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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
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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.