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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.
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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.
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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.
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