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No. 20
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.