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LUMBER INDUSTRY SPLIT
If BATTLE ON SHIPPING
Warning Issued
On More Critical
Boxcar Shortage
Use of Boxcars for
Warehouses Blamed
Portland (U.R) A battle
over lumber shipping practices
split the West Coast lumber in
dustry today in the wake of
warnings0 of a critical boxcar
shortage this summer and
charges that lumbermen them
selves were partly to blame for
the perennial shortages.
With 7000 fewer boxcars avail
able this year than at the start
of last year's car shortage, the
problem this year could be the
worst in the history of the lum
ber industry, according to re
ports to the convention of the
West Coast Lumbermen's As
sociation here.
' Ralph E. Clark, manager of
the closed car section of the
American Association of Rail
roads, started the dispute last
night when he declared that the
practice of some lumbermen in
using box cars for warehouses
through delays in transit tied up
the cars for 14 days to two
months and contributed to the
shortage.
Clark said "if warehousing of
lumber in railroad cars is re
duced by as much as half, there
will be little if any shortage on
your lines this year."
At the same time, lumbermen
heard of a new federal rail ship
ping order designed to halt the
"warehousing practice and some
of them warned that it "may be
come one of the hottest campaign
issues in Oregon."
Forming Organization
A group of owners of small
mills in the Eugene area said
thejwere forming an organiza
tion to fight Order 910 of the
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion as an action "playing into
the big operators at the expense
of the small operators." They
said they would seek the aid of
Sens. Wayne Morse and Richard
Neuberger for help in their
fight.
Transit shippers said they
needed the delayed routing sys
tem boxcar warehousing to
give them time to make sales en
route. Most of the transit selling
is done by small operators.
Rep. Harris Ellsworth has in
troduced legislation that also
strikes at the practice in an
effort to forestall another criti
cal box car shortage.
Mill shippers estimated the
average freight car can be in
Chicago in six days but now is
taking at least 17 days by the
round-about routes taken by
transit shippers to find buyers
en route. They pointed out the
practice cuts sharply into the
numbed of cars available for
loading.
DSW-JONES AVERAGES
New York (U.R) Dow-
Jones final stock averages: 30
industrials 513.03, up 2.09; 20
railroads 171.5, up 0.03; 15 utili
ties?, up 0.09, and 65 stocks
181.41, up 0.44. Sales today were
about 2,980,000 shares compared
with 2,930,000 yesterday.
'Great Decisions1 Radio,
TV Programs
Radio and television time
which will be devoted to the
"Great Decisions" program was
announced today.
Three radio stations in the
area will have weekly half-hour
programs devoted to each of the
eigtlt discussion topics scheduled
during the event. These are the
schedules:
KYJC 6 "to 6:30 p.m Satur
days; KMED 9 to 9:30 p.m.
Sundays; KWIN (Ashland) 8 to
8:30 pjn. Mondays.
Television station KBES-TV
will have a weekly 15 -minute
program from 2:30 to 2:45 p.m.
Tuesdays. -
The Mail Tribune's presenta
tion of facts regarding each of
the discussion subjects will ap
pear in its Sunday editions.
Panel Discussions
Jhe radio and television pre
sensations will be in the form
of talks and panel discussions
on each of the subjects. They
have.been prepared under the
supervision, of faculty members
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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1956
LONARDI DIES The Argen
tine government ordered 10
days of national mourning for
ex-president Eduardo Lonardi,
above, who died in Buenos Aires
last night at the age of 59. He
served briefly as president fol
lowing the overthrow of Juan
D. Peron. Funeral services for
Lonardi, who recently under
went a major operation in the
United States, will be held Satur
day. ' ,
Trichinosis Cause
Is Clarified by
Health Official
"On the whole, meats that are
labeled 'ready to eat' have met
all the requirements necessary
SQ.that they are free from. the
parasite which causes - trichi
nosis in human beings, accord
ing to Dr. A. Erin Merkle, public
health physician.
He said he has received num
erous calls concerning contract
ing trichinosis from improperly
cooked meat.
"I also wish to make it plain
that cured hams, if not marked
'ready to eat' are not safe to eat
without re-cooking, even if they
are marked federal or state in
spected," Dr. Merkle said.
"This type of pork can be
made safe for eating when it has
been sufficiently heated so that
all parts of the meat have,
reached a temperature of at least
150 degrees or when a pink
tinge is no longer visible."
Just . As Safe
Dr. Merkle emphasized that
the products coming 4rom local
producers are just as safe from
the standpoint , of trichinosis as
those which are produced by
packers outside Jackson county.
"Hog growers, whether large
or small, can contribute much
toward the control of trichi
nosis," Dr. Merkle said. "They
can do this by eliminating a com
mon practice of feeding hogs un
cooked garbage which might
contain infected raw pork
scraps. Another way in which
they can help the situation is
by carrying out a good rat con
trol program. Rats are another
source through' which hogs
might become infected with the
parasite trichina."
Karachi, Pakistan U.R)
Pakistan has formally pro
claimed itself the world's first
Islamic republic.
Announced
at Southern Oregon college.
An "institute" for potential
discussion leaders in the "Great
Decisions" program will be held
at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 24,
at the Medford High school li
brary. . Anyone interested will
be welcome.
The county - wide discussion
program is being sponsored by
a temporary committee here in
cooperation with the Foreign
Policy association. Anyone in
the area is welcome to partici
pate. Fact sheets on each of the
eight topics for discussion are
available at the Chamber of
Commerce office, 5 South River
side ave., for $1 per set, or they
will be mailed or delivered for
$1.50. The latter can be ordered
by telephoning 2-5255 or 3-5331.
Additional information can be
obtained from Don Hansen,
chairman of the local Great De-
cisions committee, telephone
3-5311.
A. t
Fight Promised
Over Conviction
In Negro Boycott
Fine or Jail Term
At Hard Labor Ordered
Montgomery, Ala. i(U.R) De
fense attorneys said today they
would fight the case of a mild
mannered young Negro minister
convicted of conspiring to boy
cott Montgomery city buses "all
the way to the U.S. Supreme
court."
Circuit Judge Eugene Carter
Thursday convicted the Rev.
Martin Luther King, 27, of start
ing "a fire he couldn't stop" in
leading a boycott- that has crip
pled the city transit company
for more than 15 weeks.
$1,000 Fine Ordered
Carter ordered the accused
leader of the boycott to pay
$1,000 in fine and court costs or
serve 386 days at hard labor un
der a little-used Alabama law
making it a misdemeanor to en
ter a conspiracy to boycott a
business.
The defense announced that it
would appeal the decision to the
Alabama Circuit Court of Ap
peals, and the trials of 89 other
Negro defendants facing identi
cal charges were ordered con
tinued until final disposition of
King's appeal.
Law Said Unconstitutional
" Young Fred Gray, who led
King's defense, said he would
fight the decision "all the way
to the U.S. Supreme.' court if
necessary." He said the very law
King was indicted by is uncon
stitutional. Judge Carter, who announced
his verdict immediately after the
end of the four-day trial, could
have sentenced King to a six
month prison term andor a $1,
000 fine. However, he said he
tempered the sentence because
he was convinced that the Negro
leader continually advocated a
"non-violent" type of demon
stration. McKay's Manager
Tells Resignation
Salem 4J.R) William L. Phil
lips said today he posted a letter
of resignation from his job as a
management - specialist for the
Klamath Indian tribe shortly
after he was named manager of
Interior Secretary Douglas Mc
Kay's campaign for the U.S.
Senate.
Sen. Richard L. Neuberger CD
Ore.) told the Senate in Wash
ington, D.C., yesterday that Mc
Kay was mixing politics, and In
dian welfare by appointing "an
old political crony" to supervise
affairs of the Klamath tribe.
Neuberger suggested the. Senate
Indian affairs subcommittee
look into the custodianship of
the Klamath tribe.
McKay, here to organize his
campaign, said he would not shy
from an investigation. He said
that Phillips was one of three
men recommended for the tribal
job and that a committee of
Klamath Indians screened them,
choosing Phillips. McKay said
the $1000-a-month salary was
arranged by McKay.
McKay said he would accept
the resignation.-.
Vofer Registration
Behind 1954 Total
A total of 25,440 Jackson
county voters have registered
for the May primary, the elec
tions department in the county
court house" has reported.
Republican registrations total
14,107 and Democrat registra
tions total 10,812. Independent
registrations total 521.
County Democrats showed a
higher net gain in recent weeks
than Republicans, records indi
cate. The number in the two
parties registering on-the follow
ing' dates were: March 6, 57
Republicans, 70 Democrats;
March 12, 74 Republicans, 82
Democrats; and March 22, 73
Republicans, 92 Democrats.
Total registrations to date are
stiU behind the 30,082 total in
1954 and the 32,822 total in
1952, officials pointed out. .Dead
line for voter registrations for
the May 18 primary is April 18.
Tribune
Price 5c No. 2
'Missile Master'
To Launch Hikes
Unveiled by Army'
Device To Control
Counter-Attacks
Ft. Meade, Md. The Army
today unveiled the- "Missile
Master" a huge electronic
brain whose lightning-like action
can launch scores of Nike guided
missiles against enemy air raid
ers.
Army secretary Wilbur M.
Brucker said that missile mas
ters will be installed at major
industrial, population and mili
tary centers to control the fire
of Nike batteries against at
tackers. The secretary created a flurry
by asserting that the electronic
brain can detect aircraft "and
missiles," and control counter
attacks on such invaders.
Refuse at First
Army officers conducting a
demonstration here at first re
fused to say what kind of mis
siles Brucker referred to. But
eventually it became clear that
he meant the winged type that
travel about the same speed as
modern bombers. He did not
mean, it vas clear, ballistic mis
siles against which defenses still
have not been devised.
The Army said that plans for
constructing Missile Master fa
cilities throughout the country
are included in its program for
the fiscal year beginning ' next
July 1 and are currently being
considered in Congress. It made
public its plan at a time when
the Senate Armed Services Com
mittee has raised questions
about the comparative effective
ness of the Army's Nike and the
Talos missile developed by the
Navy and planned for later use
in continental defense by the Air
Force. '.- -
Can Control Firing
Army officers said : that the
Missile Master, a combination of
electronic computers and long
range radar, can be used to con:
trol the firing of "any current
anti-aircraft missile," including
the Talos.
Up to now, Nike batteries,
ringing major, target areas, have
had to operate independently.
89 Railroads Ask
Passenger Fare Hike
Washington , (U.R) Eighty-
nine railroads have asked the
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion for permission to increase
passenger fares 5 per cent.
The preliminary applications
were filed yesterday as the com
mission ' announced it is under
taking a full scale investigation
in order to find out why rail
roads continue to lose money on
passenger operations.
The application, filed by 48
Western railroads, would call for
a flat 5 per cent boost in passen
ger fares, with a minimum
charge of 25 cents on one-way
trips and 50 cent on round-trip
fares.
The proposal of 41 Eastern and
Northern Virginia railroads
would also call for a 5 per cent
boost, with 5-cent minimum in
crease .on coach fares and a 20
cent minimum boost on parlor
car or Pullman rates. They asked
for comparable increases in
round-trip fares.
Milk Producers Seek
Increase in Prices
Portland U.R) Oregon Milk
producers late yesterday author
i z e d their manager, Lester
Adams of Jacksonville, to nego
tiate with Portland distributors
for what they called "a more
realistic" milk price for produ
cers. Best price now is $5.69 per
hundredweight. Producers- said
they would aim for a $6 price
Delegates representing some
1500 dairymen attended meet
ings here.
Earlier, distributors had said
that now is not the time to in
crease milk prices because of a
surplus of fluid milk. Distribu
tors said the surplus persisted
despite the hard winter and
high hay prices suffered by the
'producers.
Radio Highlights
Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles will report to
the nation on his recent Far
East trip tonight. It will be
carried locally by station
KMED (1440 ke) at 8:30 p.m.
British Complete
Standby Plan for
Military Action
Firmest Notice
Of Western Force
London (U.R) Britain of
ficially confirmed today that it
has completed a standby plan
for military action in the Middle
East in case of war.
The formal British announce
ment through the Foreign Of
fice was the firmest notice yet
giver by a Western power that
an Arab or Israeli act of aggres
sion will met by Western force.
The announcement of Brit
ain's readiness to intervene was
seen here as a measure of the
gravity with which the Western
Big Three regard the danger of
war in the Middle East.
Committed To Act
A Foreign Office spokesman
said flatly that Britain has a plan
"which could be put raoidly into
action" in event of emergency
in the Mideast.
"We have worked out a plan
which could be put rapidly into
action when it is decided to do
so." the spokesman said.
"The plan provides for how
we could .use our resources if
we were to use them. It is hoped
that action, if necessary, could
be taken within the United Na
tions." But the spokesman recalled
that the, three-power declaration
of 1950 commits the United
States, Britain and France to
guard Arabs and Israelis against
aggression bv each other throueh
action "within or without the
United Nations."
State? of Readiness
Official sources disclosed that
the United States and Britain
have accepted France's invita
tion to a Big Three meeting in
Paris on the Mideast question in
May. The delegation will be
headed by Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles, British For
eign Minister Selwyn Lloyd and
French Foreign Minister Chris
tian Pineau.
This meeting will be held
mainly to draw up coordinated
plans.
Jackson-May Get
Pari of $600,000
Jackson county will receive a
share of $600,000 in timber
revenue tied up by court action
unless an appeal is made to a
U.S. district court decision an
nounced this week. '
According to word . received
by the county court from Frank
S. Sever, Portland, attorney for
Oregon's 18 O&C counties the
revenue may soon be distributed
in those counties.
The funds have been tied up
pending outcome of a suit by
two attorneys for Clackamas
county who asked 10 per cent of
the total of a fund released last
year, according to word received
by the court.
When the funds from contro
verted timberlands were re
leased by congressional action
last year, Attorneys R. L. Mer
rick and A. W. Lafferty were
attempting to have them distrib
uted by court action.
The men brought suit for legal
fees, -stating that their, work
aided in passage of legislation
which brought about the distrib
ution.
County commissioners said
they did not yet know what
Jackson county's share would
be. , ?:
Parents Warned of
Children in Vehicles
A warning to parents who
leave small children alone in
cars on Medford streets was
issued today by Police Chief
Charles Champlin.
He said an officer recently
found a five-month-old young
ster alone in a car in downtown
Medford and that the officer
could not move the baby from a
precarious position on the seat
because the car doors were lock
ed and the windows closed tight.
The officer waited about 30
minutes before the mother re
turned, Champlin said. Similar
occurrances have been reported
several times by patrolmen.
Forest Patrol Holds
Budget Hearing Here
State 'forest patrol officials re
ported that no protests were
heard yesterday on a hearing on
the proposed $220,146 budget for
fiscal year 1956-1957 in the
southwest Oregon district of the
state department of forestry.
' About 25 persons, represent
ing interested landowners, at
tended the afternoon session.
Assessments to meet the bud
get are figured at approximately
13.3 cents per acre on timber
land and 7.3 on grazing land.
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LILY DAY PARADE Linda Smith, left, and Marcia Spence, Med
ford High school students, display lilies which will be part of
Crippled Children's Day activities in Medford tomorrow. The an
nual Lily Day Parade Saturday provides funds for crippled chil
dren. Mayor Earl Miller has proclaimed Crippled Children's Day
and urged support of the 23rd annual Easter Seal campaign. Mem
bers of the Epsilon Sigma Alpha
girls are in charge of the parade.
T&T Expansion Plan
For Area Is Approved
Extended area toll-free dialing
service and establishment of a
Phoenix-Talent exchange, pro
posed by the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph company, have
been approved by Charles H.
Heltzel, public utilities commis
sioner.
The change will become effec
tive on or before July 1, 1957.
The improvement will provide
direct dialing from Medford to
Gold Hill and Ashland;, toll-free
dialine from Phoenix-Talent to
Medford, Ashland and Jackson
ville; and direct dialing from
Central Point to Gold Hill and
Jacksonville.
Phoenix-Talent Exchange
The nrooosed- Phoenix-Talent
pxchanee and establishment of
a base rate will provide classified
service to customers without tne
application of mileage charges
from- the nearest exenange,
which now are Medford and Ash
land. Medford rates will apply
to the Phoenix-Talent exchange.
PT&T officials pointed out ax
a public hearing on the proposal
that the extended service win
reduce toll charges to the cus
tomers by about $51,311,45 an
nually, and reduce gross revenue
of the company by about $62,-
249.20 annually.
The exDansion will enable
Medford customers to call 4,900
additional telephones in Ashland
and Gold Hill; Ashland cus
tomers 15,150 additional tele
phones in Medford and Jackson
ville; Gold Hill - customers 15,-
600 additional telephones in
Medford and Central . Point;
Jacksonville customers 1,650
additional telephones in Central
Point; and Central Foint cus
tomers 1,100 additional tele
phones in Gold Hill and Jackson
ville.
Customers In the Phoenix-
Talent exchange will be able to
dial 19,850 telephones in Ash
land, Medf rod and Jacksonville,
but toll-free dialing will no long
er exist between Phoenix and
Central Point and the Phoenix
area and White City. .
Creager said that Medford
customers will be . able to dial
a total 22,300 telephones; Ash
land, 19,250; Gold Hill, lb.uuu;
Central Point. 17,200; Jackson
ville, 18,600; and White City of
Age Regresson Stories
Due in Mail Tribune
Did Eridey Murphy actual
ly live in Ireland between
1798 and 1864? The book,
"The Search for Bridey . Mur
phy." by Morey Bernstein, has
been in big demand from coast
to coast while the Bridey Mur
phy debate rages into philoso
phy and theology. The United
Press has prepared a series of
two articles dealing with the
age regression experiments of
Mrs. Virginia Tighe, Pueblo,
Colo., housewife, who said her
previous life as Bridey Mur
phy was recalled while in a
hypnotic trance. The first of
the dispatches, on the wave of
interest in hypnosis and rein
carnation - which has risen
since publication of the book,
will appear in the Mail Trib
une Monday.
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sorority and Medford High school
. (Brainerd's photo)
the Columbia Utilities company,
16,600.
H. J. Creager, manager of the
company here, said the inter
city calling plans are an expan
sion of similar service intro
duced between Medford and
Jacksonville in 1952, between
Medford and (l White City in
1954, and between Medford and
Central Point and White City
and Central Point in April,
.1955.
Creager explained that the
new service in addition to pro
viding a wider calling range,
without long distance charges,
will provide "city grades" of
service one, two and four
party lines for. many sub
scribers who now have suburban'
service in the area to be served
by the new Phoenix-Talent dial
exchange. "'.
He added that mileage charges
now being paid by some sub
scribers in that area will be re
duced or eliminated entirely.
Smith Sees Timber ;
Payroll Increase
Portland U.R) An increase
of approximately 25 per cent in
timber industry payrolls .in Ore
gon within the next 10 years
along with, a stable forest econ
omy was predicted last night by
Gov. Elmo Smith.
Speaking at the annual ban
quet of the West Coast Lumber
men's association, Gov. Smith
declared that a pattern is emerg
ing which may well determine
the industrial, future of the
northwest for the next half cen
tury. He forecast an increase of 25,
000 jobs in Oregon in the indus
try which already brings a bil
lion dollars into the state each
year and permanently, employes
at least 100,000 persons..
' "This can be done without in
creasing our use of virgin raw
material," .Gov. Smith said. "It
can be done by an expansion of
the pulp and paper, hardboard,
wood fabricating and remanu
facturing industries. It can be
done by improved utilization of
raw material."
Frost Warning
To Start in Area Monday
Frost warning broadcasts will
begin Monday night over -radio
stations KMED and KYJC in
Medford and station KWIN in
Ashland,, according to Cliff B.
Cordy, county agent for horti
culture. . :.
The broadcasts, to be made by
R. Roy Simpson, official frost
forecaster for the U.S. weather
bureau, will be over KMED at
8 p.m. daily. Station KYJC will
broadcast the frost warnings at
8:15 p.m. and station KWIN will
broadcast at 10 p.m. The Ash
land station will repeat the
broadcast every hour on ' the
hour. . : ' .'
Thermometer Testing
Cordy reminded fruit farmers
that final testing of orchard
thermometers will take place
Monday. Those who hava act aJ
foreign Ministers
To Meet in Paris
Some Time in Mar
British To Present
Standby Proposal
Washington (U.R) Diplo
matic sources said today the Big
Three foreign ministers will
meet in Paris in May to map a
united stand on the Middle East
crisis.
Reports from London said
Britain's foreign secretary will
be armed with a standby plan
for military action in case the
Arao-israeii tensions explode
into war.
The United States hopes peace
efforts by the U. S. Security
Council will -succeed.1 But it is
seriously considering asking
Congress to give it standby au
thority to use force, if necessary,
if the United Nations fails.
The White House announced
that a conference of President
Eisenhower and his top diplo
matic, defense and security ad
visers has been postponed until
tomorrow.
. Press Secretary James C. Hag
erty denied that the session was
a "crash meeting" on the Mid
east crisis. He called it another
in a series of "routine technical
briefings on -various phases of
our American security program"
and said the subjects to be dis
cussed are of a "classified na
ture." "It does not in any way relate
to the Mideast," he said.
Asked if it had anything to do
with disarmament and aerial in
spection, Hagerty said he was
sorry but that he could say
nothing more. He said the ses
sion was postponed until tomor
row because "some of the partici
pants could not be on hand
today.
County GOP Central
Committee to Meet
A meeting of the Jackson
County Republican Central com
mittee has been called for 8 p.m.
Wednesday, March 28, at the
Hedrick Junior High school cafe
torium, to recommend to the
county court an appointee to fill
the office of county assessor.
- The office was left vacant this
week with the death of Assessor
Robert G. Fowler.
Mrs. Frank Bash, central com
mittee chairman, said the group
also will discuss committee or
ganization and plans for the com
ing campaign. Those precinct
committeemen and women elect
ed in 1954 are members of the
central committee.
It is expected that the com
mittee will make a recommend
ation for appointment of a Re
publican not already a candidate
for the office of assessor, inas
much as recommendation of an
announced candidate might be
considered an endorsement of an
individual, Mrs. Bash said.
Meetings of Republican cen-'
tral committees are planned in
other counties throughout the
state Monday night to hear a
telephone message from Presi
dent . Eisenhower. ' ...
A Jackson county committee
meeting has not been scheduled,
however, Mrs." Bash stated, be
cause of the previously, planned
Wednesday night gathering.
She - said members of the
executive committee and area '
leaders will meet at her home
at 7:30 p.m. Monday to hear
the talk.
Mrs. Bash will be in- Port
land tomorrow for a meeting of
the state executive committee.
Weather
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
night with a chance of a few
scattered light showers. Fair
Saturday. Low tonight 35.
High Saturday 60.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 60
Lowest this Morning 32
Broadcasts
ready had thermometers tested
should bring them to the county
agent's office early Monday,
Cordy said. He added that more
than 400 thermometers were
tested this week and are now
being distributed to owners..
The county agent said devef
opment of pear buds in the area
is progressing well. He said
present weather is excellent for
spraying and many farmers are
finishing up dormant spraying.
' Cordy reminded orchardists
that the season for applying dor
mant spray on anjou pears is
nearing an end, though there "
still will be time next week to
spray the later varieties.
He said it is still early to ap
ply pink bud spray to peaches.
This can probably be don
some time, next week. '