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BLUE CRUTCH D A Y Jerry Lausmann, right,! county March of
Dimes chairman, is shown above pinning a Blue Crutch on Jerry
Russell, young polio victim. The little crutches, symbol of the fight
against polio, will be sold on streets of towns throughout Jackson
county tomorrow with all f unds to go to the polio campaign. Young
Russell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W, Russell, 647 J st., was strick
en with polio in Junction City in September, 1953, and was cared
for by the Lane county chapter of the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis. In July, 1955, the family moved to Jackson coun
ty and. the, local chapter has care for him since that time. -
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Fafwt
Plate
Amendment Favored
Salem flJ.R) The section : of
the motor vehicle code dealing
with issuance of farm plates
should be amended to eliminate
illegal use of such plates, the
Legislative Highway Interim
Committee was told today.'
; A report to the committee by
H. G. Maison, superintendent of
state police, said the department
had issued 130 citations during
the past year for farm plate
violations.
Objects lo Requirement
Earl McNutt, Eugene contrac
tor and farmer and former mem
ber of the Legislature, objected
to one requirement for farm
plates, that of making the major
part of one's livelihood from the
farm.
"I own ? and operate a farm
but I get my living from other
sources too," he said. "However,
I don't think a farmer in my fix
should be penalized."
He suggested the requirement
for farm plates should be that
the vehicle is used in farm work,
regardless of what other sources
of income its owner might have.
Robert Gile, head of the mo
tor vehicle division of the sec
retary of state's office, which
issues farm plates, said that the
farm plate section of the law
was the most difficult to enforce.
He told the committee headed
by Sen. Warren A. McMinimee
of Tillamook that the depart
ment had 97 cases of violation
under investigation and that
about 30 holders of such plates
had returned them when it was
Soiii? Elected Head
Of Local UN Group
LawTence Solin was elected
president of Medford chapter,
Oregon United Nations associa
tion, last night at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Bosworth Jr.
Solin has been serving as treas
urer. Bruce Manley is retiring
president.
Other officers elected were
Mrs. Bosworth, vice-president;
Mrs. George Rode,, treasurer,
and Miss Mary K. Davenport,
secretary. Retiring officers will
make up the. board of directors,
with Manley as chairman. '
.Miss Noreen Kelly spoke on
a European tour last year. She
said' she found approval of the
United Nations among younger
people of Europe, but that older
people were reluctant . to give
up prejudices and hatreds
brought on by past events.
Code
found that the department had
evidence of illegal use.
Wilbur Seeley of Woodburn
cited several cases to the com
mittee in which trucks using
farm plates were hauling in com
petition to trucks with PUC
plates.. The latter pay a weight
mile tax which the farm plate
trucks do not. .
Local Officials in
Klamath Falls Today
Several Medford mci were in
Klamath Falls this afternoon,"
meeting" with members of the
state interim committee on local
government, which plans to hold
hearings in both Klamath Falls
and Medford soon.
County Judge Raymond Lath
rop, Grants" Pass, a member of
the committee, arranged the
meeting as a planning session
for the hearings, which will be
held on consecutive days in the
two cities. The hearings are to
gather information about local
problems dealing with fringe
area growth on which to base
recommendations for needed leg
islation at the next session of
the legislature.
Among those attending today's
meeting were County Judge Rod
ney Keating, Mayor Earl Miller
and City Manager Robert Duff
of Medford and others.
Eugene (U.R) George Hostet
ler, Redmond, has been elected
president of the Oregon Dairy
men's Association.
Three Fridays Fall
On the 13th in '56
Feel unlucky today?
It's Friday the 13th. but if
you get through it successful
ly, don't congratulate your
self too proudly. There are
two more Friday the 13ths
ahead in 1956 one in April
- and another in July.
-Thirteen has been consid
ered an unlucky number for
centuries. Friday was consid
ered the luckiest day of the
week by ancient Scandinavi
an but ever since Christ was
crucified, on Friday, many
people have had a supersti
tion against it. Friday- was
- also known as Hangman's day
because it was once the day
. chosen for execution of criminals.
Chance Remote
Fifth Survived
Indian Attack
One Man Decapitated,
Radio Report Says
Quito, Ecuador (U.R) The
bodies of four massacred Ameri
can missionaries have- been
found in the "green hell" jungles
of eastern Ecuador, and there is
only a "remote chance" that a
fifth survived a savage Indian
attack, it was reported today.
An -unconfirmed radio report
from the jungle said at least one
of the slain men had been de
capitated recalling the Auca
Indians' grisly practice of
shrinking the heads of their vic
tims. Only one of the murdered
missionaries had been positively
identified so far Nathaniel
Saint, of Fullerton, Calf., the
only member of the party who
was wearing khaki clothing.
Mutilation made it impossible to
identify the other three bodies.
The vmen who flew into the
jungle with Saint Sunday were
T. Edward McCully Jr., Wau
watosa, Wis.; Roger Youdarin,
Billings, Mont.; Peter Fleming,
Seattle, and James Elliott, Port
land, Ore.
Sighted From Helicopter
A U.S. Army helicopter man
ned by Capt. Robert B. McGhee
and 1st Lt. James E. Claunch,
based at Fort Kobbe, Panama
Canal Zone, . sighted the four
bodies yesterday in shallow
water along the banks of the
rain-swollen Curacay river. Also
aboard the craft was Maj. Mal
colm L. Nurnberg, who is air
craft maintenance officer for
the U.S. Air Force mission in
Quito.
Abraham Vanderpoint, an of
ficial of the Protestant mission
that sent the five men to con
vert the A u c a s, reported by
radio from the jungle that "there
is a remote chance the fifth mis
sionary is still alive, but hope is
fading with the passage of time."
Two men sighted early Thurs
day near the scene of the mas
sacre 'and tentatively identified
as survivors turned out later to
be friendly Jibaro Indians who
guided- searchers to the : mis
sionaries' radio set.
Meanwhile, examaination of
the reports prepared by the mis
sionaries before their last, fatal
trip into the jungle indicated
they probably were slain by
Aucas they had not met on pre
vious trips.
Relations Were Friendly
The five men had established
friendly relations with the In
dians who lived near the river
beach. They had won the In
dians' confidence to such an ex
tent that a few of the bolder
savages came close enough to
shake hands, and one even went
for a short hop in the, mission
plane.
"The Indian gave yells of
happiness while in the air,"
Saint said in his report of the
day's activites.
A week ago today, the mis
sionaries set up a prefabricated
hut on the river bank without
drawing any protest from the
Indians.
On Sunday disaster struck,
and the last report radioed by
Saint indicated it was . the re
sult of the arrival of strangers
on the scene.
"Here come some Indians we
have not met before," he said.
"Everything OK. Will contact
you again at 4:30 p.m."
Knowland Asked To
File in Wisconsin
Milwaukee U.R) A 20-mem-ber
Wisconsin committee today
asked Sen. William Knowland
(R.-Calif.) to enter his name in
the Wisconsin Republican presi
dential primary election this
spring.
The Knowland for President
Planning committe, which was
organized here today, sent a
telegram to Knowland in Wash
ington. It was signed by Ashland
Editor John Chappie, who or
ganized the group.
"I urge you to enter your
name in the Wisconsin presi
dential primary," Chappie
wrote. "As we see it, the issue
is American foreign policy, and
the fate of our nation and our
civilization is at stak.e. On this
issue we are firmly united in
your support."
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 481.80 unchanged, 20 rails
160.68 up 0.57, 15 utilities 64.01
up 0.10, and 65 stocks 470.58
up 0.22. Sales' today were about
2,120,000 shares compared with
2,310,000 yesterday.
Salem (U.R Byron D. Mc-
Bride, Lake Grove, has filed "his
candidacy for Democratic nom
ination for state,, representative
from Clackamas county.
MEDFORr
United Press Full leased Wire
50th Year 20 Pages
ih
Reason Behind
'Hurry' in Sarena
Case To Be Probed
Decision Said Made
Prior to Reports
Washington (U.R) Sen. W.
Kerr Scott said today his joint
congressional subcommittee will
try to find out next week why
the government was in such a
"mighty big hurry" to hand pub
lic lands in Oregon over to pri
vate ownership.
The North Carolina Democrat
said the Interior Department
was in such a hurry it handed
down its 17-page final decision
in the controversial Al Sarena
mining claim case before the
field reports reached Washing
ton. IS Claims Involved
The case involves the grant
ing of full title to 15 mining
claims beneath 300 acres of na
tional forest to Al Sarena Mines,
Inc., of Mobile, Ala. Democrats
say the title was sought for the
timber. Republicans charge an
attempt to "smear" the adminis
tration is underway.
Scott, chairman of a Senate
and House subcommittee looking
into the case, said yesterday rec
ords show field reports on the
claims were mailed from Spo
kane Jan. 5, 1954. But, he added,
the final decision was handed
down "the" very next day."
Concrete Evidence
The dates, he said, are "very
concrete evidence that the In
terior Department, for some as
yet undisclosed reason,; was in
a mighty big hurry to hand over
these public lands to private
ownership." The claims are in
the Rogue River National Forest.
The congressional investigat
ors have -called on-Forest Ser
vice officials to determine
whether Al Sarena got a $110,000
windfall out of the .deal.
One source said Al Sarena al
ready has taken $110,000 in tim
ber from the land and still has
$140,000 left. Another said only
$77,000 worth of timber-was on
the claims originally.
The hearings resume Tuesday.
Columbia Utilities
Buys PT&T Property
About 40 suburban party line
telephone subscribers in the
White City area were trans
ferred recently from the Med
ford exchange of the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph com
pany to Columbia Utilities com
pany exchange, D. O. Hood,
president of Columbia Utilities,
has announced.
The sale of certain telephone
territory and outside plant fa
cilities for $6,000 cash was
granted by Oregon Public Utili
ties commissioner to the PT&T
last month. The price did not in
clude telephone instruments.
Hood said "'the transfer in
cludes stations along Crater
Lake highway between Four
Corner and Gregory rd., Sticky
lane, Corey rd., Foothills drive,
and Gregory rd., an area gen
erally continguous to the White
City exchange.
Housing construction under
way in the area is expected to
ultimately increase the total
subscriber stations by about
200, Hood said.
Extended area toll free serv
ice between White City and
Medford, and between White
City, Central Point and Eagle
Point was established last year.
Eisenhower Expected To Consent To
Nome Appearing on New Hampshire Ballot
Washington (U.R) Sen.
Styles Bridge (R-N.H.) said to
day he expects. President Eisen
hower to csnsent to his name
being placed on the ballot of
New Hampshire's March 13
presidential primary.
Such consent would not neces
sarily mean, however, that Mr.
Eisenhower had decided definite
ly to be-a candidate for renomi
nation. Bridges' statement to reports
echoed a similar one from Gov.
Lane Dwinnell of New Hamp
shire. Dwinnell announced yes
sy-&
, - United Press Fall Leased Wire .
V
II Ike Call s M eeti i n g
On Atoms ffoir Peace
Washington (U.R Presi
dent Eisenhower today sum
moned five top advisers to find
a way to breathe life into his
bogged - down atoms - for - peace
program.
Although Mr. Eisenhower un
veiled two years ago his dra
matic plan to put the atom to
peaceful use for all men, ground
so far has not been broken for
even the first atomic reactor en
visioned under the program. .
The President called these of
ficials to confer on the prob
lem: Secretary of State John
D'Autremont Case
Extension Granted
District Attorney Walter Nun
ley this week was granted an ex
tension of time to Feb. 6 in
which to consider motions filed
in "circuit court requestng dis
missal of five indictments
against Hugh D'Autremont.
The motions were filed late
last month by Attorney Edward
C. Kelly. D'Autremont is serv
ing a life sentence in the state
penitentiary for first degree
murder. He was conviced in con
nection with the robbery and
dynamiting of a Southern Pa
cific mail train in the Siskiyous
in 1923.
Hs brothers, Roy and Ray
D'Autremont, also were con
victed of the same crime and are
still serving life sentences.
Kelly seeks dismissal of the
remaining indictments against
Hugh D'Autremont on the basis
that the period of time elapsing
during which the charges have
not been brought to trial is too
great. - -
HEW Gives Sanction
To Valley Hospital
The federal Health, Education
and Welfare department has
given preliminary approval of
the proposed Rogue Valley Me
morial hospital, Rep. Harris
Ellsworth and Sen. Richard
Neuberger informed the Mail
Tribune today.
In a telephone conversation
shortly after nopn, Ellsworth
said he was notified today of
the preliminary approval, which
includes a grant of $563,960 in
federal Hill-Burton funds.
On the basis of preliminary
approval, they said, the board of
directors may proceed with
plans and specifications, and fin
al approval will come after plans
are completed. !
A general fund raising cam
paign is now under way in Jack
son county to raise part of the
estimated $1,900,000 necessary
for construction and equipping
the 78-bed hospital at the corner
of Barnett and Murphy rds.
The federal grant previously
was recommended by the Ore
gon State board of health.
Copper Released to
Flood-Ravaged States
Washington U.R) The gov
ernment announced today it will
release 4,200,000 pounds of cop
per for use in rehabilitating
flood damaged areas in Califor
nia, Oregon and Nevada.
The supplies will be taken
from inventories maintained for
defense production.
terday that petitions will be
filed Monday to enter Mr. Eisen
hower in the state's primary.
Dwinnell said he expects to get
approval from Washington.
He pointed out that Mr. Eisen
hower could consent either in
the form of a public statement
or by mere silence.
. Under New- Hampshire law,
petitions to enter candidates in
the presidential primaries can
be filed from today until Feb. 1.
When ths is done, the secretary
of state must notify the candi
date as soon as possible. The
,, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1956
Foster Dulles, Defense Secretary
Charles E. Wilson, Treasury Sec
retary George M. Humphrey,
Atomic Energy Chairman -Lewis
L. Strauss and Dillon Anderson,
the President's special adviser
on national security matters.
Mr. Eisenhower announced his
atoms-for-peace plan in an his
toric' address before the United
Nations Dec. 8, 1953. He urged
then that an international atomic
energy agency be created and
Dulles Backs Up .
Statements About
Threats of War
Washington (U.R) Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles to
day stood back of his Life maga
zine statements that only strong
action by the Eisenhower ad
ministration has prevented .war
with Red China on three differ
ent occasions.
A storm of protest arose after
Life quoted Dulles as saying the
administration "walked to the
brink of war" with Red China
three times, "looked it in the
face," and took "strong action",
to avert it. "
State Department ' Press Offi
cer Lincoln White told reporters
that lthe secretary has now read
the Life article."
"He (Dulles) feels the state
ments specifically attributed to
him do not require correction
from the standpoint of their sub
stance," White said., "That is
all."
The Dulles statement, how
ever, did not settle one of the
main points as to whether Brit
ain had agreed to take united
action in Indochina in 1954 if
the Geneva truce talks had failed.
The article said the British had
a change of heart after Dulles
had believed they would agree
to intervention. However, this
was not specifically attributed to
Dulles. - i
In the article quotations at
tributed directly to Dulles were
quite limited.
The statements .attributed to
Dulles which he said are correct
in substance were that the Eisen
hower administration had to look
war "square in the face on the
question of getting into the Indo
china war, on the question of
Formosa."
"We walked to the brink and
we looked it in the face," Dulles
said.' "We took strong action."
(See Stories on Page 8)
Jackson Industry
Due Ordnance Aid
Oakland, Calif . (U.R) The
San Francisco Ordnance District
announced today it is extending
its priority procurement pro
gram into 12 flood-stricken coun
ties of Oregon and six in Ne
vada. Fifty-one California counties
already have been certified by
the Office of Defense Mobiliza
tion for possible industrial re
lief. The Oregon counties affected
are Benton, Clackamas, Coos,
Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Jose
phine, Lane, Linn, Marion, Polk
and Washington.
candidate, may withdraw within
10 days after receipt of the
notice.
The deadline for " Mr. Eisen
hower, to pull out of the New
Hampshire primary would fall
two to three weeks before the
scheduled final report from his
doctors on his recovery from his
September heart attack.
Hence the President . might
agree to let his name remain on
the New Hampshire ballot while
deferring until later a decision
on whether to seek a second
term. He said last Sunday he
had not reached a firm decision.
Price 5c
No. 252
TMAL- PLANHED
that the major atomic powers
contribute fissionable material
to an atomic bank run by the
agency.
The stockpile would be used
for all kinds of peaceful pur
poses, but especially for provid
ing "abundant electrical energy
in the power-starved areas of "the
world."
Despite favorable reception of
the idea, no agency has been
set up yet because' of Soviet
stalling and other problems. The
United States already has gone
ahead with a program of its own
to help friendly nations build
research reactors and train nu
clear scientists. Agreements have
been signed with 19 nations and
five others are pending.
But although the first of these
bilateral agreements was signed
more than eight months ago, no
work has yet started on con
struction of a reactor.
ids Asked on Four
Area Road Projects
Bids on four Jackson county
road projects will be received
by the Oregon State Highway
commission in Portland later
this month. ,
Bids for a 302-foot reinforced
concrete deck gridder bridge
over Applegate river about nine
miles south of Ruch will be
opened at 9 a.m. Thursday, Jan.
26. The bridge will replace, the
wooden covered ' McKee bridge.
Completion date is Nov. 30,
1956.
. Two projects are along Crater
Lake Highway. One is in the
Casey Park section about six
miles northeast of Trail for .24
mile of grading and oiling, to
be -completed by July 31, 1956.
The other is .68 mile of grading
and paving in the Reese creek
section about 15 miles northeast
of Medford. Completion date is
Aug. 31, 1956.
The fourth project is in Ash
land for structures overyAshland
creek at Water st. The project
calls for a 256-foot reinforced
concrete deck girder bridge with
approaches. Completion date is
Sept. 30, 1956.
Bids on the latter three proj
ects will be opened in Portland
at 9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 27.
Kefauver Loses Two
Wisconsin Supporters
Milwaukee U.R) A serious
crimp developed in Sen. Estes
Kefauver's Wisconsin presiden
tial primary plans today with
the withdrawal of two of his ar
dent 1952 supporters.
State Sen. Casimir Kendzior
ski (D.-Milwaukee) and Fred
Voigt said they were pulling out
of the Kefauver campaign be
cause they doubted his sincerity
in dealing with his supporters.
Voigt was executive secretary
of the 1952 Kefauver for Presi
dent club of Wisconsin. Kend
ziorski was temporary chairman
of the New Friends of Kefauver
committee until a permanent or
ganization was' completed this
week. '
The two men said they felt
the Tennessee senator had by
passed them in dealing with
Wisconsin Democrats in his cam
paign organization.
Road Conditions
Highway 66, Green Springs
Some snow and ice, traffic
moving without chains.
Highway 99,. Siskiyous
Some snow and ice, traffic
moving without chains.
Highway 99, north Pave
ment bare.
Highway 97 Snow in
places, motorists . advised to
carry chains.
Highway 101 Open to all
traffic with some delays.
. California highways Some
icy conditions, motorists ad
vised to carry chains. .
Highway 62, Crater Lake
National Park South and
west " entrances open, chains
advised; open Annie Springs
to rim, chains required; skiing
good; AVz inches new snow,
103 inches on the ground.
Weather
FORECAST: Thickening cloudi
ness tonight. Rain and gusty
winds Saturday. Low tonight
38-40. High Saturday 50.
TEMPERATURE
High Yesterday 54
Lowest This Morning , ... 35
PRE'CIPITATION
To 4:30 a.m. Today
District Attorney
Seeks Indictments
In Biggest Robbery
O'Keefe Expected
To Be Star Witness
Boston (U.R) A Grand
Jury today indicted the gang
which allegedly staged the
$1,213,000 Brinks robbery.
Boston (U.R) The state
moved swiftly today to prose
cute the bandit gang that staged
the $1,219,000 Brinks holdxip
nearly six years ago.
District Attorney Garrett H.
Byrne went before a Grand Jury
to obtain indictments. His star
witness was expected- to be Jo
seph (Specs) O'Keefe, 49, one
of the alleged participants in
history's biggest cash robbery.
Byrne entered the Grand Jury
room witlj two aides to make an.
initial statement. O'Keefe was .
scheduled to follow him.
O'Keefe, his wrists manacled
to his waist, was brought under
heavy guard from East Cam
bridge jail to the Suffolk county
courthouse.
He had been lodged at the
jail overnight after "telling all"
to Byrne.
Say Crime Solved
Grand Jury proceedings are
secret.
With information provided by
O'Keefe, the FBI yesterday an
nounced solution of the biggest
cash holdup in history, five days
before it might have become a
"perfect crime."
.The deadline for prosecution
under the statute of limitations
expires Tuesday, preventing the
commonwealth from bringing
the bandits into court.
Six suspects were arrested
yesterday. Two others, including
O'Keefe, already were in jail,
two were being hunted and one
was dead.
Authorities said O'Keefe ap
parently had a "falling out"
with his plans and decided to
turn informer. Byrne said no
deal was made with the gang
ster. '
Attempt on Life
In June," 1954, O'Keefe nar
rowly escaped a machine gun
ning by paid killer, Elmer (Trig
ger) Burke, who now is under
a death sentence in New York
for a barroom slaying in that
state. '
Police have theorized the at
tempt on O'Keefe's life stemmed
from friction among the Brinks
gang. .
None of the stolen money was
recovered.
The solution came as most law
enforcement officers were about
to give up their long investiga
tion of the crime. The famous
holdup occurred Jan. 17, 1950,
and under Massachusetts law
the statute of limitations was
scheduled to expire next Tues
day. Most constitutional authori
ties believed a three-year ex
tension voted by last year's legis
lature never would have held
up in court.
In a dramatic move Thursday,
the FBI announced it had taken
six men into custody in commando-type
raids in the Boston
area.
Six Being Held
Held in total of $670,000 bail
for a hearing Jan. 26 were
Adolph (Jazz) Maffie, 44, of
Quincy, Mass.; Anthony Pino,
45, Boston; Vincent Costa, 41,
P'mbroke, Mass.; Michael V.
Geagan, 47, Milton, Mass.; Jo
seph McGinnis, 32, B,oston; and
Henry Baker, 49, Natick, Mass.
Police were ordered to pick
up James I. Faherty, 44, a Bos
ton bartender, and Thomas F.
Richardson, 47, a Weymouth,-
Mass., longshoreman.
Already in jail on other
charges were O'Keefe and Stan
ley Gusciora, 33, of Stoughton,
Mass. Gusciora is serving time
in Pennsylvania.
The dead gang member was
Joseph S. Banfield, 41, of Bos
ton. It was learned that O'Keefe
had been brooding over his con-
tit; ued imprisonment while other
members of the gang went free.
Salem (U.R) Mayor Robert
F. White said he plans to ask
the city council to consider an
ordinance authorizing fluorida
tion of the city water supply to
improve dental health.