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1 J .flfc A 1 H X f . "3 ; , L- TAX', fffc a J 1 uftfc-- - BE CAREFUL! SKIDS CAN BE FATAL Three persons were killed and four others in jured when a sedan carrying six residents of Detroit homeward skidded on icy Pennsyl vania Turnpike near Somerset, crossed the center strip and crashed into loaded trac- tor-trailer. Body of one of the victims is shown beside the car. Nick Fillips, Pittsburgh manufacturer, arriving on scene seconds after the accident took this picture with a box camera. Fee Claimed Sought To Represent A! Sarena in Mine Claim Dispute Washington i'U.R Richard E. McArdle, chief of the U.S. Forest Service, said today he has no criticism of tha Inter ior Department's procedure in granting 15 disputed mining claims in Oregon's Rogue Ri ver national forest. McArdle told a joint Senate-House subcommittee inves tigating the grants that the procedure had never been fol lowed before "as far as I know." It is "not customary procedure," he said, to have the Bureau of Mines take ad ditional samples of minerals of disputed claims; But under questioning by R e p u b 1 i can subcommittee members, McArdle said Inter ior Secretary Douglas McKay had a right to call on the Bu reau of Mines to take such samples in the Al Sarena mines case. Washington (U.R) A Re publican congressman charged yesterday that a Colorado Dem ocratic party- official sought a fee in- 1952 to represent Al Sar ena Mines, Inc., in its battle for 15 disputed mining claims in Oregon. Rep. Clare E. Hoffman (R Mich.), Tnade the accusation be fore a joint Senate-House sub committee. The Democratic-controlled subcommittee is investi gating the Interior Department's award of the claims to the Al Sarena firm in 1954. Irregularities Checked 'It is checking to see if any ir regularities were involved in the 1954 award. Democrats charge the grant permitted the mining company to make a "rich timber grab." Man Pleads Innocent To Larceny Charge Fred Ernest Hutton, 35, Of 1808 Spring st., pleaded inno cent today in circuit court to a charge of grand larceny. Hut ton was arrested by state police Jan. 8 after a chase at high speeds between Medf ord and Rogue River. He was charged with taking a new Cadillac from Skinner's garage. Trial date is to be set. Jack Richard Crescenzi, 27, 135 Tripp st., who was charged with entering a motor vehicle with intent to steal, was given a two-year suspended sentence -'. to the state penitentiary. He - was charged with taking a tire, wheel and jack from a car own: ed by Colleen Hope Winterhald er. The case of -Clyde J. Mallory, 36, North Bend, charged with burglary of the Earl Richardson residence, 2133 Crater Lake ave. was continued pending a report from the Federal Bureau of In vestigation. Increased Activity Needed In March of Dimes Drive Increased activity in the March of Dimes campaign is needed in the remaining 12 days if Jack son county residents are to do their share in contributing funds to combat polio, Jerry - Laus mann, county chairman, said to day. Lausmann cautioned on pub lic apathy following develop ment of the Salk vaccine and the fact that eradication of polio is now on the horizon. Patient Care Costly "If polio is to be eradicated, Americans must dig deeper than ever before," the chairmai said. He pointed out that care of pre vious polio patients is now more costly than at any other ''time i the history of the National Foundation for Infantile Paraly sis, that much further research remains to be done on the vac cine, and that training of physi cal therapists and other pro fessionals is still a vital part Hoffman said the Democratic official sought a $ip,000 fee of which $8,000 was to be paid only if the Interior Department then under Secretary of Inter ior Oscar Chapman ruled fav orably on the firm's appeal. ' He said the official, whom he did not name, was a Colorado attorney and Democratic nation al committeeman who wrote Chapman about the case in 1953. Hoffman introduced copies of five letters purportedly written by Gerald Rock, Denver attorn ey, to H. P. McDonald Jr., secretary-treasurer of the Al Sar ena Co. . One, dated Nov. 22, 1952, said a hearing on the appeal would be arranged and there was "rea son to believe that we can ob tain a favorable decision." This letter, shown to reporters after the hearing, said "the fee for the service will be $10,000 of which $2,000 is payable in ad vance as a retainer fee and to cover expenses. The remainder of $8,000 will be due and pay able only if a favorable finding is obtained." Hoffman also, introduced a copy of a letter purportedly writ ten by Chapman to. Rock in Oc tober;" 1952. It""said''fhe' Interior' Seven Bids Opened For District Work Seven bids were received by the Medford office of the bureau of reclamation today on construc tion of 900 lineal feet of 42-inch siphon in the Hopkins canal re habilitation program. - The three' apparent low bid ders were the E-W Construction company of Eugene, $49,698; West Coast Construction com pany, Inc., Seattle, $52,090; and P. S. Lord Mechanical contract ors. Portland, $53,171.25. , The bids will be forwarded to the Denver, Colo., engineer of fice for consideration. The work involves replace ment of the existing Antelope creek and Bear creek wood stave siphons." Bids were re ceived for concreteylinder pipe construction. ' Earlier, one bid for the project from Copenhagen and Company of Portland was rejected as too high. Engineer's estimate of the project is $37,203. The Hopkins canal project is part of the over-all Rogue River Valley and Medford Irrigation district rehabilitation projects. Springfield U.R) Spencer W. Alexander, Springfield mer chant, has been named the city's first citizen at the annual joint Chamber of Commerce and Jun ior Chamber banquet. ; of the Foundation's program. Lausmann pointed to Jackson -county's three polio patients in the past three months and said that county chapter officials are keeping their fingers crossed in the hope that it doesn't mean an upsurge in the disease in this area. Treasurer Reports Receipts Aubrey L o p e r, campaign treasurer, said today that re ceipts so far in the drive are about on a par with the same time last year. Today's bank balance stood at $4,823.55 with an additional $550 pledged. The figure includes $567.69 from the Eagle Point Lions club, raised in a log-cutting project. Loper urged county residents who have not already done so to send in the cards they re ceived in the mail. The mailing cards are lagging behind last year, Loper said, despite an in crease in county population. Department would not act on Al Sarena's appeal until after the firm's court suit in the case was disposed of. Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D Ore.), commented that Chapman did not grant the Al Sarena com pany the title it sought to the 15 mining claims in the Rogue riv er national forest. He said the company did not get the land until Douglas McKay became in terior secretary. Six Medford Men Are Nominees For JC Service Award Six Medford men have "been chosen as candidates for the Junior Chamber of Commerce distinguished service award, which will be presented Thurs day, Jan. 26, Gene Piazza, com mittee chairman, has announced. The distinguished service award is part of Junior Chamber Commerce week, Jan. 14 through 21, and is presented to the young man selected as the most outstanding during the pre vious year. Nominees Listed The nominees are: Robert C. Taylor, 905 Oak Grove rd., a member of the edu cation committee of the Med ford Chamber of Commerce, and president of Oak Grove PTA. Thomas J. Reeder, 135 North Ivy st., chairman for the 1955 March of Dimes, and Jaycee safety chairman for the state. Manville M. Heisel, 1808 Thomas rd., chairman of the Jackson county fund drive for American Red Cross and a mem ber of the board of directors of United Medford Crusade. Special Events Chairman Richard L. Henselman, 333 Ardmore ave., special events chairman of United Medford Crusade and chairman of YMCA summer camp committee. Robert A.--Boyer, 649 South Ivy st., Jackson county chair man for the Democratic" party and vice president for the cere bral palsy chapter. Clifford D. Ouellette, 1532 Terrace dr., secretary for the Jackson County Council for Chil dren and Youth, and a member of . the board of directors of United Medford Crusade. Selection of the winner will be made by a committee of citi zens. Judging will be based on contributions to the community's welfare. Robert Boyer Named To Dinner Committee Robert Boyer, 649 South Ivy st., has been appointed a mem ber of the annual Jefferson-Jackson dinner committee, Dave Shaw, Gold Beach attorney and general chairman has announced. Boyer is chairman of the Jack son county Democratic central committee. Adlai E. Stevenson, candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, will be speaker at the $25 a plate dinner in Port land Saturday, Feb. 11. The din ner is a fund raising affair for the Oregon party. Boyer said tickets for the banquet may be obtained from him. Medford Woman Hurt When Struck By Car Mrs. Carlotta Smith, 68, 6 Newtown st., suffered facial ab rasions and other bruises last night when struck at West Sixth and North Holly sts., by a car driven by Marlys G. Elhart, 1024 South Holly st., according to city police who investigated the accident. Mrs. Smith was reported in satisfactory condition today in Sacred Heart hospital. - Ridgway's Charges On Military Plans Bring Rejection Peace Chance Good, Conference Told Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower said today he con siders John Foster Dulles the best secretary of state he has ever known. Mr. Eisenhower stoutly de fended Dulles despite the uproar over the secretary's "brink of war" statements. He said he has complete faith in Dulles as a man devoted to peace. In effect, he emphatically re jected Democratic demands that he fire or reprimand Dulles for saying the administration "walk ed to the brink" of war three times and that this is the "neces sary art" to maintain peace. Mr. Eisenhower also rejected charges by Gen. Matthew B. Ridgeway, former Army chief of staff, that "political considera tions" dictated the administra tion's new look military pro gram! The President said he had never been guilty of making military decisions out of defer ence to politics. Lots of Advice If he had let politics influ ence military decisions anytime since 1940, the President said there . would never have been an invasion of Europe and Al lied forces would never have crossed the Atlantic in World War II. He said he had been sub jected to military advice of every kind over the years and that it was often deeply felt but sometimes narrowly ' based. At his news conference, the President also: 1. Asserted that prospects for world peace have brightened over the last three years despite the great letdown in the high hopes for peace connected with the July summit meeting at Ge neva. But the President would not say there was cause for com placency in the. world situation, particularly in the Middle East. . 2. Declined comment on re cent informal suggestion by So viet Premier Nikolai Bulganin 'that"" another'"' summit ' meeting might be fruitful. The President said he hadn't even heard the suggestion and therefore had no comment. Comments Limited . The President was most reluc tant to enter the "brink of war" controversy and carefully limit ed his comments about it. He would not say whether he had ever decided, as the Life article said, to use atomic bombs in the Korean and Indochina crises. And he said at the outset that he did not read the article, although he had seen some of the allegations - about what Dulles had said. But the President did say, in discussing peace prospects over the last three years, that cross ing the Yalu river into Manchu ria would have shocked interna tional opinion. The article had said the President had decided to carry the fight into Manchuria with tactical atomic bombs, 11 necessary, to bring peace to Korea. No Desire To Confuse Mr. Eisenhower was reminded that Sen. William F. Knowland, who has presidential aspirations of his own, said last Sunday that he felt the President surely would make 'an announcement one way or the other by mid February. .Mr. Eisenhower said he had no desire to confuse the people or evade the question but that all he could say now was that he would make his de cision as soon as it is firmely reached in his own mind. The President said he has no objection to his name being en tered in presidential primaries. But he emphasized that this did not mean he would run again. He also told a jam-packed news conference, his first in Washington since Aug. 4, that "my future life must be care fully regulated to avoid . exces sive fatigue." Isreal Condemned By Security Council ' United Nations, N. Y. flJ.R) The U. N. Security Council today unanimously condemned Israel for last month's attack on a Syrian outpost on the Sea of Galilee. Russia joined the West in vot ing for a resolution sponsored by the United States, Britain and France which censured the young Jewish state for the attack in which 56 Syrians and six Is raelis died. The measure carried no pro vision for indemnities to Syria or punishment for Israel. Portland (U.R) Charles J. Watt, a 37-year-old plant mana ger and part owner of Consoli date Bottling company here, has filed as a candidate for mayor of Portland. Medf United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 24 Pages Prime Minister's Statement Raises Hopes for Talks Middle East Trouble . Top Conference Item London (U.R) Prime Minis ter Anthony Eden's firm en dorsement of "deterrent power" as the path to peace today raised hopes here for important Anglo American policy agreements in the forthcoming talks in Wash inton. A top item in the conference between Eden and President Eis enhower is the explosive situa tion in the Middle East. The disclosure that surplus British tanks sold as "tractors" were being'transhipped through Belgium to Egypt brought the government under heavy tire from Conservative as well as opposition Lahorite circles. Eden came out in support of the theory of U.' S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles that peace can be maintained through the "deterrent of nu clear weapons" in a major ad dress last night. Dulles outlined the theory in his "brink of war" interview with Life magazine. Eden's speech was a hopeful sign to diplomats who hard turn ed openly pessimistic on the outlook of the Washington con ference after the Dulles inter view provoked angry British reaction. The diplomats said important differences still remained to be ironed out in Anglo-American relations but Eden's willingness to discuss the strategy of ' "de terrent power" provided a foun dation for agreement. - Observers said that Eden dem onstrated his faith in the policy by the airlift of troop reinforce ments to Cyprus last week. Thorny Problems The Arab-Israeli dispute is only one of the thorny prob lems which Mr. Eisenhower and Eden will discuss in the Wash ington talks. Others include Arab antagonism to the anti Communist Baghdad Pact, the recent Communist-led riots in Jordan, the shipmen of Commu nist war materials to the Arab nations which have resulted in an imbalance in the area, and the increasing anti-Western ac tivities of Saudi Arabia. United States commitments for the defense of the Nation alist Chinese offshore islands of Matsu and Quemoy, which Dulles said once brought Amer ica to the brink of war, also will be discussed. Fruitgrowers League Meeting Tomorrow The Fruitgrowers league of Jackson county will hold its an nual meeting at 1:30 p.m. tomor row in the YMCA. R. A. Pat terson, Portland, manager of the Oregon - Washington - California pear bureau will speak on "ad vertising and marketing pears." Others on the program will in clude State Sen. Philip A. Low ry, who will discuss taxation of fruit trees and Dr. John Higdon, who will give the annual report on the Southern Oregon Experi ment station. ' A film on rehabilitation of the Medford and Rogue River Valley Irrigation works will be shown and officers will be elected. Ashland Man Fined On Driving Charge Hayden Richard Mason, 32, Columbia hotel, Ashland, was fined S250 and court costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail in district court today on a charge of driving while under the in fluence of intoxicating liquor. He also received a 90-day sus pension of his operator's license. . Mason was arrested early this morning by state police while driving on Highway 99 between Medford and Ashland. The Dalles (U.R) Some 1500 Jehovah's Witnesses are .expect ed here this week end for a con vention. Dallas (U.R) The .city coun cil has passed a resolution ap proving fluoridation of the city's waier Buppiy. Eden E s 9 i RD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1956 Price 5c No. 257 iiuu.'ses 'Deterrent fomf ROBERT Y. THORNTON -Seeks Reelection Two File Candidacies For Attorney General Salem OI.R) Attorney Gen eral Robert Y. Thornton an nounced today he will seek the Democratic nomination for re election to his post in the May primary. Thornton was the only Demo crat elected to a major state of fice in 1952. In his statement of candidacy, Thornton said he "would con tinue to keep the attorney gen eral's office strong and inde pendent" if he is reelected. He said he opposed making the po sition appointive by the gover nor, -as suggested several times recently by politicians. Dayton Man in Race A Republican, State Sen. Carl Francis of Dayton, also entered the attorney general nomination race. - Francis, a veteran state legis lator, served in the 1943, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1953 and 1955 sessions of the legislature. He is 40 years old and for his age, ranks as one of the oldest law makers, in years of service. Francis pointed out that in six of his seven successful cam paigns he had won both the Re publican and Democratic nomi nations. The Yamhill county attorney DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 468.49 off 4.40; 20 rail roads 155.53 off 1.31; 15 utilities 63.22 off 0.49, and 65 Btocks 166.06 off 1.47. Sales today were about 2,500,000 shares compared with 2,110,000 yesterday. Rescuers Waiting End To Seek Bodies on Blasted Ship Lake Charles, La. U.R) Dis' aster crews waited for the flames to die down today before board ing the explosion-wrecked tanker S. S. Maritime Salem in a search for bodies or survivors. How many men on the ship and docks were killed could not be determined at once. Three were known dead, eight injured, and Calcasieu Parish Coroner Harry Snatic said 24 to 25 men had not been ' accounted for. : The tanker blew up Tuesday night, setting off a holocaust that destroyed, in addition to the ship, two barges and two docks. Dam age was estimated tentatively at $2,000,000 but it was expected to go far beyond that. Loaded With Gasoline The Maritime Salem, fully loaded with 130,000 barrels of gasoline and kerosene, was pre paring to sail for Norfolk, Va., when the first explosion ripped her at 10 p.m. Tuesday. Burning fiercely, she broke in two and sank with her keel in the mud in 35. feet of water. Cities Service Co. owned her and she operated out of New York. At 10 a.m. Wednesday, a sec ond explosion blew off a hatch still above water and sent a new sheet of flame and smoke high into the air. It was this second fire -that kept rescue crews at a distance and from boarding the ship. Flames still spewed today out of two hatches above water. Sna tic said it was doubtful that any one trapped below decks escaped CARL FRANCIS " Republican in Race recalled that he was a member of 1947 Legislature when the State Department of Justice was created. . 10-Year Service For 10 years Francis repre sented Oregon in inter-state ne gotiations as a member of the Interstate Cooperation' CommiS' sion. He is now chairman of the interim committee on sex crime prevention. Francis was admitted to the state bar in 1937. He is married and the father of two daughters. Propose To Withdraw Forest Service Land The Forest service has sub mitted to the bureau of land management a proposal to with draw about 120 acres of public land in Rogue River National forest from application of min ing laws, J. H. Wood, forest su pervisor, has announced. The public lands involved are in use, or proposed for use, for public purposes for a quarry and stockpile site. The site is about six miles south of Diamond lake on Highway 230 just north of the Douglas county line. A 20-day waiting period is pro vided for the general public to submit written comments or ob jections to the proposed with drawal. Withdrawal proposals are filed with the bureau of land management because it is the interior department which con trols changing the status of pub lic land. The forest service is a branch of the department of agriculture. cremation. He said it had not been determined if the initial ex plosion resulted from negli gence, sabotage, or was acci dental. " -Men Leap Into River . Men who escaped leaped into the Calcasieu river, which is the Lake Charles harbor, and swam toward the marshes with burn ing oil pursuing them. Teacher Badly Beaten by Youths in School Corridor Chicago (U.R) The "Black board Jungle" came to life in a Chicago school corridor yester day when two teenage toughs pounced on a teacher and beat him into unconsciousness. Their victim was Anthony Grott, 32, a Purple Heart World War II veteran who found a new kind of warfare outside his eighth grade classroom. -' : He was in Henrotin hospital today, a gash in his head held together by 14 stitches. Doctors planned to take X-rays to deter mine the full extent of his injuries. ' Hanging Around Yard . The attack on Grott followed the pattern of "The Blackboard Jungle," a brutally realistic novel and motion picture about the warfare between teachers and pupils at a New York City school. Grott knew that two ex-students, aged 16 and 17, had been hanging around the yard of the Tribune United Press Fall Leased Wlra Congress Asked To Approve Funds for Military Projects Construction Jobs Proposed in Bill Washington (U.R) The De fense Department today asked Congress to authorize $2,012,- 283,000 for new military con struction projects this year at home and abroad. The Air Force would get $1,- 137,585,000 in the proposed 1956 military public works bill to continue improvement and ex pansion of its global air base network. The Navy would set $418,728.- 000 in the proposed 1956 mili tary public works bill to con tinue improvement and expan sion of its global air base net work. The Navy would get $418,728, 000 and the Army $305,670,000. Commodity Sale Authorized The bill would authorize sale of $150,000,000 worth of sur plus agricultural commodities, the proceeds to finance construc tion in foreign countries of hous ing for American military fam ilies. The Peutagon said the bill in cluded 3740 "urgently needed" new family housing units costing a total of $79,814,000. That hous ing was separate from the com modities for construction pro posal for foreign areas. All States Except One" The program called for new work at 292 installations in every state except West Vir ginia, and in the District of Co lumbia. Construction also be authorized in Alaska, Hawaii, the Caribbean area. Newfound land, Europe, Africa, Pacific lsianas and the Far East. The continental United States program would cost $1,055,281, 000 and the overseas program $554,222,000. The remainder, $402,780,000, or almost 20 per cent of the total, would be for secret projects of the three ser vices. Weather FORECAST: Mostly cloudy with occasional rain showers to night. Patchy fog Friday morning with rain by after noon. Low tonight 38-40. High Friday SO. : Temp. Highest Yesterday 47 Lowest this Morning 40 Prec. to 10 a-m. Today .29 of Flames Ralph Rice Jr., 47, of West- ford, Mass., a machinist who was one of the injured, told how it felt, with the fire 10 feet away from him and closing in. "I just gave up and thought this was the end. I could feel the heat of .the flames and hear it popping and sizzling in my ears. Then the wind sprang up ' again and held the fire back. Schiller Elementary School at tempting to molest girls. . . He heard them outside his classroom yesterday and took ac tion. Throwing open the door, he said he started to walk towards the two young hoodlums. "Where you going?" one of the boys demanded. "I'm going to the principal's office," Grott said. Feet, Arms Pinioned He tried to walk past the boys and felt his arms pinioned from behind. Then there was a ' blinding, stabbing pain in his head. "The next thing I knew I was at Henrotin hospital," he said. "The boys must have struck me with some kind of weapon." The boys escaped, - "but the Schiller principal and teachers said they had been recognized as ex-pupils at the school. One of them is a former reformatory inmate and the other k on pro bation, they said. 3
