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TV IT MEDFOI United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year n 90 Charged With Violating Slate Anti-Boycott Law Many Walk in Protest Demonstration Montgomery, Ala. U.R) ' Ninety Negro leaders were quiet ly arraigned today on charges of violating the state's anti-boycott law while many members of their race walked to work and school in a protest demon stration. The Negroes paraded in groups before Judge Eugene W. Carter. All pleaded "not guilty" with the exception of one man who said, "I haven't done a thing." "You plead not guilty then" Solicitor William Thetford sug gested. . The Negroes were indicted for a citywide boycott of the Mont gomery Bus Line, which began when a Negro woman was ar rested for refusing to observe regulations governing the seat ing of white and Negro passen gers. Trial Dale Set Thetford said the cases had been set for trial in Circuit Court the week of March 19. Negro ministers, 26 of whom were among those indicted, pro claimed this "prayer pilgrimage" day and asked all "race loving Negroes" not to drive their cars or ride other vehicles during the day. . Morning reports indicated the "pilgrimage" was only a partial success. A light drizzle that fell in the early hours might have been partly responsible. ; Reporters who drove through Negror areas of the city noted a larger dumber than usual" of Negroes walking, but the sight of a Negro in" a car was not a rarity. ; y ' Small Crowd Gathers Indictments were identical charging those in each group with "entering into a combina tion, conspiracy, agreement, ar rangement or understanding for the purpose of hindering, delay ing or preventing" the bus lines from carrying on business. Conviction under the charges could carry a maximum .sen tence of six months in jail. - - Thetford and the three Negro defense attorneys made an agree ment to allow the defense a week to file written demurrers to the charges. San Diego Firm Buys Land Here for Hotel Sale of a one and one-half acre lot at 722 North Riverside ave., to house a $100,000 "high way hotel was announced today by Mrs. Sadie McVey, 2902 North Pacific highway, who sold the land to the Travelodge cor poration, San Diego. Mrs. McVey said the sale was completed Monday with Richard King, San Diego, and construc tion date is pending the remov al of the house presently on the - site. It will be moved to her Pacific highway address, she said. . jjetaus concerning the new hotel were not known by Mrs, McVey, but she said she under stood it was to be "quite lux urious." Rat Bait Cleaned Up In Grand View Area Rat bait in the Grand View area, which was believed re sponsible for at least one dog poisoning, has been cleaned up by the extermination company responsible, county sanitarians reported today. The company removed the dangerous bait at the request of the health department. "The com' pany's offices are located via Grants. Pass, they said. Road Conditions Highway 99, north Spot of ice on Sexton and Canyon mountains. . . Highway 99, Siskiyous Spots of ice; 1 inch new snow. Highway 62, Prospect Packed snow, carrying chains advised; 5 inches new snow. . Highway 66, Green Springs Packed snow, plowing, car rying chains advised; 1 inch new snow. Highway 227 Tiller-Trail highway still closed because of slide sear Milo. 22 Pages Smnfth IF r jLjjq Governor Receives Two Resignations; . Third To Retire Careful Selection Of Personnel Planned Salem U.B) Resignations of two members of the Oregon Liquor Control commission were received here today by Gov. Elmo Smith who also outlined three objectives he considered "paramount in liquor control administration.- - The two men J. G. Sroufe of Portland and Lowell Seaton of Albany submitted "courtesy" resignations to the governor. The third commission member, Chairman Lester Ireland of Hillsboro, asked not to be reap pointed when his term expired Jan. 1, 1956. Gov. Smith asked the mem bers to remain on the commis sion until their successors are appointed which, he said, will be as soon as time permits. Reappointment Seen One of the two men, either Sroufe or Seaton, is expected to be reappointed by the governor as a holdover member to insure continuity of planning. ' Said the governor: "Resigna tions received from two mem-1 bers of the Liquor Control com mission and. :the-expiration of the term of the third member will permit my reorganization of this commission which I in tend , as soon as time permits the careful selection of qualified replacements. "The resignations are 'cour tesy' resignations csutomarily submitted to an incoming gov ernor. . Accomplishments Told. "N d t a b 1 e accomplishments were achieved by the past com mission particularly in the fields of business, management and ef ficiency of warehouse . opera tions.. This commission purchas ed the ground for the new plant near Milwaukie at a figure that permitted sale of surplus ground at a price equal to the cost . to the state of the entire plot pur chased.' Very substantial savings were made in construction costs of the new buildings," the gover nor said. . ' '" , Headded "there will be one holdover member to insure con tinuity of long-range planning. The appointment of two new members' will permit me to name men qualified and specifically charged with responsibility for achieving three objectives that I believe are paramount: in liquor control administration. - "First: That commission pol icy reflect the declared objec tive of the Knox law which is liquor control rather than sales and promotion for taxes or for any other reason. Confidence of People ' "Second: That the operation of the commission shall in every particular earn the confidence of the people of the state ; and that the integrity of the commis sion shall be above suspicion. The example of ethical conduct and freedom from all improper influences of every kind must be set by the members of the com mission themselves and be strict ly enforced in the conduct of every member of the staff. "Third: That commission regu-; lations provide every safeguard within the authority of the law to prevent, sale of liquor to minors. ,; The governor said the new commission could be assured of bis personal support in any changes of personnel or pro cedures necessary to accomplish his three objectives. Sincere in Efforts "I am sincere in my efforts to keep the liquor control com mission from becoming a politi cal football," he said. "The commission operates one of Oregon's important busi nesses. It should be and will be conducted solely on sound busi ness principles. I assure the peo ple of Oregon that my desires and intentions are that the com mission's activities be kept com pletely out of politics." MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRU' T iyr CiMirl NO MONKEYING WITH THIS SITTER Four-month-old Tina Antonucci seems quite content as she is cradled in the arms of her baby sitter a 10-year-old chimpanzee named Cheta in her trailer home in Minneapolis. The Antonuccis own a troupe of chimps which are performing at a Shrine Circus in Minneapolis.. . , Tram Jumps Tra Low Death To Be 'Unbelieva Severn, Md. (U.R) Survivors of a crack passenger train de railment said today it was "unbelievable'!1 there were not more casualties , when the New York bound train jumped its rails here Thursday, killing five and injuring 90 others. ; : . One man said he missed death by "one car and one minute." Another said it was only his fondness for cigars that saved; him and his' wife. Many others said.it was a miracle they were alive." The 14-car, Embassy Express left the rails as it was rolling at 80 miles an hour across a straight stretch of track on a marshy flatland Thursday night.-. ,v . '-.'. v. It was 24 minutes 'out of Washington and moving on a tight schedule toward New York when the air brakes locked suddenly and nine of the 14 cars bounded out of control. . Five persons died and 90 were injured in the pileup that followed..- Several of the injured were not expected to live. One of those injured less seriously was former Sen. Herbert R. O'Conor (D-Md.) who suffered a cut on the head. r'j The dining car swerved to the right as it left the tracks, slam med headon into a steel pole sup porting overhead electric wires. . There was a blinding flash of light as the high tension wires dropped. ' ; ': The rear of the . diner slid down a 15-foot embankment and yanked three cars behind it. The violent derailment, of the dining car pulled two cars for ward of it off the rails. They tipped onto their sides. ; Three cars in the rear jumped the tracks but remained upright.: Allen Johnson, of Washing ton, said he left the wrecked din ing car only a minute before the wreck. - ' . ."I .missed possible death by one car and one minute," he said. He was in one of the cars which left the tracks but remained up right. Johnson and many of the other 400 passengers on the train said the calm that settled - over the wreck scene immediately after the smashup was amazing. "There was dead silence in our car," Johnson said. "No one pan icked." ' A dining car waiter, G. S. Reed, said he was serving a pas senger a Martini "and the; next minute the passenger was up on the ceiling pinned by a couple of tables." .- . - Michael Berov, who was in his WEATHER FORECAST: Mostly cloudy tonight- and Saturday . morning with intermittent snow or "rain and snow mixed. Partial clearing Saturday afternoon -and night. Low tonight 30-32. High Saturday 42-45. - ; - Temp. Highest Yesterday .. 39 . Lowest this Morning . i. 27 Prec. To 4:30 a.m. Today 35 """ - - ' ' United Press Full Leased Wire 1956 Toli Said yard nearby at the time of the wreck, said -the calm following the wreck was amazing. "There was a boy with his legs cut off. and he wasn't even cry ing," he. said. Another . passenger said he saw one man "wandering around With his arm torn off." ' " The screams and moans were pathetic, he said. -. . Pasquale Melillo of New Ha ven said he escaped death only because he left one of the badly wrecked cars a few minutes be fore the derailment to go to the smoking car. . . "Been smoking cigars all my life and now I owe my life to a cigar," he said. . Two Isolated Of Power Wagon I n Evans Rogue River Leroy Webb, civil rdefense ' chief in Rogue River, and state forest patrol crews continued opening snow bound roads in the Wimer and Evans creek areas today, after two , isolated . families were reached yesterday. , Webb said he, .Elmer Milton, Milton's sons Ralph and William, Doyle . Stockton, deputy state fire warden, and John-Bradish of the state forest patrol reached T. J. Miller and his sister, both elderly, and the Mat Neathamer family, who live on .the road west .of Minthorne bridge. Power Wagon. Webb i said the party used. Milton s power wagon with chains, and traveled-; through snow ; ranging from 22 to 26 inches deep on- the ground. The party .used "power saws to" cut its - way ..through felled" trees blocking the road. - - .The Millers, Webb said, were found in "excellent" health, and in need of a few supplies, which Webb said he planned to take to them Sunday. Price JgDIlS SI Physician Sees Eisenhower as Good Heart Risk r Need To Slow Down Declared Learned : Thomasville, Ga. U.R) Pres ident Eisenhower's doctor said today the 'chief executive might be a better heart risk than some one who never has suffered a heart attack, although there is "no guarantee" against another attack. ..'" Maj. Gen. Howard McC. Sny der, the White House physician, discussed the President's condi tion with reporters as Mr. Eisen hower, with Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey, started out on a full day of quail hunt ing in the. Piney woods of South Georgia. . The President . returns to Washington tomorrow morning, following a vigorous 10 days of hunting and golfing in South Georgia. ., . f V Presumably, Mr. Eisenhower has also spent much of. his time here arriving at his big decision whether he will announce to the nation that, he will seek 'a second term or retire to his Get tysburg farm. Snyder said he had no im pression at all" whether his pa tient would seek a second term. But as to whether Mr. Eisen hower was physically unable to run, Snyder said: "T h e s e physical accidents (heart attacks) come out of no where and he certainly has no guarantee that in trying this thing again he won't have an other attack. , ' "All he can do is trust in God if he decides. if he goes ahead but it jwould be the same for "any new man who has never had a heart attack. Even many young men have heart attacks without warning and die." Standing not far' from, the President's hunting wagon as it headed, through a field of pine trees, Snyder added . that the President "might be . safer than before" because he, has learned to slow down and guard his physical condition mote care fully. - "It might be safer than it was before,". Snyder said. ' ' - And Snyder touched on both sides of the President's physical possibilities,' Mr. Eisenhower himself, was still discussing pri vately both sides of the reelec tion question as he prepared to end his holiday and return to Washington for the moment of final decision. Nellie Burns Files For Justice of Peace Nellie W. Burns, Ashland justice of peace for the past 13 years, has filed her candidacy for reelection to the non-partisan office. A resident of Ashland since 1932, ' she was .appointed to fill out the unexpired term of her husband,, the late'M. H. Burns.- Duties of the court include hearing small claims cases and other civil actions, as well as traffic cases and felony arraign ments. The salary is $3,000 an nually. Families Reached With Use He said he also plans to check on the Neathamer family again Sunday, although the' family's food supply was sufficient. Mem bers of the Neathamer family, Webb said, are ill with influenza, but yesterday morning, the fam ily was reported in "reasonably good shape." ; A Rogue River doctor, ac companied . by , Richard DeAr mond, hiked to the Neathamer trailer house about a mile and a half west of the county road junction about 11 p.m. Wednes day, when the family received penicillin shots. Webb said snow was 26 inches deep at. the Neathamer's. The road on which both Neathamer and, Miller live ex tends west from the Minthorne bridge, the only covered bridge in the Evans Creek area of the county, i Check Rumors .The party started its trip after rumors indicated someone in the area needed assistance and com munications were lacking be cause of damaged power lines. The state forest, patrol, using 5e No. 288 Highway Revenue Tax Plan Termed Far From Law Motorists, Railroads Fighting Proposal By UNITED PRESS Backers of the Democratic plan to tax motorists and truck ers to help pay for a national highway building program con ceded today the plan is a long way from becoming law. The program cleared its first roadblock, Thursday when the taxboosting features were tenta tively, approved by the House Ways and Means committee. The group wrote into, the plan iron clad assurances that the new tax money would be used for noth ing but highways. Plan Faces Fight Motorists and railroads are fighting the plan. They contend it favors truckers. The" plan would raise about $13,000,000,000 in new revenue over the next 16 years to pay for 13 years of expanded road building.' It .would provide an additional tax of one cent a gal lon on gasoline, diesel fuel and special motor" fuels and three cents a pound on. tires an'd re tread rubber. ' In addition,: the legislation would boost , from' eight to 10 per- cent the excise tax on the manufacturers' price for trucks, buses and truck-trailers. Pasr senger cars already are taxed 10 per cent. The taxes would go into effect July 1. Urges Cooperation During Emergency Central Point Mayor Donald E. Faber, who is also civil, de fense director for this area, yes terday pointed out ' that the flood potential is still high. He called for cooperation '. in preventing the .-loss :of JLife and property if an emergency, simi lar to or worse . than the last two periods of flood and high water, recurrs. ' ..: "" '"" The mayor asked that resi dents make only necessary tele phon calls in such a case, be cause emergency calls could not get, through the last flood pe riod. He also urged residents of the areas through which Jack son, Griffin, . Daisy or Willow creeks flow to call the Central Point city hall when it. appears they : are in danger of being flooded out. The Central Point emergency rescue unit is now organized and functioning, he said. ; ; . ' - JackWood, Rogue River Na tional forest supervisor, is co operating in the flood warning system, and has arranged to have the forest weather report ing facilities in the Applegate notify the . Central Point CD unit of excessive rainfall. It is thought that a few hours might be. gained in, this way, giving warning of possible, high water danger in the area. , DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 485.66, up 4.16; 20 rail roads' 160.36, up 0.48; 15 utili ties 65.27, off 0.17, and 65 stocks 171.74, up 0.87. Sales ' today were about 2,890,000 shares. Portland (U.R) Terry Schrunk, Multnomah county sheriff, said he would be a candi date for mayor of Portland. Vicinity tread tractors, yesterday cleared roads in the Wimer area. Frank Helm, Jack Fortin and Emil Zim merlee of the forest patrol oper ated the bulldozers. : ' Crews were clearing roads in the West Evans Creek area to day, and Webb said parties may find additional families which will need food supplies because power in the area has been off. . Webb said he and Milton were going out again today to check other families living more than a mile off county roads.; He said it may take two or three days to check everyone if adverse weather continues. ' . A road was being cleared to the Abe Johnson residence to day. Webb said he understood Abe Johnson's brother was ill. He added, however, that Abe Johnson hiked out yesterday. Yesterday's party was in radio contact with the state forest patrol headquarters on Table Rock rd. 4with a mobile unit loaned by the Southern Oregon Conservation and Tree Farm as sociation. - - n 1 Seasure Ourfs Spending iv Politicians $100 Private Gifts Would Be Deductible . Washington . (U.R) Senate leaders of both parties disclosed today they are working on a bill that would put "realistic", limits on political campaign spending and make all contributions public. They predicted it will be en- Committees Named For Rogue Basin Resources Group , " Four . . committees were ap- ppintedby W. Lu.Jess, president of the Rogue Basin Flood Con trol and Water Resources asso ciation at a meeting in the Jo sephine county court house an nex in Grants Pass last night. ' The meeting was postponed Tuesday night because of flood ing conditions. Ralph T. Moore was appoint ed chairman of the legislative committee of the association with Jackson County Judge Rodney Keating, E. S. Strother and Ted Conway. The organiza tional committee includes Ben Hilton, chairman, Fay I. Bristol, Harold Gebhard and Miles Wil liams. H. F. Norwood was appointed chairman of the public relations committee with Francis Krouse, Phil Engle and Claude Broeffle. The financial committee is made up of A. A. Walker, chairman, and C. I. Eaker. The association pointed out the objective is flood control for the Rogue basin, and that, pres ent efforts of the group is direct ed toward securing congression al appropriations of funds for an immediate report by the Army engineers. The association said it desires preparation of necessary flood control plans giving due consideration- -to-all- resources of the basin. The board has no pre conceived opinion as to how flood control should be accom plished, directors said. . They pointed out that Army engineers can best handle plans for an effective flood control system. The next meeting of . the direc tors will be held at 8 p. m. Tues day, Feb. 28, in the annex of the Josephine county court , house. Advises Boiling Water From Flooded Wells County Sanitarian Robert Hart warned residents in flood ed valley areas today that water from possibly contaminated wells must be boiled to be safe for drinking. : Water from any well sur rounded by water, 'or flooded, should at least be brought to a boil, Hart advised, and could be boiled for several minutes to clear it from floating particles. ' Drilled wells should be ster ilized and pumped out thorough ly and water from' dug wells should be boiled until the flood season is over. - He pointed out that water in flooded dug wells now is mostly contaminated surface water. More detailed instructions . i e available at the county health department, courthouse. Repair Work Starts On Damaged Roads County road crews have start ed work on a section of the Jacksonville-Central Point road near Hanley hill which was bad ly washed by Jackson creek flooding. County Engineer Paul Ryn ning : said . workmen are at tempting to make the route pass able, although heavy rock work will be necessary first. Roads in other parts of the county are being repaired as fast as possible, Rynning said. He . and members of the county court reported earlier that "semi-major" road damage was caused by heavy rain and flood ing Monday and Tuesday. Two Burned To Death Near Cottage Grove Cottage Grove, Ore. U.R) Richard Leroy Muno, 4, and his two-year-old brother, Ray, were burned to death in their home at London, Ore., 16 miles south east of here, shortly before noon today. ' ' Mrs. Lila Muno, 23, mother of the children, and another son, 18 -month -old Reginald Doyle, were hospitalized at Cottage Grove where their condition was described, as fair. ." ; Would acted in time to apply to this year's presidential and congres sional elections. :. As outlined by the Demo cratic and Republican leaders, the bill would embrace these ideas: Would Be Tax Exempt 1. A provision that would al- low every tax paying individual to make a $100 political, contri- -bution and claim it ' as income -tax-exempt. That would stimu-; late the flow of small contri-1 butions. : 2. A provision to allow the radio -television networks to split ' free air time between "major"! party candidates. A problem is to determine just what parties would be included. ,' 3. "A very stringent report ing system" that would "put all contributions in a gold fish bowl." The requirement for a careful reporting of all contri butions would be coupled with "realistic limitations" on per missible, campaign spending.. Conferences Under Way Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas told newsmen that preliminary con-, f erences on terms of the bill are under way. Republican Leader William F. Knowland of Cali fornia said he is cooperating. Johnson said the aim is a "good strong election bill that can give us honest elections." ' The move is an outgrowth of . the recent disclosure of the $2500 campaign contribution of-. fered to and later rejected by Sen. Francis Case (R-S.D.) by an oil lobbyist interested in pas sage of the controversial natural gas bill. ' j Kefauver Undecided On Oregon Primary , Washington (U.R) Sen. Estes Kefauver toldSefl. Wayne. Morse today he had not yet made a de cision whether to enter the May . 18 Oregon primary. as a, candi date for the Democratic presi-: dential nomination. , Morse yesterday invited Adlal . Stevenson and Kefauver to enter the primary. He made public a letter addressed to them denying that he opposed a match between them in Oregon. Both had indi cated concern that a Democratic presidential primary battle might jeopardize Morse's chance for re-election. Kefauver, in a letter to Morse, said he has been discussing the Oregon primary with "mutual friends" and would notify the Oregon Senator when a decision has been made. . . . Stevenson was on his farm near Libertyville, 111. His office in Chicago said that no decision had been made on whether he ' would enter the Oregon race. : : Snow Depth at Crater Reaches 172 Inches A total of 88' inches of snow fell at Crater Lake National park since last Friday, park officials, reported today, bringing the total snow depth to 172 inches. During the 24-hour periods ending Monday and Tuesday , mornings, the park reported 17 inch falls each day. Wednesday, 11 inches fell, 16 inches was recorded yesterday, and during the 24 hours ending at 8:30 a.m. today, six inches felL Highway 62 through the park was open, park officials said, but the road from park head quarters to the rim was closed. As of today, park officials did not know, when the road to the rim would be reopened. It was snowing there today. Adenauer Government Crumbling Under Split Bonn, Germany U.R) -Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's three party government coalition was crumbling today because of a split in the Free Democratic Party, his largest ally. . "Indications were he would emerge from the crisis with a sharply reduced majority in Parliament. The single bright spot was the fact the deputies re maining loyal would give him a more solid if smaller govern ment front.. Unsettled Weather Predicted for Oregon .' By UNITED PRESS Unsettled weather conditions are likely in Oregon over the week end with snow showers ex pected in eastern Oregon and recurring rains in western Ore gon, the weather bureau said today.
