Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 15, 1956, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textroc c o o . . o a - ILJl VMS WW "fit f-lm EXCELLENT PHOTOGRAPH of President Eisenhower is made at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, where he underwent medical checkup to determine extent of j recovery from Sept. 24 coronary heart attack. (International) Wooden Stools Hurled In French Assembly As Speaker Paris (U.R) Communist and; right wing Poujadist deputies hurled first insults and then wooden stools today in a free for all in the chamber of the French National Assembly. For the second time in as many days. Speaker Andre le Troquer ordered the chamber cleared of newsmen and public Two Poujadist deputies jump ed onto the speaker's stand when le Troquer put to a voice vote a Communist motion to unseat an other Poujadist deputy. Unsolicited Help Given The Communists leaped from their, seats to give le Troquer, who is a Socialist and not a Com munist, some - unsolicited help. They stormed the stand in an at tempt to throw off the Pouja dists. The little wooden stools around the speaker's stand flew through the air. : Someone, possibly one of the departing gallery - spectators, fired a cap pistol and '. several deputies jumped for Cover. It was the biggest Assembly riot in several years. The uproar in the newly elect ed Assembly coincided with pre dictions that feuds within the ranks of Premier Guy Mollet's left wing Cabinet might make it just another "do nothing" gov ernment. Critical of Fiiciion Even pro-government news papers hive been critical of the left wing Radicals and Mollet's Socialists. . who between ' them form the backbone of the Cabi net. Radical ex-Premier Pierre Mendes-France, nominally the second man in the government, has refused to accept any spe Northeast Oregon Scanned for Plane La Grande (U.R) Search planes took to the air shortly before noon today to resume their hunt for a light private plane believed down in the Blue Mountain area of northeastern Oregon with two men aboard.' Aboard the plane missing since yesterday was Karl Smghr, 29, and an employee, Harry Hut- . . a n i xx. - e v : i leuge, t&, uuui oi jenaewicK, "Wash. They were enroute from Halfway, Ore., to Pasco, wash. Singhr, a Kennewick trailer dealer, was piloting a light blue Navion. He had logged only 50 hours in the air. The plane was last reported at Z:lS pjn. yes terday eight miles southeast of LaGrande. - Third Meeting to Discuss Consolidation : Facts bearing on possible con solidation of the Oak Grove school district : with the Med ford district will be presented by the Oak Grove school board at a public meeting at 7:30 p.m. today in the school. It will be the third such meeting held to inform school district residents, according to Principal H. Bruce Metzger. A vote of residents in both dis tricts would be required before they could be joined. Elmer Deetz Named Defendant in Suit Portland (U.R) State Rep. Elmer Deetz, candidate for the Republican nomination to the TTniteH States Senate, today was named defendant in a $7511 suit involving a promissory note ai ipppdlv sisned by Deetz in 1954. M. F. Keller, Portland, who acouired the note by assignment seeks payment which he said was due one year after the note was made. ... . ... .. . Asks Vote cific responsibiliies because Mol- let didn't appoint him foreign minister. Several prominent Socialists also have refused to accept "dif ficult" Cabinet posts. Three Sentenced To Penitentiary In Circuit Court Three men were sentenced to the state penitentiary this morn ing in appearances before Cir cuit Court Judge H. K. Hanna. Four others received suspended sentences. " Fred Ernest Hutton, 35, of 1808 Spring st., was sentenced to four years on a charge of grand larceny involving . : the theft of a ICadillac automobile from Skinner's garage, -Medford, Jan. 8. He gave officers a 25-mile chase at high speed be tween Medford and Rogue River." James Gorum, 27, Table Rock rd., was sentenced to three years and his brother, Kenneth Gorum, ; 23, received a three- year suspended sentence on a charge of burglary not in a dwelling. The case involved en try of the Echo tavern, Shady Cove, Jan. 30. 1 A three-year sentence was given David W. Paton, 51, Med ford, for burglary not in a dwell ing involving the Triangle mar ket, Phoenix. Robert Amador Lopez, 27, Compton, charged with contrib uting to the delinquency of a minor, was given a two-year suspended sentence. Richard Dean Randall, 20, of 927 Brookdale rd., and Jesse M. Chancellor Jr., 21, of 510 Marie st., received suspended one-year sentences on charges of malicious injury to personal property. They allegedly dam aged cars parked in Central Point Jan. 26. District Court Judge Rawles Mnore sentenced Roval W. Calk ins, 26, route 1, to four months in the county jail yesterday aft er he . pleaded guilty to using a motor vehicle without permis sion, of the owner. The case in volves a car belonging to Par sons', motors, Medford, taken without intent to steal. Judge Moore recommended parole dur ing good behavior War Veterans Given Priority To Buy Land . Salem (U.R) War veterans have priority in the purchase of 15 full-time farm units currently being offered in the Columbia basin irrigation project in the state of Washington, the Oregon Department if Veterans' Affairs said today. Applications must be filed by March 8 with the Reclamation Bureau in Ephrata, Wash., in Oregon, the blanks may be ob tained from county veterans' service officers or from the Salem or Portland offices of the State Department of Veterans' Affairs. The 15 farms range in size from 64 to 157 irrigable acres, and . in . price from $2,020 to $10,174. . Lone Bandit Gets $14,000 From Bank Tucson, Ariz. (U.R) A lone bandit, .believed carrying . nickel-plated toy pistol, held up the Southern Arizona Bank and Trust Company's Broadway Vil lage Branch today . and escaped with. approximately-S1400.- Yeather FORECAST: Clear and colder tonight and Thursday. Low tonight 18-20. High Thursday 30-35. Temp. Highest Yesterday 46 Lowest this Morning 28 Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 01 Khrushchev Speech Text Study Shows Weapons Proposal Russian Would Ban Nuclear Bomb Tests Moscow (U.R) A study of the text of Nikita Khrushchev's mas sive speech on world Commu ism showed today that the Soviet leader proposed a global ban on H-bomb tests and curtailment of atomic weapons. ' Specifically, he suggested an end to the hydrogen weapon tests even before ' East-West agreement on disarmament, an end to equipment of troops in Germany with atomic weapons and a reduction of military budgets. Western observers interpreted these proposals - as intended to back up his declaration that "war is not inevitable" . between capitalism and Communism, a major revision of previous Com munist doctrine. Full Text Released ; While the 1500-odd delegates to the 20th Communist -Party Congress discussed yesterday's seven-hour speech by Khrush chev at today's second session, the vast volume of his belated recorded words poured out over Radio Moscow. They gave observers an oppor tunity to study the text in de tail, and to note major points skimmed over in the rush of in itial delivery. One 'of these points showed the Soviet Com munist party secretary's call for the worldwide ban on H-bomb tests. ' The Soviet Union, which re cently tested a hydrogen weapon in a nigh air burst, had called previously for discussions with the United States and Britain on the question of banning fur ther "nuclear" tests because' of radiation dangers. West to Hold Tests The Western Allies quickly noted that "nuclear" could mean both atomic and hydrogen weap ons. They - pointed out that if they and the Soviets ceased to develop all nuclear weapons, they would soon be at the mercy of the . massive . Communist armies . and their conventional weapons. Directors Elected By Basin Group Grants Pass Sixteen direc tors were elected yesterday at a meeting of the Rogue Basin Flood Control and Water Re sources association in the Red woods hotel here. - William Jess, Eagle . Point, was elected president of the" or ganization, .Ralph T. Moore, Grants Pass, was chosen vice- president,- and Robert Saylor, also of Grants Pass, was ap pointed secretary-treasurer. " Other members of the board of directors are Fay I. Bristol, Phillip Engle and Howard Nor wood, all of Rogue River; Miles Williams, Ted Conway and Ed ward Strothers, Shady Cove; Ben Hull and Ben Hilton, Grants Pass: C. I. Eaker and A. A Walker, Gold Hill; Rodney Keating, Ashland; Clyde Bioef- fie, Cave Junction; Harold Geb- hard, Central Point; and Fran cis Krouse, Applegate. ' Representatives of about 50 organizations which endorsed a resolution asking for a flood control program in the Rogue basin attended the meeting. The board of directors will meet Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 8 p.m at the courthouse annex in Grants Pass. . Dry Snow Tumbles On Northwest Oregon By UNITED PRESS A mantle of dry snow dusted northwest Oregon last night and was immediately hit by a cold Arctic draft which turned it into a sheath of glare ice on streets and highways. Portland -traffic moved only with difficulty early this morn ing until sanding crews arrived at steep intersections and police said the rate of fender-mashing accidents increased sharply. The temperature at Portland dropped to 29 early today after a snowfall measured at one inch at lower levels. The weather bureau : said it would be even colder tonight in all parts of Oregon and Washington as a frigid -air. mass moved into the Northwest from Canada. Medford United Press Full Leased Wire s- 50th Year 20 Pages corn Phil Hitchcock Expected To Tell Senate Candidacy 'Maybes' Plentiful For Other Vacancies Portland (U.R) A news conference was scheduled here for this afternoon when former State Senator Phil Hitchcock was expected to become the third Republican aspirant for the United States Senate seat now held by Sen. Wayne Morse (D Ore). . Hitchcock, who is 51 and a public relations director for Lewis and Clark college in Portland, would join Elmer Deetz of Canby and Lamar Tooze, Portland attorney, in the race for the GOP nomina tion. Flurry of 'Maybes' . Meanwhile, there was a flurry of "maybes" among candidates eyeing the political vacancies left by the death of Gov. Paul Patterson and the subsequent announcement by Rep. Walter Norblad (R-Ore.), that he would leave his seat in congress to seek the GOP gubernatorial nomina tion. ' Former State Senate Presi dent Eugene Marsh said he may make up his mind soon whether to seek the nomination for 'Nor blad's post in the first congres sional district. The 1955 speaker of the State House of Representatives, Ed Geary, announced that he would become a GOP candidate for the; state Senate seat for Klamath county. .- " ? Stevenson Doubtful . V; Adlai Stevenson, Democratic presidential hopeful who left Oregon yesterday, still was on the ' doubtful" list as to whether he would enter the Oregon pri mary. But Michael Munk, Reed college student -and chairman of a committee getting signatures on Stevenson petitions, said his group was determined to file the petitions unless Stevenson headquarters asked them not to do so. : Stevenson had a second mis hap in the snow on Mt. Hood yesterday. ' As he was : leaving for Portland to fly to Seattle the car of Howard Morgan, state Democratic chairman, stalled in a snowbank. Stevenson had to walk through a blizzard back to Timberline Lodge and said he nearly froze my right ear." He escaped injury Monday when a sno-cat overturned. Unidentified Sub Sighted in China Sea Bangkok, Thailand U.R) American and British destroyers were reported today to have sighted an unidentified submar ine in the South China Sea Mon day. Robert Pierpont, a Columbia .Broadcasting bystem newsman, said he learned of the incident from American naval officers in Bangkok. Pierpont said British destroy ers first picked up the undersea craft on their radarscopes while en route to Thailand for the Southeast Asia Treaty Organiza tion war games :now underway. He said American naval offic ers told him that a U.S. destroy er picked up the same submar ine on its own radar a few min utes after the British discovered it. . DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York U,R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 470.64, up 4.92; 20 rail roads 156.28, up 1.77; 15 utilities 64.56,-up 0.12, and 65 stocks 167.28, up 1.55. Sales today were about 3,000,000 shares compared with 1,590,000 yesterday. Southern California Rocked El Centro, Calif .(U.R) T w o strong earthquakes, apparently centered in 'Baja California, rocked a widespread Southern California area yesterday but caused no damage.' t The" two jolts, one at 10:34 a.m. (PST) and the other at 5:21 p.m., each registered an inten sity of 6.5 on the Richter scale. Dr. Charles F. Richter, noted I seismologist of the Calif orma Institute of Technology at Pasa MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1956 Case Incident Have Swayed gainst Gas Washington U.R) President Eisenhower was reliably report ed today to have favored the natural gas bill until Sen. Francis Case revealed the $2500 campaign contribution that was left for him by a lobbyist. . A supporter of the measure who has been in touch with the White House told the United Press today that the developments from the Case incident now are "weighing heavily" against the bill in the President's deliberations. "If it had not been for the Case incident," the source said, "the bill would have been signed by now." . v N . ;He said Mr. Eisenhower and his advisers are "terribly con cerned',' that the current Grand. Jury and congressional investiga tions into the Case affair might disclose additional details which would make approval of the bill "look bad." ' , . ., " 10 Arrested In Connection With Theft of Hubcaps Four men arrested near Ash land early this - morning were held, in city jail today on charg es of larceny arising from the theft of hubcaps. Six juveniles ere arrested in Phoenix last night and today on similar charges. ' The four are George Ronald Donnelly, 19, Ashland; ..Clark Edwin Gilbert, 20, Yreka, Calif.; Hershel Grady 'Alcorn, 18,v.Kla- mat a . Falls- and ;: James Darrell Hall, 18, of 1774 Homes ave., Ashland. ';; ' ; ' Admit Thefts - . - In signed statements the four admitted the theft of four hubcaps from a 1955 sedan owned by Norman Thomas Cap sey, 60 South Modoc ave., about 1 a.m. this morning. Capsey re ported to city police that he had seen some men removing hub caps from his car, had followed them and obtained the license number of the , car they were driving. State police and sheriff's dep uties arrested the men near Ash land about 1:10 a.m. The hub caps were recovered from where they had been hidden at the in tersection of ; North Phoenix hwy. and Barnett rd. , Sheriff's deputies last night also arrested five juveniles, from the Phoenix area, in connection with the theft of tires, wheels, hubcaps and - other - items. A sixth youth was arrested today. Two were 16 years old and four were 17. Sheriff's officers said that five newly retreaded tires, taken by the youths, have been returned tp'Hawkinson Tire company and other items are -being held for their owners. , j The six will be remanded to juvenile authorities. Medford Man Arrested On Driving Charge ; Jack Swaryck, 1327 Reddy ave., was placed in city jail last night on charges., of driving under, the influence of intoxi cating liquor and failure to leave information at. the scene of an accident. . Bail was set in police court this morning at $100 on each charge. Swaryck was arrested at 11:43 p.m. after a car driven by him collided with a parked car owned by Jack Junior Gardner, 818 Grant st., on West Main st. between Fir and Grape sts., ac cording to police. Police said Swaryck did not stop after the accident but officers who ' ob served the collision pursued and overtook him. dena, said the quakes would cause major damage if centered in a populated area. Last Thursday the same gen eral Southern California area from the Mexican border north ward past Los Angeles and east ward to Yuma, Ariz., was shaken by another Baja-California quake. That one had an inten sity of 6.8. Slight damage was caused last Thursday in the Imperial Valley area. ' " May Ike A full-dress Senate investiga- tion already has disclosed that the controversial $2500 cam paign contribution '. for ' Case came from the personal fund of an oil and gas executive, How ard B. Keck of Los Angeles. - . . The attorney who made, the contribution, John M.: Neff of Nebraska, testified there were "absolutely no strings attached." But he conceded the offer prob ably would not have been made if he hadn't thought Case would vote for the gas bill. - - ; JNetf made, another .appear ance today before the federal Grand Jury which' is looking into the possibility that laws against bribery, ; influence and corrupt practices; may have been in volved. Sen. George D. 'Aiken said to day J that, Mri Eisenhower, may veto the. gas bill because of the Case" furor, . - . . DAVE SHAW Announces Candidacy Shaw Candidate For Congress Gold Beach Dave Shaw, an attorney and one-time-candidate for congress from the fourth dis trict, today announced his can didacy for the Democratic nomi nation for that office. Only other announced Demo cratic candidate is Charles O. Porter, Eugene attorney, who was defeated by. Incumbent Re publican Harris Ellsworth two years ago. Shaw was defeated by Ellsworth in the general elec tion in 1950. . , , . : ,. No Republicans have an nounced plans to . run against Ellsworth in the primary, and he is expected to be a candidate. Shaw has practiced law in Gold Beach, since 1949. Before that he taught at the University of Oregon law school, and ear lier he held several government positions. He was with the OSS during the war. He is 48. Salem (U.R) Gov. Elmo Smith has urged all Oregonians to observe the World Day of Prayer Friday. . by Quakes Yesterday's two major quakes were seDarated bv a series it seven lesser ones. The two big jolts were felt throughout much of Southern California as a steady rolling motion lasting be tween one and two minutes They did not whipcrack like last week's quake. Fire alarms were set off in San Diego by the first tremor and some persons dashed out of downtown buildings into streets. i " -'. ' ' -s t I - t- -i i'X ft rJ j x , .J . . . Jr s - BUNE United Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 280 ytfied Hotel Guests Flee Fire Destroying Two Landmarks Malin Firemen Help Volunteers Merrill, Ore. (U.R) A fire that raged through the mam street of this small Klamath county town destroyed two land marks and caused an estimated $50,000 damage early today. The blaze destroyed the Lost River hotel and the Lost River tavern and vacant buildings ad joining thenu It starte'd about 4 ajn. and hotel guests tied m their nightclothes. The fire was controlled about 6:30 a.m. Cause Not Learned No one was injured. Cause of the fire was not learned. Firemen from nearby Malin helped the Merrill volunteer fire department battle the flames. Heat was so intense that plate glass windows across the street and as far as a block away were broken. : It was described as one of the worst fires in the Merrill area's history. ' Merrill is about 20 miles south of Klamath Falls near the Calif ornia border.. Payment For Future High Schppl-Site.Here . The Medford school board last night approved completion; of payment of $11,875 for a 35-acre tract for a future high school site on old Crater Lake highway . The total amount of the trans action was $18,375. The site is located just north of Buckshot hill rd. The board also reelected prin cipals of all Medford schools. They are Lester D. Harris, senior high school; . Vincent P. Bevis, Hedrick Junior high school; Glenn L. Linn, McLoughlin Jun ior high school; Robert Baccus, Jackson; Kenneth Hulburt,' Jef ferson; Roy Gilbertson, Lincoln; John Childers, Roosevelt; Jack Holmes, Roosevelt annex; and Robert Sage, Washington school. Approve Payments . Payments of $500 each to Hed rick and McLoughlin Junior high schools to assist financing school activities were approved, as was the purchase . of metal-framed bleachers for indoor and out door use at all schools. The bleachers are those which were in Merrick's ballroom, which is being torn down on North River side ave. The board also discussed a pre liminary budget which will be drawn up in the near future, and heard a review from Superin tendent Leonard Mayfield on teacher salary schedules in vari ous Oregon localities. The board will meet again March 13. William Healy To Be Candidate for Congress Salem (U.R) William E. Healy of Salem, who has re signed as assistant secretary of state, announced today that he will be a candidate for Republi can nomination for congressman from the first Oregon district. ; r Healy had earlier announced he would run for secretary of state, but with the decision of Walter Norblad not to seek re election to Congress but to run for Republican nomination for governor instead, Healy said he would run for the job he has al ways hoped he might fill some day. f Road Conditions Siskiyous S now flurries, spots of ice. Green Springs Chains re quired, four inches new snow. - Prospect Snow flurries, packed snow, plowing, carry ing chains advised. Chains required at Govern ment Camp, Wilson River summit. Warm Springs junc tion, Detroit, Santiam pass and Willamette pass. Chains advised at Sunset, Chemult, Ochoco summii. Brothers, Lapin' and Seated. Approved President Plans Wool nf Dedal V I VVll VI SVVJI Ul Humphrey Estate Time May Be Spent Pondering Decision Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower left by plane today for a holiday at the Thom asville, Ga., estate of Secretary of Treasury George M. Humph rey. Mr. Eisenhower will spend a week or 10 days in South Georg ia, pondering his big decision on a second term. He went arm ed with the knowledge that his doctors consider him medically fit to run for reelection. Mr. Eisenhower drove to the airport with Mrs. Eisenhower and her mother, Mrs. John Doud. White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty also accomp anied the party. Newsmen Kept Away Barriers kept newsmen away from the plane so they had no opportunity to ask the President for his reaction to yesterday's report by his doctors that there was no medical reason why he could not run for a second term. As the President enplaned for Georgia, there was new specula tion over when he will announce his decision on reelection. At his last news conference, the' Ti :j a : J T 1 . 3 I, enough information on which to base a decision by the end of the month. T niac Vi ol in enmna rtnnrforc Alt V V-. 111 tUU however, that the enthusiastic medical verdict of the doctors Tuesday might speed up his tim-- ing. - ; The President - appeared, for the near -future at least, to be following a program of getting a rest away from Washington every five or six weeks. He was in Florida in early January and returned to Washington only a little over five weeks ago. . While relaxing on the wooded Humphrey plantation, the Presi dent plans to get in some quail shooting and possibly a few holes of golf at the Thomasville Country club. He was not ex pected, however, - to undertake a full regulation round of golf this trtp This," according to his doctors, must wait until spring. " Spa Sforv on Pane 71 - a Prospect Home Is Destroyed by Fire A fire about six miles south of Prospect Saturday night de stroyed the home and posses sions of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Mc- Eunurry. and their eight chil den, it was learned here today. Prospect volunteer firemen were called, but the fire, which was reported to have started from a defective chimney, had spread rapidly and the family was unable to save anything ex cept the clothes they were wear ing. The family has lived in the Prospect ' area for some time.. McElmurry is employed as a timber faller. There are five girls and three boys, aged lrA to 15 years, in the family. Red Cross officials here said Prospect citizens and the Red Cross have supplied most of the family's immediate needs, but that chests of drawers, blankets, sheets, canned goods and staple foods would be appreciated. . Anyone wishing to help the family should call the Kett Cross, they said. : Roseburg Interests Informed nn Park W W W V Roseburg (U.R) Local in terests have been informed by Interior Secretary Douglas Mc Kay that he would prefer 80 acres of mountain land east of here to be developed as a local or county-park,-rather than as a. national monument. The suggestion that the land be used as a national park was made by the Cavitt Creek Im provement association to Sen. WayneMorse (D-Ore.), who pass ed it along to the Interior De partment. , However, the secretary said action should be withheld until there had been "ample oppor tunity for a decision concerning its suitability for park pur poses." 7 Perjury Charge Filed Against Edith Green Portland (U.R) Rep. Edith Green (D-Ore.), charged today that she was the victim of "poli tical blackmail" when a court action accusing her of perjury was filed here. Attorney Donald C. Walker filed the action in Circuit Court for Francis L. DeHarpport, for mer Portland real estate broker, and Harold Ross.