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Ellsworth's
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arena
rings Argument
Washington U.R) Members
of a joint subcommittee argued
today over the role played by
an Oregon congressman in a
. controversial mining claim case.
Interior Undersecretary Clar
ence A. Davis was questioned
about several letters Rep. Har
ris Ellsworth (R.-Ore.) wrote
him in 1953 asking for action
on an application by the Al
Sarena Mining Corp.
The company was seeking
full-title "patents" to 15 claims
in the Rogue River National
... forest. Davis granted the appli
cations in a formal decision in
"1954. One effect of the grant
was to allow the company to cut
timber for commercial sale.
Fraud Said Involved
The subcommittee's counsel,
William A. Coburn, pointed out
that Ellsworth complained on
one letter about "missing" as
say reports on the claims that
had not been forwarded to
Washington. Ellsworth said that
"fraud" was involved if the re
ports were withheld deliber
ately. He asked Davis if he gave
that statement "much weight"
in deciding in favor of Al Sa-.
rena.
Davis said it didn't "make
much impression" on him since
Ellsworth was in the position
of "an advocate, a lawyer" in
the case.
Coburn said that he certainly
agreed that Ellsworth's role was
that of a lawyer.
Rep. Clare Hoffman (R.-Mich.)
shouted that Coburn was accus
ing Ellsworth of a "criminal of
fense." He said a lawyer gets "a
fee, he gets paid for what he
does."
Coburn told him he wasn't
"implying or accusing" the con
gressman of getting a fee. Davis
said he didn't think anything he
or Coburn said would "change
the record," which he indicated
showed only that Ellsworth was
representing a constituent.
Earlier,. Sen. W. Kerr Scott
(D.-N.C.) demanded that Douglas
McKay, interior secretary, testi
Judge Turns Down
Chessman's Appeal
San Francisco (U.R) Federal
Judge Louis E. Goodman today
turned down condemned author
Caryl Chessman's latest bid to
escape the San Quentini gas
chamber.
Judge Goodman refused to
grant the 34-year-old condemned
kidnap-rapist a writ of habeas
corpus which would have led to
a new trial.
In an 11-page decision, the
judge said Chessman failed in an
eight-day hearing beginning Jan.
16 to prove his claims that the
transcript of his Los Angeles
trial eight years ago was fraudu
lently prepared.
Goodman remanded Chessman
to the custody of Warden Hartey
O. Teets at San Quentin and va
cated the stay of execution he
had issued pending the hearing.
re'and Resigns, To
Campaign for Patterson
Salem (U.R) E. J. (Bill) Ire
land said today he has resigned
as secretary of the state Board
of Control and will take an
pactive part in Gov. Paul Patter
son's campaign for the U. S. Sen
ate seat now held by Sen. Wayne
Morse.
William C. Ryan, who has
been co-ordinator of state insti
tutions, will become secretary of
the Board of Control, effective
tomorrow. . ,
Call for Bids on Construction of New
Physical Education Building at Ashland
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Ashland Bids for construc
tion of a new Southern Oregon
college physical education buil
ding at Ashland, will be opened
at 9 a.m., March 13, in the Ben
son hotel, Portland, by the state
board of higher education.
Final plans for the $450,000
structure, drawn by Howard R.
Perrin, Klamath Falls architect,
were approved last week. Bid
ders may obtain plans and speci
Role
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fy before the subcommittee.
Although Davis took full re
sponsibility fc the grants last
week, Scott said he won't feel
the "whole story has been told"
unless McKay testifies before a
joint subcommittee looking into
the matter.
Smear Attempt Charged
Democrats on the subcommit
tee have charged the patents
had the effect of letting the
company do "timber mining" on
a stand of trees they estimate is
worth $250,000.
Republicans call the hearing
an attempt to "smear" McKay
and the Eisenhower administra
tion.
The subcommittee, which has
been holding a hearing or two a
week, planned to recess for the
week again, after today's ses
sion. But aides said an early
windup is in sight.
Mollet Calls for
Confidence Vole;
Outcome Uncertain
Paris (U.R) Premier-designate
Guy Mollet goes before
France's divided National As
sembly today in search of a vote
of confidence he hopes will in
stall his left-of-center govern
ment as France's 22nd since the
war.
The assembly's action today
was as uncertain as the Social
ist leader's political future.
There was bickering, right up
until the last moment among his
own political colleagues and dis
satisfaction on every side.
Success Predicted
Most of the French news
papers predicted success today
in Mollet's first test, but the po
litically well-informed neutral
ist newspaper Combat said "it is
hazardous to make a prediction;
great uncertainty reigned in Na
tional Assembly - circles .. yester-;
day about the results of the
vote." .
Mollet was presenting' a pro
gram based on Algerian politi
cal and social reforms, raises for
salaried workers, assistance to
the aged, "Europeanizaton" and
maintenance of the Atlantic
treaty.
Mollet's republican front con
trols aproximately. 170 votes in
the assembly. He needs ,300 votes
for a comfortable, working ma
jority. ; . ' "
Red Cross Quota Set
At $9,000 for County
Jackson county has been given
a $9,000 Red Cross quota for a
county-wide . drive to begin
March 1.
The quota was set at a recent
meeting here of the local board
with Carl Bellistone, national ad
ministrator for the Red Cross
blood program, and Ray Vester,
volunteer worker with the Port
land chapter.
Bellistone told the board of
the "serious status" of the na
tional disaster budget, which has
fallen to less than $1,000,000
with five months yet to operate
in the current fiscal year.
Bellistone, who is touring Ore
gon and Washington to advise
various Red Cross chapters, said
disaster aid to eastern and west
ern flood areas has created the
dangerous low in .Red Cross
funds.
Manville Heisel has been
named chairman of the local
fund raising drive.
fications from his office, 1101
Main st Klamath Falls.
Separate bids will be accept
ed for general construction,
mechanical work and electrical
work and separate awards will
be made. i
A. D. Harvey of Medford was
structural engineer for the buil
ding; Donald Kroecker and as
sociates, Portland, mechanical
engineer, and Grant Kelley and
Violation of
Territorial Right
Claimed in Protest
Tough Sailors
Brandish Pistols
Aalesund, Norway (U.R)
Norwegian naval units seized
three more Soviet fishing boats
today, bringing the total to seven
trawlers and a factory ship in
two days.
The seizures were made after
the Soviet vessels violated Nor
wegian territorial waters by
fishing inside the forbidden four
mile limit.
Command Set Up
A temporary Norwegian naval
command was set up at Aalesund
to deal with the continuing viola
tions. Norwegian Foreign Minis
ter Hallvard Lange also sped
home from Denmark to deal
with the growing danger of an
international incident. He and
his cabinet prepared a formal
protest to the Reds.
.The Navy brought up a sub
marine depot ship this morning
to haul in the three additional
Soviet violators.
Pistols Flourished
Tough Norwegian sailors flour
ishing pistols and machine guns
boarded and captured four Red
fishing boats and a factory ship
Monday.
Norwegian torpedo boats raced
out at dawn after radioed reports
from Norwegian fishermen said
"several" Red boats; which es
caped Monday sneaked back
during the night.
Heavier warships steamed
from north and south to the area,
between Stad Foreland and
Svinoey lighthouse, on orders
radioed from the west coast navy
headquarters at Bergen.
Lange broke off his visit to
Copenhagen,' where the Nordic
Council is meeting, when he re
ceived the news.
The commander of one Nor
wegian boarding party fired two
warning shots into the deck of
a Russian ship at the feet of its
captain when he refused to fol
low orders to sail into port. Nor
wegian sailors kept the Russian
crew covered with submachine
guns.
Court Considering
Detention Home Site
A possible site for the county's
juvenile detention home on. Del
ta "Waters road was the subject
of a letter written, last week to
the general services administra
tion, Seattle, . by . the county
court. ... " ' " .. ':'
The site is a former Air Force
radio Tange station, recently de
clared surplus....
Commissioners have been con
sidering the site' for -some time,
they said, but have been unable
to get in contact with the agency
having jurisdiction over the
land. 1 ; , , !
They have inspected about 60
sites since the home was approv
ed by the voters in 1954, and
all were either not available
because of land use restrictions,
or because of needs for a proper
detention home.
Another problem has been ob
jections of property owners re
siding near land under consid
eration. " ' '
Low of 21 Reported
Herelhis Morning
This morning's 21-degree tem
perature recorded at the Med
f ord weather bureau here was
the lowest this month, and one
degree above the lowest record
ed this winter.
Last Nov. 15, the temperature
went down to 20 degrees, and
went to 21 last Dec. 31.
The low reading at Crater
lake this morning was three be
low zero.
company, Portland, was electri
cal engineer. ,
Official advertisement of bid
invitations will appear early in
February. Completion date for
the building has been set for
300 days after notice of contract
award.
Memorial court, the present
SOC physical education build
ing, will be converted into a
student union building.
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Eisenhower, Demo
Leaders Agree on
Highway Financing
One-Cent Increase
On Gas Tax Proposed
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower has reached an
agreement with Democratic con
gressional leaders on "pay as
you go" financing for a new
super- highway system, it was
disclosed today.
House Republican Leader Jo
seph W. Martin Jr., announced
the agreement after he and oth
er GOP legislative leaders con
ferred with Mr. Eisenhower.
"We want the roads as fast
as we can get them," Martin
said.
He said the President concur
red on what essentially is a
Democratic party system of fi
nancing. Heart of the Democratic plan
calls for a one-cent increase in
the present federal tax on gaso
line to help pay the federal share
of the highway building pro
gram. Drops Bond Idea
Mr. Eisenhower originally
proposed an elaborate system of
bond issues to cover the costs of
a multi-million dollar program
of road expansion.
Mr. Eisenhower devoted most
of .his weekly meeting with GOP
congressional leaders to a dis
cussion of the highway pro
gram. At the end of the conference,
Martin and Senate GOP Leader
William F. Knowland of? Calif
ornia, agreed that Mr. Eisenhow-
had approved their approach to
the Democratic version of the
highway bill.
Martin had said in advance of
today's White House conference
that he would seek the Presi
dent's support for the Democrat
ic move to raise taxes, on high
way users.
Good Chance Seen
Martin said he thought there
was "a good chance" of getting
a road bill through the Congress
this session. He said he believes
that final approval in the House
will depend on action by the
Ways and Means committee. But
he added that he believes the
committee will act favorably.
Move To Force E-R
Group To Get Site
Portland (U.R) A legal move
aimed at forcing the city's Exposition-Recreational
Commission
to go ahead with acquisition of
the South Auditorium site for
the proposed new E-R center has
been filed in Circuit Court. '
William E. Ellison, an insur
ance man, filed the action which
is sought to require the commis
sion to acquire the South Audi
torium site or appear in court
February 14 to show cause why
it should not do so.
Also pending in Circuit Court
is a suit in which. Joe Dobbins,
leader of the east side drive to
have the center constructed in
an outlying area, seeks to re
strain the commission from util
izing the South Auditorium site.
Healy Candidate for
Secretary of State
Salem (U.R) A primary
race between two Republicans
shaped up today for the secre
tary of state nomination after
William E. Healy announced his
candidacy for the post to' suc
ceed Earl T. Newbry.
Earlier, Mark Hatfield, state
senator from Salem, announced
he would seek the nomination.
Healy, 51, has been assistant
secretary of state for more than
eight years. He took himself out
of the running for appointment
to the newly created position of
director of the Department of
Motor Vehicles.
Monroe Sweetland, Democra
tic national committeeman, is
the only Democrat so far to an
nounce candidacy for the secre
tary of state position.
Belgrade (U.R) A strong
earthquake shook parts of Slo
venia early today, the official
Yukoslav Tanjug news agency
reported. It caused "considerable
damage," but no deaths were
reported.
Ike,
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1956
en Talk Hedi
ocal Mothers Set To March
'or Polio
Medford has a chance to go
over the top in the March of
Dimes campaign if the citizens
of Medford give generously in
the Mothers' March tonight, Mrs.
Jack Lewis, city chairman of
the Mothers' March, said today.
Mothers will call at houses
from 7 to 8 p.m. for a contribu
tion toward the fight against
polio. Mrs. Lewis reminded that
block workers will call only at
houses where a porch light is
burning or where a lighted can
dle has been placed in the win
dow as an invitation for the
worker to call. A handkerchief
or a shoe tied to the door knob
will serve as an invitation in
apartment houses and posters
and collection cans will be placed
in hotel lobbies. Medford's four
drive-in restaurants, theaters and
busy downtown intersections will
be canvassed during the march
ing hour, Mrs. Lewis said.
March in Every Town
The Mothers' March, climax of
the month-long March of Dimes
drive, will take place at the
same hour in every town in
Jackson county.
While every effort is being
made to have each block in the
city, covered "like a blanket,"
Mrs. Lewis said that persons not
having been contacted by 8:30
p.m. are asked to telephone
2-5002 and a car will be dis
patched to pick up the donation.
Persons having dogs are asked
to keep them tethered until the
block worker, has called, Mrs.
Lewis eaid.
Captains will turn their money
in at the markade at St. Mark's
Episcopal church where a crew
of workers will keep tabulations.
The public is invited to drop in
at the tabulation center' where
coffee and doughnuts will - be
served.
Mr. . and Mrs. Lew . Miles are
general chairmen of the. tabu
lating committee. Their commit
tee will consist of Mr. and Mrs.
Orrin Brown,""Mr. .and Mrs. Herb
Crain, Mrs. William Shey, Mrs.
Dorothy Conrad, Mrs. Nettie
Thompson, Mrs. Sam Colton,
Mrs. Harry Chipman, Mrs; Budd
Gail and Aubrey Loper. Two
city policemen will also be on
duty at the markade. -
Boundaries of the Medford
area to be covered include the
following: . ;
Jacksonville hwy. to Arnold
lane, Arnold lane to Bellinger
rd., Bellinger rd. to Stewart
ave., Stewart ave. to Thomas rd.,
south on Thomas rd. to Griffin
Creek rd., Griffin Creek rd. to
South Stage rd., east on South
Stage rd. to Kings hwy., Kings
hwy. to Stewart ave., Stewart
ave. across South Pacific hwy.,
including Myers lane, to Barnett
Assure Full Lakes
For Watering Season
Walter Hoffbuhr, secretary
manager of the Talent Irrigation
district, said today water is be
ing released from Emigrant
lake "to provide a measure of
flood control."
He stressed, however, the
lake "will be watched carefully
so that a full reservoir will be
assured by irrigation season."
Hiatt lake, he said, has about
5,000 acre feet of water in stor
age, and there are 25 inches of
snow on the ground with an
eight-inch water content. Both
figures are for higher than last
year at this time.
Veferans' Bonuses
Exempt From Taxes
Salem (U.R) All state vet
erans' bonuses are" exempt from
state and federal income taxa
tion as are most other benefits
payable to ex-servicemen or
their- survivors, the State De
partment of Veterans' Affairs re
minded today.
Other items excluded in com
puting federal and state tax re
turns due April 15 include:
GI insurance dividends: All
veterans administration benefits
including educational subsist
ence, compensation and pen
sions; insurance proceeds paid
on death of the insured; muster-ing-out
pay and jobless benefits
paid under the Korean GI bills;
and social security' benefits,
workmen's compensation and
sickness benefits.
Campaign
MAKING FIRST contribution to "Mothers' March on Polio,"
Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower (right) greets Mrs. Earl Warren,
wife of Chief Justice of Supreme Court. (International)
rd., east on Barnett rd. to North
Phoenix rd., North Phoenix rd.
to Hillcrest rd.
Country Club Estates area,
Eastover Terrace, Saginaw dr. to
Capitol ave., Capitol ave. to
Valley View dr., Valley View
dr. -to Harrison st., Harrison st.
Rogue Basin Flood
On organizational committee
of the Rogue Flood Control and
Water Resources association, de
cided last night to expand the
permanent directorship of the
proposed non-profit corporation
to 50 members, including all
groups along Rogue river inter
ested in flood control.
The committee met at the
Rogue River city hall and the
14 members voted, to have 36
appointive positions on the as
sociation's board of directors in
cluding representatives of the
county courts of Jackson, Jose
phine and Curry counties, repre
sentatives of the chambers of
commerce in the three counties;
a representative from Shady
Cove; and representatives from
Granges, Farm Bureaus, and
chapters of the Izaak Walton
league.
14 Directors
Fourteen directors will be
elected at a mass meeting to be
held in the near future. :
Fay I. Bristol, temporary
chairman of the association, met
at noon today in the Redwoods
hotel in Grants Pass,- with rep
resentatives of 18 organizers
who have signed a resolution
asking for flood control in the
Rogue basin, to invite them to
join the Rogue Flood Control
group.
The committee last night ad
opted a constitution and by-laws
and selected Samuel Bowe,
Grants Pass attorney to draw up
articles of incorporation.
Voting Membership.
It was suggested that voting
membership in the corporation
be open to all residents of the
valley on payment of dues of $1.
It was hoped that payment of
kdues would defray a large part
of the cost of fighting for flood
control.
Elwood B. Hedberg, Medford
head of the water resources
board, was appointed as a mem
ber of the temporary board of
directors. Robert Saylor, Grants
Pass, was appointed temporary
treasurer, and Ella Mae Doug
las, Rogue River, secretary. .
Council Authorizes
Sale of Station Site
The Medford city council at a
special noon meeting today au
thorized the mayor to sell the
old Eastside Fire Station site,
at the corner of Ruhl Way and
Valley View dr.
According to City Manager
Robert Duff the lots have been
sold for $2,150 each. One has
been sold to the Rogue Valley
Construction company, aad the
other to George L. Johnson.
Tribune
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Chion
Tonight
to North Modoc ave. North
Modoc ave. to Spring st. Spring
st. to Childers st., Childers st
to Buckshot Hill rd., Buckshot
Hill ! rd. including Grandview
Market area and Delta Waters
rd., Delta Waters rd. to Corona
ave., Corona ave. to Morrow rd.,
Morrow rd. to Biddle rd., Biddle
rd. to East Jackson st., East Jack
son st. to North Riverside ave.,
North Pacific hwy. to Big Y
Market, Table Rock rd. to Mid
way rd., Howard School area,
Old Military rd., Old Stage rd.,
McAndrews rd: to Ross .St., and
following the western boundary
of the city limits to Jacksonville
hwy.
r ' ' -Businessmen
Urged
To Know Collectors
Of MOD Counter Cans
Businessmen in the county
have been cautioned to re
quest identification of persons
picking up March of Dimes
counter coin collectors during
the next few days.
Jerry Lausmann, county
campaign chairman, urged all
places of business having the
collection cans to be certain
that they know who is making
the collection.
In Medford, those author
ized lo pick up the cans will
have either a Medford Lions
club membership card or an
Active club card. No one else
is authorized lo make the ej
ections in Medford, Laussman
cautioned.
Collections will get under
way in the county tomorrow.
Construction of New
Post Office To Start
' Construction of a new post of
fice building in the 200 block of
East California st., Jacksonville,
will begin -as soon as weather
permits, post office department
officials announced today.
i The Cement block building
will contain 1,200' square feet
of work space. All equipment
and furnishings will be new, in
cluding 395 Dost office boxes
W. R. Winkler, Jacksonville,')
has contracted to build the struc
ture. - .
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Love May Curb Weather
Prediction by
Sun Prairie, Wis. (U.R)
Love in bloom may prevent
the foretelling of the end of
winter's gloom by Sun Prai
rie's gloom" by Sun Prairie's
albino groundhog" weather
prophet. ,
This happy but pride
wounding news came from
Sun Prairie groundhog watch
ers who claim their commu
nity is the "Groundhog Capi
tal of the World.". The title is
disputed in no uncertain
terms by equally ardent citi
zens of. Punxsatawney, Pa.,
who say . their groundhog is
the sage of the world and the
only one entitled to predict
the end of winter. .
"Our little groundhog,
Prince Dauphin, may not put
in an appearance, because to
put it mildly, he's in love,"
sadly explained Wally Braatz,
Weather
FORECAST: Continue d fair
through Wednesday. Low to
night 22. High Wednesday 50.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 45
Lowest this Morning : 21
Other Far East
Problems Slated
For Discussion
Embargo Modification
Seen as Eden Target
Washington (U.R) President
Eisenhower and Britain Prime
Minister Anthpny Eden today,
turned to one of the issues on
which their nations differ most
trade with Red China.
The two leaders, in the second
of three days of conferences,
planned to discuss the trade
question and other . Far East
problems at a "working lunch"
at the White House. The Middle
East crisis, which they reviewed
generally yesterday, also was
due for more attention.
Dulles, Lloyd Meet
In advance of the White House
meeting, Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles and British For
eign Secretary Selwyn Floyd
met in Dulles' State Department,
office to discuss Far. Easter af
fairs. They were joined by Wal
ter S. Robertson, U.S. assistant
secretary of state for Far East
ern affairs, and Sir . Hubert
Graves, who is assigned to the
British Embassy here as its top
Far Eastern expert.
Eden was expected to urge
some moditication ot tne u.i.
inspired, 16-nation embargo on
trade with. Red China to allow
Britain to re-establish part of its
once-flourishing commerce with
the Red mainland. It was un
likely that the United States
would alter its "no trade" stand,
although informed sources said
there was some possibility of an
agreement in the future to lift,
restrictions ;on a few materials.
Red U.N. Bid To Be Aired
Also up for discussion in the
Far- East talks were Red China's
bid for United Nations member
ship and the future of Formosa.
Britain, which recognizes tha
Peipirtg regime, has gone along
with United States attempts to
keep the Communist government
out of the U.N., but is under
pressure to change its position.
And Britain does not want to be
come involved in a military de
fense of Formosa.
Mr. Eisenhower and Eden
planned quick, behind-the-scene
moves aimed at staving off the
increasing danger of war in the
Middle East. They were reported
ready to call anew for Arab
Israeli peace negotiations and to
appeal once more for a halt to
the Middle East arms race.
In Complete Agreement
The Eisenhower-Eden confer
ence opened Monday with "com
plete agreement" that Russia's
proposed friendship treaty with
the United States was put for
ward for propaganda purposes
only. Both British and American
spokesmen said Eden fully sup
ported Mr. Eisenhower.'s week
end reply rejecting Soviet Pre
mier Nikolai Bulganin's proposal
for '"a 20-year Soviet-American"
pact. -
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow-Jones
final averages: 30 industrials
470.74, up 3.18; 20 railroads
158.38, up 3.21; 15 utilities 63.88, :
up 0.12; and 65 stocks 167.64 up
1.66. Sales today were about
1,900,000 shares compared with
1,830,000 yesterday.
Salem (U.R) Sen. John P.
Hounsell of Hood River has filed
his candidacy for state senator
from the new 16th district.
Groundhog
Sun Prairie Groundhog Club
member.
"He is very temperamental
so much so you can't get
near him."
Groundhog day is Feb. 2. On
that day each year the furry
little animal, according to tra
dition, pops his head out of his
burrow for a look around
after sleeping all winter. If he
sees his shadow in bright sun
light, he goes back to sleep
for six more weeks. No
shadow spring is just around
the horizon.
Sun Prairie, however, will
not relinquish the honors to
Punxsatawney.
If Prince Dauphin is too
busy with amour, retired
champion "Sir No Talk In
Sleep" will be called out of re
tirement to do the honors,
club members said. -
Trade