cho-
kie, 23, of Rock Springs, Wyo.,
and Lewis Barney Kevtzow, 38,
Bishop apartments,, Medford
collided on Highway 62 neai
Four Corners about 12:20 a.m
Sunday. State police said Kevt
zow started to turn onto th
Crater Lake ave. as Chokie was
passing. Damage was minor and
neither driver was injured, po
lice said.
Car Believed Lost
In Highway Slide
Tillamook (U.R) The slide-
strewn Wilson river highway
was open to traffic today as
state police checked a report
that a small red truck may nave
been caught by an earth ava
lanche Saturday night
State Policeman Ted Green
said the driver of one car told
highway workers he had been
following the red truck when
a slide narrowly missed his car
The driver said he could not
see what happened to the truck
Green said it was hoped the
truck got through but that the
area would be checked thor
oughly. Four slides were reported on
the route Saturday night and
some 20 automobiles containing
50 persons were caught in the
area between 5:20 p.m. until
after midnight when the route
was opened xo one-way traiiic.
Some stayed in their cars and
I others in farmhouses.
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ployees and 200 employees of
the Bechtal company which
was installing new furnaces in
the plant walked off the job.
Rusen said the. 30 to .40 men
causing yesterday's disturbance
were not authorized by the un-
oin, but that the union would
not disclaim them.
Crews To Work
Plant manager Mollard said
that while the strike agreement
appeared to be up in the air,
crews would still go back to
work and resume production.
The agreement called for the
four men who touched off the
un-official walkout to stay off
the job until disputed issues
were finally settled.
Roseburg (U.R) Douglas
county sheriff Ira Byrd was in
jured here about 10 p.m. yester
day when a tear gas grenade
went off in his hand.
The sheriff was loading the
grenades as he prepared to leave
for the Hanna Nickel company
at Riddle, Ore., where labor
troubles have flared in the wake
of a wildcat strike.
Attendants at Douglas county
hospital said Byrd's condition
was not serious although he took
some metal fragments in his
hands, arms, chest and stomach.
16-Year-0ld Admits
Eight 'Joy Rides'
A 16-year-old Medford boy,
who was arrested late Saturday
night in connection with an auto
theft, has confessed to taking
eight different cars for joy
rides" and abandoning or return
ing them, according to Medford
police.
The boy was apprehended as
he returned a car reported stolen
from Harry M. Watson, 38 North
Oakdale ave. Watson's car had
been taken for a joyride Nov
22 and returned.
The youth admitted taking an
auto owned by Charles G. Dean
1006 South Oakdale ave., Aug
11. The car had been driven
about 100 miles when returned
The boy also admitted taking
a car owned by. Glenn R. Hoist
from the Medford Senior High
school parking lot Oct. 17; a car
owned bv Talent Sawmills Inc.
from 119 North Oakdale ave
and taking, numerous times,
car owned by H. S. Deuel, 1100
South Oakdale ave.
He admitted the theft of three
additional cars, of which the
owners were not listed, accord
ing to city police.
The boy was held in city jail
for juvenile authorities.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New 'York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 480.96 off 1.92, 20 rails
166.05 off 1.78, 15 utilities 65.43
up 0.12, 65 stocks 172.70 off 0.87
Sales today were about 2,460
000 shares compared ' with 2
190,000 shares traded Friday.
No.
Weather
FORECAST: Continued clondy
through Tuesday with light
rain late Tuesday. Low to
night 42. High Tuesday 54.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 50
Lowest this Morning 44
Prec .to 4:30 a.m. Today, trace.
Young Hoodlums
Object of Hunt in
Sierra Foothills
Sheriff Kidnaped
At Pistol Point
Jackson, Calif. (U.R) More
than 40 highway patrolmen and
sheriff's deputies searched the
Sierra foothills today for two
men who kidnaped the Cala
veras county sheriff and under
sheriff during a wild escape
from Amador county, jail.
, The fugitives were identified
as James Woolsey, 17, and Ron
ald Lloyd Garrett, -18, both of
Sacramento. They, were armed
with a shotgun and two pistols.
A third man, Luis Cervantes,
24, was recaptured.
The kidnap victims, Sheriff
Lester McFall and Deputy Rus
sell Leach, were freed or man
aged to outwit the gunmen. They
were uninjured.
McFall and Leach had picked
up the three last night as they
were walking along a road near
Mokelumne Hill in Calaveras
county. They took them to Jack
son in Amador county as the
nearest point to question them
about a burglary.
Drew Pistols
While they were being ques
tioned, Cervantes, and his com
panions suddenly drew pistols
and lined up the officers and
Amador County Deputies Gildo
Dondero and James Fregulia
against the wall.
Dondero said later the four
officers were dumbfounded
when the suspects got the drop
on them with pistols "that look
ed as big as German 88s."
The suspects handcuffed Don-
aero and Uregulia together.
They, forced McFall and Leach
into the sheriff's patrol car and
fled west toward Sacramento
with Cervantes driving.
On the way, Leach warned
them that McFall had a heart
condition and might suffer an
attack.
"If he does, you'll have a
murder rap on your hands," he
said.
The gunmen decided to let
McFall go. They stopped the car
and ordered him out. A passing
car picked him up and returned
him to Jackson.
Three miles further on, the
gunman spotted the red tail light
of a parked car. Leach claimed
it was "the first roadblock."
Cervantes stopped the car a
few hundred feet further on and
ordered his companions to take
to the hills while he investi
gated. 3
"Then I jumped him," Leach
said. "I went over the back seat
and hit him and knocked him
out."
Meanwhile, Woolsey and Gar
ret stole another car, which
later was found abandoned near
Slough House.
Back in Jackson, Dondero and
Fregulia had managed to free
themselves and notified the
Highway Patrol, which immedi
ately set up roadblocks in the
area.
Examiner Dismisses
Anti-Picket Cases
Salem (U.R) Two complaints
considered possible test cases of
what is left of Oregon's anti
picketing law have been dis
missed by State Labor Exam
iner Fred G. Scherer.
He said over the week-end
that violation of the controver
sial section of the law was not
involved in the cases.
ine cases stemmed from a
labor dispute between the AFL
Teamsters union local 162 and A.
E. Lyon wholesale plumbing
firm in Portland.
Hearings were held in Port
land two months ago.
The complaints before Scherer
came from each of the parties to
the dispute, Ihe company
claimed the union was violating
the anti-picketins law by posting
a picket to force union organiza
tion. The union filed a counter
claim that the Lyon company
had "intimidated, coerced and
discriminated" against one of its
employees.
Sonora, Calif (U.R) Hallett
Abend, author, foreign corres
pondent and newspaperman.
died of a heart attack in the hos
pital here Sunday. He was 66.
Seaview, Wash. (U.R) The
Chinook telephone exchange and
a restaurant were destroyed by
fire Sunday.
Hall Optimistic
Ike Will Again
Seek Election
No Other Candidate,
GOP Chairman Says
Gettysburg, Pa. (U.R) Re
publican National Chairman
Leonard W. Hall said after a
conference with President Eisen
hower today that he felt "very
much encouraged" about pros
pects that the President will run
for reelection.
"So far as Iam concerned,
there is no other candidate,"
Hall told reporters after a 45
minute talk with the President
in his temporary White House
office here.
No Indications by Ike
Hall made it plain that the
President himself did not say or
indicate what his decision will be
about a second term.
The long private talk with
Hall was Mr. Eisenhower's first
admittedly political conference
since his Sept. 24 heart attack.
It was also trie first time the
GOP National Chairman had
seen Mr. Eisenhower since
Sept. 10.
Hall said his optimism about
Mr. Eisenhower seeking reelec
tion was based not only on the
apparent good state of the Pres
ident's health, but also "from his
attitude and his interests in what
is going on interest that goes
beyond today or tomorrow."
Victory Predicted
Hall predicted the President
will run in 1956 "if he feels
able" and that he will defeat the
Democratic candidate by a big
ger margin than in 1952, when
Adlai E. Stevenson carried only
nine states.
Hall said he also expects Vice
President Richard M. Nixon, to
be Mr. Eisenhower's running
mate in 1956. He emphasized
that this was only his personal
opinion.
Hall flew back to Washington
after his news conference.
Medford Hiqh Band
Plans Trip to SF
The fifth annual band bene
fit concert will be held at Med
ford High school auditorium at
p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, I. A.
Mirick, supervisor of instrumen
tal music in Medford schools,
has announced.
Proceeds from the ' concert
will help finance the Medford
High school band's trip to San
Francisco for the East-West
Shrine football game Dec. 31
The Oregon .School Activities as
sociation delegate assembly this
week end authorized trips to
San Francisco by Medford and
Klamath Falls High school
bands.
The concert will feature a
piano solo with band accom
paniment of the "Warsaw Con
certo," solos by Sonja Peterson,
and a 60-vote voice choir direct
ed by Al Lehl. Selections by the
choir include "One Little Can
dle," "All The Things You Are,"
"Dry Bones," and a medley of
Romberg tunes.
Selections by the 92-piece
band under Mirick's direction
will include "Blue Jackets On
Parade," "Cuban Fantasy," "Ta
rantella Capri," "Chop Sticks,"
and several others.
Mirick said tickets are not re
served, and will be sold on a
first - come, first - served basis.
Tickets are available from band
members, at the high school of
fice, the Music Mart and Puruck
cr's Piano House.
Accidental Gunshots
Kill Two Oregonians
By UNITED PRESS
Two Oregonians, including a
15-year-old boy, died in firearms
accidents over the week-end and
another man was killed when he
was struck by a swinging load
of lumber.
Latest gunshot victim was 15-
year-old Merlyn "Osburn Chris
tiansen, Forest Grove, who died
in a Hillsboro hospital yesterday
afternoon.
State police said the boy had
loaded a .22 caliber pistol and
was playing with it when it went
off about 11:30 a.m. The shot
severed a main leg vein and he
died about 2 p.m.
Saturday, Walter Edward
Hamper, 30 ,of Sweet Home, was
accidentally shot to death by his
brother-in-law while hunting m
rough, tangled McDowell creek
area during the either sex sea
son.
Longshoreman Erline Eriksen,
40, Bandon, was killed instantly
Saturday when he was struck in
the head by a sling load of lum
ber which was being loaded on a
barge.
TRACY H. CRUM
Dies Unexpectedly
Heart Attack Fatal
To Tracy H. Crum,
Prominent Lawyer
Tracy Harold Crum, 50, of
route 2, box 199, prominent Med
ford attorney who was active in
church, civic, and lodge affairs,
died unexpectedly at his home
Saturday night, apparently of a
heart attack.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the First
Presbyterian church with the
Rev. D. Kirkland West, pastor,
officiating. Interment will be in
Memory Gardens Memorial
park. Medford lodge No. 103,
AF & AM, is in charge of com
mittal services. Chapel Mortuary
is in charge of arrangements.
Friends wishing to pay their
respects may call at the mortu
ary through Tuesday evening.
Pall Bearers
Casket bearers will be John A.
Graff Jr., Larry Clark, Robert
Duncan, Richard Payne, Otto
Frohnmayer, and Claude Hoover
Honorary pall bearers will be
G. W. Kellington, Dave DeAr-
mond, Richard Welsh, Harry
Skyrman, William McAllister
and Wayne Stevens.
The family has requested that
in lieu of flowers, contributions
be made to the Heart or Cancer
funds.
Born in Illinois
Mr. Crum was born in Mat
toon, 111., Jan. 29, 1905, the son of
Charles and Mary Tracy Crum.
He was married in Mattoon,
111., Sept. 7, .1930, to Mary Eli
zabeth Craddick, who survives.
They came to Oregon 12 years
ago, and to Medford nine years
ago, where Mr. Crum was associ
ated with the First National
bank. Several years ago he
formed a law partnership with
Sam B. Harbison.
He was a member and trustee
of the First Presbyterian church;
the Medford Elk's club, and the
Dalton, 111., lodge of AF & AM.
Besides his wife, he is sur
vived by two daughters, Mrs.
Barbara Lynn Holberton, and
Glenda Jean Crum, both of Med
ford; a son, Stuart, Medford; a
brother, Wayne, Mattoon, 111.,
and three sisters, Mrs. Juanita
Englert, Mrs. Marguerite Thom
as, and Mrs. Birdena Weber, all
of Lafayette, Ind. -
Medford Youth Fined
For Drunk .Driving
A 16-year-old Medford youth
was fined $100 in municipal
court this morning following his
arrest Saturday night, on a
charge of driving while under
the influence of " intoxicating
beverages.
He also received a 10-day sus
pended jail sentence and sus
pension of his operator's license
for 90 days. The case was re
manded to juvenile authorities
following the hearing.
March of Dimes Volunteers
Set Meeting on Wednesday
An organizational meeting of
all Jackson county volunteer
workers in the March of Dimes
campaign, scheduled for next
January, will be held at the
Medford hotel Wednesday at 6:30
p.m., it was announced today by
Jerry Lausmann, county cam
paign director.
Gene Maleckr, state represen
tative of the National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysis, of
Portland, and Mrs. Frederick
Young, state women's advisor,
also of Portland, will attend the
meeting and will be guest speak
ers. Dr. A. Erin Merkel, chair
man of the medical advisory
committee of the Jackson county
chapter, will outline the chap
ter's patient care program and
Dr. William Miller, member of
the medical advisory committee,
Use of Radio
Violated
Russians Claim
Party Freed After
o
Four-Hour Detention
Berlin (U.R) The U.S. Army
announced today that Commu
nist police and Russians held "
four Americans, including two
congressmen and the wif eof one.
at gunpoint for four hours in
East Berlin.
They were Rep. ESward Bol-
and (D-Mass.), Rep. Harold C.
Ostertag (R-N.Y.), and Mrs. Os- -
tertag, and Lt. James T. Mc
Queen of Mullins, SJM. McQueen
was escorting the group.
Maj. Gen. Charles L. Dasher
Jr., U.S. commandant in Berlin,
said he would visit Soviet head
quarters today and personally
deliver a "vigorous protest"' to
Maj. Gen. P. A. Dibrova, over
the "unjustified mistreatment"
of the Americans.
The Russians told the Ameri
cans yesterday the group had
been detained because it "vio-
lated the laws of the German
Democratic Republic by using a
radio in a vehicle in East Ger
man territory."
Radio-Equipped Auto
The Army sedan in which the
group was riding was equipped
with radio for communications
with U. S. headquarters.
Charles Owsley, State Depart
ment political affairs chief in
Berlin, rejected the Soviet con
tention. He said Berlin is a four
power city and the Americans
are not bound by East German
laws.
However, the Incident raised
the question of whether in tie
future the Soviets will insist that
the Western Allies be subject to
East German laws.
Ostertag, 59, is from Attica,
N.Y. He is a member of the
Board of Visitors of the Naval
Academy and a member of the
Commission on Inter-Governmental
Relations. Boland is from
Springfield, Mass. '
Ostertag told a press confer
ence, "It was a harrowing ex
perience. I was disturbed but
felt that somehow it would0 be
straightened out."
Wife Was Nervous
"My wife was rather nerv
ous," he said.
The group visited the Soviet
war memorial, called the Garden
of Remembrance in East Berlin.
This is a frequent visiting place
for Army tourists.
As the Army sedan was leav
ing the memorial grounds, an
East German "peoples police
man" demanded the keys from
the sedan's German driver.
McQueen said, "I took the
keys from the driver but handed
them over to the policeman
when he 'drew his pistol and
cocked it. He did not point the
pistol at any one of us.
I immediately tried to use
the radio telephone to report the
incident to U. S. headquarters,
but was stopped by a second
policeman who drew his pistol.
Held for Hours
McQueen made a second at
tempt to use the radio when the
policemen were not looking.
This time he was successfiS..
The group was held at the me
morial for about 10 minutes and
then taken to an East German
police guard shack nearby where
they were held for almost three
hours. They were taken to So
viet headquarters in East Berlin
for about 45 minutes.
The group always remained
in the sedan.
After their detention the East
German police sent for a Rus
sian Army officer. McQueen said
"The Russian took the whole in
cident very nonchalantly."
Portland (U.R) Two gunmen
held up a Safeway store here
Sunday night and escaped after
herding four employees into a
back room. Police estimated that
I well over $1000 was taken.
will explain the Salk vaccine and
its use.
Other speakers will explain
various phases of the fund-raising
campaign and a question and
answc- period is planned after
each speaker, Lausmann said. .
.Community chairmen for. the
coming campaign, as announced
by Lausmann, are Jerry Gasti
neau, Medford; Bob Dye, Ash
land; Art MacKintosh, Phoenix;
Richard Stratton, Central Point;
Bob DeArmond, Rogue River; B.
J. Christianson, Jacksonville;
Mrs. Curtis Gerhardt, Applegate;
Virginia Gleim, Talent; Glenn
Miller, Gold Hill- William Cody,
Camp White Domiciliary Center;
Don Geren, Eagle Point; F. E.
Poole and D. B. .Finch, Butte
Falls; Eva Segessenman, Shady
Cove; and George Hubbard, Pros-
pect
t