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.FOUHTEEW MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE. Friday, February 17, 1956 'A :;'l er'' less , ' ' i, , t xxmw'J' . ' v BOTS WILL BE BOYS The death toll in cold-weathr-plagued Europe is now nearing the 600 mark as a new threat develops. Victims of the worse European winter of the century now face a threat of floods as ice-choked rivers begin to backup. Here German . youngsters at Hamburg, with a child-like unwareness of the critical situation, play ," happily on the huge block of drift ice on the shore of the Elbe River. Benson's Claim on Unjustified Pay Boosts Stirs Controversy El'Centro, Calif. (U.R) Secre tary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson's claim that "unjusti fied" pay hikes in the food in dustry contributed to declining incomes of the nation's farmers today stirred a new controversy over his department's policies. Benson told the Western States Meat Packers association convention in San Francisco Sfafe Interim Group To Visit in Medford l Four members of an Oregon legislative interim - committee studying problems of local gov ernment will be in Medford to morrow to meet with citizens and for a television show. They ate Judge Raymond Lathrop, Grants Pass; State Senator Paul Geddes, Roseburg; Representa tive V. E!- 'Johnson, mayor of Eugene and Kenneth Tollenaar, executive secretary of the com mittee. ' i ' ;. . .': The committee members will attend a special public meeting of Medford League of Women Voters at the Jackson hotel. Luncheon will be served at noon with the meeting to open at 1 p.m: It is stressed that anyone interested jn local government is invited to attend, and that a question period will be held. ; At 4 p.m. the committee will appear oh KBES-TV for a panel discussion of local government al problems. The four men are making the trip here in prepara tion for a public hearing ' here March 1. ..- Holmes Will Avoid Name-Calling in Race Portland (U.R) State Sen. Robert ' D. , Holmes, only - anr nounced candidate for the Demo cratic nomination for governor, says any primary race will be devoid of name-calling on his part. . v . Holmes told the Willamette Democratic Society yesterday that other Democrats "men tioned in the papers" as possible candidates for the nomination "are all good men." ' . "If one of them should get the nomination hewould certainly have my support in the fall elec tion," Holmes said. "And I am sure I shall have their support if I am the nominee." Attorney General Robert Thornton, Mult nomah county Sheriff Terry Schrunk and: Albany attorney Orval Thompson, have been among possible candidates' men tioned. . Thursday that the food industry granted "round after round of soft wage settlements," ince 1947. He said, "Half the settle ments were unjustified." Congressional Democrats and spokesmen for farmers, meat packers and packinghouse work ers ' criticized Benson's state ments. "Consistent with the general policy of this giveaway adminis tration he is attempting to fasten the responsibility for the give away of the farmers' income on to the workers of the packing in- dustry," charged Ralph Helstein, president of the United Packing house Workers Union in Chi cago. . When Benson spoke here Thursday night at a . $50-a-plate Republican dinner, he was pick eted by members of the union's Local 78. In his talk here, Benson said the administration is preparing a . campaign to eliminate- sur pluses which robbed farmers of $2,000,000,000 in profits last year. He said farm profits would have been 20 per cent higher in 1955 -if it had not been .for sur pluses piled up under previous programs. Proposing Attack The administration,- he ' said, was proposing, a ."direct and .ef fective attack" to pull the sur pluses down to normal in "about three years." Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey (D- Minn.) led the congressional at tack on Benson. He said Benson NAMED BY SALEM FIRM , San Jose, -Calif. (U.R) L. H. Hogue, San Jose, asisstant secretary-treasurer of Hawaiian Pine apple Co., Ltd., has been elected vice-president and director of the subsidiary Paulus Bros. Pack ing Co. of Salem, Ore. Accident Sends Car Partially Into River Claude Cleveland Ray, 34, who gave his address as 520 North Front st., Medford, re ceived chest bruises about 7:45 p.m. yesterday when the car he was driving went out of control and landed partially in Rogue river rear Rock Point bridge, ao cording to state police. Ray was takn to Grants Pass hospital . where ; police said his condition was not considered serious. . : Police said Ray was traveling riorth on Highway 99 in the one way northbound lane near Rock Point bridge. The car traveled along the east shoulder, "sailed through 'the air" about 100 feet, hit on its front end; bounded about 50 feet more, turned end over end, -and came to rest on the bank partially in the river, according to police.. The vehicle was a total loss. Ray was taken to Grants Pass by Gail Robinson, who lives near the bridge on Old Stage road, police said. - was trying to "cover up for the gross inefficiency" of his own department by throwing "the blame on the backs of workers in factories." Acting Senate Democratic Leader Earle C. Clements of Kentucky also agreed that Benson was "trying to find a scapegoat and distract from his own mistakes." Charles B. Shuman, president of the American Farm Bureau, said he did not believe ' wage boosts to packinghouse' workers were connected with the low price of hogs. Cold Weather Eases; Snow Falls in State Portland (U.R) The cold let up somewhat over western Ore gon last night and was replaced by snow and . rain. But there still were some slick icy spots and the weather man indicated the temperature would go below freezing again in places tonight. Portland, which had been told to expect a, possible three-inch snowfall, awoke to find only a trace on the ground, although the airport measured an inch most- of -which melted quickly this morning. ; , Nearly a foot of new snow was reported at Cascade Locks in the Columbia gorge. There were snow showers throughout west ern . Oregon but it was mostly rain .: in the Willamette valley. Recurring snow showers were predicted east of the Cascades. Coldest official reading in Ore gon last night was four degrees above 'zero at Burns. - Everyday Take:out SPECIAL! Reg. 25c Deluxe HAMBURGERS for These are our Deluxe Ham burgers : with all the Trim ming featured every day at Park Place Cafe , 3Q2 WEST MAIN Across from the Old City Park Soviet Mines in Japan Waters Being Studied . , Tokyo (U.R) The Foreign Office said today, it is' studying reports that Soviet-made mines are floating into Japanese waters and endangering shipping. Informed sources said the Jap anese coast guard had reported that 93 mines had floated onto Japanese shores since 1951, and had urged action to stop them. The United .States is. one .of the few countries left in the world where the railroads are still owned and operated by private enterprise.1 Daily Weather Report Sunset tonight 5:46 P.m. Suiiiise to morrow 7:04 a.m. - . - FORECASTS Medford and vicinity: Considerable cloudiness with occasional flumes of snow or showers of rain and snow mixed and with occasional' clearing periods tonieht and Saturday. Low to night 28. High Saturday 42-45. Western' Oregon: Mostly cloudy with occasional light rain at times mixed with snow tonight and Saturday. Warmer. Low tonight 30-38. High Sat urday 38-46. Northern . California: Showers ex treme north portion spreading to Mon terey . and Merced tonight. Clearing late tonight. Mostly lair Saturday ex cept snow - flurries high mountains. Continued cold and wind in north portion. LOCAL DATA ' TEMPERAiOKli: Mean yesterday 24; oeiow normal IS. Record higa tnisMate 72 in 1916. Record iow this date 22 in 1932 KttfcClPiTATiON: 24 hours to mid night, none. Midnight to 10 ajn. .12 in. Total this month Jui in., l.ou m. below normal. Total since Sept. 1, 21.55' inches, 9.50 inches above normal. HUMIDITY: lowest yesterday 38, highest this ajn. 94. CITY - - High Low Prec. Brookings 46 37 ..18 Crater iake 29 12 ' .78 Grants l?ass ; ; 39 28 .12 Klamath Falls -. 28 21 108 MEDFORD 34 27 .04 Portland ... 30 28 .10 School Taxation Discussion Topic At Study Meeting ' A. F. Mekvold, Jackson coun ty school superintendent, dis cussed taxation problems of the rural school board, and the need for coordinating various taxing units within the county at a tax study meeting of, the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce this morning. -. He said he thought the prob lem is equalization on the coun ty level of school taxing units, because the ratio of ability to, pay varies about six to one. He pointed out that ' some districts are six times richer than other districts. School Fund Mekvold said he believed the basic school support fund through the state formula should be changed to equalize distribu tion of funds to less wealthy counties. Under the present set up, he said, the valuation trend has been for richer areas to in crease faster than poorer areas in assessed valuation. He also discussed the prob lem of consolidation' of non high' school districts with high school districts. He noted 'the greatest problem of consolidation is to have high school districts accept distriots which have low assessed valuation because the tax levy would not raise enough to pay for students. Mekvold said he -believed the state board of education building code is reasonable and that the state minimums are . not out of line. He added that he' feels they should have better technical ad vice from the state level on ad vising smaller districts on build ings regarding present and fu ture needs. . Paper Plant Talked For Yaquina Bay Portland (U.R) ' Plans for a 250-ton-per-day Kraft paper plant at Yaquina bay on the Oregon coast were on today's agenda of a meeting between Georgia-Pacific Plywood Corp. and state fish, game and sani tary authorities. Involved in the discussion were water pollution problems created by waste that would be dumped into coastal waters by plant and water rights on the Siletz and Yaquina rivers. Georgia-Pacific had applied to the state engineers office for water rights to 40 cubic feet per second flow of the Siletz. . The Portland firm planned to process into paper and board the chips it now sells , to other processors. If plant construction were started this summer, pro duction could begin by the fall of 1957. . Oregon Credit Rating Classified as 'AA' Salem 4U,R) Oregon is now an "AA" state instead of an "A" state, credit-wise. State Treasurer Sig Unander said , the rating was made by in vestment firms on general obli gation bonds which will make it possible for Oregon to save money through . lower interest on future bond issues..: ' Leon McDougall Said 'Holding His Own' li e o n McDougall," Medford youth who underwent rare heart surgery at the Mayo clinic in Minnesota ; yesterday, was said to be "holding his own" this morning, although still not con scious. The young man's moth er, . Mrs. J. A. McDougall, . 315 Pefrydale ave., reported this morning that her husband had phoned from the hospital to re port his condition. The parents expressed , their appreciation to Medford resi dents who made special dona tions of blood before the opera tion through the Red Cross re ciprocal blood bank program. McDougall reported that 12 pints of the blood already had been used. The operation, which involv ed the use of a mechanical heart and lung was performed by Dr. John W. Kirtlin, heart surgeon for the clinic. Communications to young Mc Dougall,. -may, be addressed to Rochester. Methodist hospital, it was said. Roseburg Woman Injured in Blast Roseburg (U.R) Mrs. Esther Young, 50, manager of the Rose burg Auto Court, was hospitaliz ed here with second and third degree burns inflicted by the ex plosion of a gas burner in bne of the cotages of the court to day. " Witnesses said the woman was blown through the door of the cottage by the blast which also raised the roof of the building away from the walls. Her clothes caught fire and her wrist was fractured. A passerby, Harry Ryan, extinguished the . flames in the woman's clothing "and summonded aid. Morse Takes Verbal Poke at Segregation ' ' Chapel Hill, N.C. J0J.R -Sen. Wayne Morse (D .-Ore.) said here last night that "interposition is a new form of secession ." - Re told the Carolina. Forum at the University of North Caro lina that today "we find an at tempted revival of individual stales' authority -to resist federal rc-tion on the grounds of assert ed end self-assumed unconstitu tionality." ' Morse said that "despite braga doccio and verbal swagger -we can expect that the 14th amend ment will survive and remain vigorous long after shortsighted racial politicians have strutted their brief day in the public limelight."': " "-'"'""-! Morse said he'would not "take a back seat "to anyone" in de fending the - primary jurisdic tion of the states over several areas of "organized life,' includ ing education. He added, however, "we must be on guard of the invoking of states' rights to defeat or weak en sound and proper and urgent national programs." ' Portlander Hurt When Struck by Own Car Portland (U.R) Charles L. Mader was treated for a possible arm fracture last night after he was struck by his own car. Mader, 49, had stopped at a corner to inspect his car when another car came down a. hill and skidded on ice. It hit Mader's car which spun and struck Mader as he jumped to avoid it. Negro Actor Succumbs In New York Hospital New York i(U.R) Frank H. Wilson, 70, the Negro actor who played Moses in the film version of "Green Pastures," died yes terday in Queens General hos pital. Wilson suffered a paralytic stroke Feb. 5 after serving com munion at the Corona Congrega tional Christian church where he was a deacon. SUGGESTS FLUORIDATION . Portland (U.R) Dr. Thomas L. Meador, city health officer, has recommended fluoridation of Portland's water supply "with the least possible delay." Rummage Sale v FRIDAY & SATURDAY Feb. 17-18 9:30 to 5 Sacred Heart Parish Hall 326 So. Oakdale - Free Parking This Is A . Statement of Facts! Broiled Choice 16-oz. CSV CO T-BONE STEAK A Complete Dinner .... TOP NOTCH CAFE CRATRSATra . FOR AN EVENING OF REAL ENJOYMENT AT WALKER'S POPULAR JDEEAIILAnD The "FINEST of MODERN MUSIC Good Floor Good Crowd Bring the Family School Teacher Gets Help Changing Tire Brookings, S.D. (U.R) A Brookings sixth grade teacher, Mrs. Grace Rodee, was traveling between Highmore and Harrald, S.D., recently when her car had a flat tire. She was struggling with it alone as one car passed her, then another. Finally a third car ap? proached and stopped. A man clad in hunting clothes and smoking a pipe offered to help her. She asked him where he was from, and he said Pierre.; She asked him what he did.. "I work in the state house," was the reply. He looked up and she recog nized him as Joe Foss, South Da kota's Congressional Medal of Honor winner, flying ace and present governor. Seattle . Spokane Yakima . 25 23 .06 12 7 .05 10 2 .03 Eureka . Red Bluff . Sacramento San Francisco ..... Los Angeles ; 43 51 50 54 58 36 38 30 35 40 Phoenix Denver Chicago- Miami New, York Washington, D.C. 58 25 32 80 41 48 41 0 30 66 26 35 FIVE-DAY FORECAST (Throueh Feb. 22) Western Oregon Temperatures be low normal but highs rising to 40-46 by Sunday. Lows 27-35. Precipitation above normal with 1-2 inches along coast and 1 inch in interior valleys. Occasional showers with heavy pre cipitation on week end and Monday. Northern California A few show ers tonight. Occasional rain early in week with snow at low level in moun tains. Temperatures below normal. SAT. FEB. 18 5 P.M. to 8 Smorgasbord & Square Dance JACKSONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ADULTS $1.50 . CHILDREN UNDER 12 75c Cards and Games for Those Who Do Not Dance Sponsored by the Jacksonville P.T.A. . GRAND OPENING TONIGHT Stan'KLUB ' i Now Under New " Management! Orchids for the- Ladies Now Playing o SENSATIONAL NEW SHOW CORTEZ BOYER TRIO Direct - from Mapes Hotel, Reno . . one of the finest live comedy units in the west! Also Featured "Double Aires'1 Norm and Clair NO COVER CHARGE See Them Tonight at ' Stan's Y Club Fish 'n Chips and Jumbo Fried Shrimp ' at McDuffie's COFFEE POT - DRIVE-IN 1132 North RiversidV i i m DON'T MISS THIS BIG SHOW! SATURDAY, FEB. 18th featuring the Melody Wranglers ROGUE VALLEY See and Hear the MELODY UllGLERS Who Are Back On ; KBES-TV 5:30 to 6:30 P.M. Every Saturday Watch for them! ' Adm. $1.00 Lots of Free Parking Dancing 'til 1:00 Come On Out! Can you find the "guarantee" in this picture? You buy a refrigerator only two or three times ' in your lifetime. Yet you don't hesitate to buy one without getting so much as a look at the indicate "works" that makes it run'. ' How jdo you dare make such an important . purchase without having an expert check it over 1 for you? What makes you so sure you're getting your money's worth when you say, "I'll take that one"? - The answer's obvious. You look for the "brand name on the refrigerator your "guarantee." . You've learned to follow this first rule of safe and sound buying: - A good brarid is your best guarantee No matter what kind of product you want to' buy, you know a good, brand won't let you down. You know the maker stands back of it guar antees if. And so, when you buy a good brand you know you're right.- r Head this newspaper to find out which are the good brands (and the stores that sell them.) The more good brands you know, the surer you are about all your shopping. 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