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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, January 8, 1956 Air Force Not Increasing Intercontinental Fleet Washington (U.R) The Air Force reaffirmed Saturday it is not increasing the size of its pro posed intercontinental jet bomb er fleet in the face of reports that Russia is. Authoritative sources expect the United States will have about 500 B52 jet bombers by sometime in 1958. Russia is reported to have ex panded production of intercon tinental jet bombers to enable it possibly to have 600 to 800 by the same time. The Air Force announced Fri day it has placed a $248,000,000 order for about 30 B52 intercon tinental bombers. But officials said the order does not mean' the Air Force plans to expand the number of B52's it already is planning to build. They said the order only represents an additional commit ment of funds. The B52'g cost about $8?000, 000 each. The Air Force announced last summer it was stepping up pro duction of B52's. The announce ment came after a congressional furor over disclosure of unex pected Russian advances in the heavy jet bomber field. Authoritative sources said the number of B52's the Air Force is planning to build will com pletely replace the old B36 sup erbombers. The Strategic Air Command's Intercontinental striking force now consists of 11 B36 wings. The planes covered by the new order will be built by the Seattle Wash., and Wichita, Kans., plants of Boeing Aircraft. The B52 is a 600-mile-an-hour bomber with a range of approx imately 6.000 miles. It can be refueled in flight from jet tank er planes. Man, Wife Drown On Way Back To Home Yuba City, Calif. (U.R) A man and his wife on their way back to their flooded home by boat were drowned in the Feather river Friday night when their craft was swamped by waves from a barge. Deputy Sutter County Coroner Wajter Ullrey identified the couple as Mr. and Mrs. Albert Haymore of Nicolaus. Their 17-3ar-old son, Wesley, succeeded In reaching shore, q Ullrey said the couple, flood ed out of their Nicolaus home, had gone to Verona by boat to buy groceries. He said the acci dent occurred about midway in their six-mile return trip. Haymore, 56, was an uncle of feloyd Ethington, 28, of Yuba City, who, along with his wife nd two children, was drowned in the flood here. Cal Workers May Join Northwestern Counci Portland (U.R) California Lumber and Sawmill Workers are voting on whether to align ihemselves with the union's Northwestern Council, according to Kenneth Davis, council secre tary. Davit saMt the action could be the firsr step toward the forma tion of a big new Western states' council if California joined the unit and other states followed suit as expected. Douglas County Has First Polio Case Roseburg (U.R) Douglas county health authorities Satur day reported the county's first polio victim of the year. Stircken with partial paralysis was Mrs. LeRoy Darnall, 29-year-old mother of two, who lives in Drain. She was being treated in an iron lung at a Eu gene hospital. The county reported eight po lio cases in 1955. Recently Enacted Ground Wafer Aci Explained Here " An explanation of the ground water act of 1955 was given yesterday by David C. Hendrix, water master for this area." The act, which applies to the entire state, provides a means for registration of all claims of rights to appropriate ground water by reason ' of appropria tions actually made before Aug. 3, 1955; for adjudiciation of the rights claimed to determine the extent and priority of each right; and for filing applications and issuance of permits for new ap propriations. It does not apply to appropria tions of surface rights. Provision of Law Provisions of the law concern ing registration of wells and per mits do not apply to appropria tions of ground water for stock watering purposes, for lawns, or non-commercial gardens not ex ceeding one-half acre, nor for single or group domestic pur poses not exceeding 15,000 gal lons per day. They also do not apply to any single industrial or commercial purpose not exceeding 5,000 gal- Jons daily. Persons or public agencies have until Aug. 3, 1958, to file registration statements for any right to appropriate ground wat er by reason of actual and law ful application of such water to beneficial use prior to Aug. 3, 1955. Forms are available for both registration statements or per mit applications at the water masters office in the county courthouse. File For Permit Any person or public agency desiring to make a new appropri ation of ground water after Aug. 3, 1955, must file for permit, which is issued by the state en gineer before construction of a well or any other means of de veloping and securing ground water. On licensing of well drillers, Hendrix said each person who contracts to construct or alter a well must obtain a license from the state engineer. The word "well," he said, ap plies to any artificial opening or altered natural opening, by which ground water is sought. Postal Revenue Here Increases Over 1954 Posct office revenue from stamp sales in Medford during 1955 totaled $44,606.90 more than in 1954, Postmaster Moore Hamilton has announced. Stamp sales for 1955 totaled $574,060.66, compared to $529,- 453.76 in 1954. Most of the increase came in the Oct.-Dec. quarter, Hamilton said. Stamp sales for that perod totaled $280,033.87 as compared to $243,208.05 for the same quarter in 1954, a gain of $36, 825.82. Although no figures are avail able at the present time, Ham ilton said there vas a sub stantially greater volume of in coming maU and parcel post in 1955 than there was the prev ious year. HI r (TO i FEMALE BRASS More gold braid than ever before awarded a female Navy doc tor adorns sleeves of Capt Gioconda Saraniero of Brook lyn just promoted to captain after recently making com mander. Dr. Saraniero re- gorts Jan. 15 for duty in the ureau of Medicine and Sur gery at Washington, ' Seven Killed When Train Hits Vehicle South Bend, Ind. (U.R) Seven persons were killed Satur day when a carload of young sters en route to a high school basketball tournament was struck by a Grand Trunk Rail road passenger train, sheriff's deputies reported. The dead included a mother from New Carlisle, Ind., who was driving her two daughters and several teen-age youths to Walkerton. It was believed some of the youths were members of the New Carlisle basketball team. Police said the station wagon in which nine persons were rid ing cleared one of two tracks in nearby Crumstown, then was struck by the train. Six persons were killed in stantly, one died soon after the accident in a hospital, and two were hospitalized in critical condition, sheriff's deputies said Pacific P&L Files For Project Permit Washington (U.R) Pacific Power & Light Co., of Portland, Ore., has filed for a license to build a $56,219,000 hydro elec tric project on the Lewis river in Washington state. The so-called '.'swift hydro electric project" would consist of two developments on the Lewis in Skamania and Cowlitz coun ties. The development would have a total installed capacity of 256,500 kilowatts. The company said the power output would be used to reduce its purchases from outside sources and to meet growing re quirements on its system. Prince Bernhard To Visit United States Amsterdam (U.R) Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands- husband of Queen Juliana, will leave Tuesday on a two to three week visit to the United States, it was announced . Saturday. The announcement said the Prince will visit New York, Los Angeles, Texas and Washington, D. C. MANY DESCENDANTS Bad Axe, Mich. (U.R) Mrs Catherine Pollum died at the age of 96, leaving 340 descend ants. Survivors included one son, eight daughters, 67 grand children, 219 great r grandchil dren and 45 great-great-grandchildren. icials Start Investigation Into Charlesfown Death Hermiston (U.R) Umatilla county police Saturday were investigating- a two-day-old mur der and suicide uncovered Fri day at Charlestown, a small com munity three miles north of here. The apparent murder victim was Ralph R. Dillon, 35, a Herm iston carpenter. He was shot once in the hip and once in the head by a revolver owned by Clarence Albert Brady, 60, a long-time Charlestown resident and a Corps of Engineers erk at McNary dam. Death Almost Instant District Attorney John Walk er said Brady apparently shot Dillon as the man stood in Brady's small, one - bedroom house, and then sat down and shot himself in the head. Death was almost instant in both cases. Walker said the double shoot ing apparently occurred some time after midnight Wednesday, when the men were seen to leave a Charlestown tavern in which they had been drinking together The shooting was discovered Friday afternoon by Jack Ire land Clow, Brady s neighbor. Clow had noticed Brady's car standing idle for several days, and entered his house to see if there was anything wrong. County authorities could find no motive for the slaying. Walk er said the two men may have had an argument. There was no sign of a struggle in the room 6 9CS5! MHlSXmE FUT " lltl SUBDUES USTH tlUMIKt IICR GLOSS to all Flood Victims Any Refinishing or Paint Material Needed to Re Decorate Your Homes or Business Houses Will Be Discounted 20 Assistance Offered For Questionnaires Anyone wishng assistance in tilling out income question naires now being set out to vet erans or their decendants who receive pensions may obtain it at the Veteran's admnistration office, 35 North Riverside ave., it was announced Friday The VA will answer questions, assist in filling out forms, check them for correctness, and mail them to the proper offce, if the person filling out the form wishes. Income questionnaires are be ing mailed this month by the VA regional office to veterans, to veterans' widows and other dependents receivng pensions. Jail Escapees Make Too Much Noise Klamath Falls (U.R) - An attempted escape from Klamatj county jail Friday night was nipped when the unidentified prisoners attempting the break out kui xoo nozsy. Night jailer Loyd Newlun said he heard unusual noises coming from the felony tier of the jail. When he and Sheriff Murrav Britton investigated thev found a hole cut in a steel screen over one of the windows. Britton said no implements which could have been used in cutting the screen were found. Barbara Hartle To Be Paroled Soon Washington (U.R), Barbara Hartle, a former Eugene, Ore., Communist convicted of conspir ing to overthrow the govern ment, will be paroled Feb. 1. In announcing the parole, the Justice Department said Friday Mrs. Hartle has been active as a government witness in trials of alleged Communist conspirators. She began serving her five year sentence at the women's re formatory at Alderson, W. Va., in 1954. GRANDVIEW-LONE PINE Family Here From Alabama By MRS. LILIAN KNIGHT Grandview-Lone Pine Mr. and Mrs. Alvin S. Kravig ana four children, three boys and one girl, have moved into the Distell home after purchasing it from Mf. and Mrs. George Distell. Kravig is in the advertising side of the National Business and Property Exchange, with the Medford branch office located on West Main Street. The family comes here from Dothan, Ala., where he was a " civilian flight helicopter instructor at Ft. Ruck- ner. The two older boys are now attending Lone Pine school. Mr. and Mrs. Distell have moved into Medford after sell ing their home and buying the house trailer formerly owned by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Kravig. Gary and Lucie Norris, chil dren of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nor ris, are back in school after having their tonsils out during Christmas vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kindred went to Salem to spend Christ mas with their daugher and family, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Lar son. Mrs. Charles Wobbe and baby daughter, Linda Fay, of Brook dale, rd., are home from the hospital and are doing fine. Mrs. Zelma Cooper of Pueblo, Colo., sister of Mrs. Wobbe, is stay ing at the Wobbe home for a few days. Roxanna, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stokes, was home for the Christmas holidays. She is a sophomore at the University of California at Santa Barbara. She went home by way of Ven tura, Calif., where she spent New Year's with friends. Christ mas dinner guests at the Stokes home were their other daughter and two little boys, Mike and Bobby, Medford; and Mrs. Stokes' nephew and wife of Ash land, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Lamb. Mr. and Mrs. William Leever and family of Springbrook rd arrived home Friday after be ing gone about three weeks. They spent Christmas and New Years with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Leever and Mr. and Mrs. Rich ard Leever, parents and brother of Leever, in Phoenix, Ariz They went to Nogales, Mexico, and later visited a brother of Mrs. Leever, Dr. and Mrs. John Brown and family at Orinda, Calif.. The Rev. and Mrs. Martin Brown of Cave Junction were overnight guests Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Knight, Springbrook rd., parents of Mrs. Brown. LJoyd Fogelquist, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Fogelquist, Rob erts rd., returned to his station at San Diego, Calif., after spend ing two weeks with his parents. He is a sonar man on the Sub marine, USS Segundo. Milk Producers' Leaaue To Meet The annual meeting of the Jackson County Milk Producers' league will be held starting at 10 a.m. Monday in the Roxy Ann Grange hall. The day will be devoted to meetings and discussions, with luncheon at noon served by. wo men of the grange under the dir- rection of Mrs. Orie Moore. Victor Birdseye, newly elected president of the Oregon chapter of the American Dairy associa tion, spoke at the meeting of the 1955 board of the league recent ly. He explained functions of the ADA and discussed the organiza tion plan for the Oregon chapter. Promotion of Milk The chapter will work with promotion of high grade milk and dairy products. Reports for 1955 were given by W. E. Da vies, finance committee: Carl Hover, public relations; John Kesler, advertising; and Albert Heuner, market rights. Alan Pierce, public relations counsel for the league, spoke and Manager Dick Westerberg, presi dent of the Oregon league, re ported that milk consumption in the county showed a monthly in crease over the previous year. Market rights and herd of Ro bert Dawn were transferred to Mr. and Mrs. L. Darling. Clar ence Williams, outgoing presi dent presided. Earthquake 'Jiggles' Taccma Area Friday Tacoma, Wash. (U.R) An earthquake that was described as "just a jiggle" was felt here Friday about 8:30 p.m., the Ta coma police department report ed. The police telephone operator said her switchboard was jam med with telephone calls from residents throughout the city who said they, felt the temblor. "One woman said the quake awakened her; another said he felt four distinct jolts," the op erator said. Four Men 'Thumb' Ride To Death Stockholm, Sweden (U.R) Four men "thumbed" their way to death Saturday. , , They died ' when the car in which they were riding plunged into an ice-filled canal. Police said the four had flagged down the mortorist only a few blocks away. The driver and his woman companion were rescued. GOVERNOR TO SPEAK Roseburg (U.R) Gov. Paul Patterson will be keynote speak er here Jan. 14 at the 10th an nual Junior First Citizen award banquet of the Roseburg Junior Chamber of Commerce, accord ing to Dr. J. J. Anderson, Jaycee president GOP SPEAKER Roseburg (U.R) Former Colorado Governor Dan Thorn ton will be keynote speaker at a GOP fundraising dinner here Feb. 8, according to Dr. V. J. Anderson, vice-chairman of the state Young Republican federation. I CHRISTIAN J I SCIENCE J HEALS Station Sundays KWIN 10:15 1400 K.C. A.M. Violates Law, But Charges Dismissed Kingsport, Tenn. (U.R) City Judge Brantley Blue dismissed a charge that cab driver James A. 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