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52 L lice Turns llewn Proposal To B Experiments 1 nson s -Bomb o to n&-risi-n -2mm m mtu i 4niia raovr iMJnnf til Ibil "X- t tax - SPRING FLOOD The muddy waters of Willow Creek inundates residential section of Idaho Falls, Idaho. Practically every stream in the state is near flood stage, with tor rents of melting snow and rain adding to the flood danger. Columbia, Willamette Rivers at Record Levels; No Serious Flood Portland (U.R) The Colum and Willamette rivers in the Portland area were at record April levels today but no serious , flooding was reported. The Willamette in Portland harbor was a foot over the 18 foot level at 8:30 a.m. today and was expected to reach near ly 30 feet before dropping this week-end. The Columbia at Vancouver was four feet over flood stage. Both streams are expected to rise slowly for the next day or two and then level off. In 1948, the year of the Van port flood in late May, the Wil lamette river stood at 11 feet on April 24, eight feet under the present reading. t The Willamette river was not Martin Named ASC Office Manager Harry E. Martin, formerly of Marion county, has been ap pointed manager of the Jackson county agricultural stabilization committee office, it was an nounced todaj. Martin succeeds Talbert (Tab) Sehorn, who was transferred to Portland last Friday. The new ASC office manager has worked for the past two years as loan specialist in the Marion county ASC office. Prior to that he was a dairyman and general farmer near Salem. He was born in Salem and graduated from Salem High school. For 23 years he was an active member of the Macleay grange in Salem and plans to be active in Jackson county grange work after becoming more firmly established here. Martin's wife, two daughters, ages 14 and 7 months,' and 12-year-old son will remain in Salem until the end of the school year. The family has purchased a home' in Medford at 114 South Kingway dr. The new office manager worked with Sehorn in the ASC office here for one week prior to Sehorn 's departure. Elmer Deelz Slates Visit to Medford Elmer Deetz, candidate for the Republican nomination for United States senator, will be in Medford April 30 for the windup of the southern Oregon swing of his campaign. He will be on a handshaking tour of the streets and will dis tribute leaflets and cards in towns from Junction City to Florence and Reedsport. He will ljisct.be in Coos Bay, Empire and Koti. Bend. He will go to Grants Pass from Medford. He will then travel to Roseburg and attend "Candidate's Night" at -the Chamber of Commerce in .Can by. Roseburg (U.R) Al H. May has been appointed as county enginee' for Douglas county. Negroes Told To Use Rear Of Buses Despite Order Montgomery, Ala. (U.R) Montgomery city officials warned Negroes today to move to the rear of buses or face ar rest under city and state crim inal segregation laws. Court Decision Defied The decision was issued in defiance of a U.S. Supreme Court decision which bans segre gation. Police Commissioner Clyde Sellers said he was ready to en force local segregation laws with arrests and prosecution. "I'll be responsible for any arrests and I'll give director orders for those arrests," he said. The decision of the city fathers was announced Tuesday night, less than 21 hours alter . the ? A 9 high upstream. It was 15 feet under flood stage at Albany and nearly 16 feet under at Salem. Backwater from the Columbia caused its rise here. Meanwhile, levels of northern Idaho's snow - swollen rivers were generally dropping today. Nixon Campaign Boss Will Be Subpoenaed Washington (U.R) Senate investigators said today they will subpoena Vice-President Richard M. Nixon's campaign manager for questioning about his legal services for a black listed government contractor. Chairman John L. McClellan (D-Ark.), announced he will is sue the subpoena for Murray M. Chotiner of Beverly Hills, Calif., who failed to appear for testimony today. McClellan's announcement came after contractor Herman Kravitz refused to say whether Crotiner interceded at the jus tice department when Kravitz was accused of stealing govern ment cloth. Subcommittee counsel Rob ert F. Kennedy said he talked with Chotiner a week ago and the attorney agreed, to testify today. ' But he said McCiellan received a wire today indicat- Moderate Shortage of Water Possible Here Lack of precipitation during April may result in moderate water shortages on some of the smaller Jackson county streams despite the good outlook pre dicted at the recent water fore casters' meeting, according to David C. Hendrix, water master for district 15. The water master said there are indications that part of the tributaries of Bear creek will not supply the demand for all of the water users Since the ground acts as a na tural reservoir for water when sufficient amounts are used, Hendrix suggested that ranchers and farmers keep lands as wet as practical to help hold back the early runoff. He also suggested that land owners properly clean and main tain ditches in order to obtain the most .beneficial use of the available water supply, Grandview, Kenwood Residents Set Meeting A meeting of residents of the Grandview and Kenwood dis tricts will be held at Lone Pine school Thursday at 7:30 p.m., for further discussions on the sanitation problem, it was an nounced today. The meeting, third in a series, will compare and weigh discus sions of two previous meetings. The first session covered prob lems of a sanitary district and the second was a discussion with city officials on possible annexation. Montgomery City Bus Co. an nounced it would conform to the Monday decision of the U.S. Su preme Court and eliminate seg regation regulations on its ve hicles. Conflicting Authorities Negro bus passengers and bus drivers were thus thrust between the conflicting authorities of armed police and the decision of bus company officials sup porting the U. S. Supreme Court decision. Similar conflicts developed in more than a dozen cities of the Deep South where law and cus tom decree that Negroes sit at the rear of public transportation vehicles and whites sit at the front. The St. Joe river which flooded farmland near St. Maries, was going down. The Coeur d'Alene river was reported to have iso lated seven families at Spring ston by flooding roads in the area. They were reported in no danger. ing that Chotiner would not ap pear, so the subcommittee would subpoena him. Claims Legal Business McClellan said he probably would issue the subpoena later today. He said it possibly would require Chotiner to testify next week. Chotiner's telegram to the Senate investigating subcom mittee said, "an accumulation of legal matters in behalf of clients requires my personal attention in California, making it impos sible for me to be in Washing ton April 26. Must remain here through May 2. "My testimony would be rep itition of information already given Mr. Kennedy," Chotiner's telegram continued. "Other data is ' prohibited because of confi dential communication between client and lawyer." Clothing Plant Kravitz, pudgy, 35-year-old Atlantic City, N. J., contractor, testified that he hired Chotiner in 1953 because he was interest ed in moving a clothing plant to the Los . Angeles area. But ' he refused to say whether that was the only reason. He based his refusal on the grounds his answer might tend to incriminate him. Chotiner was Nixon's manag er in the 1952 campaign and in previous elections. Kennedy asked, "Did Chotin er take any action in the Jus tice Department for you." Kravitz refused to answer. Kravitz also refused, on the same grounds, to say whether he ever bribed any government official in connection with clo thing contracts. Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R Wis.), told him repeatedly that "you have been accused of bribing government officials . . . of graft, corruption, and wrong doing, Do you want to confirm or deny it?" As often as McCarthy asked, the witness refused to answer, saying that to do so might tend to incriminate him. Seven Missing as Fire Sweeps Eastern Hotel Warren, Pa. (U.R) A general alarm fire swept the 150-room Carver hotel here early today, and police said seven guests were unaccounted for after the blaze was brought under con trol. The flames demolished the 125-year-old city landmark and severely damaged the adjacent Moose Club, the Siefert Jewelry Co., and Epstein Clothing Co. Police Chief Michael 'Evan said seven guests were missing but no fatalities were con firmed. . An estimated 150 firemen from nine communities rushed to the aid of Warren firemen in their four-hour battle to quell the flames after the fire broke ovt at 1:15 a.m. The front and rear walls of the hotel collapsed. An esti mated 3,000 spectators lined streets and the nearby banks of the Allegheny river during the spectacular blaze. DOW-JONfS AVERAGES New York (U.R) Dow-Jones closing stock averages: 30 indus trials 503.02, off 0.34; 20 rails 175.51, up 0.62; 15 utilities 65.08, off 0.06; 65 stocks 179.62, up 0.10. Sales today were about 2, 270,000 shares compared with 2,500,000 yesterday. Medford 51st Year 22 Pages Stevenson Takes Back Seat To Ike In Primary Races Kefauver Trails In Early Returns By UNITED PRESS Adlai E. Stevenson lost to fa vorite son Rep. John W. Mc Cormack in the Massachusetts primary and took a back seat to President Eisenhower in the Pennsylvania and Alaska races, late returns showed today. Stevenson gained some com fort from the fact that his rival for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Estes Kefau ver, did not make a good show ing in the Pennsylvania pri mary Tuesday. Trails in Alaska The Tennesseean also trailed Stevenson on the basis of early returns in Alaska's first presi dential primary in history. ' But President Eisenhower ap peared the big winner in the two eastern states and Alaska. In Massachusetts, his vote total in the GOP primary out-distanced the combined Democratic votes for McCormack and Ste venson. He piled up a big mar gin over Stevenson in Pennsyl vania and topped a field of four candidates in Alaska. None of the primaries are binding on delegates to either party convention. The Alaska race was the first out-and-out test of strength between Steven son and Kefauver since Kefau ver scored a stunning upset vic tory over the Illinoisan in Min nesota. The Breakdown The breakdown by primaries: . Massachusetts McCormack, veteran leader of the House, rolled up a 2-to-l majority over Stevenson in the Bay state s write-in- primary. Kefauver had deferred to McCormack, but still got more than 2,000 votes. Mc Cormack was backed by the state party chairman, but some .prominent Democrats, including Sen. John F. Kennedy, were in Stevenson's corner. President Eisenhower was outpolling all Democrats, how ever, and even got more than 1,000 votes in the Democratic primary. The GOP also got the most votes in the 1952 primary. Returns today showed the President with 30,802 votes, Mc Cormack1 with 19,829, Stevenson with 11,493, and Kefauver with 2,576. Massachusetts sends 38 GOP delegates with one vote- each and 80 Democratic delegates with a half -vote each to the na tional conventions. Pennsylvania The President, helped by brisk GOP fights on the state level, piled up a 5-3 margin over Stevenson. Pennsyl vania Republicans hailed the vote as a sign that the Keystone state will go Republican this fall. . Stevenson, however, was well ahead of the 152,002 votes cast in the 1952 Democratic primary, when the party was also out polled. He was unopposed on the ballot, but Kefauver supporters waged a write-in campaign. President Well Ahead Returns today gave the Pres ident 892,009 votes, Sen. William F. Knowland (R-Calif.) 43,175, Stevenson 571,925, Kefauver 4,329 and Gov. Averell Harriman of New York 746. Pennsylvania sends 48 half vote Democratic delegates and 70 full-vote Republican delegates to the conventions. Alaska Stevenson rolled up a fast lead over Kefauver with only a few of the territory's di visions reporting. Mr. ' Eisen hower, facing token Knbwland opposition, also gathered a fast mounting total. Early returns gave Stevenson 227 votes, Kefauver 136, Mr. Eisenhower 318, and Knowland 14. Knowland was a reluctant can didate in the Pennsylvania and Alaska primaries. His name was filed before President Eisen hower entered the campaign and he' has since backed the Presi dent in all races. "(See story on Page 10) WEATHER FORECAST: Cloudy with scat tered showers or thunder showers this evening. Mostly cloudy Thursday morning. Partial clearing Thursday aft ternoon. Temp. Highest Yesterday 70 Lowest this Morning 49 Pree. To 4:30 a.m. Today Trace MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1956 Freight Photographers Fail In Getting the Bird; Lensman is Snapped Don't mention birds to Photographer Phil Brainerd. It all started Saturday morning. On her way to work at the Chamber of Commerce, Mrs. Mary Jane Fischer no ticed a bird building its nest in the cup around a . green light on the traffic signal at the intersection near St. Mary's school. When she got to work she telephoned the Mail Tribune lo tell about it. The news paper put in a hurry-up call to Phil, and asked him to get a picture of the bird in the nsst. Phil, accompanied by his. right-hand man. Bob Dyer, rushed out equipped with all sorts of photographic equip ment. They parked their car in the middle of the intersec tion, and Phil climbed on top of the car, mounted a 40 mm telescopic lense on a 35 mm Exacta camera and took aim at the bird, which was flutter ing around the nest, popping in and out, and the green light went on and off. Just as Phil was ready to snap, away flew the bird. It didn't come back. The traffic began to get heavy, and at one point th sweating pho tographers had cars stopped for a block away. They de cided that discretion was the better part of valor, and de parted but not before Bob snapped a picture of Phil snapping a picture of the nest. Phil tried again Sunday morning. No luck. The bird left when Phil arrived, and didn't return. Phil tried again Monday morning. The same story. Altogether the persistent photographer spent almost three hours trying to capture the bird in the traffic light on film for posterity. But, between the two of them, they did capture a pic ture of the nest in front of the green light and a pic ture of a photographer on top of a car. (Photos by and about Brainerd.) British-Soviet Talks Wind Up Indecisively London (U.R) Britain and the Soviet "Union ended their "little summit" conference on an indecisive note today. Informed sources said they had reached mild agreements on the Mid-East, East-West trade and Anglo-Soviet cultural relations. But they still appeared dead locked on the big cold war issues left over from the Big Four Ge neva conference: German unity, European security and disarma ment. . The last two meetings between premier Sir Anthony Eden, So viet Premier Nikolai Bulganin and Communist Party boss Nikita Khrushchev took place at No. 10 Downing st. this morning and this afternoon. Each session last ed two hours. ' The morning meeting had been scheduled as the last one of the Russians' 10-day visit to Britain. But the afternoon session was called as an after-thought when the morning conference failed to produce agreement on wording of a communique which will be . issued tomorrow. Traffic " PT&T Calls Bids For Addition Here Bids will be opened at 2 p.m., Wednesday,' May 9, by. the Pa cific Telephone and Telegraph company here for construction of an addition to the building at Sixth and Bartlett sts. - . Construction of a second floor on the building which now has one floor and basement will be the principal work. Reinforced concrete, concrete block with some glazed block, and some terra cotta will be used in construction. Metal decking will support insulation under built-up roofing. Ceilings will be suspended with acoustical tile finish, and metal lath and plaster will be used for walls. An air conditioning system is specified. Convectors and rad iators will be used with the ex isting steam heat system. HamtnarsRjold Talks With Jordan Premier "Jerusalem (Israeli Sector (U.R) U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold conferred today in Amman with Jordan Premier Samir El-Rifai in hopes of end ing ,the suddenly renewed ten sion along the' Israeli-Jordan frontier. Hammarskjold flew to the Jordan capital late yesterday and conferred with young King Hussein only hours after Israeli charged that Arab infiltrators slipped across the border from Jordan and killed four civilians. -. The border between Israel and Jordan is the only, one not pro tected by a cease fire agreement. Hammarskjold worked out a cease fire last week between Israel and Egypt and a condi tional one between Israel and Syria early this week. President's Civil Rights Program Clears Hurdle .Washington (U.R) Eisen hower's civil rights " program cleared its first hurdle in Con gress today. The house juliciary committee substituted the President's four point program for a broader bill sponsored by its chairman and sent it along to the rules com mittee for approval. Southern Democrats, who had blocked a vote yesterday, pledged to fight the bill in the rules committee "with all the weapons have.' , Tribune Price 5c No. 30 Is issue SP Says Passenger Service Would Cut Freight Efficiency Hearings Continue in Medford Tomorrow Roseburg (U.R) Freight traffic was one of the most con troversial issues here yesterday afternoon as Douglas county citi zens continued to present testi mony to the Oregon Public Util ities Commission holding hear ings on the Southern Pacific's abandonment of passenger ser vice 6n the Eugene-Ashland run. Crux of the difference was whether freight traffic should be considered at the hearing which is seeking testimony on A hearing on Southern Pai cific's abandonment of passen ger service between Eugene and Ashland will be held start ing at 10 a.m. Thursday in the federal court room on the sec ond floor of the Medford post office building. John Pletsch, chairman of a committee which is endeavor ing to obtain widespread rep resentation, urged residents of southern Oregon and northern California to present testimony at the hearing. The railroad will present its ease at a later date. - the passenger service abandon ment last Aueust. - The railroad thoucht it should be, the citizens" and the" Tiearing officer felt otherwise. . r Lesser Efficiency . . Behind the railroad's move to hrinff freieht traffic; into the hearing is the supposition that the return of passenger traffic over the line would lessen the efficiency of freight traffic. ..The railroad contends, also, that passenger and freight traffic over the line must be considered individually by their separate revenues. Citizens of the" area argued that revenue for the line should be one overall picture comprising both passenger and freight operations. Hearing Officer Clifford W Ferguson heard a variety of wit nesses testify to the need for the passenger service in the area. Emil Ramberg, owner of the Umpqua hotel and a representa tive of tl; Roseburg Chamber of Commerce, testified several meetings have been cancelled hpre hpransp weather and road conditions hampered air and highway travel. Blames Poor Service Roseburg Mayor Ernest Bark er Jr., blamed poor usage on the line prior to the passenger cur tailment to "poor equipment and poor schedules." He said the people of the area would make use of the service if it were ade quate. George Farrell, Roseburg city manager, said Roseburg was un der a disadvantage without service because highways can be blocked and planes ground ed. The growth in the city re flects a need for the service, he said. Alan Knudson of the Chamber of Commerce, said last year's "pony express" race between a train and horses from Eugene to Roseburg was a protest to dis continuation of the service. E. R. Youngs, attorney for the rail road, said that when 3000 peo ple get free watermelon and cof fee and have street bonfires "That's fun, not protest." Algerian Rebels Threaten To Carry War Cairo, . Egypt (U.R Algerian nationalists threatened today to carry their North African war fare into "France itself." ' The statement came from Al gerian nationalist leader Ferhat Abbas who said he was propos ing negotiations between France and the "Algerian Liberation Front" aimed at winning inde pendence for Algeria. Will Intensify War If France refuses, he said, "All North African liberation forces will intensify the war and carry it into France itself." Abbas is a former member of the Algerian Assembly. He came ' ' ' - ' Chief Executive Sees No Reason For Soviet Visit Lower Taxes Held Not in Best Interest Washington (U.R) President Eisenhower today rejected sug gestions that the United States call off the hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific next month. He said such tests are linked inseparably with the develop ment of guided missiles. Mr. Eisenhower also said he believes no useful purpose would be served now by a visit Qf Soviet leaders to this country. And he said he can see no logical reasons for reducing taxes this year. Attitude Will Hold He told his news conference that as now he is convinced it would not be in the good inter est of America to lower tax rates. He made clear that this attitude would hold even if the federal surplus during the current fiscal year should prove to be con siderably larger than the $200, 000,000 forecast by the treasury last January. Adlai Stevenson, Democratic presidential aspirant, said Sat urday the United States should consider halting the H-bomb test as a gesture toward disarma ment. Stevenson yesterday also urged greater speed in the de velopment of guided missiles. Mr. Eisenhower said he found it paradoxical for a person on one hand to urge as hard work as possible on missiles and then ask that work be stopped on the H-bomb. The President said it would be imprudent to have one without the other. Long Distance Seen The President said he had no reason to challenge the forecast by Khrushchev that Russia soon would have guided missiles with H-bomb warheads capable of hitting "every point in the world." But the President added quickly that there is a very long distance between laboratony capability and the construction 'of -a very"-expensive, effective and elaborate instrument of war. Other highlights at Mr. Eisen hower's news conference today: 1. He said he had not received from Vice-President Richard M. Nixon what he would consider a definite answer as to whether Nixon wants to run with him this fall. . 2. He got a report this morning from Harold E. Stassen, White House disarmament specialist, on Stassen's talk in London last night with Communist Party Boss Nikita Khrushchev. But had not studied it at sufficient length to comment. Willing To Be Target 3. He said he thought it was perfectly correct for Democratic strategists to make him, rather than members of his administra tion, their main target in the forthcoming campaign. He aid matter of factly that he is head of the administration and he has been shot at before. On taxes, Mr. Eisenhower said that if the government should find itself With a surplus of $1 billion or $1.5 billion when the fiscal year ends on June 30, it would be only common , prudence to use it to reduce the national debt. He noted that for the past two years the administration has had to ask for temporary in creases in the $275,000,000,000 debt limit in order to get through the fiscal year. Faced with such a situation, he said, it makes sense to put aside some money to reduce the debt and keep solvent. That, he said, : is what any businessman or house wife would do. . Lebanon Woman Dies As Auto Leaves Road Lebanon (U.R) Mrs. Reva Dowding, 36-year-old Lebanon housewife, was fatally injured shortly after 11 a.m. today when her car plunged over the east bank of the South Santiam river near the east Grant bridge in Lebanon. Into France to Cairo last week with three other nationalist representatives seeking Arab support for the Algerian Moslems' fight against France. Situation Discussed The group discussed the North African situation with officials of the Arab League and ithe North African Liberation Com mittee since it arrived here last Tuesday. France considers Algeria an integral part of metropolitan France and has firmly resisted Algerian moves toward inde pendence. However, France granted independence to Mo rocco and Tuiugia.
