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FIREPOWER Shown above is a four-second time exposure
arc lines created by tracer bullets, fired by National Guards
men Saturday night during a firepower demonstration at the
Camp White range. Some 400 to 500 persons witnessed the
demonstration, which was given as part of week end range
qualification activities by 60 men of Company A, 1st Battalion,
51st Year
Medford
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Small Alabama
Community Bears
Brunt of Storm
Birmingham, Ala. (U.R)
Rescue crews searched through
150 smashed homes today for vie
tims of the vicious storm which
struck a tiny suburb Sunday,
killing at least 18 persons and
Injuring more than 100 others.
McDonald's Chapel bore the
brunt of a 45 mile squall front
that raked the Southeast Sun
day. A tornadic wind slammed
through the heart of the mining
community of 1,000, leaving a
fourth of the residents homeless.
The houses looked like piles
of timber in a lumber yard.
Over a wider area homes were
roofless, overturned or battered.
While the Red Cross sheltered
some 400 persons in a Methodist
church and in a union hall at
nearby Ensley, Ala., dozens of
other survivors walked through
the debris hunting relatives.
Many Bodies Unidentified
Roscoe D. Whatley, Red Cross
director, said the nightlong con
fusion was made worse by the
fact that, seven of the bodies
were too mangled to identify.
A crew of 50 searchers forced
their way into rooms buried un
der debris and pried up mounds
of planks in their hunt for vie;
tims. They found one body
draped in a tree.
None of the survivors saw the
funnel of a tornado but their
descriptions of a sudden roar and
wind lifting them through the
air bore out the tornadic force
of the storm.
Eddie King, a 45-year-old
Negro, who with his 17-year-old
daughter, was injured, said he
just "floated out into the yard"
when the wind yanked his frame
house from its foundations.
The Rev. W. J. Lucas, another
resident, said he and his two
young sons held on to each other
to keep from being blown away
when the wind struck with a
roar that sounded "like a freight
train."
Squall Hits Birmingham
Hours later a squall line lashed
back at this industrial city with
winds clocked up to 71 miles per
hour at the airport weather sta
tion. No further damage was re
ported, however.
Severe thunderstorms with
torrential rains, hail and wind
clocked in gusts at near-hurri
cane force hit Shreveport, La.,
Centreville, Ala., and Atlanta,
Athens and Cumming, Ga.
Portland (U.R) Joseph Pat
rick Walsh, 45, has been order
ed held under $5000 bail pend
ing arraignment on an indict
ment charging him with at
tempted robbery last January of
the Metropolitan branch of the
U. S. National bank here.
Dental Health Survey Starts
In Medford, Ashland Schools
Three Medford dentists exam
ined teeth of first, third and fifth
grade students at Jackson school
today as part of the dental
health survey under way in
Medford and Ashland.
Results of the Ashland tests,
made last week, are expected
tomorrow in a report from Dr.
David Witter, director of dental
health for the state board of
health.
Students in the first, thira.
fifth and seventh grades will be
examined in all schools of both
cities before the survey is com
pleted, according to Miss Doro
thy Collard, supervisor of
nurses, Jackson county health
department.
Dentist will xamio Qliu
OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL
Israelites Warned of
Stern Tests Ahead on
Eighth Anniversary
Jerusalem (U.R) Israel
observed its eighth independence
day today with a glow of pride
hardly dampened by a warning
that the difficulties lying ahead
"will be greater than those of
the Palestine war,
The warning of the stern tests
still ahead came from Premier
David Ben-Gurion who told
Egypt that "for every blow the
Egyptian army delivers against
use we shall return two."
Border tension was easier
Thornton Denies
Labor Charaes
Salem (U.R) Attorney Gen
eral Robert Y. Thornton today
denied charges that his office
was "biased against the rights of
labor." Thornton had recently
been criticized by labor leaders.
Executive boards of the State
Federation of Labor and the
State Industrial Union Council
Saturday endorsed Republican
Carl Francis as a candidate for
attorney general.
Thornton, a Democrat, ans
wered: "Despite recent criticism
by certain labor leaders that the
attorney general's office has
been biased against the rights of
labor I would like to point out
that as attorney general I have
made a number of rulings favor
able to the rights of the work
ers."
The attorney general, who is
running for reelection, said he
thought the labor criticism was
based on a 1953 ruling that the
anti-picketing bill was uncon
stitutional. But Thornton said he thought
the criticism of the decision was
"unwarranted and unjustified
particularly since the Oregon
State Supreme Court upheld our
ruline in toto. except for one
section of the act."
Three-Offense Suspect
Leaves Jail on Bail
Donald Milton Straus, 23
roue 2, Gold Hill, was released
on $210 total bail Sunday after-
non after spending the night in
the city jail on hit and run, reck
less driving and no operator's li
cense. City police said they arrested
Straus Saturday night following
an accident at Fourth st. and
Central ave., involving Straus'
auto and a car operated by Lawr
ence A. Dinneen, Grants Pass.
Roseburg (U.R) Fire de
st roved Sandy's Tavern here
Sunday.
dren at Roosevelt school tomor
row; Hedrick Junior high, Wed
nesday; Lincoln school Thursday
morning: McLoughlin, Thursday
afternoon; and-Washington, Fri
day.
Jefferson students were exam
ined last Friday.
To Find Problems
The extent of dental health
problems among children is ex
pected to be determined through
the tests, as well as the number
of children receiving dental
care.
The county health depart
ment, Southern Oregon Dental
society, Oregon state board of
health and Medford and Ash
land schools are cooperating in
tha survey.
Medford National Guard, with Lt. Jack Phillips in charge.
The men shown in the picture are riflemen, except the men
second from left, with a light machine' gun, and at the far
right, an automatic rifleman. The smooth arched lines are the
bullets' trajectories, and the confused pattern at right are
ricocheting bullets. (Birchfield photo)
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16, 1956
No. 22
than it had been in days al
though an Egyptian military
spokesman said in Cairo that
Israel forces twice opened up
small arms fire on Egyptian
positions in the Gaza strip Sun
day. Hammarskjold in Beirut
United Nations Secretary Gen
eral Dag Hammarskjold was in
Beirut, Lebanon, where inform
ed sources said he had received
promises of wholehearted co
operation from both Israel and
Egypt in keeping the Middle
East peace.
The sources said both sides
agreed to widen the demili
tarized zone separating the hos
tile armies and that both Arabs
and Jews were anxious to avoid
provocations that would force
them to declare-war - -
Hammarskjold flies to Jeru
salem Tuesday to talk with Ben-
Gurion and Foreign Minister
Moshe Sharett. He already has
conferred in Cairo with Egyp
tian Premier, Gamal Abdel Nas
ser. New Cooperation Pledged
A promise of new Israeli co
operation came from Israel's am
bassador in London, Elihu Elath,
who pledged his country's full
support for the Hammarskjold
mission.
But he too warned that while
Israel wanted peace and friend
ship with Egypt and other Arab
states, "any act of aggression"
will be firmly resisted.
Missing Boy Scouts
Found Near Eugene
Eugene (U.R) Two Boy
Scouts missing since yesterday
in rugged country of Eastern
Lane county, walked cut of the
woods today, apparently none
the worse for their night in the
open.
The Fall Creek guard station
radioed to state police that the
boys, Lester Hedgecoke, 15, and
Tom Frese, 12, were in excel
lent condition.
The two were members of a
Boy Scout camping party. When
they were reported missing, Nor
man Wilson of Dallas and his
bloodhounds, well known for
rescue work in Oregon, went
into the area.
The Scouts walked out of the
woods about four miles from
the Fall Creek guard station,
east of Springfield.
Weather Favorable
For Tree Pollination '
Present warm weather is fa
vorable for bee pollination of
the valley's orchard trees, C. B.
Cordy, county horticultural
agent, reported today. He said
rain would hinder pollination,
and would thus be unfavorable
for pear production this year.
Cordy added that D'Anjou pear
trees are now in full blossom,
and that Bartletts are approach
ing full bloom. Barring unfavor
able conditions the trees should
be perfect for the annual Pear
Blossom festival next Saturday,
he indicated.
Weather
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
tonight ..and.. Tuesday. . In
creasing cloudiness Tuesday
night. Low tonigh 36. High
Tuesday 70.
Temp.
Highest yesterday 56
Lowest this morning 45
Prec.
To 4:30 a.m. today .trace
Firepower Shown
By National Guard
Company Saturday
More than 60 men of Com
pany A, First Battalion, 186th
Infantry, of the National Guard,
took part Saturday and Sunday
in range training and a fire
power demonstration at the
Camp White range.
Lt. Jack C. Phillips, platoon
leader, was in charge. He report
ed a "high percentage" of
qualifications during the train
ing. Weapons used included .30
caliber light machine guns.
Browning automatic rifles and
M-l rifles.
Many Spectators
The demonstration, first one
held by the company, was part
of a weekend training and was
watched by 400 to 500 specta
tors, Lieutenant Phillips said.
He added that the group in
cluded the largest number of
recruits ever to join the com
pany, the result of the recent
successful drive. Those who fail
ed to qualify in the weekend
firing will have another oppor
tunity when the entire battalion
meets May 20.
Southern Oregon
Rail Line Aired
Salem 4U.R) Public- Utilities
Commissioner Charles Heltzel
today received a memorandum
from Clifford W. Ferguson, di
rector of rail transportation, on
legal aspects of a proposed ex
tension of Oregon Electric rail
road into southern Oregon over
tracks of the Southern Pacific.
Ferguson said it was his opin
ion that the Interstate Com
merce commission had no power
to compel one carrier to grant
trackage rights over its line to
another carrier, except in de
clared emergencies.
"The Interstate Commerce
commission has no power to
compel the SP&S and the Ore
gon Electric to extend its lines
into southern Oregon," the
memorandum continued.
Petitions to the SP&S have
been circulating in southern
Oregon, Ferguson said, setting
forth the lack of competitive
rail service in the area, as' well
as the unprecedented industrial
growth, and requesting that ac
tion be started to extend the
Oregon Electric from Eugene to
Ashland and Powers over SP
tracks. !
Ferguson said, however, that
SP&S and Oregon Electric had
every right to petition the ICC
for a certificate of public con
venience and necessity authoriz
ing them to extend their lines
into southern Oregon.
Caye Junction Man
On Bail in Gold Case
San Francisco (U.R) Two
men arrested Saturday by secret
service agents on charges of at
tempting to sell black market
gold to an undercover agent
were free under $1,000 bail to
day but face possible indictment
Wednesday when the case
against them is presentea to the
grand jury here.
The men held were Guy Pye,
59. Auburn City, a miner, and
FJberg S. Osbourn, 49, Cave
Junction, Ore., timber salesman.
They were arrested when they
attempted to sell gold valued at
$2,940 in the United States. The
gold was in three bars and two
lumps weighing 84 ounces and
testing 24-carat fine. Paul Pa
terni, head of the Secret Service
office here, said the pair had
been under investigation for
three months.
Midnight Is Deadline
For State, Federal Tax
State and federal income tax
returns must be in the mail by
midnight tonight or taxpayers
will find themselves charged
with interest on overdue pay
ments. An extra 24 hours was added
to the April 15 deadline when
it fell on Sunday this year.
Message To House
Tells of Regret
In Official Act
Administration To
Take Four Steps
Washington (U.R) -dent
Eisenhower today
the farm bill.
In a message to the House of
Representatives, Mr. Eisenhow
er said he acted with "intense
disappointment and regret."
Bill Improper -
Because he found the bill be
fore him improper for improve-
President Eisenhower still
has an opportunity to get his
farm program enacted, despite
his veto of the controversial
farm bill, according to Con
gressional Quarterly.
How this can be done,
through enactment of addi
tional farm measures, is told
in an exclusive CQ article on
Page 4 of today's Mail Trib
une. ment of current farm income, he
announced that the administra
tion would take four immedi
ate steps:
1. Price supports of wheat,
corn, cotton, rice and peanuts
will be set by Secretary of Agri
culture Ezra T. Benson at a lev
el of 821 per cent of parity.
This meant that the Administra
tion will guarantee a national
pric average : of wheat at $2 a
bushel," corn a"$l'.50"a bushel,
and rice at $4.50 per 100 pounds.
2. The support price of milk
will be increased to $3.25 per
100 pounds and the support of
butter will be increased to 58.6
cents a pound.
3. The Agriculture depart
ment promised, "Where assist
ance will be constructive," to
strengthen the prices of perish
able farm commodities.
4. The President requested
Congress to pass a "straight soil
bank bill as promptly as pos
sible . . . before fall seeding for
next year's crops."
Farm Welfare
"This combined program of
Administrative action and legis
lative enactment will begin now
to improve the income and wel
fare of all our farm families,"
the President said to the House.
"Here is a challenge for both
the Legislative and Executive
branches of the Federal govern
ment." His veto message was sent to
the House because that is where
the bill originated last year.
The President will further ex
plain his action to the American
public by radio at 10 p.m. (EST).
His remarks will be filmed and
telecast later in the evening.
House Democratic leaders had
not decided immediately wheth
er to attempt to override the
veto. It was generally agreed
they could not succeed. In any
event, no attempt to override
was likely before Wednesday.
Unofficial agreements had been
made to have no record votes in
the House today or tomorrow.
The veto entailed a major, election-year
political risk for Mr.
Eisenhower. The legislation is
designed to give farmers at a
time when their income is at a
13-year low additional cash
amounting to between $1,000,
000,000 this year.
Governors Called
Three Republican governors
Fred Hall of Kansas, Leo Hoegh
of Iowa and Joe Foss of South
Dakota called at the White
House this morning to warn the
President of the political conse
quences of a veto. They hoped
to convince him that the 'farm
bill should be signed.
But after his talk with the
governors, Mr. Eisenhower met
with Agriculture Secretary Ezra
T. Benson, the farm bill's major
critic. Benson has said the meas
ure was "'unacceptable" to him,
principally because it would re
store high rigid price supporters
at 90 per cent of parity.
Administration sources said
that it was Benson's arguments
during a conference with the
President in Augusta last Satur
day that led Mr. Eisenhower to
decide firmly on what he tenta
tively had considered earlier
a veto.
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cICay Opens Drive
For Senate Job With
Blast at Sen. Morse
Portland (U.R) Private citi
zen Douglas McKay wasted no
time today in attacking Sen.
Wayne Morse, the Democrat he
hopes to unseat in November.
' "McKayj- whose resignation as
interior secretary became effec
tive yesterday, landed late last
night at Portland International
airport. He went to Salem for a
welcome home reception today
and then was to head for eastern
Oregon for a week of campaign
ing. The 62-year-old former gov-
Kefauver Raps Big
Business Domination
San Francisco (U.R) Sen
Estes Kefauver, opening his
three-day barnstorming tour of
Northern California, today de
nounced "big business domina
tion" of the Federal government
and predicted he would be the
victim of "organized confusion"
in the New Jersey primary to
morrow. Kefauver appeared before a
Building and Trades Council
shortly after his arrival here this
morning, held a brief press con
ference, hurried away to address
the National Wine and Spirits
Wholesalers convention, then
made a courtesy call on Mayor
George Christopher.
Kefauver, speaking before the
Wine and Spirits Wholesalers, at
tacked what he termed the
"cabal of big business" which,
he said, was "operating the gov
ernment to big business' ad
vantage." "To me," he said, "the biggest
thing in the campaign, affecting
the business community, is its
unbalanced representation in
government."
Poce Officer Plays
Part of Cowpoke Today
Medford Police Officer Don
Pursel played the part of a
cowpokt early this morning
when he rounded up two Jer
sey eows which were grazing
on the high school practice
field, and drove them into a
South Holly st. pasture.
Pursel. who said he'd given
up life on the open range sev
eral years ago, drove the pa
trol car to chase the bovines
several blocks up South Holly
Owner of the pasture noti
fied the cows' owner, David W.
Byers, 1526 Myers lane. Pur
sel didn't say whether Byeri
would get a bill for feed from
the high school.
Radio Highlights
President Eisenhower will
discuss his veto of the farm
bill in a radio address this
evening. It will be broadcast
over both radio station KYJC
and KMED starting at 7 p.m.
Secy, of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson Geft) is shown as he
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UP to aCtiD With 3 -Person'report to the people vS
ernor handed reporters a state
ment in which he accused Morse
of playing the role of a medicine
man with a magic political brew.
"It's composed of a little bit of
Republicanism, ";a' little bit of
Democratic party principles and
a lot of socialism and opportun
ism but the flavoring is 100
per cent pure Morse oratory,"
he said.
McKay said Morse's bitter per
sonal attack on President Eisen
hower has ended the senior sen
ator's usefulness to Oregon.
McKay said he no longer was
bound by restrictions placed
upon a cabinet officer. "I'm iust
Doug McKay and I am going to
talk frankly and honestly, as I
always have," he said.
Referring to Phil Hitchcock, a
rival candidate for the Republi
can senatorial nomination, Mc
Kay said that if the voters make
him their choice in the May pri
mary "I will support him to the
limit in the general election."
Hitchcock, using a small plane,
campaigned in central Oregon
yesterday in the area around
Bend and Prineville.
Salem (U.R) The Oregon
Statesman, a Salem daily news
paper published by former Gov
ernor Charles Sprague, Sunday
gave editorial backing to Phil
Hitchcock in his fight to gain the
Republican nomination for the
Senate from Douglas McKay.
Previously the Statesman had
supported McKay in his cam
paigns for public office.
The Statesman said the Repub
lican party needed "fresh and
aggressive leadership" for the
coming "critical" election and
questioned the wisdom of Mc
Kay's late entry into the sena
torial race.
Pressured Into Running
The newspaper said McKay
was "pressured into running by
top political brass in Washing
ton." However, the newspaper said
the primary reason it was sup
porting Hitchcack was that "he
carries the potential of high
statesmanship which we like to
attach to a United States sena
tor." The editorial said the fu
ture of Oregon Republicans de
pended to a great extent on the
outcome of this year's elections.
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 tr 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 8 p.m. Tuesday at the
county clerk's office in the courthouse or with the deputized
registrar for your precinct.
Ashland Fire Chief
Dies in Portland
Hospital on Sunday
Ashland Harry D. McNair,
I 58, Ashland fire chief, died Sun
day morning in the Veterans Ad
ministration hospital in Portland.
Funeral services will be held in
Ashland Mortuary chapel at 10
a.m. Thursday.
Members of Elks Lodge No.
944, Ashland, will be in charge
of the services, with the Ameri
can Legion conducting grave
side services. Committal will be
in Ashland Mountain View ceme
tery.
Mr. McNair was born Sept.
16, 1897, in Marysville, Mo. He
came to Ashland from Idaho
Falls, Ida., in 1923, and had been,
a member of the Ashland fire
department since, and chief since
Jan. 1, 1950. He was a member
of Elks Lodge, American Legion,
and the 40 & 8, and was man
ager of the Ashland Kiltie band.
When he first came to Ash
land, he operated the garage
which is now the Shrine ware
house. He moved to Yreka in
1935, but returned to Ashland
in 1937. ' He was a veteran of
World War I, and spent some
time in the National Guard.
Married in 1949
On Aug. 24, 1949, in Ashland,
he was married to Eloise Mackie,
who survives.
Other survivors, include a
sister, Mrs. Thomas Wasley,
Idaho Falls, Ida.; two step
daughters, Mrs. Foster Seaver
Jr., Ashland, and Mrs. Gary
Keener, El Monte, Calif.; a
niece, Mrs. Dean Snarr, and a
nephew, Richard Wasley, Idaho
Falls.
State Funds Alloted
To Jackson County
The secretary of stete's office
has allotted $106,430.70 from
county revenues to Jackson
county, the county court said to
day. The sum of $105,309.43 from
motor license fees was allocated
to the general road fund. The
genera! welfare fund was allo
cated $206.84 from the amuse
ment device tax, and $914.43
from the alcoholic beverage tax
was also allocated to the gener
al welfare fund.