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MEDFORD, . OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1956
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No. 277
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St
eps Before Flood
ontrol Obtained
JWashington, D. C An outline
of steps to be taken before ade
quate flood control on the Rogue
river can be obtained was given
by Congressman Harris Ells
worth last week.
He said he is now assembling
material pertinent to the prob
lem, and after this is done, the
first step will be to confer with
the chief of Army engineers.
Determine Need
At mis cuiixerence, ne sciiu,
a i . i t i : j
' it will be determined what the
engineers now have and what
California Oil Man
Says Money Came
From Persona! Fund
. Washington i(U.R) How
ard Keck, millionaire California
oil man, testified Saturday that
the $2,500 political contribution
offered Sen. Francis Case came
'from his personal funds but that
he had nothing to do with the
offer.; . , .
Keck was the day's final wit
ness at a select Senate commit
tee's investigation of the contri
bution Case, South Dakota Re
publican, requested the inquiry
last Monday after he had refus
ed to accept the money. He ques
tioned whether it was an ' at
tempt to influence his vote on
the then pending natural gas
bill.
Keck, president of Superior
Oil company, Los , Angeles, de
nied this as did preceding wit
nesses. The committee ; traced the
money to Keck through Elmer
Patmah and John M. Neff, at
torneys for Superior Oil comp-1
any. Keck also is a director or
the Gulf Interstate Gas co., City
National Bank of Houston, Tex.,
and the Canadian Superior Oil
co.
Keck said the contribution
came from a fund handled for
him by Pafinan. Patman paid
out the money 25 $100 bills
to ,Neff . Neff said he gave it to
E. J. Kahler, Sioux Falls, S.D.,
newspaper executive who in
turn handed it over to one of
Case's political associates in that
state.:
Ike Has Series of
Medical Checkups
Washington (U.R) President
Eisenhower spent an; hour and
10 minutes in Walter Reed Army
hospital Saturday afternoon un
ergoing a series of medical tests
that will help him decide wheth
er to run for a second term.
It was his first full-scale
physicial checkup since Decem
ber, and his last before he makes
the big decision which he ex
pects to announce by the end
of this month.
The test included x-ray and
flouroscopic examinations, elec
trocardiograph readings and
blood chemistry analysis. All
were aimed at measuring, with
las much scientific precision as
possible, the extent of the Presi
dent's recovery from his Sept.
24 heart attack.
Press Secretary James C. Hag
erty said the President's phys
icians, including Boston heart
specialist Dr. Paul Dudley
White, will meet at the White
House Tuesday to review the
results of the examinations.
Moscow U.R) The Soviet
Union- Friday announced an at
omic aid program to Egypt, first
to be concluded with a non
Communist nation, under which
Soviet technicians will help in
the construction of a nuclear la
boratory in Cairo.
Sports Bulletins
Medford High school won
its eighth straight conference
game last night by defeating
Ashland 65 to 49. The score
by periods was 21-10; 30-19;
and 42-35. all in favor of Med
ford. Crater 49. Phoenix 4o.
SOC 78. Oregon College of
Education 63.
UCLA 81, Stanford 72 (over
time). Washington 70. Oregon 61
Southern Cal 85, Washing
Ion State 54.
Seattle 69. Portland 62.
California 67, Idaho 58
Outlines
more they need in the way of
funds for completing a prelim
inary survey for flood control.
The congressman pointed' 'out
that one limited survey has been
authorized, and that work on it
is now under way.
As soon as the needed informa
tion . is compiled with the co
operation of the engineers, prob
ably before the end of the
month, Ellsworth will then ap
pear before the public works
subcommittee of the House com
mittee on appropriations. There
he will present a request for the
funds the engineers say is nces
sary for completion of a prelim
inary report, and will supple
ment this with whatever legisla
tion is ncessary.
Assuming Congress will ap
prove this, (and the congressman
pointed out that hundreds of
other areas in the nation also are
asking for flood control survey
funds), then the . engineers can
complete the preliminary sur
vey, which will indicate the lines
along which a detailed study
should proceed. This probably
would be within a year or year
and a half .
Long-Range Goal
Meanwhile, he said,' his long
range goal is a full-scale Army
engineers report, comparable to
the famous "308" report which
was the basis for all' water re
sources projects in the Willam
ette valley and the Columbia
basin as a whole.
Surveys of this type, he said,
take into full consideration all
uses and potential uses of water
resources and problems includ
ing not only flood control, irriga
tion and power, but also navi
gation, fish, wildlife and other
recreational .aspects, municipal
needs, water pollution and
others. .
Such a survey could make
use of already-available material
insofar as it is useful and up to
date, he reported, but most of
the work would have to be done
anew.
He said there is no question in
his mind, since the pre-Christmas
flood, that considerably more
attention would be paid to flood
control aspects of the basin than
in any prior report, notably the
bureau of reclamation's.basin
report, sometimes known as
"Plan A," which has' now been
permanently shelved. .
Organized Groups
The congressman took note of
the organization of flood control
groups in Jacksn and Josephine
counties," and said he under
stands their ims and their feel
ing of urgency. He pointed out
however,; that whatever is done
must be done through congres
sional action and appropriation.
He said he was presenting the
outline of steps to be taken so
some idea of timing and proce
dure, could be known. He
pledged his continuing efforts
to secure adequate flood control
action under which the interests
of all groups would be taken in
to consideration.
Other members of Oregon's
congressional delegation have
previously- indicated their sup
port for legislation of this type,
and it is thought here action
can be taken on an entirely non
partisan basis.
Oregon To Observe
97th Birthday Tuesday
Salem (U.R) Oregon, the
Valentine state, will observe its
97th birthday Tuesday, Feb.. 14.
Oregon was admitted to the
union Feb. 14, 1859. Gov. Elmo
Smith tod.ay urged all Oregon
ians to observe the birthday. He
suggested that public and pri
vate schools in their own way
give some recognition, to Ore
gon's admission day.
Auditors Indicate Embezzlement May
Go to $2,800,000 By Firm Bookkeeper
Norfolk, Va. (U.R) The
kindly old maid bookkeeper of
a savings firm, dipping into the
till over the years for charity,
friends and kinfolks, may have
made off with more than double
the Brink's loot auditors indi
cated Saturday. They said loss
es may run to $2,800,000..
Miss Minnie C. Mangum, . 52,
also may have set a record for
the amount of an embezzlement,
federal accountants said. They
said her former firm, the Com
monwealth Building and Loan
assn., placed in receivership
immediately when they found
its entire reserve fund of $2,
100,000 apparently drained.
Th FBI doec not keep rec
Severe Cold Wave
Isolates European
Cities; 300 Dead
Helicopters, Planes
Start Mission Aid
London (U.R) Scores of
cargo planes - and helicopters
took off Saturday on mercy mis
sions to aid victims of Europe's
worst cold wave of the century.
All of Europe braced for new
hardships brought on by . the
blizzards arid sub-zero tempera
tures that already have claimed
at least 300 lives.
Three Children Die
Among the victims were three
children who were killed . at
Grevena, in the Greek province
of Macedonia, when the roof of
a school building collapsed un
der the weight of accumulated
snow. The roof caved in while
130 children were being served
hot soup.
Dozens of planes nosed
through pea-soup fog and swirl
ing snow to carry food and me
dicine to isolated areas, while
others . scoured . the seas for
floundering ships and stood by
those known to be in trouble.
Pilots of two Royal Air Force
helicopters braved a blizzard in
the English channel to pluck 10
men from a battered tug minutes
before it sank.
21 New Deaths
France reported 28 new
deaths from the cold to put her
at the tog of the fatality list
with 82 dead. Italy was., next
with at Jeast 71 dead.
New snowstorms cut commun
ications again Saturday with.
scores of villages in southern
Italy which rescuers had just
dug out of tons of snow.
The number of isolated villag
es in the Chieti province in cen
tral Italy jumped to 85 Satur
day. ,
Incomplete estimates said at
least 120 villages and hundreds
of hamlets were cut 'off from
the world throughout Italy's
Aburzzi region.-- ' ... . r
Smith, Officials
Discuss Policies
Salem (U.I?) Gov. Elmo
Smith called on top officials
of the executive department to
maintain the high standards of
state government and to im
prove their services ' wherever
possible to the people of the
state.
The governor met with de
partment heads for the first
time since he assumed office
last week to outline his policies
and to hear suggestions first
hand from the administrators.
He told department heads
that he expects his administra-r
tion to be a dynamic one with
changes being made in policies
and personnel as the need be
comes evident. At the same time,
he added, a few basic changes in
the progressive policies of Gov.
Paul Patterson are immediate
ly contemplated. .
Gov. Smith expressed his con
fidence in Robert Johnson, who
will become director of finance
and administration March 5 suc
ceeding Harry Dorman. John
son's appointment was announc
ed last month by Gov. Patterson.
Gov. Smith advised depart
ments to begin immediately to
prepare suggested legislative
proposals for 1957 and to give
prompt attention to 1957-59 bud
get matters.
Paris (U.R) French Premier
Guy Mollet returned home Sat
urday to report on his stormy,
five-day fact finding mission to
Algeria. He called an emergency
meeting of his cabinet last night
in a new search for a way to
staunch the flow of blood in the
strife-torn North African colony.
ords of embezzlements in terms
of the amount stolen. But the
largest amount that any FBI of
ficial in Washington could re
member was $600,000 taken by
Ludwig R. Schlekat from the
Parnassus National bank at New
Kensington, Pa., in 1951. He was
sentenced to 20 years.
For 20 years, Miss Mangum
headed-up the bookkeeping de
partment of Commonwealth,
picking girl assistants right out
of business college "to learn
my system." But her system
backfired just before Christmas
when one of her young women
recruits publicly challenged her
entry system and put a federal
auditor who overheard her on.
IE
Air Force Plane
Accidents Fatal
To 10 in Kansas
Search Starts for
Atlantic Downed Plane
Topeka, Kan. (U.R) Ten
airmen were killed Friday when
two Kansas-based B47 jet bomb
ers crashed within a few min
utes of each other in Kansas and
South Dakota.
, The coincidence went further
than that. Capt. , Floyd Ray
Shirk, -29, of Rapid City, S.D.,
was killed in one of the B47
crashes only a few miles from
his home in Rapid City.
Crew of Six ,
Shirk's plane was - based , at
Forbes, Air Force base at To'peka
and crashed and burned shortly
after takeoff from Ellsworth
AFB at Rapid City. Its crew of
six were killed.
Four airmen were killed in
the crash of a B47 based at
Smoky Hill AFB, Salina, Kan.,
at Westmoreland, 50 miles north
west of Topeka. ;
St. John's, Nfld. (U.R) Unit
ed States search planes Satur
day criss-crossed the air route
between Iceland and Labrador
in a search for a U. S. Air Force
B26 missing with three men
aboard. , -Down
in Atlantic ,
The plane went down in the
Atlantic Wednesday after report
ing severe icing conditions to an
accompanying B26.
The two bombers were en
route from Kef lavik, Iceland, to
Goose. Bay, Labrador.
An -aimada .of 25 aircraft
scoured the bleak, storm-tossed
Atlantic Friday, covering ; the
entire route over which the miss
ing plane might have flown. ,
, Seattle (U.R)--A U. S. . Navy
attack bomber , ditched - in the
Puget Sound near Seattle Satur
day afternoon -but both pilot and
passenger escaped injury. 4
. Coast guard rescue boats pull
ed Lt. Walter P. Shiel, the pilot,
and Lt. William A. Hellsel, both
of Seattle, out of the water
within a half an hour after the
crash.
Seventh Grade Teacher
Has Science Problem
Redding. Calif. a'U.R) A
seventh grade science class
teacher at Sequoiah Elemen
tary school has a problem.
; In a diet', experiment his
class fed a white rat nothing
but candy, cake and sweets.
Another xat was given a care
fully 1 prepared "balanced di
et," like all good children
should eat.
The rat with the sweet tooth
is doing fine but his properly
fed buddy died.
Third Hearing Slated
At Oak Grove School
Residents of the Oak Grove
school district will have a third
meeting Feb. 15 to discuss the
possibilities of consolidation with
the Medford district, according
to H. Bruce Metzger, principal.
The meeting ' will be at the
school at 7:30 p.m.'
The Oak Grove school board
previously had requested a joint
study of the possibilities of con
solidation be made in coopera
tion with the Medford district
and the Oak Grove board has
already presented facts bearing
on such a consolidation at two
previous meetings.
A vote of residents T of both
districts will be required before
the districts are joined.
the spinster's trail.
A quick audit showed the
firm might be as much as $900,
000 short and Miss Mangrum
was charged specifically on Dec.
29 with a $100,000 theft. She
was released in bail while a
more complete 30-day audit was
taken. That check showed that
the reserve fund had vanished
and the auditors began another
30-day examination which is
still going on.
Some bank officials estimat
ed the total losses to the loan
association, including interest
and earnings from the period
"years ago" when Miss Man
grum began embezzling, may
pun as high a $2,800,000.
TS
IV
TO CHECK LINES The California-Oregon
Power company has acquired the use of a
helicopter, above, to check major transmis
sion lines in the area. The helicopter and
pilot, R. E. Trimble, above, are provided by
;a Yreka, Calif., firm, and " make needed -flights,when
weather conditions permit, ac
Adlai Takes Slap at Programs
Of Eisenhower Administration
Portland (U.R) Adlai Stev
enson took a slap last night at
the Eisenhower . administration's
farm, natural resource and pow
er programs. , ,
The candidate for the "demo
cratic presidential nomination
told Oregon party leaders in a
speech at a 25-a-plate Jefferson
Jackson banquet that declining
farm income was "the most ur
gent single economic issue we
face." He charged the republi
can . solution to the' problem
"confusing to say the least."
Answers to Problems
- Stevenson said the answers to
farm problems must start "with
a parity formula for fairness
based on relating what : a farmer
gets for what he sells to what
he must pay for what he buys.
And 90 per cent of what is fair
is certainly not unfair." ,
For a complete farm program,
Stevenson said, the realities . of
surpluses and unbalanced pro
duction should be faced with
what he. called "the democratic
soil bank proposal."
The democratic hopeful, here
to raise party funds and promote
the reelection campaign of San.
Wayne Morse (D-Ore.), referred
to administration adoption of
Governor Candidate
Visits Medford Area
Congressman Walter Norblad,
Stayton, whose announcement
that he . would be a candidate
for the Republican nomination
for governor further complicated
the , GOP political picture this
year, was a Medford visitor Fri
day. ' - .
Norblad, 47, has served 11
years in congress representing
the first congressional district,
which includes most of Oregon
north of Albany and west of the
Cascade mountains, excluding
Portland. Formerly a resident of
Astoria, he moved to Stayton
a' few years ago. He is the son
of A..W. Norblad, Astoria, the
president of the state senate,
who served as governor in 1929,
'30 and '31 after the death of
Gov. L L. Patterson.
' Norblad is the only Republi
can to announce for governor so
far.. State Sen. Robert Holmes,
Astoria radioman, has announced
his bid for. the Democratic nom
ination. :? ' ;
Gov. Elmo Smith, who suc
ceeded to the office on the death
of Gov. Paul In Patterson, has
not announced his . intentions,.
but when in Medford last week
declared he could not "be count
ed out" of the state political
picture. '
Petitions Seek Repeal ;
Of Bend Fluoridation ,
Berid U.R) Petitions were
being circulated here Saturday
asking for a vote to repeal an
ordinance allowing fluoridation
of Bend's water supply.
William J. Baer, who led the
opposition when the proposal
was first voted on, heads the
new move.- Baer took the. ques
tion to the State Supreme Court
which ruled that Bend has the
right to add fluorine. ;
The petitions ask a vote at
the city's next regular election
or at a special election. A total
of 709 names will be needed.
Baer said he was confident of
getting -at least 1000 signature..!
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democratic plans as "creeping,
elephantiasis." But he said that
if the president backed up these
d e m ocratic recommendations,
the nation would benefit.
Natural Resources
Stevenson called for a natur
al resources program that would
"place people's needs above cor
porate earnings" and produce
the greatest good for the great
est number.
Statement! ss u e d by
British Diplomats '
Moscow' U.R) ' Missing
British diplomats Guy Burgess
and Donald MacLean broke a
mysterious four-year silence on
Saturday to announce that they
had fled to Russia to better east-
west understanding. They de
nied they were Russian spies,
In a prepared statement they
denounced British and Ameri
can foreign policy, particularly
the "senselessness and danger
.of American policy in-the Far
East and Europe.
Relaxed, Well Dressed
Looking relaxed and well
dressed in European-style dark
suits, and white shirts, MacLean
and Burgess entered a room used
for television viewing in Mos
cow's hotel National and hand
ed two British and two Russian
newsmen a prepared statement.
Both refused to answer personal
questions at the five-minute
meeting and gave no inkling of
their present jobs or their plans.
Both men said they fled Brit
tain in May, 1951, with the con
viction that they no , longer
could work under "Anglo-Amer
ican" foreign policy. They said
Neuberger, Ellsworth
Challenge to Debates
Washington (U.R) Sen Rich
ard Neuberger (D-Ore.) and Rep-
Harris Ellsworth (R-Ore.) chal
lenged each other to a series
of public debates Saturday but
on different subjects. .
Neuberger wants to debate the
disputed Al Sarena mining
claims case. He has called grant
ing the Oregon claims a timber
grab. '" '' ' "
Ellsworth replied the case
isn't a debatable question. But
he said he would like to debate
whether the Green Peter and
Cougar multi-purpose dams in
Oregon should be built by the
government or by the govern
ment and private interests. -
He suggested Sen. Wayne
Morse (D-Ore.) get in the debate
too. .
Talent Man Considered
For Postmastership
Talent Rober C. Smoot of
Talent is one of five persons
under consideration to fill post
masterships in five Oregon com
munities, according to United
Press report from Washington,
D.C. Smoot is the present act
ing postmaster.
Other nominations under con
sideration by the senate post
office and civil service commit
tee are Willard A. Hughson, Red
mond; Robert C. Wright, Taft;
Russell C. Neitzei, Westport;
and Chaterine E. Weckerle, Win-ebester.
cording to James Cummins, Copco public re
lations director. A construction department
employee with binoculars accompanies the
pilot. The plane flies about 50 feet above the
lines. The innovation has proved a financial
and operations success, Cummins , said.. The
helicopter is moved to the Medford area by
truck. . i- . - ' i
"By this standard," Stevenson
said, "three or now two-
small dams on the Snake river
are wrong, and one big dam is
right . . . by this standard, and
unless some new and very dif
ferent evidence is introduced,
the department of interior per
mit to a mining company to des
poil Oregon's Rogue River Na
tional forest is a piece of clear
and conscious chicanery." .
they"; 'were -harried
counter-intelligence
by British
agents and
MacLean said his telephone was
tapped. - Both admitted . they
were Communists while in col
lege at Cambridge. . ' . - '
They said Burgess conceived
the idea to flee to Russia and di
rected the plan. Apparently,
both men came directly here af
ter leaving Britain on May 25,
1951. At the. time, MacLean
headed the American section of
the British foreign office. Burg
ess had been ousted as a second
secretary who had worked in
the embassy at Washington.
Hearing Notices Sent
To Governing Units
Notices of a legislative interim
hearing in Medford March 1 on
local government and urban area
problems have been mailed to
all governmental units. in Jack
son and Josephine counties.
The committee is conducting
hearings throughout the state to
obtain directly from groups and
individuals more information
concerning specific problems
which are of direct concern to
them, any data which might aid
in analysis and specific sugges
tions for possible solutions.
The hearing in ; Medford will
be held at 7:30 p.m., March 1,
in the new Hedrick Junior High
school cafetorium. A similar
hearing was held in Klamath
Falls recently.
The notice of hearing was
mailed to various interested
group as well as. all govern
mental bodies The public has
been ,invited to attend and par
ticipate. Ormond E. Bean is
chairman of the committee.
Chipmunks Provide Large
Peanut Business At Parks
The peanut business at Ore
gon Caves National monument
and Crater . Lake National
park is a flourishing one.
- Last year, tourists fed chip
munks more than three tons
of peanuts, according to Tom
Williams, superintendent . of
both national resorts. - . -
At. Oregon Caves, the tiny
animal took about 3,000
pounds one and a half tons.
At Crater Lake park, the
nine-inch long rodent family
member received about 3,275
pounds. The Crater Lake chip
munks were fed from 50,000
one-ounce cellophane bags,
and 600 four-ounce cans sold
at concession stands.
Williams said peanuts are
purchased by the bulk, and
packed by snpiorsef during
mum
Northwest Mishaps
Fatally Injure 8;
Two In Portland
Three Children Die
In North Bend Crash
By UNTED PRESS
Eight persons were killed in
accidents in Oregon and Wash
ington, Friday, and a ninth died
of injuries suffered in a traffio
accident last Monday.
Two persons were killed in
Portland area traffic accidents
early Saturday.
Mrs. Rose Jean Fessler, 26,
Portland, was killed in a two
car acident in which two other
persons were injured seriously.
It was Portland's eighth traffic
death of this year.
Arthur E. Westerbe'rg, 74, Mil-
waukie, was instantly killed
about 5 a.m. when struck by a
car while walking . along High
way 99 east a black north of
the Milwaukie state police of
fice. Elgin Man Killed
Dewey Lewis Burton; 55,
Elgin insurance and real estate
man, was killed Friday night
when his automobile went out
of control' and overturned on
the Minam-Elgin highway near
La Grande.
Lester Mason of Minam told
police he was following Burton
when the car left the highway,
hit some plowed snow and then
rolled over several times. Burton
was thrown from the car.
Four persons, three of them
children," were killed Friday
when' their car struck a snow
plow headon on U.S. Highway
10 in the Cascade mountains
12 miles east of North Bend,
Wash.
Lind E. Forsgren, 28, Mil
waukee Railroad substation op
erator from Kittitas, Wash., his
sons Robert, 6, and Scotty, 3,
and a nephew, Robert McCon
nell, 5, were killed. Fosgren's
wife, Lois, 21, suffered serious
injuries. ' -
Logger Killed - '
. A 65-year-old logging truck
driver and owner from Portland,
was killed Friday when a log
fell on . him at the unloading
scale at Oswego.
Police said a binder on the
truck had been unhooked before
stays for lifting the logs were
hooked up. A log tumbled off
the truck and crushed Davis.
Vancouver, Wash., has mark
ed up its first traffic fatality
since last October with the death
of Mary E. Davis at St. "Vin
cents hospital in Portland.
Mrs. Davis, who was 69 years
old, was injured last Monday in
a two car collision.
Courthouse Petition
For Saturday Closing
A petition asking the Jackson
county courthouse be closed
Saturday mornings was being
circulated among courthouse em
ployees last week, it was learned
Saturday from a Medford at
torney. It was understood that the
petition will be presented to the
county court next week. The
move follows action taken by
numerous other counties in-the
state, in accordance with 1954
legislation making Saturday
morning closure of offices pos
sible. ; The courthouse ' has ' been
closed Saturday afternoons in
the past, and a number of state
offices in the building already
close Saturday morning.
the slack season at Oregon
Caves resort, where recently
: excavation work revealed a
chipmunk's winter storehouse
with between 25 and 30 r
pounds of peanuts. ;
. Williams said a census of '
chipmunks . at both southern
Oregon tourists attractions is
almost impossible because of .
rocky terrain, and the many "
places where chipmunks live.
Park service officials point
ed out that feeding animals
in national parks is against
park regulations. However, be
cause the chipmunk popula
tion increases fairly rapidly,
and tourists furnish a food
supply source through ap
parent enjoyment,- chipmunk
feeding is permitted, they
said. - . J'