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Newspaper Page Texto o Weather Recommended o rsn- FORECAST Fair today and this evening; increasing high cloudiness Monday. High to day SS; low tonight 28; high Monday 57. Temp. Highest yesterday 47 Lowest yesterday 35 q A story on a Medlord youth's rare heart lurge-fy appear! on Page 12 of today'! Mall Tribune. o United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 50th Year 28 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 1956 Price 5c No. 301 BUNE O RE&CUE OPERATIONS Fireman at Sala manaca, N. Y., ferries food to families ma rooned by the rampaging Allegheny river. More showers were forecast for the Ohio McKay-HI One Of H Salem (U.P.) Interior Secre tary Douglas McKay filed Fri day for the Republican senat orial nomination in the Oregon May primary to try to unseat Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) in the November general election. The surprise move touched off what possibly will become one of the hottest senatorial contests in the state's history. Morse has been sharply critical of McKay's policies in the Interior Depart ment. Morse is a former Republican and was a staunch supporter of President Eisenhower early in his campaign in 1952. However, Morse became a severe critic of the President and later changed his registration to Democrat. He was elected to the Senate in 1950 as a Republican. Ike Lauds Action In Washington, the White House released a letter from , -President Eisenhower commend" irg McKay's decision to run. The President said McKay would add a "great deal" to the administration's working strength in the Senate. The let ter was dated March 8. McKay earlier released a statement in Portland announc ing hp would seek the uut" senatorial nomination. He said if ho were nominated he would his cabinet post about -Tiinp 1. He said he still had a lot of wt-k to finish up in Washing inn. WKen he arrived at the capitol building McKay was greeted by a crowd of old friends who ioi- lowed him to the State Elections -R,, where he entered his formal filiijg. Onnosilion jjeen It atmeared McKay would oDrjosition for the nomination. One nreviously announced ..QnHirlate Lamar Tooze. Port land attorney and close friend of McKay's, said he was with drawing from the race. Three others, however, still had given no sien they would withdraw. They are Phil Hitchcock of Port land, a former state senator Rimer Deetz. a Canby dairy farmer and state legislator, and George Altvater of Portland political unknown. MnTCav oredicted the cam- aeainst Morse, should MrKav win the nomination would be "a tough one. He said he would camgaign "o any issue." But he said he was not "familiar with some of the issues. He said he was running be cause President Eisenhower needed surmort in the Senate for his administration. Detroit (U.R) - A d la 1 E Stevenson said last night the conditions which President Eis enhower set down for running for president again sound more like rules for governing kingdom or a corporation" than a democracy. Sports Bulletins (Class B Basketball Championship) Malin 0, Elgin 57 (Class B Tournament Third Place) Napa 78, Elgin 57. Pudgy Hunt scored 43 points for Napa to set a new Class B single game record and a new tournament record tor tnree games with 96 points. Oregon State 59, Oregon 49 UCLA 97. University of Southern Cal 84. Idaho 78, Wash. State 71. river valley area, but the weather bureau said there was no danger from devastating effects of flooding along the Allegheny as there was from last week's storms. orse Race ottest in McKay said, however, if he lost the nomination, he would support anyone who won the nomination. "I'm no prima donna," he said. The Interior secretary said he talked with President Eisen hower Thursday in Washington but the president had not urged Reactions to May's Decision Are mixed By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington Republicans expressed mixed reaction here Saturday to the overnight decis ion of Secretary of Interior Douglas McKay to quit the cabi net -and--run , forthe -Senate-f gainst Sen. Wayne Morse (D- Ore.) But Democrats were jubilant, feeling McKay will be a more vulnerable opponent for Morse than any of the prospective GOP contenders who had previously announced their intent to chal lenge Morse. Apart in Analysis Republicans here are wide apart in their analysis of the po litical effect of the 11th hour de velopment designed to pit Mc Kay against Morse. Some are just as pleased as others are dis pleased. The top GOP strategy behind the move to get McKay into the senatorial race was explained to this reporter by a prominent Republican close to McKay and the Eisenhower administration as follows: Morse's main political pitch in the upcoming campaign, no mat ter who the GOP candidate might be, will be to brand the Secretary of Interior as "Give- Away McKay" and charge that his natural resource policies have hurt Oregon and the na tion. Any Republican candidate for the Senate would necessarily have to defend McKay and his policies. McKay can do that Part better than anyone else. Moreover, now every time Morse opens his mouth about. "Give-Away McKay" he will serve to build up his opponent. Some other -Republicans thought this strategy was faulty and said privately they thought McKay would be a much weak er candidate because he would draw opposition from various groups that opposed his policies. Democrats, including those in the camp of Sen. Morse, were universally cheered by McKay's entry into the race. One top Democrat had become convince Hitchcock, with a wisely con- Hitcncock, wtih a wisely con- Election at Wimer Tuesday On Joining Soil District A total of 298 ballots have been mailed to landowners in the Evans Creek area in prepar ation for the referendum elec tion Tuesday, March 13, to de termine if the area will join the Rogue Soil Conservation dis trict. The election will be held in the Enterprise Grange hall at Wimer, between 1 and 8 p.m. Ballots may be taken to the Grange during those hours : or may be mailed to James Martin, superintendent of election, ac cording to County Agent W. B. Tucker. About 168,840 acres of land in the northwestern part of the May Be History him to run. He said he had been asked to make the race by the GOP National Committee al though he said GOP Chairman Leonard Hall had not "directly" urged him to run. "I'm looking forward to ac tive participation in the cam paign," he said. ducted campaign, could give Morse a stronger race even than had been counted on from the late Gov. Paul Patterson. Demo cracts all agreed that McKay figure;, to be a more vulnerable candidate than either Patterson, Hitchcoekc- arT6b;rpiaerr.wrra5pfea "in "1954 Portland attorney who with drew his filing. Democrats ex pect Republicans to succeed in persuading Hitchcock to pull out before the Monday deadline for withdrawing, in order to give McKay a clear field in the May primary. Most observers here who are wise in the ways of Washington politics believe that McKay, af ter stoutly refusing to consider running for the Senate, was sud denly thrust into the race by White House endorsement of the idea in a manner which made it virtually impossible for McKay to say "No." The first word flashed to Washington Friday from Port land after McKay arrived there by plane was that he told re porters the situation was con fused and he was uncertain whether he was going to run. The White House, fully pre pared to announce his resigna tion from the Cabinet, got on the long distance telephone to see about eliminating the con fusion. Calling McKay and Ralph Cake, Oregon Republican leader, at the Multnomah hotel were Assistant to the President Sherman Adams and GOP Na tional Chairman Leonard Hall. Confusion Explained The confusion, it was explain ed, was caused by the fact that Hitchcock had been unwilling immediately to withdraw from the senatorial race, which meant McKay would have a primary contest that he hoped to avoid Although Hitchcock continued his resistance, the big develop ment of the day went off on schedule McKay annouriced his intent to file simultaneously with the release here by the White . House at the regular p.m. press briefing of the Eisen hower letter-to McKay and the explanation that McKay was leaving the cabinet in order to challenge Morse county, are affected by the elec tion. It is the only county land not already in a soil conserva tion district. Two petitions from residents in the area were sent to the state soil conservation committee, one asking that the land be included in the Rogue district and the other in the Sams Valley-Beagle district. A vote favoring the Rogue dis trict resulted from hearings held Feb. 3 at the Grange and the election date was set by the state committee. All persons owning more than 10 acres of land in the area are eligible to vote. McClellan Elected Chairman of Group To Study Lobbying Deadlock Between GOP, Democrats Broken Washington U.R) Sen. John L. McClellan (D-Ark.) Saturday was unanimously elected chair man of the Senate's special com mittee to investigate lobbying and campaign contributions. His election broke a 10-day deadlock between Republican and Democratic members of the special eight-man committee over rules for the investigation. Way Is Cleared Immediately following Mc- Clellan's election, the commit tee agreed unanimously on a set of rules. The way is now appar ently clear to launch the stalled inquiry. Sen. Styles Bridges (R-N. H.) was elected vice chairman of the committee on which Republi cans and Democrats are equally represented. The rules were adopted at a closed meeting. They represent a compromise in the partisan wrangle that had stymied or ganization of the investigation. Insure Control The Republicans had demand ed rules that would insure bi partisan control over such key functions as issuing subpenas and calling witnesses. Sen. Al bert Gore (D-Tenn.), ' who had been in line for the chairman ship when the committee was first set up. had insisted he have the usual powers granted Senate committee chairmen, including control over subpenas. The compromise provides that subpenas will be issued by the chairman "with prior notice to the vice chairman." Any dispute over subpenas will be "promp tly" referred to the full com mittee to be settled by majority vote. , , In other re generally follow those in force in the Senate permanent invest! gating committee, which McClel- 1t, olcn ho e TVi.t ommi'OA' when Democratic members re belled against the "one-man rule" of then-committee chair man Joseph R. McCarthy (R- Wis). Senate Heads For Price Showdown Washington (U.R) The Sen ate, racked by hairbreath battles over the politically explosive farm bill, headed Saturday for showdowns on two-price plans for rice and wheat. Some Democrats threatened another fight to restore rigid price supports to try and upset President Eisenhower's skin-thin victory. But an administration spokes- man, sen. ueorge u. Aiken (H- Vt.), said "rigid support pro ponents reached their highwater mark" Friday night when only Vice President M. Nixon's tie- breaking vote defeated high sup ports on millable wheat. Nixon's .'crucial vote was dis- jjuvcu uj ov-.v-iai mw.o cause it was cast after the wneat amendent vote was announced and another motion had been voted on. Sen. Albert Gore (D-Tenn.) said he would study Senate records over the weekend for precedents on Nixon's action. If there are none, he said, he might ask the Senate wheat vote. reconsider the Four Possible McKay Successors Listed Washington (U.R) Western congressmen Saturday . speculat ed that four men are high on the list of possible successors to Secretary of the Interior Doug las McKay. Trip fnnr- TTnderserretarv of Interior Clarence A. Davis, Un- dersecretary of Commerce Wal- ter Williams, Former Gov. Len Jordan of Idaho and former Gov, Dan Thornton of Colorado McKay will leave the cabinet about June 1 to run for the GOP senatorial nomination in his native Oregon. The Oregon GOP nominee will face Demo cratic Sen. Wayne Morse in No vember. ' The Secretary filed for the nomination Friday. Tiririnnrt. Conn. (U.P.) Georgia Poulos, 18, was accused Saturday of stealing the $50 m Doaruea nli AOi bathing suit she wore in the don. He will represent the Unit-ivr,- rnnnpr-tiVnt v.Pantv contest ed States in a new round of dis- booked on a theft charge and ordered held in $100 bond. British v ' , ........ :&kmMi JOHN TIZEKKER Seeks Assessor's Office Fourth Candidate Files for County Assessor's Post A fourth candidate, John Hen- ry Tizekker, filed Friday for the Republican nomination for coun-' ty assessor. He will opose Allen D. Curry, Medford, in the pri- marv. Democrats who filed before the Friday deadline were Ray J. Schumacher, Medford realtor, and Andrew (Andy) Hawver, de- puty assessor. reared in Pennsylvania, attend- ZX.Z nA Pnunni ;n oui .u v, constructiorrwoTK for 15'"' years' before coming to Medford in 1945. Worked in Office He worked in the county as- ses's office in 1946-47 and 48, and presently is in charge of the Medford agency for Western De tectives. The family home is at 2116 East Main st., and the Tizekkers have three children. Tizekker is a member of the William Penn order, Patriot Sons of America, Elks and the Exchange club. He ran for assesor in 1952. His campaign slogan this year is "Efficiency, integrity, and a just tax for all," he said. A complete list of candidates for county and state offices, and precinct committeemen appears on page 3 of todays' Mail Trib- i e. f . j I iii Yt mnTQOneQ Ul flElS Reached by Sno-Cat A sno-cat operated by Jim bmith of Ashland reached six marnnno3 minore in nnrthprn California's Del Norte county at ii:au n.m. uridav 11:30 n.m. Fridav and found n i. u them allve and wel1 but short on I0d- Smith, who piloted the over- snow craft owned by California- Oregon Power company over deep snow drifts for 10 hours to reach Azalea mine, said 'the six persons were in good condi- tion but happy to get food sup- Pues- . The sno-cat made the return trip at 12:40 a.m. Saturday bringing out Walter Freeman, mine foreman from Grants Pass. Remaining at the snowbound mine were Mr. and Mrs. James Perry of Seaside, owners of the chome mine; and Larry Lee, Lou Lively and a "Pop" Miller, all of Cave Junction. Previous attempts to reach the party by air and ground had been thwarted by bad weather. x 1 1 f I progress nopeiui in Disarmament Talks Washington (U.R) Harold E. Stassen said Saturday he is hopeful "some progress can be made" on atomic disarmament at East-West talks in London starting March 19. Stassen. President Eisenhow er's chief disarmament adviser, made the statement in an inter- view with the United Press as armament negotiations with Russia, Britain, France and Can- ada. ""3 In Pedestrian Killed When Struck by Car Near Talent No Identification Carried by Victim A man. tentatively identified by Coroner Carlos Morris as Frank or Ed James, about 38, was killed almost instantly about 1 a.m. Saturday when struck by a car on Highway 99 near the Talent junction. The driver of the car, Robert Charles Cresap, 29, of 1115 West Second st., Medford, told state police he did not see the pedes trian in the middle of the high way until it was too late to stop. He told police he first saw the man standing on the center stripe between the two south bound lanes. The pedestrian then walked into the center of the right hand lane and into the path of the oncoming car, police said Cresap told them. No Identification The victim carried no identifi cation except a ring bearing the initials "F.J. police said. They added that persons at the scene had heard the man identified as Ed James. The body is at the Ashland mortuary pending investigation by police and the coroner's of- fice. Passengers in Cresap s car were Beverly Jean Christian- son, zu, or. u iara St., mea- ford, who suffered a minor hand cut, and Claude Owsley 18, ot the same address, police said. Another man was hospitalized and one treated for injuries from other accidents yesterday. Harry Smeader, 43, Prospect, was reported in iair condition at Community hospital where he was taken about 3:25 a.m: yester day after his car rolled over near Flounce Rock ranch on Crater Lake highway. State police said he was brought to the hospital . by Charles. Skeeters, Prospect, who discovered the wreck. Treated at Hospital Lloyd Elmer Pitts, 42, route 2, Jacksonville, was treated at Community hospital early Fri day morning for a head cut re ceived when his pickup truck slid off the road at Ross lane and Central Point highway, ac cording to state police. Pitts was apparently at the scene for two or three hours be- fore the accident was discov ered. A 1949 Nash car registered to Darrell E. Hinkle, Jackson ville, left the Jacksonville high way and turned over into Jack son creek Friday night. Police said they were notified by a passing motorist about 2:55 a.m. Saturday and found the abandoned car upside down in the creek. iWilmeth Files for ACmAnH IlKTIfP lfln L. Peers Wilmeth, former Ashland city judge, Friday filed his candidacy for the position of justice of peace for the Ash land district. He will oppose Incumbent Nelle W. Burns and Ida B George for the non-partisan post. Wilmeth has been with the Southern Pacific for about 40 years and has been active the Democratic party. He and Mrs. Wilmeth have resided Ashland 20 years. He spent two years as Ash land city judge. Four Clergymen Killed As Fire Sweeps Jesuit Home Lenox, Mass. (U.R) Four Catholic clergymen perished and 27 others climbed and leaped to safety Saturday as a $1,000,000 fire swept the castle like Shadowbrook Jesuit sem inary, once the summer estate of steel magnate Andrew Carnegie. A total of 16 priests, 100 sem inarians, and 11 lay Drotners fled the flames. One, Brother Richard Wolf; 20, of Rockville Center, N. Y., fell two and one half stories when his rope of blankets tore. Fellow Jesuits caught him safely in a blanket. Some of them escaped by jumping from windows, climb ing down ladders and by fire escapes. Authorities believed the fire was sarted by an oil explosion t 1 ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS Exiled by British Manifesto Signed To Resist Ending. School Segregation Washington (U.R) The con gressional delegations of seven southern states have signed a manifesto pledging to resist "by all lawful means" attempts to end public school segregation, informed sources disclosed Sat urday. Sponsors of the document pre dicted that as many as 100 Dixie senators and house members will have signed it by Monday when Sen. Walter F. George (D-Ga.) is expected to present it to the Senate. It also will be read in the House. Some southerners were said to be balking at what they con sider- "'inflammatory" language in the proposed resolution which denounces the Supreme Court in "the strongest kind of language." Actual content of the pledge was kept a closely-guarded sec- Lret, making last minute changes possible. But, in addition to pledging the use of all legal means to resist the court's rul ing against school segregation, the manifesto is said to: 1. Commend states "resisting forced integration." 2. Caution other states that their peoples, in time, also may be victims of "judicial enroach ment." 3. Call on southerners not to be provoked by "trouble-makers" and "agitators invading our states." 4. Urge southerners to refrain from disorder and lawless acts. An informed source said all senators and house members from Alabama, Arkansas, Geor gia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Virginia have sign ed. Some, but not all, members of Congress from Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, and lexas also have signed.' One North Carolina Democrat, who declined to be quoted by name, said that at present, "I have no intention of signing the document." May Reach Compromise On Project Bill Soon Washington (U.R) House Senate conferees said Saturday they hope to finish action Mon day on a compromise version of the Upper Colorado project bill. The conferees met for two hours in another effort to iron out diffrences between the House and Senate versions. Sen. Arthur V. Watkins (R-Utah) said they made considerable progress and should be able to reach final agreement Monday. in the boiler room, i i a m e s mushroomed up through eleva tor shafts of the three-floor 75- room mansion after the fire started shortly after midnight. By dawn only ruins were left. The beautifiul tudor-style building flashed into a blazing silhouette on its hillcrest in the Berkshire mountains. Flames belched from every arched win dow and from the roof. As the four died, there were acts of heroism in saving others Some younger priests and broth ers risked their lives to help older priests and brothers to safety. One priest was supported on an icy ledge by a lay brother until firemen could rescue them 1 with ladders, Angry Greeks Riot After Arrest Of Cypriot Archbishop Troops Guard Embassy From Demonstrators Athens, Greece (U.R) Thous ands of enraged Greeks rioted in Greece, Cyprus and Crete Satur day burning the British flag and clashing repeatedly with troops and police called out to quell tneir anger over Britam's exile of Cypriot Archbishop Makar ios. Greece filed a bitter protest wtih the United Nations over the fate of Makarios and other Cypriot church dignitaries. A 1600-word letter charged that Britian aims "by every means at its command" to continue "arbi trary colonial rule" of Cyprus. bireet Brawls Street brawls in Athens and Salonika injured atleast 90 per sons. British Tommies fired tear gas to break up riots in two Cy prus cities. A mob sacked the British consulate at Heraklion, Crete, and almost trapped the consul. Greek soldiers with subma- chineguns took up positions ' around the U. S. Embassy in Athens to protect it. A platoon of Greek troops guarded the British Embassy. Athenian students publicly burned the British flag. Other rioters forced the proprietor of the New England hotel to tear down his sign. Anything that smacked of Britain was in dan ger of attack. The entire Greek-speaking world was in uproar over Brit ain's banishment of the Greek Orthodox Archbishop on grounds that he is leader, of the Cypriot Enosis (Union With Greece) movement. The Boston-educated Makar ios, arrested Friday, was flown to Mombasa, Kenya, where he will sail aboard a British frigate for the British Seychelles is lands in the Indian ocean. Sour ces said he would arrive there by the middle of next week and would remain at the British gov ernor's plush country lodge. The Liberal and Labor parties in Britain raised doubts as to the wisdom of exiling the Greek Orthodox churchman. Labor Leader Hugh Gaitskell, arguing that exile makes a martyr of Makarios, called the banish ment order "an act of folly." Greeks denounced it in word and deed. Some 5000 students swarmed around Athens univer sity screaming "out with the British." They burned a Union Jack publicly. The dean of the insti tution praised their attitude but pleaded for no violence. A -professor demanded the ousting of every British agency in Greece. Teaching of Engilsh was sus pended in high schools. Infuriated mobs smashed signs that - mentioned irngiana or bore British emblems. Exile Brings Dismay From U.S. Officials Washington (U.R) U. S. officials were shocked and dis mayed Saturday by Britain's deportation of Archbishop Ma karios from Cyprus. Senate leaders of both parties deplored the move. They said it will cause a worsening of an already-serious situation in the Middle East. Administration officials re vealed that the U. S. government had no advance knowledge of the action. "We were in com plete ignorance of what the British were doing," one official said. It was learned that Britain has informally apologized for the failure to advise the State department in advance. British diplomats were said to have ex plained that a "breakdown of communications" between Lon don and Cyprus caused a delay in notifying Washington until after the arrest had been carried out. Cruiser, Destroyer Collide In China Sea Honolulu (U.R) The heavy cruiser USS Columbus and the destroyer Floyd B. Parks collid ed in the South China Sea and two men were missing, the Navy here said Saturday. The Navy said the collision sheered the bow section off the Parks and the two men were be lieved drowned.