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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.
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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
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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
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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. - -
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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.