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HEW FARM BILL
WINS APPROVAL
OF HOUSE GROUP
Washington (U.R) The
House Agriculture Committee
today approved a new farm bill
containing the administration'
sponsored $1,200,000,000 soil
bank plan.
The catch-all measure was ap
proved unanimously after the
committee rejected on a straight
party-line vote of 19 to 15 a
Republican attempt to provide
for "pre-payments under the
soil bank.
Committee Chairman Harold
D. Coo ley (D-N.C.) said an
amendment including the admin
istration - backed "pre - payment
feature" would no doubt be of
fered on the House floor. He
said it might be offered by a
Democrat. One key Democrat
said this indicated that Demo
crats might abandon their fight
against the controversial pro
vision, if a check of House senti
ment convinced them they would
lose anyway.
Debate Seen Tuesday
Cooley expressed hope the bill
could be cleared for floor de
bate starting tomorrow. But
House Democratic Whip Carl Al
bert (Okla.) said the House prob
ably would not take up the
measure until next week.
President Eisenhower had re
quested the pre-payment provis
ion under which farmers could
be paid up to $500,000,000 this
year for promising to curtail
plantings next year.
Democrats oppose the pre-pay
ment provision. They called it a
"political gimmick" that would
raise farm income this year only
to depress it next year.
The new bill was approved
exactly as introduced by Cooley.
The tommittee beat down by
voice vote half a dozen other
attempts to change it.
Abandons Rigid Supports
The measure abandons the
Democratic fight to restore price
supports to rigid 90 per cent of
parity, the chief reason for Mr.
Eisenhower's "veto" of'the orig
inal farm bill.
The committee rejected an ad
ministration - opposed proposal
by Rep. W. R. Poage (D-Tex.) to
raise price supports for 11 farm
Eisenhower Summons
Top Policy Experts .
Washington :il.R) President
Eisenhower called top-ranking
Democratic and Republican Con
gressional foreign policy experts
to a White House conference to
day, presumably to discuss the
administration's foreign aid pro
gram. Invited were Chairman Wal
ter F. George (Ga.) and Sen. H.
Alexander Smith (N.J.), ranking
Republican member of the Sen
ate Foreign Relations Commit
tee; and their Opposite numbers
on the House Foreign Affairs
Committee. Chairman James P.
Richards (S.C.) and Rep. Robert
Chipperfield, (R-Ill.).
Secretary of State John Fos
ter Dulles and Wilton B. Persons,
deputy assistant to the Presi
dent, also will participate in the
meeting.
The White House said only
that the President called the
meeting "to discuss matters af
fecting the foreign policy of the
United States."
LeMay Questioned on
Jet Bomber Program
Washington (U.R) A Sen
ate subcommittee on air power
today called Gen. Curtis E. Le
May, head of the Strategic Air
Command, for close questioning
abc-it The administration's jet
bonder program.
Democrats hoped the general
would furnish them ammunition
for an attack on the administra
tion program but observers
noted that he may be bound by
Defense Department security
regulations and his sense of duty
to his civilian superiors.
Freight Car Outlook Said Bit Brighter;
Supply Held
Washington The freight car
outlook was a bit brighter this
week, as the Association of
American Railroads reported the
supply of available cars is now
23,550 greater than it was a
year ago.
William T. Faricy, AAR presi
dent, said that in the past three
months the railroad industry has
momentarily reversed the trend
toward fewer cars which in re
cent years has been caused by
more cars being scrapped than
were built.
For the first quarter of 1956
railroads added 14,650 new oars
commodities to 90 per cent of
parity through compensatory
payments.
Also rejected were moves by
Rep. E. C. Gathings (D-Ark.) to
write in an administration-opposed
two-price plan for rice
which was included in the
vetoed original farm bill.
The committee also shouted
down a move by Rep. Thomas
G. Abernethy (D-Miss.) to raise
price supports for 1956-crop cot
ton to 84 per cent of parity
from the 82.5 per cent level
fixed by the administration.
Six Meet Death
In Oregon Mishaps
During Week-End
By UNITED PRESS
At least six persons met death
in week end accidents in Ore
gon and a seventh person died
of injuries suffered in a traffic
mishap earlier. Three of the
victims drowned.
The body of Roy Wood of
Portland, manager and princi
pal stockholder of the Wood
Tractor Co., was recovered from
the Metolius river five miles
north of Camp Sherman in cen
tral Oregon yesterday. Jefferson
County Coroner Ed Mason said
Wood apparently slipped and
fell into the swift stream Satur
day afternoon near Wizard Falls
while fishing.
Tten-Ageri Killed
. foreign-made car failed to
negotiate a sharp turn in south
west Portland yesterday after
noon and two teen-agers were
killed.
They were Gloria Schiller, 17,
Portland, and Lieb Lockman, 17,
Seattle.
Ella Sanders, 38, Portland,
drowned yesterday evening j
when a car backed into the
Columbia river near Hank's
moorage at Sauvie island. Irv
ing Caby, 39, Vancouver, was
injured. Sheriff's deputies said
the occupants were thrown from
the car and occupants of a boat
pulled the pair from the water
but efforts to revive the woman
failed.
Lakeview Man Killed
James Richard Brooks, 43,
Lakeview, was killed when the
car in which he was riding left
tne highway about 50 miles
north of Lakeview and over
turned. Ellis E. Joscelyn, 23,
Oregon City, drowned Saturday
while fishing in Abernathy
creek a mile east of Oregon City.
Witnesses said he had caught
his line on a tree and apparent
ly stepped into a hole while try
ing to free it.
Mrs. Eleanor Temple, Pendle
ton, died in a Hermiston hospit
al Saturday from injuries suf
fered in an auto accident Tues
day near Boardman.
Portland Packing
Plant Destroyed
Portland (U.R) The block
square building of Northwest
Packing Company's No. 1 plant
and general offices was de
stroyed by fire yesterday after
noon and loss was placed at
around 51,000,000.
Firemen fought the blaze for
more than two hours before
bringing it under control. It's
cause was not determined im
mediately. No injuries were re
ported. ' The firm packs dog food, beans
and strawberries. The loss in
cluded an estimated' S500,000
worth of dog food.
Officials indicated they plan
to resume operations as soon as
possible to replace equipment. . .
Greater Than
and scrapped only 11,450, Faricy
said.
"Depending upon the avail
ability of steel and other ma
terials," he said, "it is expected
that the coming months will see
gains both in total ownership
and in the number of service
able cars available for the use of
shippers."
But Faricy told the annual
meeting of the AAR board of
directors that it was apparent
there would not be sufficient
cars available to handle peak
shipping demands this summer
and fall. He said he hoped
"that shortages will be no great
Stevenson Accuses
Administration of
Halting Expansion
Water Power Should
Benefit All People
Portland (U.R) Adlai Ste
venson today accused the Eisen
hower administration of halting
expansion of water power de
velopment and said our great
river systems should be de
veloped "for the benefit of all
the people and not just for the
favored few."
Stevenson, campaigning for
write-in votes for Oregon's May
18 primary election, spoke to
some 200 persons at a breakfast
meeting at St. Helens.
Must Continue Expansion
The Democratic presidential
hopeful said "we must continue
the great expansion of our water
power development which was
started under the Roosevelt and
Truman administrations and
which is indispensible to indus
trial development and more jobs
in Oregon."
"This expansion was stopped
in 1953 by the Eisenhower ad
ministration and they haven't
even gone ahead with any of
their proposed partnership de
velopments." Stevenson, opening a two-day
tour of Oregon, said he favored
a single high dam at Hell's
Canyon.
He also called for the re-election
of Sen. Wayne Morse (D
Ore.) whom he called "one of
Oregon's greatest natural re
sources that the Republicans
would like very much to give
away because he not only is a
senator from Oregon, but a sen
ator at large for the cause of
liberalism."
Income of Aged 'Shocking
In a speech in Astoria at noon,
Stevenson called for changes in
the social security act. He said
he was "shocked" to learn that
among the 14,000,000 people in
this country over 65 years of age
today, the average income for a
man and hfs wife "is only
$1500,"
Earlier, Stevenson said he
doesn't know how much longer
he can compete with Sen. Estes
Kefauver for the title of under
dog in the campaign for the
Democratic presidential nomina
tion. Recalling that he did poorly
in Minnesota but made a better
showing in Illinois, Pennsylva
nia, New Jersey and Massachu
setts, Stevenson said: j
it usea to be said that a
man's best friend was his dog.
Nowadays, a voter's best friend
is his underdog."
Taxable Value Cards
Mailed by Assessor
Postcards telling the taxable
value of personal property have
been mailed to all personal
property owners in the county,
according to Andrew Hawyer,
deputy county assessor in charge
of the property department.
The taxable, or assessed, value
of the property is often con
fused with ! collectable taxes,
Hawver said, and he pointed out
the total listed is the amount on
which taxes are based.
He said the card takes the
place of duplicate copies of tax
values now held by tax payers.
Mailing of the cards is not re
quired by law, Hawver stated,
but that .the office feels that tax
payers should know the value
established for their personal
property in order to determine
that the value is correct before
the board of equalization con
venes. '
Northwest Streams
Due To Fall Slowly
Portland -OJ.R; The weather
bureau said today that North
west streams should fall slowly
during the next two to four days.
The Columbia river at Van
couver was down to 19.9 feet at
8:30 a.m., which is 4.9 feet over
flood stage. The Willamette at
Portland was 19.8 feet. 1.8 feet
over' the ' flood ' level. " Both
streams were down .4 of a foot
from yesterday morning.
a Year Ago
er this year and that they
"might be reduced below the
October, 1955, figure."
The railroad executive said
one important reason for the in
crease in available cars now is
the success the carriers have had
recently in reducing the number
of their bad order cars.
"With only 4.1 per cent of
freight cars awaiting or under
going repairs, the railroads are
now within 1700 cars of bring
ing the ratio of bad order cars
down to the goal of 4 per cent
of ownership," he said. He add
ed that this is the lowest per
centage since Jan. 1, 1948.
Met
51st Year U
Warh
Ocean-Spanning
Washington (U.R) The United States disclosed Sunday it
has perfected a hydrogen bomb warhead for use on the ocean
spanning intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) now under de
velopment. The Air Force said that it will be only a matter of time how
much it did not specify before the ICBM is ready for use. It said
no new inventions are needed to make construction of the dreaded
missile possible but conceded a vast amount of engineering work
must be done.
The city-wrecking missile is sometimes called the "ultimate
weapon." Officials have said it could span the ocean and come
crashing down on an unsuspecting city at several times the speed
of sound.
Russian Claims of Missile Discounted
Communist Party boss Nikita Khrushchev said in London re
cently that Russia soon will have a missile equipped with an
H-bomb warhead which would be capable of hitting any target in
the world. But U.S. officials discounted this, saying it will be five
to 10 years before the ICBM is perfected.
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FLYING CHAIRS FEATURE RIOT at Paris meeting called by committee advocating
end of fighting in Algeria. Faction favoring continuation of force to put down revolt
is at left, having driven peace advocates under balcony. (International Soundphoto)
Blaze Destroys Home
Of Jacksonville Family
Jacksonville Fire of unde
termined origin destroyed the
single-story frame home occu
pied by Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Porter, 703 North Oregon- st.,
starting at about 12:30 a.m.,
Sunday, the Jacksonville fire de
partment reported.
Fire Chief Lewis Applebaker
said power failure in the volun
teer department's three phase
siren system prevented calls to
firemen until the house was
nearly burned to the ground.
The Porters and their four chil
dren were not at home when the
blaze occurred.
Called Sheriff
Sheriff Howard Gault said
Mrs. Porter had called his office
at about 9 p.m. Saturday re
questing help in ending a "fam
ily row." A deputy and Frank
Khrushchev Wants
Belter US Relations
Moscow (U.R) Soviet Com
munist .Party Leader Nikita
Khrushchev said today he will
"do everything" possible to es
tablish improved relations be
tween this country and the Uni
ted States .
He also made what observers
considered another veiled re
quest for an invitation to visit
the United States, similar to the
10-day trip to Britain just com
pleted by him and Premier
Nikolai Bulganin.
In an airport speech following
their return to Moscow from
London, "Khrushchev made an
apparently bold bid for direct
talks- between American and
Soviet leaders.
He called the British trip
"very useful," but strongly indi
cated that he wanted to extend
Russia's ties with the West to
Washington.
Sunday Dinner Leads
Firemen on Chase
The dinner of ai least one
Medford family had a burned
taste Sunday evening.
A house fire alarm was
turned in to the city fire de
partment Sunday at 7:50 p.m.
from the . Lodge motel, 945
South Riverside ave. Two
pumpers were dispatched and
firemen traced the smoke to
one of the motel units where
a burned roast was found in
the oven.
Toll: one meat roast and
some smoke damage.,
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Effected for Use on
Carter, Jacksonville police chief,
questioned Porter about an hour
liter. Mrs. Porter and the chil
dren had left the house by the
time the officers arrived, the
sheriff explained.-
Porter told the authorities he
had left for Medford at 11 p.m.
and returned to find the house
on fire at 12:30 a.m. The family
had no insurance. Officers are
still investigating cause of the
blaze, E. A. Ryder, owner of the
house, is away' in California.
Staying With Friends
Mrs. Porter and children are
now staying at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Lillye, 4 East
Clark st, Medford. Friends are
soliciting clothing and house
hold articles for the family, who
were able to salvage nothing
after the fire.
The children are Judy, 18,
who wears size 12 clothing; Jim
my, 8, size 10 trousers and size
8 shirts; June, 6, size 6, and
Johnny, 2, size 2. Mrs. Porter
wears size 12 clothing.
Arncies ior tne family mav
be taken to the Lillye home
telephone 3-5658, or the Walter
Mooring home, 407 East Calif
ornia st., Jacksonville, phone
Jacksonville 9-8325.
Hammarskjold Nearing
Agreement With Egypt
Jerusalem (U.R) U. N. Sec
retary General Dag Hammar
skjold was reported near agree
ment today with 'Egypt on new
Arab-Israeli peace measures de
spite a new series of incidents
in the troubled Middle East.
Hammarskjold met in Cairo
twice Sunday with Egyptian
Foreign Minister Mahmoud
Fawzi and scheduled another
meeting today after talking with
Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser.
Nasser was believed to have
raised objections to some points
in the draft agreement.
Salem U.R) Gov. Elmo
Smith has called attention to
the period from May 6 to 13 as
33rd annual national music
week.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Continued fair to
night and Tuesday. Little
change. Low tonight 36. High
Sunday 73.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 66
Lowest this Morning 34
MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1956
Ballistic
The Air Force disclosed U.S. development of an H-bomb war
head light and handy enough to fit on an ICBM in secret testimony
March 6 before a House appropriations subcommittee. The heavily
censored testimony was made public Sunday.
Maj. Gen. S. R. Brentnall, Assistant Air Force Chief of Staff
for Guided Missiles, told the House subcommittee "the advent of
lightweight, high-yield warheads made ballistic missiles attractive
because it simplified . . . many problems and insured that thermo
nuclear weapons would be light and handy enough to be carried
by long-range missiles of reasonable sizes." ,
No Inventions Required for Ballasiic Missile
Maj. Gen. Bernard A. Schriever, commander of the Western
Development Division of the Air Research and Development Com
mand, told the subcommittee' "there are no inventions required"
to attain an intercontinental ballistic missile.
He conceded that building the missile involves "a systems
engineering job of great magnitude and testing." But, he said,
"We see no reason why we cannot do it on the schedule we have
set up."
Four Major Office
Candidates Slate
Visils in Medford .
At least four candidates for
major office plan to visit Med
ford within the next two weeks,
according to campaign an
nouncements. . ' '
Elmer Deetz, Canby dairyman
who is seeking the Republican
nomination for U.S. senator, was
in Medford today on a "hand
shaking" visit on the city's
streets. No meetings w e r e
planned. (See story elsewhere
on this page.)
Stevenson Tomorrow
Adlai Stevenson, candidate
for the Democratic nomination
for president," is due here tomor
row, arriving at 10:25 a.m. at the
Medford airport, where he will
be greeted by Mayor Earl Miller
and officers of the Democratic
party. He will go to Ashland by
auto caravan for a talk in the
Plaza there, returning to Med
ford for an informal talk from
the courthouse steps at 12:10
p.m. He will be introduced by
Bob Duncan. Democratic candi-
date for the legislature.
At 1 p.m. Stevenson will
speak at a luncheon at the Med
ford hotel, where Bob Boyer,
the other Democratic legislative
candidate, will preside. Steven
son will leave in the afternoon
by plane for Klamath Falls. He
will be accompanied by A Cor
bett, Portland, his Oregon chair
man. Luncheon reservations can be
obtained from Mrs. Bob Duncan,
2-4070; Mrs. Boyer, 3-5169: or
Mrs. Moore Hamilton, 2-2801.
Hitchcock, Kefauver
Phil Hitchcock, Portland, an
other Republican candidate for
senator, plans to be in Medford
May 8 or 9. Details of his itine
rary have not yet been an
nounced. Sen. Estes Kefauver, who is
contesting with Stevenson for
Democratic write-in votes for
President 'in the May' 18 pri-
mary election, plans a stop at ,
the Medford airport on May 15 j
or 16.
Cold Temperatures
Require Fruit Heating
Temperatures which dropped j
to as low as 28 degrees m the
colder places required the heat
ing of some orchards last night,
according to & B. Cordy, county
horticultural agent.
No damage to fruit was re
ported, he said, and heating was
not required in most orchards.
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C.W. Lacy Resigns
From Police Force;
Will Open Agency
Cliff W. Lacy, 30, Medford
police department lieutenant for
almost two years, today sub
mitted his resignation effective
May 15 to accept private em
ployment.' He said he will open a Med
ford office of the Burns De
tective agency, a nation-wide
organization offering protective
services to businesses. The firm
already has a number of Med
ford clients, he said.
Since 1948
Lacy joined the department
as a patrolman in 1948, rising
to sergeant about three years
later, and being named lieuten
ant in August, 1954. He has
been in charge of the night shift
at the department. ,. ... .
His letter of resignation, ad
dressed to Police Chief Charles
Champlin, said: "Due to the fact
that I am accepting another posi
tion in the very near future, I
hereby submit my resignation
from the department effective
May 15, 1956.- It is with deep
regret that I submit this resig
nation and I want you to know
that I have enjoyed working for
you and with you the" past seven
years."
Navy Veteran
Lacy and his wife and three
children live at 1376 Biddle rd.
A native of Montana, he served
in the Navy and drove for Grey
hound lines before coming here.
He said he has several days
of accrued vacation time com
ing, so his last day of work will
be Wednesday. He hopes to open
the Burns office late this week.
Cuban Revolt Ends
With II Rebels Dead
Havana (U.R) The Cuban
government announced today it
had crushed a revolutionary out
break in Matanzas, a seaport
town 60 miles east of here, and
that 11 rebels had been killed.
The government suspended con
stitutional guarantees to choke
off further revolutionary threats
and arrested former President
Carlos Prio Socaras on charges
he instigated the uprising.
Troops were posted at stra
tegic points in Havana and pub
lic buildings were under heavy
guard. President Gen. Fulgencio
Batista was at his Camp" Colum
bia military headquarters.
'Gallon Jug'
'Poor Man's' Vote Campaign
Elmer Deetz, the Canby dairy
man who won nation-wide fame
for his part in the repeal of Ore
gon's milk control law two
years ago, carried his election
campaign to Medford today. '
He is seeking the Republican
nomination for U.S. senator in a
"poor man's" campaign. Driving
his own car and traveling alone,
he is touring the streets seeking
support for his candidacy. He ;
came nere from tne coast, ana
reports he finds a surprising
number of people who are
familiar with him end his recoad.
Criticizes Candidates
This morning he criticized the
other GOP candidates, Douglas
McKay and Phil Hitchcock, for
campaigning against Sen. Wayne
Morse, the Democratic candi
date, rather than against each
other. "It would be better to
have a vacant seat in the Senate
than the one we have now," he
said, but he also declared that
there are important decisions to
be made in the primary election
Youngster's Body
Discovered Sunday;
Autopsy Scheduled
Sex Deviate Seen
Possible Murderer
The bruised body of 14-year-old
Alvin William Eacret, Klam
ath Falls, was found near Tub
Springs State park at about 2
p.m. Sunday. He apparently
had been murdered, authorities
said.
State police officers said the
boy had been dead from two to
five days. The body was nude.
and his clothes were found
about 100 feet away near a log.
A piece of cloth was stuffed in
his mouth, and a small belt was
found around his neck, officer!
said.
Autopsy Set
Cause of death was not im
mediately learned, but it was
believed to have been strangu
lation. An autopsy was to have
been performed at 1 .p.m. today
by Dr. James Lium, Portland
pathologist.
Two 14-year-old girls who
were visiting at the park dis
covered the body about 300
yards off the Green Spring high
way off a trail leading into the
woods. They called the author
ities. State' police, sheriff's
deputies, and the district attor
ney's office began their investi
gation. Sex Motive Seen '
Walter Nunley, Jackson coun
ty district attorney, said a pre
liminary examination indicated
the boy may have been the vic
tim of a sex deviate. The body
was brought to the county cor
oner's office yesterday after
noon from the park, about 23
miles east of Ashland.
Nunley said it was possible
the slaying might have occurred
somewhere else, and the body
taken to the location where it
was found. -
The boy is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Eacret, Klamath Falls,
who identified his body last
night. He had been missing
from his home since April 19.
Fire Permit Rule
Lisled at C. P.
Central Point Central Point
Fire Rural Protection district
will issue no permit for burning
until the proposed burn area has
been inspected by a representa
tive of the district, Fire Chief
Richard Krupp said today.
The fire season within the
district begins tomorrow. Per
mits are required for all burn
ing except that in approved in
cinerators. Krupp said that application
for permits may be made at any
time by telephoning the district
office at Central Point,
NOrmandy 4-2244. Inspections
will be made and permits issued
in the early afternoon Monday
through Friday. The chief ad
vised residents of the district
wishing to do burning on week
ends to telephone the office- not
later than Friday morning.
Burning of dry grass near
buildings will , not be allowed
since such fires are a common
cause of serious blazes. District
officials, said that areas close to
buildings should be cleared by
an early date when the grass is
short and the ground workable.
La Grande Youth Dies
Of Accidental Gunshot
LaGrande (U.R) Tommy
Heater, 16, died in a local hos
pital Saturday following an
emergency operation. He was
wounded April 7 when he was
accidentally shot in the stomach,
by a .22 caliber rifle held by a
friend.
Candidate on
when the Republican candidate
is nominated.
Deetz, a member of the state
house of representatives, de
clared that what the country
needs is not more laws, but a
revision of some of those now
on the books, to cut taxes and
expenses, to develop regional
power, to give more federal aid
to schools, and to curb the power
of the lobbyists.
Cites Farm Decline
He said he is concerned about
the decline in farm income dur
ing a period when non-farm in
come has increased.
His wife is operating their
Canby dairy farm while he is
away, he said. He added he has
no campaign funds except what
he himself is putting up "may
be $1,000" and that he can't
afford high-priced advertising
and television appearances.
Deetz planned to call on sev
eral Medford residents who have
written him in the past months,
and to meet as many people a
he oan.