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Newspaper Page TextI jrr'J ' V a ; fwS Medfori United Press Full teased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 51st Year 28 Pages OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1956 Price 5c No. 20 MMRIBUNE PAINTED ON WALLS of catacombs, this mural depicting story of Good Samaritan is among numerous fourth-century frescoes discovered by workmen digging foundation for apartment house in Rome. (International Soundphoto) Petitions for Recall Being Circulated in Talent bv Residents Talent Circulation of peti tions calling for the recall of Mayor Keith V. Thoreson and Councilmen R. C. Bradford, Wil liam Cooper and James Henry started in Talent today, accord ing to Ray Garland, chairman of the recall committee. The petition asks a special election be called in Talent for the recall. Six reasons were list ed for the action. Causa of Action The action resulted when John Baldwin was discharged recently as Talent city marshal and John Seymour was appointed to suc ceed him. Mayor Thoreson said Baldwin was fired because of numerous complaints and be cause the council felt he was not properly fulfilling his duties. Reasons listed for recall were: "1. That they have violated the charter of Talent, Oregon in holding and attending a pri vate meeting as a council meet ing in the home of the Mayor, and the same was not open to the public and there was no notice given thereof. North, South Poles Linked by Radio Warren, R. I. U.R) Radio linked the North Pole and South Pole areas today for the first time in history. Newton Kraus, a "ham" radio operator since 1923, used his amateur station to supply boost er power and link VE8ML, the most northerly radio station in the world, with KC4USA at famed Little America. Weatherman John Murray in the Far North reported he had 20 hours of daylight in his "spring" weather on Ellesmere Island, a frozen bit of Canadian territory only 450 , miles' .from the North Pole. "Red" Higby at Little Amer ica, 12,000 miles away, report ed he had 40-below weather and that "most of the day now is darkness" as winter approaches the Antarctic. Higby said his out post is 600 miles from the South Pole. Salen (U.R) Special trib ute has been paid to medical edu cation and Oregon's 1800 li censed physicians by Gov. Elmo ff.ith in calling attention to April 22 to 28 as Medical Educa tion Week. Businessmen For 'Token' Off-Street Parking Funds A committee of downtown businessmen and property own ers will attend the next meeting of the city budget committee meeting May 2 in an attempt to see if "token" funds can be allo cated this year to start an off street parking project. The committee was appointed last night, following a 21i-hour meeting at the city hall, attended by about 25 businessmen and councilmen. C. O. Lovejoy, chairman of the retail merchants committee of the Jackson Coun ty Chamber of Commerce, called it to obtain up-to-date informa tion on progress in obtaining off street parking facilities. Parking Meter Funds The group generally was in accord that parking meter reve nues should be allocated, all or in part, to a solution of the prob lem of inadequate parking space downtown. The funds, estimated at about S64.000 annually, now j eo for street, parking and traf fie purposes. The proposal that the city go into the parking business is not a new one, it was pointed out. but has been under study and consideration for more than four yrars, and other cities have done so. A council committee, headed by Councilman Don Hansen, has worked with a chamber of com merce committee in outlining a proposal, and Hansen said last night bis report for the council "2. That they claim complaints were made to them about the Marshal of Talent and they did not keep any record thereof, and they would not tell him what the complaints were or who made them. That they discharged him on account of said complaints without a hearing. Called Meeting "3. That they called a meeting of the council under the pre tense to hear complaints from the public against them con cerning their actions, but they refused to hear the complaints and refused to answer questions propounded to them and then ad journed the meeting. "4. That they have not al lowed the citizens of Talent to be heai'd on matters pertaining to city business. "5. That they have acted ar bitrarily and caused dissention in the City of Talent. "6. That they have not pro moted the good will and pros perity and general welfare of the town, but have brought upon the city injurious publicity and ridicule." Besides Garland, sponsors of the recall petition are F.' C. Learning, Fred Morris, and Bob Lowe, who is treasurer. "Petitions 'must be signed by 25 per cent of the voters to make an election mandatory. Middle East Topic Of Great Decisions The problem, "Can the U.S. Help Peace in the Middle East?", will be presented for discussion during the fourth week of the Great Decisions series. A condensation of the prob lems concerning the Arabs and Jews in Egypt and Israel will appear in Sunday's issue of the Mail Tribune. The topic will be discussed on radio and TV pro grams and in other groups throughout the week. Broadcasts will be heard on KYJC from 6 to 6:30 p.m. Sat urday; KMED 9 to 9:30 p.m. Sun day; KWIN, Ashland, from 8 to 8:30 p.m: Monday; and on television from 2:30 to 2:45 p.m. Tuesday. The Great Decisions program encouraging active interest in foreign affairs is also underway in Eugene, Portland, Springfield and Corvallis. to Ask Budget is nearing completion. Presumably it will embody the chamber committee, with some $600,000 as an over-all, 10 year goal, and funds coming from meter revenues, from an increased business license fee, and from taxes imposed in a specially-created assessment dist rict in the downtown area. Discuss Action But the plan is not ready for council action, and the group last night, in arguments which became heated, asked why action has not been taken. City officials, including Mayor Earl Miller, City Manager Rob ert Duff, and Councilmen Han sen and Stan Jones, however, in dicated that the 1956-57 budget, as now proposed, has no funds which could be devoted to park ing work. On the other hand, Council man Fred Robinson and other merchants insisted that the budgeting procedure is a matter of assigning priorities, and that the urgency of the parking prob lem demands immediate pro vision of funds. Much of the discussion was about the possibility of raising funds to offset amounts which could tie budgeted for a sinknig fund for parking purposes, but no general agreement was reached. Some doubt that providing parking facilities is a proper Lew Wallace Quits Primary Race for Oregon Governor Candidate Lists Health Reasons Portland (U.R) Lew Wallace said today he was withdrawing as a candidate for the Demo cratic nomination for governor of Oregon. This leaves Robert Holmes of Astoria as the lone Democratic candidate for nomination to the state's highest office. Wallace said reasons of health prompted his decision. He asked his supporters to back Holmes. "I sincerely regret I have to withdraw from the race," Wal lace said in statement. "This was a decision which was hard to make,' but I realize that one's duty to himself and to his pub lic is of paramount importance." Heart Condition Wallace, who had sought the governor's office before, said: "It was shocking news to me that I had a heart condition which would be aggravated by the strain of any excessive poli tical activity." "I wish to thank all my friends for their loyal support and I wish they would extend that support to my opponent, Robert Holmes, and the Democratic party," he said. Wallace's name will appear on the May' 18 primary ballot which already had been prepared by the secretary of state, and in the voter's pamphlet which is al most ready for mailing. Morse to Discuss Basin Problems Sen. Wayne Morse will dis cuss problems connected with the Rogue River basin at the Rogue River Grange hall at 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 24, accord ing to Attorney Robert Duncan, Medford, who is assisting with arrangements. Senator Morse previously met with soil conservation groups at the home of Mrs. Stanley Heffer nan, Ross lane. He is seeking first hand in formation on problems confront ing people of the basin and ideas as to possible solutions, Duncan said. The board of directors of the Rogue Basin Flood Control and Water Resources association en dorsed the meeting and urged residents to attend. Salem Police Seek Antique Shotgun Salem U.R) Salem police to day were looking for two boys, believed to be about 10 or 12 years old, who bought an an tique 410 gauge shotgun from three - year - old Johnny Jirges last night for 25 cents. Police were fearful some harm might come to the two boys from the young businessman's deal. They said the shotgun had not been fired in some time. Be sides, Mr. Jirges told officers he wanted the weapon back as a keepsake. Committee city function was raised by M. K. Hogan and A. K. Morse, who asked about the possibility of private ' enterprise providing them. Hogan pointed out that there are now parking lots near the downtown area which are not being used to capacity. Oth ers who have worked on the project pointed out that studies have shown that shoppers will not park more than a block or two from where they want to go, and that parking enterprisers have shown no interest in enter ing the Medford field. Among other proposals which are currently under considera tion by various groups and in dividuals is a deck over the Southern Pacific . tracks for parking use, but it is still in a preliminary stage. Problems Get Worse There was virtual unanimtiy that the problem is going to get worse as traffic increases, but the difference of opinion as to how it should be solved was not resolved during the meeting. But it was agreed that discus sion by the committee with the budget committee was a logical frist step. Don Herried was named by Lovejoy as committee chairman, and others are Hogan, Larry Schade, Scott Davis and Jack Crawford, chairman of the chamber's original off-street parking committee, the three-phase plan outlined by Streets Flooded By Heavy Rainfall In Los Angeles Five Traffic Deaths Blamed on Storm By UNITED PRESS An April storm whipped Southern California today, flood ing Los Angeles streets and set ting off mud slides in the city's foothills.. At least five traffic deaths were blamed on the storm. But farmers said the pounding rains had broken a drought in many areas. Southern California, usually on the. sunny side, was the only major storm spot on the nation's weather map. On the eastern seaboard, how ever, emergency crews turned out in the wake of a three-state storm to restore communications. Coast Battered The storm drove out into the Atlantic after battering the coast of the Carolinas and Vir ginia. But it left at least two seamen dead and rain-swollen river threatened to spill out of their banks. All power was disrupted on the North Carolina oifter banks. Highways were still under water in several areas, ferries in the banks area were out of action, and fires started by downed power lines destroyed two piers and parts of two warehouses at Norfolk, Va. Temperatures Go Up Skies were fair from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean and temperatures went up every where in the vast re gion except for the Upper Mis sissippi Valley, the Upper Great Lakes, and Southern Florida. : In California, however, . Los Angeles 'was doused with .1.40 inches of rain. More than two inches of rain were measured in other areas and steady snows up to 18 inches fell in the moun tains. Forecasters saw no immediate end to the storm. They predicted more rain today. Work Resumed at New Central Point School Central Point Laborers re sumed work Thursday at the site of the new Central Point ele mentary school after the con tractors association and local laborers' union settled a dispute that had halted work for three days. Pickets lined the site Monday through Wednesday. The dis pute was reported to concern fringe benefits for laborers. H. P. Jewett, superintendent of District 6C schools, said the brief interruption in the work would have no effect on the completion date for the school. It is sched uled to be finished by next fall. The Central Point school was the only one affected by pickets. Construction of an elementary school in Gold Hill continued without interruption. t. Fish in Bear Creek Fascinate Residents Many residents crossing the Main st. bridge over Bear creek this week have been fascinated at the sight of fish attempting to go upstream across a concrete apron on the creek bottom. A few of the fish wert ileelhead, according to Ken neth Denman, member of the stale game commission. He said most of them were carp, which, from a short dis tance, look similar to steel head. Some fish, both carp and steelhead, managed to get across, he added. Denman said it is not un usual to have fish in Bear creek, and noted that at one time it was among the better fishing streams of southern Oregon. They have been less noticeable in recent years, however. The fish, he said, will spawn downstream if they cannot cross the apron. Weather FORECASTS: Fair this after noon and evening. Variable low cloudiness Saturday morn inf, clearing by noon. Fair remainder of day. Low tonight 32-35; high tomorrow 70-75. k Conferences on Farm Bill Slated During Week End Unusual Meeting At Vacation Site Augusta, Ga. (U.R) President Eisenhower today summed Agri culture Secretary Ezra Taft Ben son to his vacation retreat for conferences on the controversial farm bill. Benson was scheduled to ar rive at 9 o'clock (EST) tonight with a group of other presiden tial advisers and confer with Mr. Eisenhower at his vacation headquarters at 8 a.m. Saturday. Presidential Press Secretary James C. Hagerty declined to say whether the President's highly unusual conference with his cabinet member might relate directly to a decision to sign or veto the bill. Speaks on Tuesday It was pointed out that the President has scheduled a major political address in Washington for next Tuesday night before a gathering of Republican state chairmen and finance committee leaders. Benson will be accompanied on his trip to Augusta by True D. Morse, assistant secretary of agriculture, Don Paalberg, one of Benson's specialists on public relations; Gabriel Hauge, eco nomic adviser to the President, and Kevin McKann, chief White House speech writer. The President has seldom call ed a cabinet member to a vaca tion" headquarters since' he has been in office. The only previous ones have been with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson. Top Campaign Issue Benson's forthcoming trip to the little White House on the edge of the Augusta National Golf Course couples in one event one of the most controversial figures in government and a top 1956 campaign issue. Since congress passed the farm bill providing for the un wanted fixed price supports the Democratic campaigners have filled the air, with challenges for the President to sign it, or face what they tried to paint as ominous political consequences. . But although Mr. Eisenhower has spoken out against the meas ure as failing to meet the re quirements of "a good bill," Hag erty would vgive no indication of whether it will be signed or vetoed. Hagerty said no action is likely before the President returns to Washington. Affidavits of Timber Removal May Be Filed Owners of land from which merchantable timber was sever ed or removed during 1955 for commercial use can still file af fidavits of timber removal with the county assessor, it was an nounced today. The law reads that if mer chantable timber is removed during any calendar year for commercial use from real prop erty subject to assessment by the state, the owner shall file a re port with the county assessor on or before March 3. However, Assessor Elva Jen nings said owners may still ob tain the affadavit and timber cutting report instructions from her office for filing before the final deadline of April 30.- The deadline is prior to the board of equalization and would make possible a change in as sessed valuation. William Rogers Assumes Forecasters Duties . Roy Simpson, frost forecaster for the U.S. weather bureau, left here Thursday for Pomona, Calif., and frost warning broad casts are now being made by William Rogers. Rogers arrived here Monday and worked with Simpson for three days. Rogers will continue broadcasting nightly frost warn ings for fruit growers in this area for the remainder of the season. Salem (U.R) A forum on in tergroup relations will be held at Portland Stale College May 5. s le GEN. WALTER GRUENTHER Applies for Retirement Norstad Chosen To Succeed Gruenther In NATO Command Augusta, Ga. (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower today chose a 49-year-old four-star air general, Lauris Norstad, to succeed Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther in co mand of the North Atlantic de fense forces. The White House announced that Gruenther has applied to the Presdient for retirement and that Mr. Eisenhower has nomi nated Norstad as his replace ment. The change in command will take place late this year Brilliant Leader Norstad. now U.S. deputy com mander ' for air, is a handsome slender, ..blue-eyed Minnesota native generally regarded as one of the nation's most brilliant military leaders. His Air Force career has been meteoric. He became a brigadier general at 36, one of the young est men to achieve a star, and a full general at 45. During World War II he was a key man on the Army Air Forces Command, and later directed operation of the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces. He was chief of staff of the 20th Air Force which flew the B29s against Japan. Commander in Germany Norstad went to Germany five years ago as U.S. air com mander. In-July, 1953, he was named deputy to Gruenther. In Washington, Defense Secre tary Charles E. Wilson announc ed that Norstad also will take over Gruenther's post as chief of the U.S. forces in Europe. Technically, Greuenther is re signing from the U.S. Army. He has been ill for some months and recently underwent a checkup at Walter Reed hospital in Wash ington. Gruenther is 57 years old. Norstad is 49. McKay Will Start Campaign Monday Portland U.R) Douglas Mc Kay will start his state-wide campaign for the Republican senatorial nomination Monday night with' a talk at Bend, his state chairman said today. William L. Phillips of Salem, head of McKay's campaign, said the resigning interior sec retary would speak at Ontario Tuesday noon and at Baker Tuesday night. Next Wednesday he will speak at Eastern Oregon college in La Grande, a lunch eon in the same city, and that night -in Pendleton. Thursday McKay will speak at The Dalles during the day and Hood River at night. He will be in Portland Friday and speak in Salem that night. McKay is scheduled to arrive here from Washington late Sun day, the day his resignation from the cabinet becomes effec tive. Korea War Turncoat Takes Job on Farm Alden, Minn. (U.R) Richard Tenneson, former turncoat Korean veteran who decided to come back from Red China, has left his parents' farm home here to take a general farm job in Northern Iowa, his family said today. His stepfather, Eben Howe, said Tenneson will work on the Iowa farm "for iha season." TROOPS IH)SGD National Guard to Demonstrate Power In Two-Hour Show Short Mock Attack On Saturday Program A two-hour night firing dem onstration will be held by Com pany A, Medford National guard unit, starting at 6:30 p.m. Satur day. The show is designed to demonstrate the firepower of a rifle company. The show will include a pyro technic display, including para chute flares, signal flares, smoke grenades and booby trap simulators. The live fire phase will include firing tracer am munition from M-l rifles, auto matic rifles, and light machine guns. The weapons platoon will fire the '60MM mortar and 57 MM recoilless rifle, using sub caliber devices. Mock Attack A short mock attack on an enemy position by a rifle squad in which blank ammunition and flares will be used also is sched uled during the show. Officials of Company A said children will be allowed to view the demonstration, but must be accompanied by an adult. Members of Company A will be on the rifle range Saturday and Sunday so enlisted men of the unit may qualify with the M-l. The unit will fire the sni- perscope following the demon stration. , The range is located .. about two miles east of White City to the right off Antelope rd. Excavation Starts For New Motel Here Preliminary excavation for a new $100,000 "highway motel" at 722 North Riverside ave. started this week. Ken Callison and G. G. Bar bee, of Southern Oregon Land company, which . recently com pleted transactions for the sale of the property, said the motel is scheduled for completion Sept. 1. The residence still on the property will be moved by its owner, Mrs. Sadie McVay, to a North Pacfiic highway location. John Schofield, Los Angeles, is in charge of the work for the new owners who are building the motel, Travelodge Corp., in Oregon. It is part of a California firm which operates a chain of such businesses there. It was reported the motel will have 34 adjoining units on three levels on the sloping property. A swimming pool is also planned. The motel will be the first of a chain to be built in Oregon, with another planned soon for Grants Pass. DOW-JONES AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones final stock averages: 30 indus trials 509.99, up 0.84; 20 rail roads 171.96, up 1.48; 15 utilities 66.29, off 0.28, and 65 stocks 180.35, up 0.50. Sales today were about 2,450,000 shares compared with 2,700,000 yesterday. Oregon Builders Go Ahead After Assurance by FHA Portland U.R) Builders went ahead with home construc tion today after getting assur ance from the head man of the Federal Housing administration that loan insurance would not be held up because of a differ ence over l32nd of an inch. Changing Interpretation Norman P. Mason, FHA com missioner, said at a Senate com mittee hearing in Washington, D.C. yesterday that he was changing a Portland field office interpretation of lumber stan dards. He said, he was issuing instructions that no job be held up or no insurance refused be cause of the difference in thick ness regulations. The FHA in sures many home loans. Charles A. Bowser, assistant commissioner, was sent to Port land, to carry out Mason's in structions. Builders earlier . became alarmed because of as FHA or MSI Exchange Dims Hope of Pressure Easing Tpncinn I VI II Ji VII Brief Air Battle Costs Two Planes Jerusalem (U.R) An Israeli patrol skirmished today with troops of Jordan's Arab Legion in a border gunfight that em phasized once again the Middle East's nearness to war. There had been hope that world pressure had eased the threat of open hostilities between Israel and Egypt. No outbreaks had been reported between those nations for hours, though ten sion was high. Col. Nehemia Brosh, senior Is raeli military spokesman, said the Israeli troops fired against an Jordani infiltrator on the Israeli side of the border and that Arab Legionnaires opened up on the Israelis. Brosh said there were no Israeli casualties. Brief Air Battles Egypt and Israel fought two brief air battles yesterday in which each side lost a plane. During the night there was re newed shelling in the Gaza Strip, but the situation appeared easier today. Israeli newspapers bitterly criticized Britain and the United States today for their constant pleas for "restraint, forebear ance and forgiveness" and refer red to their wartime promises to help France. "Both countries in the end came to France's aid, four years after Hitler's entry into Paris," the Jerusalem Post said. It said a similar situation existed in the Middle East where the Arabs have openly announced they in tend to destroy Israel. Agreement Said Reached ... Authoritative sources in Cairo said U. N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold had reached an agreement with Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser on the basic prin ciples of easing Egypt-Israeli border tension. This was believed to hinge on a suggestion each side withdraw about 1,500 feet from the demar cation line, creating a military vacuum between the two sides. Hammarskjold's s p o k esman said he had no comment about reports Israel had agreed to this proposal. To Meet Nasser Saturday Hammarskjold is meeting Nas ser Saturday to work out final detajls of the agreement, Egyp tian sources said. Ma j. Gen. E. L. M. Burns, U. N. truce super visor, was conferring again to day with Egyptian Foreign Min ister Mahmound Fawzi on de tails. Nasser was reported insistent that Egyptian compliance de pended entirely on Israeli com pliance. Israel has been report ed unwilling to withdraw in some areas because several vil lages are in the area. . Railway Express Rate Hike Ordered Suspended Salem (U.R) The State Public Utilities Commission to day ordered a suspension of a proposed six per cent increase in Railway Express Agency intra state rates on "milk, cream an related articles in milk shipping cars pending a public hearing on the necessity of the increases. Commissioner Charles H. Helt zel said date and place of the hearing would be set later. der that boards used for siding and sheathing be 2532 instead of 34 of an inch thick, as now cut by most Oregon mills. Mason blamed the alarm in Oregon on a "misunderstand ing" in the Portland office. But Sen. Wayne Morse (D.-Ore.) said at yesterday's hearing in Washington that "the solution is not passing the buck to the Portland office. The Washington office rieht here must assume responsibility. If it hadn't been for your March 13 order this problem would not have come up." Morse Favors Delay Morse favored a 30-day delay in the order in which the FHA indicated it would stick to the 2532 inch size set by the Amer. ican Lumber Standards commit tee. The latter group meets in Chicago April 30 and many feel the l32nd inch difference can be koned out there.