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Newspaper Page Texts ED WeaSher Recommended O a FORECAST Partly Cloudy and cool this morning, be coming fair and warmer this afternoon end Monday. High S2-5S, low tonight 28-30. High Monday 55-60. Temp. Highest yesterday 48 Lowest yesterday . 35 A itory on the proposed consolidation of Oak Grove and Wen Side school districts with Medford appears on page 12 of today's Mai! Tribune. United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 51st Year 28 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 1956 Price 5c No. 9 JUNE w mm shssssh wsamaw fmHsH .v-sm. -ttts - .-j- -vw luwm Lumbermen Told BCC Flans To Put Order Bnto Effect By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington A group of Ore gon lumbermen apparently has lost momentarily a protest move ment to have the Interstate Com merce Commission rescind or delay controversial order 910 due to take effect April 9. The ICC intends to put the service order into effect 'on schedule, the group was told Friday during a lengthy confer ence with ICC Commissioner Owen Clarke and his aides. Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) said Saturday as a consequence he will ask the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee to "con duct a thorough investigation of the ICC" and its handling of the ireight car shortage. Selling Enroute Order 910 would prevent use of the transit system of moving lumber out of Oregon and selling it while it is enroute eastward the system upon which small mills are dependent, the Oregon lumbermen explained. The ICC contends this will help ease the car shortage. "This will help the car short age problem without a doubt," declared Leonard Netzorg after the conference. "It will put enough small operators out of business and reduce the amount of lumber being shipped so as to reduce the demand for cars." Netzorg, counsel for Western Forest Industries Association, was accompanied in the protest meeting by W. O. Kelsay of Rose burg; Dana McBarron of Rogue River; Russ Fryberg and Aaron Jones of Eugene. Earlier Morse and Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) and Rep. Harris Ells worth (R-Ore.) Aad urged the ICC to hold up . Order 910 and hold hearings on it. "This order will have a de- President May Call Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower said Saturday he will consider calling southern governors to a race relations con ference if Congress spur is his proposal to set up a bipartisan civil rights commission. He made it plain, in a letter to Gov. Leroy Collins of Florida, that any White House-sponsored conference would be designed to work out a "moderate" ap proach to southern compliance with the Supreme Court's de cision outlawing school segrega tion. "The progress already made in certain regions of the south before and since this (Supreme Court) decision is a clear indica . tion that we can look forward to even greater progress if we can look to moderate and re sponsible leadership supported by a spirit of patience on the , part of all our people, Mr Eisenhower said. The President's letter was in reply to a March 22 telegram in which Collins urged Mr. iisen- hower to call a conference of southern governors and at torneys general to review "the south's present problems in the whole field of racial relations. Huggin Named to Head McKay Campaign Here Salem UR William S. Phillip Sr.. campaign manager for Douglas McKay's Senate nomination race, Saturday an nounced appointment of Lamar Tooze of Portland to head the McKay campaign in Multnomah county. Also appointed to organize McKay's county forces were Dr, Nsd Fowler. Astoria: G. C. Kno- delL Albany; William L. Jack son, Baker; Cliff Townsend Redmond; Dean. Pape, Eugene William BalderTee, Grants Pass; H. L. Mackenzie, Hillsboro; Bob Mest, Klamath Falls: Charles Reynolds, Jr., La Grande; M. M. Huggins, Med for; Kenneth A. Kerr, Oregon City; Max Shaffer, Seaside; Ken Potts. Salem; George Stadleman, The Dalles and Maurice Shep- ard, Polk county. Spokesman Says Farm Bill More Acceptable Washington (U.R) The ad ministration's top senate farm spokesman predicted Saturday that congress will make the much-disputed farm bill more "acceptable" to President Eisen hower before its final passage. However, a leading Democrat sharply disputed the GOP view that the bill, now being rewrit ten into a senate-house compro mise version, still contains pro visions which Mr. Eisenhower would refuse to accept. pressing effect on the green tim ber market," Kelsay declared. He said ICC officials said they hadn't talked with anyone in the lumber industry before an nouncing the order. Commissioner Clarke told the group the ICC thinks the overall national good will be served by the order, even if it pinches one economic group or another. Clarke told them it would hit the produce, coal and grain in NLRB Trial Examiner Upholds Two Charges Two charges of unfair labor practices, filed against five Ore gon lumber companies, were up held and two others were re- Application for Federal Aid for County Approved Jackson county's application for $62,289.19 in federal disaster relief aid has been approved by the federal civil defense admin istration, according to word re ceived this week from A. M. Sheets, director of Oregon civil defense. The approval, however, is ten tative. County Engineer Paul Rynning said, as detailed billing instructions for actual requests have not yet been received. Rynning said also that the $62,289.19 is only the amount hoped for from the federal gov ernment, as part of the $90, 134.19 which was determined as eligible aid. County Expense ... . Some of the amount is neces sarily county expense, such as use of equipment, supplies and overhead. The total included $562.50, Rogue River debris; $1,331.65, Rogue River police protection; $86,600, emergency road and bridge repair; and $1,- 640.04, equipment damage. He added that more than $100,- 000 damage caused by the De cember floods was not eligible for federal funds and must be met by the county. Only roads and bridges which were washed out completely are eligible. Actual receipt of any disaster funds pends receipt of billing in structions and their approval by federal authorities. 1956 Fire Season Starts Here Today The 1956 fire season starts today and permits must be ob tained for burning on land with in one-eighth mile of forest land, the Forest Service has an nounced. All regulations pertaining to the fire season went into effect today. Logging and sawmill opera tors must meet all requirements pertaining to fire tools and fire fighting equipment in order to continue operating, the forestry department warned. Informa tion concerning these require ments may be obtained from the forest inspector. Operators must also have an operation permit before begin ning logging or sawmilling. Magnuson Advocates Six-Year Program The Dalles (U.R) Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (D-Wash.) Saturday advocated a six-year program for the development of Columbia Basin projects with an average expenditure of $116, 000,000 a year. Magnuson is chairman of the Senate Appro priations sub-committee on pub lic works. The '.Vashington legislator is makii ' ur of Columbia river basin projects with corps of en gineers and port officials and representatives of the Inland Water Ways association. Magnuson predicted that ap propriations for public works in the Northwest this year will re ceive mors favorable treatment in Congress than they have in the past few years. He said that both the House and the Senate have completed hearings on Northwest projects and are in substantial agreement. v Tokyo (U.R) The last of Japan's 25 top war criminals left prison. Saturday on parole. dustries as well as timber. He added that the ICC finds today there is a 5,000 car-per-day national shortage, that load ings are up 9 per cent, and that this constitutes an emergency situation which does not allow any delay in implementing car Order 910. Clarke indicated to the group, they said, that ICC will soon issue another order requiring full loadings of all freight cars. jected by a National Labor Re lations board trial examiner Fri day, according to press dispatch es from San Francisco. Red Blanket Lumber compa ny, which has operations at Eagle Point and Prospect, was one of the five. The charges were filed following a strike vhich began in June and end ed in September of 1954 by two locals of the International Wood workers of America, which also named the Pine Industrial Re lations committee, Inc., Klam ath Falls, in the action. Two Charges Dismissed Trial Examiner Martin S Bennett recommended to the NLRB that two charges be dis missed. They were: 1. That the employers had re fused to bargain in good faith on contract terms. 2. That the employers had discriminated against employees who had struck regarding the tenure of their employment. He recomended that two oth er charges be upheld. They were: 1. That the employers had re fused to provide wage and other data' to the union (but he said Jhey had not broken good faith in doing so, but had simply thought that the refusal was lawful. Coerced Employees 2. That the employers had in terfered with, restrained or coer ced employees in their exercise of rights guaranteed by the na tional labor relations act. The union had contended the strike was an unfair labor prac tice strike provoked by the firms' refusal to bargain and furnish requested data. But Ben nett ruled that it was an econ omic strike, caused by failure to reach agreement on terms of a new contract. In a brief filed with the trial examiner by C. L. Irving, man ager of the PIRC, it was claimed that organization did not deal with labor organizations, did not engage in labor negotiations and that it is not its function to negotiate collective bargaining agreements for its members. Ruled Out This contention was ruled out by Bennett, who cited evidence to show that the PIRC did rep resent employers in bargaining in 1954. The examiner's recommenda tions will be sent to the NLRB for action. In addition to Red Blanket and the PIRC, the lumber firms involved in the action are Brooks-Scanlon, Inc., Bend; Pon dersa Mouldings, Inc., Redmond; Tite Knot Pine Mill Co., Red mond; and Harold Barclay Log ging Co., Sisters. Talent Council Hires Talent John Baldwin was fired as Talent city marshal, John Seymour was appointed, to succeed him and the mayor and city council were threatened with a recall election Friday night. The well-attended meet ing at the city hall lasted only 15 minutes. The council called the meet ing to hear complaints from Tal ent citizens concerning dismissal of Baldwin and to consider hiring a new marshal. Baldwin was dis charged by the council at a March 19 meeting. Later the council decided to give Baldwin until April 1 to submit his resig nation. The mayor said Baldwin was fired because of numerous complaints and because the coun cil felt he was not properly ful filling his duties. Indignation over the council's action resulted in a citizens' meeting last Tuesday night. May or Keith V. Thoreson and the council were asked to attend to tell their reasons for firing Baldwin, but only one council man attended and made no com ment. , ' The citizens' group Tuesday Medford Youth Dies When Creek Ledge Caves in Saturday David Dunn, Others Playing Along Stream David Dunn, 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dunn, 2444 Biddle rd., was killed about 3:25 p.m. Saturday, when a ledge gave way and a rock ap parently rolled over him while he was playing in a gravel pit at the edge of Bear creek on Midway rd. Jackson County Coroner Car los Morris reported that David was digging a tunnel in the area with two -other youngsters, Gary Beach, 13, of 1245 Corona ave., and Donald Cranston, 14, of 1210 Covina ave. Washed in Flood Water from Bear creek dur ing the recent flood had wash ed sand and gravel from the pit, making and eddy and over hanging ledge. The bluff was about 10 to 14 feet high, and the ledge about four feet thick, Morris said. When the ledge gave way, the area was showered with mud and large rocks. Gary and Don ald were thrown into Bear creek. Morris said he believed David died almost instantly. One of the boys ran for help, and the sheriff and state police were notified. Conger Morris is in charge of funeral arrange ments. Algerian Protest Attempt Smashed Paris '(U.R) Police and riot trooos smashed an attempted protest march by thousands of Algerian workers Saturday be fore it could get started. Polic said they arrested 3,000 . .'erians to smash the demonstration planned by the Algerian nationalist movement (MNA). One of those arrested was carrying the flag of the Algerian rebel army, Four oth ers were carrying knives, ponce said. Riot police shoved several hundred shouting Algerians into a narrow street and blocked both ends of it with a barrier of gunbuts. No one was hurt. - in Algeria itself, at least 202 persons were killed in fighting Friday and Saturday between French and rebel forces. The clashes were continuing and promised to make Easter week end one of the bloodiest in the 18-month-old revolt. The attempted Algerian march in Paris, where thousands of Arabs work and live, came as Premier Guy Mollet retired to the Rambouillet presidential chateau to study plans for partial mobilization of reservists for service in Algeria. U.S. Prepares for Saudi Arabia Talks Washingto n (U.R) The United States, is preparing for crucial negotiations with Saudi Arabia on a new five-year lease of the strategic U. S. Air Base at Dhahran. State and defense department officials expect the talks to start in Saudi Arabia sometime in late April. U. S. Ambassador George Wadsworth will represent the United States. The present air base agreement, signed in 1951, expires June 18. . appointed W. M. Peters to pre sent the plea for Baldwin's re instatement Friday night. Peters outlined to the council proceedings at the . Tuesday night citizens meeting, and pre sented a petition bearing approx imately 170 signatures of peo ple advocating Baldwin's rein statement. Peters refused to identify himself on Mayor Thor eson's request. He said he had given his name at the Tuesday meeting, which neither the may or nor the council chose to at tend. C. W. Reames, Medford attor ney, whom the citizens had hir ed to represent them, loudly protested an eight-minute speak ing limit the mayor imposed on him. He claimed the council had violated the city charter by hold ing the March 19 meeting in the mayor's home. The charter pro vides that every council meet ing be public. Thoreson said that anyone would have been welcome to at tend the meeting in his home. In answer to a question from Reames as to whether or not ad vance public notice of the meet ing had been given, Thoreson Healy Schedules Visit to Medford William E. Healy, candidate for the Republican nomina tion for secretary of state, will be in Medford Wednesday and Thursday, April 4 and 5, for a meeting with supporters of his candidacy, according to his Salem office. Healy was for eight years assistant secretary of state under Secretary Earl T. New bry. Before entering state service he was secretary of the Ashland Chamber of Commerce. Red Disarmament Plan Would Strip Some West Forces London (U.R) Russia's new disarmament plan would strip western forces in Germany of all atomic weapons, impose an immediate ban on hydrogen bomb tests and delay action on President Eisenhower's "open skies" proposal, it was reported Saturday. The proposals, which would deprive the Atlantic pact forces in divided Germany of its most tactical weapons, were part of the Soviet disarmament plan in troduced at the five-nations arm conference here last week. It was revealed in detail for the first time by the official Soviet News Agency Tass Saturday. Predominantly Serious The United States regards the Russian proposal as "predomin antly serious," particularly since the Soviet 10-year-old disarma ment propaganda campaign has toned down, sources said. The new Russian proposal drops the old Communist slogans of "Ban the Bomb" and "Scrap Foreign Bases." There is no American expecta tion of a sudden, easy settle ment, sources said. But the shift in Soviet thinking has earned cautious American attention. The Tass dispatch, broadcast by Radio Moscow, said the Sov iet plan would, put Mr. Eisen hower's aerial inspection propos al into effect only after "confi dence between states had been consolidated" at some indefinite future date. Pope Expected io Renew Peace Plea Vatican City (U.R) Vati can sources said Saturday Pope Pius XII in his annual Easter Sunday message, will renew his appeal for. peace in a world which could unleash the most destructive weapons ever de vised. Some Vatican quarters said the pontiff, who usually confines his Easter messages to appeals for world peace, may makesome reference to the Kremlin's new anti-Stalin line. There has been as yet no open comment from the Pope on the Communist campaign to demolish the Stalin myth. The Pope planned to deliver his message and his blessings to the world from the central bal cony of St. Peter's basilica. However, rain fell intermittent ly on Rome through the night and day and Vatican sources said the Pope probably would broadcast from his studio if it rained today. New City Marshal said: "At least 60 people on a 10-party telephone line must have known." After laughter from the crowd subsided, Reames asked the may or if any record had been kept of complaints against Baldwin. Thoreson said no record had been kept and none of the com plaints had been presented in written form. He also refused to reveal names of those who had made the complaints. Reames then asked why Bald win' had not been given oppor tunity to present "his side of the matter. The mayor replied, "He didn't have a side, as far as we were concerned." He explained that the council felt it was rep resentative of the people and therefore had the right to fire him. After the attorney sat down, Thoreson said any violation of the charter would be rectified by the council and a new vote would be taken on dismissal of the marshal. He promptly rec ommended that Baldwin be dis charged, a motion was made and seconded, and five councilmen voted in favor of the move. One Crash P3ear tSamath Falls I; v -S-X ' a -EC mm JTL. six e"i4 IN THE EASTER SKY Huge crosses, formed by lighted windows, blaze above New York's skyline financial district. Photographed 150-feet-high crosses appear in buildings, left to right, the Cities Service Co., City Bank-Farmers Trust Co., and the Forty Wall Street Corp. (NEA) agle Point Election Rally Plans Eagle Point Plans for the old-fashioned rally at the Eagle Point grange Tuesday, April 3, have been completed, acocrding to" C. C. Hoover, general chair man. Persons taking are in the torchlight parade are to meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Grange hall, next to the high school, from where they will march down the main street and back. Each is to carry a torch or a flashlight on a stick, Parade Chairman Earle Jossy said. All are asked to be in costume of the 1890's or "farmer dress." All candidates for the com ing election have been invited, along with their supporters and placards. The cards are limited to six feet high and 30 feet long. A prize will be awarded the candidate judged the best dress ed. Jossy said various county Mrs. Jennings Named County Assessor Mrs. Elva Jennings was sworn in as Jackson county assessor Thursday afternoon following her appointment by the county court to succeed the late Robert G. Fowler. The court's appointment fol lowed a recommendation from the Jackson County Republican Central committee. Mrs. Jennings has been em ployed in the assessor's ' office for 28V& years and will serve until Jan. 1, 1957, when an as sessor elected in the fall election assumes office. councilman refrained from vot ing. Tie mayor then recommended that Seymour be appointed city marshal. This, too, was approved by the council. The meeting was then adjourned. Immediately following the ad journment, Peters announced to the group that since the mayor and council were "not here to do your bidding," a recall peti tion would be circulated. Sever al in the crowd shouted then disagreement with Peters con cerning the council's action. Ray Garland, chairman of the citizens' committee, said investi gation of possible recall proceed ings would start immediately, and a petition might be circulat ed either Tuesday or Wednes day. Mayor . Thoreson said the council did not honor the peti tion fo.- Baldwin's reinstate ment because it was signed by a number of people who did not live in Talent. He also claimed that a number of people had told him they signed the petition under the impression it was for a public hearing rather than for the marshal's reinstatement. Y - 1 for Easter display in Manhattan's from roof of Municipal Building, Complete groups and the city of Eagle Point are expected to have rep resentatives at the event. Posi tions in the parade will be on a "first-come, first served" basis. James unlevy, the official greeter for the evening, will also march in the parade. No motor vehicles will be allowed in the march. Speeches from candidates will be brief, Hoover said, because of the number planning to at tend. Antiques of all sorts, ex cepting large items, will be on display at the Grange. - The Grange meeting following the rally is open to the public. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hammel and Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Moore are on the serving committee. Jacksonville Shows Population Decline For some reason possibly the December and February floods which drove several families from their homes the popula tion of Jacksonville has de creased slightly, it was reported Saturday. , Everett Ravenor, who con ducted the Jacksonville census last week, said his count showed a population of 1.168 or 22 less than the 1,190 tabulated for the 1950 federal census. Ravenor also pointed out that several families left because of the flood damage to their homes, and a.'so that there are 12 va canices in Jacksonville at pres ent. Hie count was made for the state beard of census in the hope that an increased population would entitle Jacksonville to a greater share of state road and liquor funds distributed on a per capita basis. In other counts last week, lat ent showed an increase, and a preliminary tally of the Ashland census indicated the population there would be 1,000 or -more above the 1950 figure. Architect Named for Detention Home Here William Seibert, Medford ach itect, was appointed by the county court Friday to develop plans for the $65,000 juvenile detention home to be built soon on a two-acre site at the county fairgrounds. Seibert established his first practice here in July of 1950. He worked in California from 1951-1954, then returned to Med ford where he was associated with Ben H. Todd for several months. He reestablished his own practice here in August, 1955. He has also worked for architects in Florida. In Medford Seibert has partic ipated in work on the Jackson county court house annex, ad ministration building at Memory Gardens; alterations to the U.S. National bank building and the Christian Scienoe church. Air Force Craft Slams Into Hill; Two Are Injured Crashes in Squally Weather Friday Night Klamath Falls (U.R) An Air Force C-45 sammed into a hill six miles south of here Friday night, killing three persons and injuring two Portlanders. Survivors of the crash were Pfc. LeRoy D. Wigglesworth and A2-c Virginia F. Bowman of Portland. Air Force offiers said here their condition was not be lieved "too serious." Both were enroute to Portland to spend the Easter holidays. Identify Victims Air Force officials identified the victims as Lt. Col. Mabry Simmons, the pilot; Lt. CoL Frank Loughray, co-pilot, both of Norton Air Force Base at San Bernardino, Calif., and SSgt. ray iviatzinger, San Fernando, Calif. The twin engine craft. en route from Norton- AFB to Mo Nary field in Salem, Ore., crash ed during squally weather short ly after taking off from Klam ath Falls municipal airport where it stopped for refuelling. The scene of the accident was within yards of a warning beacon on Miller hill. Witnesses 'said as the plane turned near the beacon, one wing sirucK tne top of the hill and rolled down the other side. The plane immediately burst into flames. -Tha craft flipped on its back and the impact was so great the engines were thrown over the top of the hill and rolled down the other side. The two survivors were be lieved to have been seated in the rear of the plane. The tail section split off and was thrown far' enough away to escane the flames. John Taylor, a farmer who lives near the hill, said that oranges and Easter eggs were scattered around the wreckage and that the wrist watches of two of the victims were stopped at 7:42 p.m. Norton AFB has been ordered to conduct a preliminary inves tigation of the crash. loodmobile Slates April Visit Here The Red Cross bloodmobile will be in Medford and Ashland April 10 and 11 to fill Jackson county's quota of 250 pints of blood, according to Mrs. J. A. Burba, chairman of the Red Cross blood bank committee. She expressed hope that resi dents again will top the quota as was done at the February visit when more than 300 pints were collected. An average of 125 pints is used monthly by the county, she said, which means the reserve is almost gone. Appointments may be made for Tuesday in Medford by call ing the bloocfbank office, 3-3813, and for Wednesday in Ashland, Mrs. H. S. Ingle, 7221. Hours will be from 1 to 6 p.m. at the Elks club in both cities. Russia May Start International Rc Moscow (U.R) Ru: .oon will put its big new civilian jet airliner into International ser vice on both sides of the Iron Curtain, informed Soviet sourc es said Saturday. The sources said the swept wing TU-104 airliner with a speed of 500 MPH will be used in the near future on routes from Moscow to Paris, New Delhi and Peiping. The only direct Soviet airline contact with the West is now through Fin land. Details of the proposed routes to New Delhi included a stop at Tashkent, capital of the Soviet Republic of Uzbek. Apparently, the flights to Paris and Peiping would be non stop. Radio Moscow quoted the pilot of the TU-104 which flew to London and back last week as saying he flew 4,200 miles non stop from Moscow to Vladivo Ktnlr in nina hours.