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A feature story on toll testing
and Its effect on crop yields
appears on page 14 of today's
Mail-Tribune.
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ANTENNAS HOISTED Microwave anten
nas, weighing two tons each, were hoisted
into position by mobile crane last week at
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company's
new microwave relay stations at Baldy moun
tain (shown above) and Siskiyou summit. The,
coop-shaped antennas, each 22-feet long''
were put in place on. 37-foot structural steel
Mine Drill Instructors Are
Court Martialled by Marines
Parris Island, S. C. U.R;
The Marine Corps confirmed
Saturday that nine drill instruc
tors at this training base have
been court martialled for mal
treatment of recruits in the 15
months preceding a "disciplin
ary" march into a swamp which
led to the death of six Marines.
A four-member court of in
quiry is now looking into the
night maneuver last Sunday in
which six Marine "boots"
drowned when a drill instructor
led his platoon into a chilly,
tide-swollen swamp bordering
this huge recruit depot.
Called Platoon
SSgt. Matthew C. McKeon,
31, called the platoon out of the
barracks but claimed he did so
only to instill "discipline." The
court of inquiry heard two wit
nesses Saturday including Capt.
Richard P. Grey, commanding
officer of the company McKeon's
platoon was attached to.
Capt. Ralph Wood, P a r ri s
Island public information offi
cer, said he did not expect the
court to announce its findings
"before Monday evening at the
earliest."
Wood said six of the nine
court-martials since Jan. 1, 1955
for maltreatment resulted in
convictions of the drill instruc
tors but added that he did not
recall the penalties levied on
those found guilty.
Wood refused to disclose any
details of the court-martials,
saying that he did not feel they
should be made public from
here.
Accused of Jumping
In Washington, it was reveal
ed that one of the six convictions
involved a sergeant accused of
jumping on a recruits stomach,
kicking others in the stomach
and chest, and beating a Marine
with a swagger stick.
The sergeant was given six
months at hard labor and dis
honorably discharged after be
ing found guilty on 10 counts
of cruelty and maltreatment.
Witnesses testified at the
court-martial that the drill in
structor jumped on a recruit's
stomach 19 times while the
youth was lying on the ground
doing exercises. The sergeant
Income Tax Return
Deadline Tomorrow
Taxpayers must have state
and federal income tax returns
in the mail by midnight Monday
or face possible fines.
The usual deadline of April
15 was postponed one day be
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claimed he was only trying to
toughen the Marine's stomach
muscles.
On another occasion, the ser
geant allegedly "mule-kicked"
a recruit in the cehst. He was
Stevenson, Kefauver
Attack Republicans
Miami, Fla. (U.R) Both Adlai
Stevenson and Sen. Estes , Ke
fauver laid into the Eisenhower
foreign policy last night as if
they were already trying to beat
the Republicans in November
rather than vieing for Florida's
preference for the Democratic
nomination in May.
Speaking in Miami, Kefauver
blamed the administration's
"policy of drift" for Gen. Alfred
Gruenther's resignation as com
mander of NATO and for the
threat of a "fullscale war" in
the Middle East.
Mentions Heart Attack
At Pensacola, far in the north
west corner of the state, Stev
enson accused the administration
of "sweeping the foreign policy
problems under the rugs" and
Sig Unander To Speak
Af GOP Lncheon Here
Sig Unander, Oregon state
treasurer, will speak at a lunch
eon meeting of the Jackson
County Young Republican club
Thursday, April 19, in the Pio
neer room of the Jackson hotel.
. Unander is a candidate for re
election. He is unopposed in
the May 18 primary.
Also at the meeting, nomina
tions for new officers will be
accepted in addition to nomina
tions submitted by the nominat
ing committee. Cliff Ouellette
has been nominated for presi
dent, Jim Armson, vice-president,
Bill Duhaime, secretary
treasurer. Gene Piazza and
Allen Holmes, directors.
Those interested in attending
the meeting may make reserva
tions by contacting the Jackson
hotel.
Munsan. Korea (U.R) The ;
United Nations accused the j
Communists Saturday of at-;
tempting to "raid and capture" '
a Republic of Korea outpost last j
Tuesday in "retaliation" for de- j
sertion of Red soldiers to the U.
X. side.
towers. The relay stations will provide a link
between Sacramento to Portland for televi
sion programs for three networks and tele
phone conversations. Both TV programs and
conversations are carried through coaxial
cable now. The stations are expected to be in
operation next August, according to PT&T
officials. - .. , - (Pacific Telephone photo.)
also accused of hitting a Marine
19 times with a swagger stick
because it was the witness' 19th
birthday. Thcsergeant admitted
striking the boy but said it was
only a light tap.
mentioned indirectly the Presi
dent's heart condition.
The Tennessee senator, wind
ing up a three-day campaign for
Florida's 28 convention votes,
struck hard at both the Presi
dent . and Secretary of State
Dulles on the NATO issue.
Kefauver said he believes
Gruenther gave up the job as
commander because he was "dis
appointed with the fact that in
recent years ... no effort has
been made by this administra
tion, to strengthen NATO and
set up machinery within the
the organization for settling dif
ferences among member na
tions." Intensive Handshaking
Stevenson, winding up four
days Of an intensive handshak
ing campaign, charged that the
three years of the Eisenhower
administration brought the na
tion three times to the brink
of war, brought farmers to the
brink of bankruptcy and wiped
out many small businessmen.
"We have sustained an un
precedented attack of huckster
ing, melodrama and misrepre
sentation that insults the intel
ligence," he said. "The big get
bigger and the small get smaller
or vanish altogther. This is the
most alarming development on
the American scene."
Deadline for Registration
In order to vote at the May 18 primary election you
must:
1. Be correctly registered by 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 17.
You must re-register if you:
1. Have not voted in one state-wide election within
the past two years.
2. Have moved into another precinct or to another
county, in the state.
3. Have changed your name by marriage.
4. Desire to change from one political party to another.
(It is preferable, but not essential, that you re-register
if you have moved within your precinct or have had
your address changed by order of the post office.)
You may register from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday or
from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the county clerk's
office in the courthouse or with the deputized registrar
for your precinct.
Dag Hammarskjold
Pays Gaza Skip
Surprise Visit
New Incidents Are
Reported on Arrival
Jerusalem (Israeli Sector)
(U.R) U. N. Secretary-General
Dag Hammarskjold paid a sur
prise visit to the tense Gaza
Strip Saturday.
The U. N.'s peace envoy ar
rived on the scene of recent
Egyptian-Israeli clashes as Israel
reported new incidents in the
embattled frontier area between
Egypt and Israel.
An Israeli military spokesman
said five Israeli soldiers were
wounded when their patrol car
was blown up by a mine near
the Gaza Strip yesterday morn
ing. Egyptian and Israeli forces
fought a one-hour gun battle
Saturday afternoon in the Erez
area, north of the strip, he said.
Charges Egyptians
Col. Nehemia Brosh, senior Is
raeli military spokesman, charg
ed the Egyptians opened fire on
the Israelis. He said there were
no casualties on the Israeli side
in the skirmish.
Brosh also reported that an Is
raeli shepherd was wounded in
an ambush near Beit Gubrin one
mile west of the Jordan border.
He said an Israeli police car al
so was fired on from ambush
near Meron in Upper Galilee
near the border with Lebanon.
The Israeli government met in
emergency session in Jerusalem
Saturday and discussed, accord
ing to an official ' spokesman,
"important security and political
questions."
Hammarskjold made a brief
stopover in Gaza, enroute north
from Cairo to seek Israel's ac
ceptance of an eight-point plan
to eliminate the threat of full
scale war in the Middle East.
The plan already has been ac
cepted by Egypt.
Refuses Comment
. Hammarskjold refused to com-r
ment on his talks in Cairo with
Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser,
Foreign Minister Mahmound
Fawzi and other Egyptian lead
ers. He declined an invitation to
tour the areas in the strip where
some 55 Arabs were killed by
Israeli shelling last week.
The Israeli shelling and the
resultant "reprisal" actions on
both sides intensified the threat
of war even while Hammarsk
jold embarked on his peace mis
sion to the Middle East.
Adlai, Esles Invited
To Memorial Dinner
Both Adlai Stevenson and
Estes Kefauver, leading candi
dates for the Democratic 'presi
dential nomination, are being in
vited to attend the annual Roos
evelt Memorial dinner here Ap
ril 23, it was announced today.
Bob Boyer, chairman of the
Jackson County Democratic
Central committee, which is
sponsoring the dinner, and Mrs.
Edward C. Kelly, general din
ner chairman, issued the invita
tions yesterday.
Both candidates are expected
to be in Oregon at about that
time, and both are invited to sit
at the speaker's table with Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of
the former president, who will
be the only principal speaker at
the annual event honoring her
late husband.
Engineers Ready to
Help in Spring Flood
Portland (U.R) The Corps
of Engineers said Saturday it
has boosted its total appropria
tion to meet the expected flood
emergency in the North Pacific
division to $875,000. Earlier
$500,000 had been set aside.
Brig. Gen. L. H. Foote, divis
ion engineer, said $645,500 of
the sum had been allocated to a
score of projects in the Port
land district extending from The
Dalles to Rainier along the Co
lumbia river.
Alarm Displayed
Of Repercussions
If Bill Rejected
Midwestern Governors
To Fly to Washington
Washington (U.R) Farm belt
Republicans displayed an alarm
Saturday over the political re
percussions of President's Eisen
hower's expected veto of the
farm bill.
There was even talk in some
GOP quarters that Mr. Eisen
hower might jeopardize his own
chances of reelection- by reject
ing the measure.
This .reaction appeared to be
a minority viewpoint at this
time. However, there was near
unanimity among farm state Re
publicans and amone the party
professionals that a veto would
hurt them in House and Senate
races in the 1956 elections.
Far Reaching Effects
Sen. Milton R. Young (R-N.DJ,
Ions a critic of administration
farm policy, told a reporter that
a veto "would have iar-reacn-ing
political as well as economic
consequences."
Young referred to the fact that
four mid western GOP governors
plan to fly to Washington to
make a personal appeal to Mr.
Eisenhower next week to sign
t.hA farm bill. They are Govs.
Leo A. Hoegh of Iowa, Fred
Hall of Kansas, Joe oss 01
South Dakota and Victor Ander
son of Nebraska.
At the same time, most of the
5 Senate Remiblicans who vot
ed for the measure were seeking
a chance to lay their arguments
against a veto before Mr. Eisen
hower. The man chosen to seek
the audience was Sen. Andrew
J. Schoeppel (Kans.), who is
chairman of the GOP senatorial
ramnaien committee and who is
directing the Republican drive
to regain control of tne senate.
Four Destroyers
To Middle-East
Newport, R.I. '(U.R) Crews
worked around the clock Sat
urday to load four destroyers
leaving hurriedly for the
troubled Near East.
The four warships are sched
uled to depart today for the
Mediterranean where they will
join the U.S. Sixth fleet.
A Navy spokesman said the
ships would be "combat ready
don't get excited they always
are when they leave port."
The spokesman said the de
stroyers received their orders
to sail Thursday night. The
short notice curtailed liberty for
crew members, some of whom
received only a brief time
ashore to telephone families.
Twenty-two volunteers were
sought from other ships in the
harbor to fill out the comple
ment of the four ships.
The Navy declined comment
on whether the hurried depart
ure was the result of the tense
situation in the Near East.
Hitchcock Says GOP
Should Oust Morse
Eugene (U.R) Phil Hitchcock
told a luncheon meeting of the
Young Republican state conven
here Saturday that every Re
publican should have as his un
swerving purpose the removal
of Sen. Wanye Morse from of
fice.
The candidate for the GOP
nomination for United States
senator appeared at a candidate's
luncheon of the youth organiza
tion.
Friday night he spoke before
a banquet of the Eugene Hoo
Hoo club, an organization of
lumbermen. He referred to the
recent Interstate Commerce
Commission order, now under
suspension, that would have ban
ned use of boxcars for in-transit
lumber warehouses.
Washington (U.R) The Unit
ed States, in an important move
to stabilize the Middle East, will
announce next week its decision
to throw new support to the
five-nation Baghdad defense past
strung along Russia's . southern
frontier.
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Recommendations for
Nominations Listed
By State Labor Group
Portland XI.R) Organized
labor in Oregon Saturday re
leased its recommendations of
candidates for nomination in the
May 18 primary election.
Ten candidates for state and
federal office were endorsed
jointly by the AFL State Fed
eration of Labor and the CIO
State Industrial Union council.
Of those endorsed, seven were
Democrats, two Republicans and
one a non-partisan office seeker.
The two Republicans approved
by the labor groups were State
Sen. Carl Francis of Dayton who
is running unopposed for the at
torney general nomination, and
the present state treasurer, Sig
Unander, who also is unopposed
on the GOP ballot.
Francis will face Democratic
Attorney General Robert Y.
Thornton in November.
Recommend Morse
Labor also recommended Dem
ocratic Sen. Wayne Morse be
retained. 1
Democrats were endorsed for
all four congressional seats. In
the fourth district, no choice was
made between David C. Shaw of
Gold Beach and Charles O. Port-
Four Killed in
Oregon Accidents
Klamath Falls U.R) Two
men died here Friday night
when a motorist struck a pedest
rian, then swerved and struck a
parked car and crashed into a
tree, police reported.
Gerr'id M. Riddle, 26, was
driving a demonstrator ear at
the edge of the city when he
struck a pedestrian, George
Pope, 69. Ridle was killed when
his car struck the tree.
Salem (U.R) A Nyasa woman
was killed and her daughter-in-law
was fatally injured when
their car collided with a South
ern Pacific freight train at a
crossing on the outskirts of
Salem late Friday.
Mrs. Wayne Mason, about 50,
of Nyssa was killed, state police
said, . and her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Lois Eileen Mason, 26, of
Stayton, died en route to a hos
pital. Russians Leave for
Visit in England
Moscow (U.R) Soviet Pre
mier Nikolai Bulganin and
Communist Party First Secre
tary Nikita S. Khrushchev left
Saturday on their mission to
Britain.
The Russian leaders waved
farewell to delegations of Sov
iet and Western diplomatic offi
cials at the Belorussian station
and entrained for the Baltic port
of Kalingrad where they will
board the speedy Soviet naval
cruiser Orjonikidze. The cruiser
will sail today and is scheduled
to arrive at Portsmouth, Eng
land, next Wednesday. . -
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DEDICATE REDWOOD About 50 boys rep
resenting nine dens of Pack 8, Cub Scouts,
from Jackson school were present at a Red
wood tree planting in Hawthorne park Wed
nesday. The tree, which has grown from a
burl with 19 young trees in a cluster, was
dedicated to Cub Scouts of the Big Pines dis
trict. The tree was presented by John E.
Gribble, 139 Kenwood ave., who is standing
at far right in back row, who also grew the
tree. Besides Cub Scouts, others shown, left to
right, rear row, include Harry Barneburg,
neighborhood oomratawywr; Byron Griffith.
CGEPTABLE":
0 :EXPECTED
er of Eugene. Rep. Edith Green
of Portland, representing the
third district; Jason Lee of Sa
lem, seeking the first district
seat, and Al Ullman of Baker,
in the second district, all re
ceived labor's approval.
The stamp of approval also
was put on Robert D. Holmes of
Astoria, unopposed Democratic
candidate for governor.
Monroe Sweetland, Milwaukie
Democrat, was okayed by labor
for the secretary of state's office.
On the non-partisan ballot for
State Supreme Court justice,
Hall S. Lusk got labor's nod for
reelection.
$50,000 Worth of
Jewels Taken From
Riviera Hotel Room
Monte Carlo (U.R) Riviera
thieves stole $50,000 worth of
jewelry Saturday from the ho
tel room of Philadelphia Pub
lisher Matthew McCloskey, who
came here to be a guest at Grace
Kelly's wedding to Prince Rain
ier. McCloskey, who publishes the
Philadelphia Daily News and is
treasurer of the National Demo
cratic committee, disclosed the
theft of the jewels which his
wife had left in a red velvet case
in a wardrobe of their room at
the Hotel de Paris. Apparently
they were taken while the Mc
Closkeys were out Friday night.
Immediately after discovering
the theft, the McCloskeys sent
their other valuable to the hotel
safe.
The hotel spent several hours
trying to recover the jewels be
fore calling in police Saturday
afternoon. Security m e a s u r -e
s were ordered, and even the
main doors of the luxurious ho
tel were sealed off to guests,
who were forced to use a side
entrance to enter and leave the
building.
Mrs. McCloskey said the most
valuable of the stolen items was
a coral and diamond necklace
valued at $15,000. A turquoise
and diamond necklace and ear
rings and a bracelet valued at
$10,000 also were taken.
McCloskey, a personal friend
of the Kelly family, cabled to
Philadelphia for details of the
jewelry's description to aid in
vestigators. Austin, Tex. (U.R) Senate
Majority Leader Lyndon B.
Johnson's supporters started
booming him Saturday as a full
fledged candidate for the Demo
cratic presidential nomination.
Lewiston, Idaho (U.R) Rich
ard M. Nixon was endorsed Sat
urday by the Idaho Republican
party for renomination as the
GOP candidate for the vice-presidency
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chairman of the Pack committee; Mrs. Byron
Griffith, Mother Den 2; Mrs. Gilbert Gross,
Mother Den 4; Mrs. Donald Emery, Mother
Den 5; Mrs. Stuart Forbes, Mother Den 8;
Mrs. Dean Barker, assistant Mother Den 7;
Mrs. A. Jones, Mother Den 9; Mrs. B. Stephen
son, assistant Mother Den 9; Mrs. W. C. Sand
erson, Mother Den 7; John B. Lynch, cub
master; Leo Thomas, park superintendent
who accepted the tree; Sgt. Clifford Poulson
of the Ground Observer Post and publicity
chairman for Pack 8; and Gribble.
Benson Talks With
Ike; Says Present
Bill Has Benefits
Will Administer It
If It Becomes Law
Augusta, Ga. (U.R Secre
tary of Agriculture Ezra T.
Benson said Saturday after a
talk with President Eisenhower
that he considers the farm bill
"unacceptable" but indicated he
would stay on to administer it i
it becomes law.
Benson would not confirm
that Mr. Eisenhower would veto
the bill. He said he thought the
president was "making his de
sion" yesterday afternoon.
Three-Hour Conference
Benson, Mr. Eisenhower and
Agriculture department and
White House advisers conferred
for about three hours on the
farm bill. Benson saw the presi
dent twice privately for what
he estimated to be a total of 20
minutes.
Benson said later that if the
president did sign the bill his
department would do the best to
administer it as long as the
president desired.
When he left the conference
in the president's vacation office
above the pro shop at the Au
gusta National Golf club, Benson
conceded that the farm bill has
mixed benefits.
Questioned about reports Mr.
Eisenhower has already decided
to veto the fixed-price measure,
Benson said he was sure that
the decision "has not been made
in his own mind yet."
McKay to Launch
Campaign April 18
Portland (U.R) Pendleton
has been picked for the first
major address of Douglas Mc
Kay in his campaign Wednesday.
W. L. Phillips, manager of
McKay's campaign for the Re
publican nomination for the
United States Senate, said candi
date McKay would address
Eastern Oregon college students
Wednesday morning" and La
Grande service clubs at noon
before travelling to Pendleton
for a major speech at a dinner
scheduled for 8 p.m.
McKay's swing through east
ern Oregon will start immediate
ly after welcome home recep
tions at Portland and Salem. He
will be accompanied by Mrs.
McKay.
McKay will arrive at the Port
land airport at 10:10 p.m. today.
Carrier Saratoga
Is Commissioned
New York (U.R) The super
aircraft carrier Saratoga, the
biggest ship afloat, joined the
U. S. fleet Saturday to ply the
seven seas as an atom age watch
dog. The sixth vessel to bear the
name of Saratoga was commis
sioned at ceremonies in the New
York naval shipyard in Brooklyn.