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0 White Man Faces Charge of SJaying 'Respected' Negro, Sumner, Miss. -U.R A white man charged with murdering a "highly respected" Negro will be arraigned tomorrow in the courtroom in which the Emmett Till "wolf whistle murder case" was tried. . A Tallahatchie county grand jury yesterday indicted Elmer Kimbell, 34-year-old cotton girt operator, tor the murder of Clin ton Melton last Dec. 3, at nearby Glendora, Miss. Kimbell will be arraigned be fore Circt Judge Curtis Swan gOQwho conducted the trial of two white men who were ac quitted of murdering Emmett Till, 14-year-od Negro boy from Chicago. J. W. Kellum, Kimbell's attor ney, said Kimbell probably will be tried within the next three weeks. Melton, 33, was shot to death at a filling station where he worked as an attendant. Kimbell said he fired in self defense. Melton's white employer, Lee McGarrh, told authorities Mel ton was unarmed. White residents afterward praised the slain man as having been one of the most "highly re spected" Negroes in the community. Grange Enterprise Grange Members of Enterprise Grange met in the hall Feb. 28 wth Mas ter Gladys Boulter in the chair. Minutes of the last meeting were read by Secretary Mildred Wood. Report9were heard from Agri culture Chairman Harold Wood. He spoke on sex determination rD eggs, being carried out by dipping the eggs in hormone solution. This new method in sures the hatcheries of more-pul lets for laying flocks or more cockrellsor the table. The old method of hormone injections caused spoilage in many eggs The hormone Solution is an im provement in the poultry bus! nSLs- Brother David Blair, legisla ture chairman made arrange ments for a "Political Rally" the fourth Tuesday Of April at Enter prise Grange hall. All candidates will be invited, giving the pub lic the opportunity of seeing and hearing their prospective state and county officials. Blair also reminded petitioners that, the petition can be notarized in Rogue River and given to him. If they are notarized at the. county court house, leave them there and he will pick them up later. Due to the absence of Gladys Barrie, HEC chairman, the mas ter gave a report on the HEC and ways and means committee. On March 13 a St. Patrick's Day potluck supper, followed by a program arranged by Lecturer Grace Heer, is planned. Each member is to try and bring a prospective Granger as his guest. Remember the "Wearing of the Green" as there will be fines and penalties for not doing so. A short business 'meeting will close the meeting. - Brothers C. W. Jensen, dairy chairman, spoke of the hazards to young dairy and beef cattle of fallen pine trees. Because of the recent snow storm in Evans Valley much damage was done to trees and shrubs. He advised cleaning up or keeping cattle away from fallen pines as the cattle like the pine needles. They make-the animals very sick and often cause death, especially to young heifers. W. B. Tucker, county agent, was guqg speeaker. Because of a fault in the slide projector, he was unable to show some of the slides he had brought. He spoke on marion blue grass, giving its history and the experiments be ing carried out here in Jackson county as a seed crop. He also mentioned corn as a coming agri culturaWprogram because of the new hyDrfd varieties that ma ture earlier, enabling the farm er earlier drying and silage. Tucker als reminded the Grangers that March 13 from 1 to 8 p.m. is the time set to vote on the Inclusion of this ter ritory within the Rogue Soil Conservation district. The poll ing will be at the Enterprise Grange hall. All eligible voters who will be absent on that day may apply in person r mail the absentee ballot to James Mar .tin. Tucker said he believed all ballots were in the mail. Refreshments were served by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wales and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Badcock. o Remember our next meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. with a pot luck supper. i o Va; m vAv 7 sr? wr ft ENTRENCHED Snow makes the going tough even for this huge bull elk at Bumping Lake near Yakima, Wash., where almost 36 feet of snow covers the mountains. The heavy snow fall threatens a disastrous flood for Yakima if the run-off is quick. ' BSSS"- 4 BOB DICKEY Easter Seal Chairman Medford Attorney . Named Chairman of East Sea! Campaign Medford Attorney Bob Dickey has been designated Jackson county chairman of the Oregon Society for Crippled Children and Adults, Inq., according to State President Ernest M. Jach etta, Portland. The society is an affiliate of the national society, and, is bet ter known as the Easter Seal Agency." Its 1956 campaign will be launched March 10 and con tinue through April 10, 1956. Easter Seal Sales Included in the drive will be an advanced appeal for special gifts, the sale of Easter Seals, and on March 24, National Crip pled Children's day, the annual lily sale will be held. Supple menting these activities will be special events and coin contain ers. George C. Flanagan of Elk Lumber company is heading the committee for advanced gifts. Elwood Hedberg of the First Na tional bank is Jackson county treasurer. ' Mfs. Ivan Harrington, 224 King st., Medford, is chairman of the mail campaign. Chairman of the lily sale will be Mrs. Lyman Smith, 31Z Howard st., Med ford, who will be assisted by the members of the Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority and girls at Med ford High school. Richard Woodcock, Pepsi Cola Bottling company, is serving as chairman of coin container dis tribution. Some of the services per formed by the Oregon society are the maintenance of its Chil dren's hospital in Eugene, the operation of its summer camp on North lake of Ten Mile lakes and its Craft shop for the handi capped in Portland. The pressure in the strat osphere chamber on the Naval Air Test Center,' Patuxent River, Md., changes from sea level to 70,000 feet above in six minutes. Temperature ranges from -55 to 90 degrees Centigrade in 45 min utes. The chamber is used to test aircraft instruments. Police Overpower Violent Father Philadelphia (U.R) An "ex tremely violent" man, who held a priest and two policemen as hostages with two revolvers during a three-hour ride through the city and suburbs, was over powered today after being per suaded to return home to talk to his wife. Joseph Madera, father of two children, was overpowered in a brief scuffle on the lawn of his home in the Abbotsford housing project. The Priest and the two detec tives he held at gunpoint during the wild ride were not injured. The three men were taken as hostages when they went to Rey burn Plaza in central Philadel phia after Madera telephoned -a newspaper that he intended to commit suicide there. Police said he apparently was "demented" and had been hav ing a "rough time" lately ob taining work. Suit Against Poirier Continued Until June The case of the state of Oregon vs. Lee Poirier, Jacksonville', was continued until June 12 after a hearing Saturday before Cir cuit Court Judge Orval J. Mil lard. A complaint seeking a tem porary restraining order against Poirier was filed in circuit court Feb. 23 by Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton for the state board of dental examiners. The board charged that Poirier is practicing dentistry without a certificate from the board.' He was fined $200 in district court June 13, 1955, for practicing dentistry without a license. . His attorney, O. H. Bengtson, filed an appeal. Englishmen Sought As Gold Thieves Paris "(U.R) Officials, were looking for two Englishmen to day as suspects in the robbery of $175,000 worth of gold from Geneva airport several weeks ago. Police said photographs and descriptions have been circulat ed throughout Europe. They said the pair also is wanted in con nection with the theft of gold in London and two jewelry thefts on the French Riviera. Use Tribune Want Ads f UK MARKET 1202 North Riverside OPEN EVERY NIGHT TIL MIDNIGHT Dead line Sunday Classified is at Monday: other days 5 :30 orevious day noon Saturday; 10 ajn Monday for Turn To Pages 8 and 9 FOR ADRIENNE'S. BIG LIQUIDATION SALE ANNOUNCEMENT When You See GEORGE LEWIS ROGUE TRAVEL SERVICE A FREE SERVICE We Reserve and Sell Airline and Steamship Tickets PHONE 2-6779 LOBBY HOTEL JACKSON Cisfsop, Grant Eyed As Disaster Areas Salem U.R) Gov. Elmo Smith today recommended to President Eisenhower that two additional Oregon counties Clatsop and Grant be desig nated as disaster areas which would qualify them for assist ance under the federal emer gency feed program. Clatsop county dairymen and cattlemen reported to the gover nor that 75 per cent of their in dustry members were presently out of silage and hay and were faced with some six weeks to two months before many retard ed pastures start to produce. Grant county ranchers report ed that two years of drought plus a long, hard winter had cut hay yields below normal and that some ranchers were com pletely dependent upon dry land hay for winter feed supply. The Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Md., tests all new Navy aircraft before they are delivered to operating squadrons. Tuesday, March 6, 1956 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN Victim of Leukemia Waits Sister's Fate Grand Rapids, Mich. (U.R) Two-year-old Kathleen Jo Van Lopik, whose identical twin sis ter died of leukemia nine days ago, today went home to await death from the same disease. Kathleen and her sister, Eileen, were hospitalized two weeks ago when it was learned both girls suffered from the in curable blood disease. Doctors said it was "once-in-a-million" medical rarity that both were stricken. It was Eileen's fourth and last trip to the hospital. Criti cally ill, she was placed in an oxygen tent in which she died Feb. 26. A plot for Kathleen was mark ed beside her sister's grave. The twin's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Van Lopik, both 25, say Kathleen has not yet missed her sister. When shown a photo graph of herself and a nurse Monday, thev said she cried, "that's Eileen"" Coal generates almost half of the nation's electricity. WATCH WARDS FOR M Extras! L St8 ff';psj W Jf ffiV J W M W M Jf HOME Ab6&m CENTER ''U.S. A. 2 m i 1 J mm w m i vri hi i W-'. . 'fee i V V - SS down on Terms i V $5 down EXTDa . 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