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Oregon Candidates Campaigning Against Other Party's
tote
By JACK KERR
United Press Correspondent
Portland U.R) The U. S
senatorial nomination campaigns
for Oregon's May 18 primary
election today were shaping up
as part y-against-party fights,
rather than intra-party contests.
Oreeon voters cannot cross
party lines to vote in a primary
But this hasn't deterred the can
didates for party nomination
from campaigning against the
other party's candidates just
like in a general election.
Both Againii Mors
Douelas McKay and Phil
Hitchcock, best-known Republi
can candidates, are waging their
fights, not against each other,
but against Democratic Sen.
Wayne Morse. '
Morse is expected to campaign
for the nomination against the
GOP candidates particularly
McKay rather than against his
opponent, Woody Smith of Hood
River.
McKay, who resigned as In
terior Secretary to enter the
GOP nomination race, has the
blessing of President Eisenhow
er on whose program McKay has
Crater Lake Bus
Service Scheduled
Bus service to Crater Lake na
tioner park from Medford, Bend
and Klamath Falls is expected to
begin June 15, according to Lyle
D. Rogers, local manager of
Trailways bus lines.'
Rogers said there was little
opposition to the plan at a Pub
lic Utilities commission hearing
on the service this morning in
the city hall.
Buses would leave Medford
daily at 7:30 a.m. and arrive at
the park lodge at 8:30 a.m. Jfas
sengers can continue on to Bend,
arriving at 12:30 p.m. or remain
at the park until the 4 p.m. bus
for Medford.
Rogers, said the new route will
also make passenger and express
service available for points be
tween Medford and Crater Lake,
including Eagle Point, Shady
Cove, Trail, Prospect, McLeod,
Union Creek and Annie Springs.
The service will end Sept. 15,
according to present plans.
Marilyn Monroe Ordered
To Hospital by Doctor
Hollywood U.R) Actress
Marilyn Monroe was hospital
ized today on orders of her doc
tor, who said the star was suf
fering from a virus infection, ex
haustion, overwork, and acute
bronchitis.
Corvallis (U.R) Jack R
Rickard, Brownsville, junior in
education at Oregon State col
lege, has been named as edi
tor of the Barometer, student
daily.
FHA Official
Interpretation
Wasihngton U.R; A federal
housing official said today he is
changing a field office inter
pretation of lumber standards
protested by Oregon builders
lumbermen.
The dispute was over one 32nd
of an inch. Norman P. Mason,
Federal Housing Administration
commissioner, conceded to the
Senate Banking Committee that
the Portland FHA office had
"alarmed the industry" by insist
ing on 2532 nich boards for sid
ing, sheathing and similar uses.
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land m Oregon to 2432. he said.
was holding up construction of
thousands of homes, since indus
try standards in the area called
for 2432, or -4, inch boards.
Mason said he was sending a
personal representative to the
aria "to see to it that no job is
held up, no insurance refused
because of the unavailability of
2532 inch lumber."
But he said h believed tiiai
PHIL HITCHCOCK
eoate Primary
arty vs.
said he will base his appeal to
the voters.
Hitchcock said he also is "com
pletely loyal" to the President
and he was sure Mr. Eisenhower
didn't mean to endorse one Re
publican candidate against an
other when the President gave
McKay a pat on the back.
Additionally, the GOP ' has
made Morse its No. 1 target in
the Senate.
So, both McKay and Hitch
cock are turning their big guns
on Morse.
McKay's resignation as Inter
ior Secretary isn't effective un-
Portland Company
Buys Industrial
Supply Firm Here
- Purchase of Woodbury Lor
enz Industrial supply, 703 South
Grape St., Medford, by Amer
ican Steel Warehouse company,
Portland, was announced here
yesterday by S. J. Monsey." con
troller for American SteeL Ware
house and affiliated firms.
Clair Larson will remain as
manager of the local firm, and
present personnel will be retain
ed, Monsey said.
' The new name for the firm
here will be American Steel &
Supply, Medford, Inc., and will
continue business in the indus
trial field with an enlarged in
ventory to provide better service
to the area, Monsey stated. '
Affiliated Companies
Hugh Hedinger is president of
companies affiliated with Amer
ican Steel Warehouse, a steel
distributor in Portland. Other
firms include American Sheet
Metal Works, Inc., Portland, an
industrial sheet metal and blow
er manufacturer; and American
Steel and Supply company, Eu
gene, a steel and industrial sup
ply distributor.
The Woodbury firm started
operations in Medford in 1951,
and June 1, 1955, Adsco North
west, Inc., assumed proprietor
ship, keeping the Woodbury
name. Adsco purchased the Lor
enz company here and in Klam
ath Falls last Nov. 28, and com
bined into Woodbury Lorenz In
dustrial Supply.
The change to American Steel
& Supply, Medford, Inc., be
came effective Monday.
Hollywood-Seattle
Ball Game Rained Out
Hollywood (U.R) Tonight's
Pacific Coast League baseball
game between the Hollywood
Stars and the Seattle Rainiers
was postponed today because of
rain. It will be rescheduled
later.
Will Change
on Lumber
any saving from using thinner
boards should be passed on to
home buyers. The saving may
run to $15 or $20 per house, he
said.
Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.),
who supported an industry re
quest for a 30-day delay in appli
cation of the 2532 inch ruling,
contended there was no saving
from thinner cuts.
No Cheating Involved
He said sawmills start with a
board a fraction under or over
an inch. In other areas the "one-
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"There is no cheating in
volved," he said.
But Sen. Paul Douglas (D-Ill.)
argued that "the people of Illi
nois are having palmed off on
them wood that is 2332 inch by
the time it gets to them."
Mason said he would call the
Oregon practice "conservation
rather than cheating."
DOUGLAS MCKAY
Senatorial Hopefuls
Party
til April 15, so he hasn't been
able to campaign actively in his
native state as yet. However, W.
L. Phillips of Salem, his cam
paign manager, said the for
mer Oregon governor would
wage a "fighting campaign on
the issues which are Wayne
Morse and his Senate record."
Hitchcock Plans No Attack
Hitchcock said he was cam
paigning on "basic ideas and
ideals." He said that while he
would make no attempt to de
fend McKay's record as interior
secretary, he planned no attack
on his prime opponent for the
GOP nomination.
"I'm running against Wayne
Morse," he said.
Morse, who has continually at
tacked McKay's administration
of the Interior Department, said
the campaign would "clearly
draw the issues on the give-away
record made by this administra
tion in the field of natural re
sources." So, the voters are being treat
ed to a November-in-May spec
tacle with a cross-party fight in
a strictly party line election.
District Attorney
Names New Deputy
Arthur Allan Franzke. 26, for
mer law clerk for State Supreme
Court Justice Walter Tooze, has
been appointed deputy district
attorney for Jackson county,
District Attorney Walter D. Nun
ley has announced.
Franzke, a native of Lewis
town, Mont., moved to Portland
at an early age and attended
public schools there. He received
his undergraduate and law
schooling at Willamette univer
sity, earning a bachelor of arts
degree in 1953 and doctor of
jurisprudence degree in 1955.
He, was admitted to the Ore
gon State Bar in September,
1955, is a member of the Ameri
can Bar association, Delta Theta
Phi legal fraternity and Sigma
Chi social fraternity.
Franzke, his wife and two
small sons recently moved from
Salem to Medford.
Acquittal of Fong
Ordered by Judge
Portland 'U.R The murder
trial of Wey Him Fong for the
1954 death of 16-year-old Diane
Hank came to a sudden end to
day when Circuit Judge Frank
J. Lonergan ordered a directed
verdict of acquittal.
Fong declined immediate com
ment on the verdict and did not
change expression.
The announcement by Judge
Lonergan came after he emerged
from his chambers after a con
ference with attorneys.
The case had been expected to
go to the jury today.
Fong's wife, Sherry, earlier
was convicted of second degree
murder in the girl's death. She
has appealed to the State Su
preme Court.
Jets in Mid-East Area
Equipped With Missiles
Washington U.R U. S. jet
fighter planes in the troubled
Mediterranean area are now
equipped with supersonic guided
missiles.
The Navy announced yester
day jet planes with the Sixth
Fleet are equipped with sparrow
I "missiles, designed to - be
launched against enemy fighter
planes and bombers at ranges
up to five mies and speeds close'
to 2000 miles an hour.
Seattle , U.R) The wreck
age of a Northwest Orient Air
lines Stratocruiser that crashed
and sank in Puget Sound April
2 has been raised.
Portland (U.R) Oregon
ranks 10th in the United States
in the number of radar sets used
to capture speeding motorist.
MEDF0R
51st Year 26 Pages
President Nettled
By Truman Speech;
Hageriy Replies
GOP Leaders To Hear
Eisenhower on April 17
Augusta, Ga. (U.R) The
White House fired back at for
mer President Truman today for
his critical remarks about Presi
dent Eisenhower.
Mr. Truman in a speech yes
terday accused Mr. Eisenhower
of "betrayal" of the American
farmers in his attitude on cur
rent farm legislation.
Through his press secretary,
James C. Hagerty, Mr. Eisen
hower, noticeably nettled by Mr.
Truman's strong remarks yester
day, said, "I don't believe that
Mr. Truman by his own stand
ards can recognize accomplish
ment when he sees it."
Political Address
Other develoDments at the va
cation White House here were
these:
1. Mr. Eisenhower will make a
major political address from
Washington the evening of April
17, speaking before a gathering
of GOP state chairmen and Fi
nance Committee leaders.
2. The President sent to Con
gress a supplemental appropria
tions request for fiscal 1957 of
$196,000,000 for the Small Bus
iness administration and the De
fense Department.
3. The chief executive planned
to confer with Agriculture Sec
retary Ezra T. Benson before
acting on the farm bill which
passed the House and Senate
yesterday in a form counter to
the President's ideas on the sub
ject. To Golf With Son
4. Maj. John S. Eisenhower,
the President's son, was sched
uled to arrive here at midday,
and' play golf " with 'his father
this afternoon.
Mr. Eisenhower planned to re
main here until April 16. His
speech to the GOP leaders the
following day has been in prep
aration for some days.
The April 17 date will give
the chief executive a new oppor
tunity to kick back at Mr. Tru
man whose biting appraisal of
the administration attracted
great attention at the Augusta
National Golf Club where the
President and his wife are stay
ing this week.
Hagerty was not able to say
today whether the speech will
be carried nationally by radio
and television.
Hagerty said the President
does not plan immediate action
on the farm bill.
(See story on Page 14)
Consolidation Vote
Tabulated by Board
Members of the Jackson
county school boundary board
today tabulated votes from Mon
day's election on consolidation
of Medford, Oak Grove and West
Side school districts.
Voters in the three districts
overwhelmingly favored the
consolidation. The official can
vass showed Medford, 252 yes,
61 no; West Side, 93 yes, none
no; and Oak Grove, 163 yes and
23 no,
. Members of the boundary
board are County Judge Rodney
Keating, Commissioners Chester
Wendt and L. G. (Shy) Morth
land, and county school Super
intendent Alf B. Mekvold.
The date when consolidation
will become effective will be de
termined at a meeting April 18
of the boundary board and
school boards of the three dis
tricts, according to Wendt.
Voter Pamphlet Mailing
Under Way by State
Salem !U.R) David O'Hara,
director of elections, said today
that mailing of voters' pamph
lets for the primary elections
was underway.
O'Hara estimated that more
than 850,000 pamphlets would
be mailed out to all registered
voters in the state.
Eastern Oregon pamphlets are
being mailed first, he said.
Ike Said Decided
To Veto Farm Bill
Washington (U.R) An in
formed source said today that
President Eisenhower has made
a firm decision to veto the Democratic-sponsored
farm bill.
This source told the United
Press that Mr. Eisenhower will
not be influenced in the matter
by political considerations.
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1956
JUBILANT SUPPORTERS Supporters of Adlai Stevenson were jubilant in Chicago
as returns from the Illinois primary were still coming in. At time of the tally (above),
President Eisenhower had gone into lead for first time, but Stevenson, as well as the
President, were well ahead of their nearest rivals. (Left to right): Mrs. Edison Dick,
co-chairman, National Stevenson for President Committee; Mrs. John S. Sharon, Wash
ington, D. C, and Barry Bingham, co-chairman of the committee.
Egypti
an
uns on
Jerusalem, Israeli Sector
(U.R) A submachinegun attack
by Egyptian commandos on a
roomful of praying Israeli chil
dren brought the Middle East
closer to war today.
The Israeli Foreign Office said
Egypt had answered U.N. Secre
tary General Dag Hammarsk-
jold's peace appeals with "mur
der . . . sabotage ... a vicious
and calculated., renewal of.ag.-
gression." " ' '.'
The attack that killed three
boys and their teacher was one
of a series carried out deep in
Israel by a roving band of com
mandos who attacked two pas
senger buses with grenades and
made isolated attacks on Israeli
settlements.
Eighteen persons were wound
ed in the attacks, five of them
schoolmates of the slain boys.
Israel Enraged
Israel was particularly en
raged because Cairo radio had
announced only shortly before
that the Fedayeen the do-or-die
commando groups were being
withdrawn from Israel. Cairo
said the groups were ordered
into action in reprisal against
Israeli shelling of Gaza villages.
Washington dispatches said the
United States was becoming wor
ried by the increasingly anti
Western and pro-Soviet views of
Talent School Paper
Takes Third Place
Eugene U.R) High school
newspapers of Astoria, Pendle
ton and Drain captured the top
awards in 1956 front page ex
cellence contest among Oregon
high schools. Announcement of
the winners was made by Dean
Charles T. Duncan of the Univer
sity of Oregon school of journal
ism. The Astcria school's Astor
Press took top honors in the
large school division with North
Salem's Clarion and Marshfield's
Hi Times placing second and
third.
Following Pendleton in the
intermediate size school division
were Madras and Talent plac
ing second and third.
In smaller papers Drain was
named to the top spot with Hen
ley second and Crane high plac
ing third.
State Civil Service
Jobs Said Availible
Salem (U.R) State Civil
Service Director Charles W. Ter
ry said today that job vacancies
existed for accountants, chem
ists, drivers' license examiners,
engineering aides, parole offi
cers, psychiatric aides, recrea
tion therapists, social casework
ers and specification analysts.
Salary ranges ' for the state
jobs run from $250 to $440 a
month.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York' (U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 509.15, off 3.55;. 20 rail
roads 170.48, up 0.70; 15 util
ities 66.57, up 0.03, and 65 stocks
179.85, off 0.44. Sales today
were about 2,700,000 shares
compared with 2,440,000 yesterday.
uommanaos i urn
craving ummren
Egyptian Premier Gamal Abdel
Nasser. London has expressed
similar views in recent weeks.
The United Nations office in
Jerusalem was reported to have
fired a strong note to Hammarsk-
jold informing him of the latest
Fedayeen attacks. U.N. Truce
Supervisor Maj. Gen. E. L. M.
Burns was in Cairo with Ham
marskjold. Eyewitness reports said the
schoolchildren,' "members "of the
Nasser Seeks To Avoid
Political Overtones
In Mid-East Tension
Cairo (U.R) Premier Gam
al Abdel Nasser is determined
that any agreement reached on
easing the tension in the strife
torn Gaza Strip must have no
political o v e rtones, Egyptian
sources said today.
The sources said Nasser in
tended to steer a non-committal
course in his meetings with U.N.
Secretary Dag Hammarskjold
and Truce Supervisor Maj. Gen.
E. L. M- Burns.
Local Settlements
Nasser's long standing atti
tude to .the-Palestinian problem
is that any border pacification
efforts should be aimed only at
reaching a local settlement, the
sources said. Egypt has rejected
Israeli attempts in the past to
reach a general Middle East set
tlement. The Egyptian position is that
any settlement must come with
in bounds of the present truce
enforcement machinery, the
sources said.
Hammarskjold met today with
Egyptain Foreign Minister Mah
moud Fawzi. Yesterday he met
with Nasser.
- Today's meeting lasted two
Weather
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
night. Sunnv Friday. Low to
night 35. High Friday 10.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 60
Lowest this Morning 2
Pree. to 4:30 a.m. Today, Trace
Voter Registrars May Not
From Place to
It is illegal for registrars of
voters to move from place to
place, without prior notice, or to
canvass for registrations. County
Clerk. Bereth Hopkins stated to
day. Her statement was made in
response to reports that two
"awfully nice young men," who
identified themselves as Young
Republicans, . called at several
homes in a Medford neighbor
hood, soliciting registrations
which they said could be done
at a car parked nearby.
Mrs. Hopkins said registrars
have been appointed to serve
both city and rural areas in num
bers to make it as. convenient
as possible for voters to register.
Tribune
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Hasidic sect, were kneeling in
prayer facing Jerusalem, their
backs to the door, when the
Egyptian commandos burst
through the door and opened up
with tommy guns.
Nine boys of 11 or 12 years of
age in the synagogue with their
fathers, fell wounded. Three
were killed instantly and five
were taken to a hospital with
serious injuries. - Their teacher
died iatefof "his'wbunds. '
and one-half hours. U. S. offi
cials said there will be a "pause
in the present negotiations until
Saturday.
Plans Further Talks
U. N. spokesmen said Ham
marskjold planned further talks
at the Egyptian Foreign Office
Saturday morning before leav
ing for Beirut, Lebanon, Satur
day afternoon.
Hammarskjold will go to Is
rael Tuesday morning. Monday
is Israel's Independence Day
and Hammarskjold will delay
his arrival there because Israeli
officials will be occupied in of
ficial functions.
Authority Increased
For Access Roads
The House public works com
mittee yesterday approved an
amendment to the highway bill
increasing authorization for ac
cess roads from $24 million to
$27 million, according to Repre
sentative Harris Ellsworth.
Ellsworth said the amendment
is a "compromise of my $35 mil
lion access road proposal of $25
million for new construction
plus $10 million for access road
maintenance."
He said that assuming the
same maintenance cost, an addi
tional $3 million will be avail
able for access road construction
next year. The amendment also
increased authorization for main
forest highways from $22Vi mil
lion to $25 million, he said.
Place, Clerk
Registrations may be taken at
public meetings, provided it has
been publicly announced that a
qualified registrar will be there
for that purpose, she said.
But the clerk pointed out that
the law says "each registrar shall
establish or maintain a fixed
place, conveniently located, for
the registration of voters. He
shall so far as practicable, ac
quaint the public with the loca
tion and facUities . . . ," but "No
registrar shall conduct any can
vass for the purpose of securing
registrations." . r
Mrs. Hopkins added, "When
the clerk's office appointed
county-wide registrars to serve
in fee headquarters of Urn Ra-
Absolutely No
Basis To Reports,
Spokesmen Assert
Sixth Fleet Due
To Visit in Crete
Washington U.R) The State
Department today categorically
denied that the United States is
speeding more American troops
into the troubled Middle East to
keep the peace.
A spokesman said there is ab
solutely no basis to reports that
the Second U. S. Armored Divis
ion has been ordered from Ger
many to the Middle East or that
negotiations are under way with
Greece to station 1000 U. S.
Marines on the Mediterranean
island of Crete.
Army Denies Report
At the same time the Army
issued this statement: "The De
partment of the Army said to
day there is no truth to the re
port that the Second Armored
Division, now stationed in Eu
rope, has been ordered or alert
ed for movement to the Middle
East."
The Navy said the Sixth Fleet
and a Marine battalion attached
to it are scheduled to visit Crete
early next month as part of a
routine training exercise.
The request for diplomatic
clearance may have brought
about the rumor that marines
would be based on Crete," the
Navy said.
An authoritative military
source said in fact that "no
serious" thought is beine eiven
at the present time to dispatch
any additional U. S. forces to
the Mediterranean area.
Relies en Sixth Fleet
The United States has been
relying on its Mediterranean
Sixth Fleet for ready forces in
the area. This is being reinforced
by a battalion of 1500 Marines
under plans announced some
time ago.
Officials said the "situation is
always subject to change" but
that there are no plans at the
moment to further augment the
Sixth Fleet.
Reports that the United States
was getting set to reinforce its
Middle East force came from
Radio Athens which said this
country had. asked for permis
sion to send 1000 U. S. Marines
to Crete.
Hitchcock Calls
Morse 'Road Block' .
Portland U.R) Phil Hitch
cock, Republican candidate for
the U. S. Senatorial nomination,
has labeled Sen.Wayne Morse (D
Ore.) as "one of the Eisenhower
program's chief road blocks."
Hitchcock made his remarks
at a meeting of Republican
women here last night.
Hitchcock criticized Morse's
voting record, saying "In 12
years, Wayne Morse has had his
name on 491 bills, but only 35
became law." He termed this as
showing where "Morse failed
you about S3 per cent of the
time."
Spring Enrollment
At SOC at New High
Ashland Spring enrollment
at Southern Oregon college
reached an all-time high this
year, according to Mrs. Mabel
W. Winston, registrar.
A total of 791 students are
enrolled, an increase of 19 per
cent above the 613 enrolled last
year. Of the total, 477 are male
and 304 female students.
Veteran enrollments are up
from 172 students last spring to
197 this year, an increase of
14.5 per cent, Mrs. Winston said.
Substantial Rises Seen
In East Oregon Streams
Salem U.R) The Oregon
State Civil Defense Agency re
ported today that substantial
rises in. most eastern Oregon
streams can be expected during
the next two days.
However, the agency said no
flooding was indicated as yet.
Canvass, Move
Points Out
publican and Democratic par
ties, it was with the understand
ing that the headquarters would
be the fixed location for regis
tration, and it has been so pub
lished. If the registrar from
either headquarters desires to
maintain a fixed place for regis
tration elsewhere in the county,
he has been directed to so inform
the county clerk and to publicize
the location, the period during
which such place will be main
tained and the hours registra
tions will be received."
The dead line for registering,
to vote in the May 18 primary
election is next Tuesday,
April 17.