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FORECAST: Comiderable
cloudiness with occasional
snow flurries tonight and
Friday. Low tonight 25. High
Friday 40.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday . 39
Lowest this Morning 32
Free, to 10 a-m. Today .82
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IF WINTER COMES . . . ? This is typical
of. the scene which greeted many residents
of the Rogue valley this morning, as the
winter's heaviest snowfall came in during
the night, covering southern Oregon with
Power Line Damage, Schools
Closed From iHleaw Snowfall
More1 than 6 inches of snow
yesterday and last night closed
several county schools today,
and caused power shortages in
several southern Oregon areas,
Electric power in east Med-
ford was off between two and
four hours early today when
snow packed on lines and tree
limbs causing contacts and line
burning, California Oregon Pow
er company officials said. '
Other Facilities
Other facilities in Southern
Oregon were extensively " dam
aged, they said. Lines in the
Wimer, Evans Creek, Trail and
Elk creek areas suffered heavy
damage, as did lines on the
Green Springs. They said there
also was transmi3sion'..line..tcQU.i
ble on the Umpqua divide from
heavy snowfall.
Officials said ; repair crews
were dispatched to trouble spots.
Medford station of. the U.S.
weather bureau recorded 5.1
inches of snow at the airport this
morning Winging the total for
the month to 10.9 inches, second
highest amount for February on
record.
Record fall for February was
17.5 inches in 1917. Heaviest
amount for the month since then
had been 9.8 in February 1949.
This morning's snow, which
came between midnight and
10:30 a.m., was the largest
amount for x one day this year.
There was a total of four inches
on the ground at one time. A fig
ure of 6.2 inches for yesterday
Road Conditions
Highway 99 Siskiyous
Chains required, packed snow.
Highway 99, north Chains
required from Grants Pass to
Canyonville; rain north of
Canyonville, pavement bare.
Highway 199 Chains re
quired from Grants Pass to
over Oregon mountain. '
Highway 66, Green Springs
Chains required, packed
snow.
Highway 62 Packed snow
and slush from Shady Cove
north; highway closed at
Crater ' Lake National park,
snow slide. ,
Highway 227 Tiller-Trail
highway closed by slide near
Milo. .. . .
Smith Announces Candidacy
For Governor Nomination
Salem (U.R) Gov. Elmo
Smith announced late yesterday
that he would be candidate ,for
the Republican nomination for
governor in the May 18 primary
election.
"My duty and responsibilities
are clear," the governor said m
announcing his decision to run.
"Oregon has great need for
far-sighted and aggressive lead
ership," he said. "The people of
Oregon had given decisive sup
port to the leadership and pro
gram of Gov. Patterson. I be
lieve they want this program
continued and completed." .
U. S. Rep. Walter Norblad and
Earl Dickson of Albany, also
have filed for the Republican
nomination for governor. '
State Sen. Robert E. Holmes,
Astoria, is the only announced
Democrat candidate.
The governor, who entered his
new duties as chief executive of
Oregon on the sudden death of
Gov. Paul Patterson, Jan. 31,
1956, said he intended to visit
every section of the state during
the coming year. '
and today, however, was not the
most for a two-day period this
year. Snowfall, on Feb. 17 "and
18 amounted to 7.4 inches with
4.4 on Feb. 17. ,
Medford vicinity was the area
of heavy snow for Southern Ore
gon. More rain than snow fell to
the north and south of the valley
and Grants Pass had only an inch
of slush at 10:30 a.m, today,
Schools closed today in Jack
son county due to weather or
road conditions included Ruch,
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West Coast
By UNITED PRESS
i Cooler-air moved into Oregon today as precipitation which
sent streams cut of their banks earlier in the week dropped off.
Snow was reported in some sections.
' North Bervi .received. .64, of ,an .inch .of rain in. the 24 hours
ending at 4:30 a.m. and Medford got about six inches of snow,
but elsewhere precipitation generally was lighter. Baker got .45
of an inch of precipitation -and reported four inches of snow on
the ground. . . , .
Some mixed rain and snow fell throughout western Oregon
and the weather bureau said 'the outlook called for more similar
shower activity. Snow showers are expected throughout eastern
Oregon. -
San Francisco :0J.R) The
West Coast's four-day storm died
away today, leaving behind at
least eight dead and severe flood
damage in three states.
The onslaught of wind, rain
and snow . swelled -r-ivers
throughout southern Washing
ton, Oregon and Northern Cal
ifornia, but the' only' major
stream still offering trouble was
the Russian river in. California.
The Sonoma county sheriff's
office reported that the tumbling
water reached 38" feet "last night
eight tfeet above flood stage
but most of the flooding was.con
fined to farm land.
Clearing Forecast
Meanwhile, the weather bu
reau came up with its first opti
mistic forecast in four days. It
predicted partial clearing in
Oregon and Washington early
today with continued "intermit
tent" rain and snow in Northern
California until this afternoon.
In Oregon, Gov. Elmo Smith
said flood damage in the Grants
Pass area of Josephine County
might be three or four 'times
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snow ranging in depth from a few inches up
to a foot or more in higher elevations. Despite
its beauty, it caused slippery ' and slushy
streets,, slowed traffic and kept a number of
schools closed. (Brainerd photo.) '
Rogue River and Butte Falls,
which are closed for the re
mainder of the week, and Jack
sonville, Phoenix, Applegate,
Prospect and the Rogue River
Academy, which closed for today
at least, according to County
School Superintendent Alf Mek
vold. Evans "Vjalley school, which
has been closed because of heavy
snow, could not be contacted be
cause lines were down, Mekvold
said. .
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Storm
greater
astrous
floods.
than that of the dis-December-J
a n u a r y
McCloud Man Killed '
' The latest victim of the storm
was Harley Johnson, 22, of Mc
Cloud, Calif., who was reported
to have frozen to death when he
and two other men were caught
in a blizzard north of Redding.
Four persons were killed in
California and three in Washing
ton earlier in the week.
Five men were injured, four
of them seriously, when a rock
slide crashed down on a power
shovel they were operating "in
the" Feather River' Canyon near
Storrie, Calif., yesterday.
Hearing on Rural Fire
District Budget Held
The Central Point Rural Fire
district budget for 1956-57 calls
for a tax levy of $31,647.40, an
increase of $6,972.80 .over the 6
per cent . limitation. The pro
posed levy, however, is $259.52
less than the 1954-55 levy.
' A public hearing on the bud
get was held in Central Point
Tuesday night. No objection was
voiced. The budget board will
meet March 6 to fix the date for
a special election when voters
will be asked to approve the
amount in excess of the 6 per
cent limitation.
Fire- Chief Dick Krupp said
the budget committee limited ex
penditures tp essentials and plan
ned no improvements or addi
tions because it felt that the tax
burden in the County was such
that an increase should be
avoided.
Railroad Tariff -Suspension
Ordered
Salem-OJ.PJ Public Utilities
Commissioner Charles H. Helt-
zel today ordered suspension of
railroad tariffs recently, filed
which would increase intrastate
rail rates in Oregon by seven
per cent.
The new rates would have be
come effective Feb. 25.
The order said the level of all
rates and charges would be
greauy increased ana no evi
dence establishing their propri
ety and reasonableness had been
offered by ; the railroads to sup
port the tariffs.
Hagerfy Continues
To Deny.Decisiori
Told by President
Authoritative Word
To Be Given Public
Thomasville, Ga. (U.R) The
White House today attempted
vainly to stem the growing flood
of reports that President Eisen
hower: was willing to run again;
Almost hourly,- Mr. Eisen
hower's press secretary, James C.
Hagerty, was pelted with a fresh
batch of published and broadcast
reports that the President had
reached a decision and would be
a candidate for re-election.
These reports flowed in from
the West Coast to New York, the
bulk of them Nsteniming from
Washington sources. .
Hagerty attempted to stand
his ground, however, and contin
ued to forecast that the first au
thoritative word from the Presi
dent will be given to the Ameri
can public and not to a few Re
publicanleaders. :.,
Denies Word From Adams
He also denied that Sherman
Adams, the assistant to the. Pres
ident,, had "passed the word" to
GOP leaders that the President
was a sure thing for a reelection
race. !
"Has Sherman Adams passed
such word?" Hagerty was asked
late Wednesday.
v "No, he hasn't and I've talked
to Sherman Adams ... He says
he never made, any such state
ment like that at all," Hagerty
said.
GOP National Chairman Leon
ard W. Hall also was mentioned
in the published reports as a
source of the information that
the President was willing to
stand for reelection.
Hagerty said he checked Ad-
a;.by..tphpnet'Jt)utnQt..9alI.'
The -press" secf etary; felt" that his
province was the White ;House
staff and not beyond. - -
"Has a decision of any sort
been relayed to anybody?" Hag
erty was asked. (
Says Would Not Tell
"Not to my knowledge," Hag
erty replied.
Asked "if the President had
reached his fateful decision, Hag
erty enigmatically . replied, "I
wouldn't know and if I do
know, I'm not going to tell you.
When he is . going to make an
announcement, he will tell me
and I will tell you." '
Extensive Damaged
To County Roads
Local flooding and overflow
ing streams have caused exten
sive "semi-major" damage to.
roads throughout Jackson coun
ty, according to County Engin
eer Paul Rynning and members
of the county court who spent
yesterday touring the area.
While roads have not receiv
ed serious damage of the heavy
December floods, Rynning said
local damage was considerably
greater and covered a larger
area. "
A section of the Central Point
Jacksonville road near Hanley
hill was badly washed out by a
rampant Jackson . creek, and
heavy rock work will be requir
ed before it will be passable, ac
cording to Rynning.
Other sections closed include
the .right fork road of Foots
creek, where a bridge approach
is washed out; the upper , part
of Kane's creek between Med
ford and Gold Hill; upper Grif
fin Creek road, about three
miles above ' Griffin "- Creek
school; and up Sterling creek
road between Jacksonville hill
and -Little Applegate..
Rynning said crews are bat
tling snow in the higher levels
and the exact amount ' of dam
age cannot yet be determined.
Three Juvenile Boys
Arrested This Week
Three more juvenile boys
were arrested Monday by sher
iff's deputies, bringing to 16 the
number taken into custody re
cently for thefts from cars and
other deliquent acts.
The arrests have cleared at
least 69 cases on sheriff's files,
and a number reported to Med
ford police, officials said. City
police also have arrested juve
niles recently for similar crimes
All the. youths have been re
manded to the juvenile depart
ment for further investigation
Juid disposition.
ESCAPES INJURY Milo. Martain Randall,
23, 724 Victory st., apt. 4, escaped injury about
8:30 p.m. Wednesday . when his . auto was
squeezed between two Southern Pacific cars
at the Clark st. crossing. City police said
Randall's sedan became stuck , on the rails
Yuba City Children
Await Santa's Visit
Yuba City, Calif. (U.R)
Seven-year-old Stewart Stanton,
his eyes shining, cheered as loud
as the rest of them when it was
announced that Santa Claus
would put in an appearance
here tomorrow.
; Little Stewart, like thousands
of other tots in Yuba City and
Marysville, didn't get : to -. see
S'anta on his regular run. ; Their
towns were "evacuated and .the
Christmas presents of many
were swept away on roof-high
flood waters.
' Stewart, a second-grader, en
tered the high school auditor
ium here last night during a
driving rain. Then his face lit
up and he joined with 800 other
youngsters in a carnival atmos
phere. There was a free circus
and vaudeville acts.
Ike Sends Greetings
President Eisenhower sent
Christmas greetings, and Gov.
Goodwin J. Knight announced
he would tour the flood area to
morrow with Santa Claus, drop
ping in at random at the homes
of youngsters.
That was when the big cheer
went up.
'I' Santa Claus also will appear
Saturday to pass out gifts do
nated from all over the state.
A planeload from Alameda Nav
al Air Station was due to arrive
today, and another load of gifts
was scheduled to come from
Southern California Lions clubs.
The celebration of Christmas
in February was building ' up
momentum despite an almost
steady downpour and a threat
of another flood.
But the Weather Bureau pre
dicted some clearing for today
Check Rumors of
Isolated Family
Three men in a six-wheel
drive truck were making their
way ; up snowbound Evans
Creek road to Wimer at noon
today after rumors indicated the
possibility that a family was is
olated near Wimer and in need
of 'help.
Making the trip were Leroy
Webb, Rogue River logger; and
Doyle Stockton, deputy state
fire wardens They were in con
tact with local officials through
use of a mobile radio loaned by
the Southern Oregon Conserva
tion and Tree Farm association.
Red Cross officials said they
received a phone caE last night
from Rogue River from an un
identified woman who told them
the situation should be investi
gated. 7,000 Chickens Lost ,
When House Floods
Rogue River The loss of at
least 1,000 chickens, owned by
S. W. Tomlinson, route 1, Gold
Hill, due to flooding from a ditch
near his chicken - house early
Tuesday was reported today. ,
Tomlinson's family said he dis
covered the water about two feet
deep in the chicken house about
5 a jn. The . young fryers were
ready for market, ; according to
relatives.
at least enough so Santa won't
have tc worry about finding his
way through the storm. ,
Yesterday looked darkest. A
ferris wheel stood dripping and
deserted in downtown - Yuba
City. A colorful tent planned to
house last night's circus was
ripped : by winds' j- and taken
down. Merchants who remained
open fpr "Christmas shopping,"
stood glum in nearly deserted
stores. '. '
Protesting Negroes
Summoned To Prayer
Montgomery, Ala. U.R)' A
minister called 10,000 Negroes
to prayer today on the eve of a
proposed ' mass "pilgrimage"
through Montgomery streets in
protest against 7scores of arrests
for boycotting segregated city
buses.
The Rev. R. D. Abernathy,
one of 67 Negroes rounded up
Wednesday and - charged .with
plotting the 11-week old racial
boycott, said he expected 10;000
Negroes to gather for prayer at
his church tonight.
The boycott, started last Dec.
5, was staged originally as a one
day demonstration protesting the
arrest of seamstress Rose Parks
for refusing to move to the
Negro section of a bus..
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uBietin
Washington (U.R) The
House Ways and Means com
mittee voted today to tax mo-;
torists and truckers an average
of more than $800,000,000 a
year for 16 years to help pay
for a big new highway build
ing program.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York-j(U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 . indus
trials 481.50 up 4.57; 20 rails
159.88 up 0.71; 15 utilities 64.44
up 0.20; and 65 stocks 170.87 up
1.20. Sales today were about 2,-
900,000 shares compared with
2,240,000 yesterday.
TROUBLE AT GRANTS PASS Scenes like
this were common in Grants Pass area Tues
day as a result of heavy rainfalL A boat is
used for evacuation In tba Farkdale district'
when he attempted to go around a freight
car parked on the crossing. He placed blocks
next to the rails to facilitate the crossing,
according to police, but was forced to leave
the car in the path of the train approaching
on another track. -
McCarthy Urges
Encouragement of
Attack on Reds
New York (U.R) Sen. Joseph
R. McCarthy assailed the Eisen
hower administration's foreign
policy last night and demanded
that the United States "encour
age" free Chinese, Koreans and
Viet Namese to attack the Com-
;munists..,,....w -
McCarthy and SenTWilliam E
Jenner of Indiana both were
critical of the administration in
addresses before -a Washington's
birthday rally of the "For Amer
ica" organization in Carnegie
Hall.
Another Washington
McCarthy described Gen. Doug
las MacArthur as "contemporary
George Washington"- and said
"neither Douglas MacArthur nor
Washington, if the decision had
been his,; would have "extended
the hand of friendship to the
Soviet Union as was done last
summer at Geneva." ,
Jenner also levelled a verbal
attack at the United Nations and
said the United Nations consti
tutes a threat to our constitution
and our liberties at home, as
great as its threat to our inde
pendence as a nation in foreign
affairs." ' '
Arms Encouraged
McCarthy said the United
States must seek to wipe Com
munism from the earth and said
the United States should "en
courage free peoples, especially
those in Asia with armed forces
at their disposal, to attempt to
liberate their Communist - held
homelands."
Morse Would Welcome
Stevenson, Kef auver
Washington UR A presi
dential primary race between
Adlai Stevenson and Estes e-
fauver in Oregon would be wel
comed by Sen. Wayne Morse, the
Oregon Democrat said today. .
Morse said he had written to
both candidates denying that he
would fear their,'filingin ' the
Oregon primary election for its
effect on his own campaign for
reelection. ... - -
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Valuable Metal
WillBeAYailable
To Peaceful Nations
Safeguards To Assure
Peaceful Purposes
Washington (U.R) The
United States today took a long
step forward in its atoms-for-peace
program by releasing one
billion dollars worth of uran
ium for peaceful uses at home
and abroad. ,
: Officials predicted the move
would prove a sharp blow to
Soviet "talk" about Russian ad
vances in peaceful use of nu
clear power.
To Distribute 40 Tons
. President Eisenhower , an-,
nounced at Thomasville, ' Ga.,
Wednesday the United .States
will distribute 40,000 kilograms
(more than 40 tons) bf uranium
235 for atomic reactors and re
search at home, and overseas.
: That amount of uranium-235
packs enough energy , to devas
tate 40,000 Hiroshimas. How-. 6
ever, experts stressed the ur
anium will be made available
in a form not easily convertible
to military use
, Half of the 40,000 kilograms
will be set aside for leasing in
the united States, the announce
ment said.
The rest will be leased or sold
abroad. The President said "pru
dent safeguards" will be taken
to make sure the uranium is
used for peaceful purposes. '
Soviet Bloc Ineligible
The uranium will be made,
available to all nations except
Russia and its satellites and na
tions like Great Britain that are
already producing it.
"This will give the boys in.
the Kremlin something to think
about," ; said.. tne U: : S." off icial -who
asked not to be quoted by
name. "The Russians can't, pos
sibly hope to match this."
Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D
Wash.), said the uranium commitment-
will "unequivocally
demonstrate to doubting Thom
ases abroad that we are staunch
advocates of the peaceful atom.";
He joined Chairman Clinton P.
Anderson (D-N.M.), of the Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy.
Committee in hailing the move
as a "valuable step in the right
direction." -
Federal Civil Defense
Officials Visit Here '
Fred Spaeth, federal civil de
fense official from Salem, and
Lt. Col. Maylon E. Scott, Oregon
civil defense operations officer,
were to arrive in Medford this
afternoon for a preliminary sur
vey of flood damage.
The two 'will tour Jackson
county today and Josephine
county Friday, and make a re
port by telephone tomorrow to
Gov. Elmo Smith, according to
Maj. Gen. Joseph Hicks', county
civil defense director. .
SP Resumes Traffic
Over Siskiyou Line
Portland U.R) Freight serv
ice over Southern Pacific's Sis
kiyou line between Eugene and.
Dunsmuir was resumed at 8:30
a jn. today as crews completed
repairs of flood damage to the
Jumpoff Joe creek bridge at
Merlin in Josephine county.
" There is no passenger service
on the line. The Siskiyou route
also had been blocked at Myrtle
Creek and south of Grants Pass
but that damage was repaired
earlier.
south of the city. Grants Pass was isolated ,
by floodwaters but the main highway routes
were-reopened after surface water receded
and the Rogue river started dropping.
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