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51st Year
Bloodshed Expected
To Follow Hangings
In Nicosia Prison
Demonstrations
Sweep Greece
Nicosia, Cyprus UR) Bri
tain hanged two Greek Cypriote
before dawn today to the shouts
nd screams of other prisoners
and in the almost certain knowl
edge that bloodshed would fol
low in Cyprus and in Greece.
Violent demonstrations against
the executions already . had
swept Greece. Three persons
were known dead and hundreds
injured in fights between police
and rioters who stormed the U.S
Information Agency office and
burned British flags.
The two men executed today
for terrorist activities were Mi
chael Karaolis, 23, who mur
dered a policeman, and Andreas
Demetnous, 24, who shot and
wounded a British civilian last
fall.
They were hanged at 3 a.m. in
Nicosia's heavily-guarded fort
ress-jail, the first executions of
the 13month-oid revolt against
British rule in this Mediterra
nean Island colony. Twenty sev
en British servicemen have died
in the outbreaks.
Prisoners who had chanted all
day and night for "Enosis"
union with Greece screamed
and yelled when the execution
took place. The gallows was a
massive affair and the noise of
the falling trapdoor echoed
throughout the prison.
Karaolis' mother, Mrs. Panayi
ota Karaolis, who had waited
outside the prison all through
the night, heard the dull thud
and knew her son was dead. She
had appealed to Queen Elizabeth
II for clemancy but there was no
reply.
British troops, members of the
Warwicks Regiment, who had:
patrolled in rubber shoes!
through the night, moved into
Ataturk Square at dawn to their
headquarters in the Nicosia Di
visional Police Station.
Gather in Small Groups
Cypriots gathered in small
groups in the city streets. Out
side the capital roadblocks re
mained at ready positions, guard
ed bv armored cars of the horse
guards. Tanks were ready for ac
tion should the violence tiare.
Crowds shufflsd into the press
room of the Cyprus Mail which
carried the news in a black box
m the British "stop press" edi
tion and clamored for late copies
of the paper. A British ban on all
forms of transportation halted
delivery.
Tension such as this island has
never known settled over Ni
cosia as word of the executions
filtered through the city. First
word of the executions was car
ried by early morning milkmen
and given in whispers by news
vendors and workmen.
Firearms School Is
Extended One Day
The law enforcement officers
firearms training school, which
started Tuesday, has been ex
tended another day and will con
clude this afternoon.
Tuesday and Wednesday city
policemen, state police officers
and sheriff's deputies shot prac
tice rounds with the 38 revolver,
15 gauge shotgun and 30 caliber
rifle. Today they are shooting
final rounds for the record.
Harold Brack, special agent at
Portland FBI headquarters, is in
structor for the practical pistol
course. The course was extended
the extra day because he was
unable to attend the Tuesday ses
sion. Police Chief Charles
Champlin acted as instructor
Tuesday.
The course is sponsored by
the Medford police department.;
Court To Hear
Against Slow
Portland (U.R) A three-judge
court will hear arguments
against the Interstate Commerce
Commission's order banning the
"slow freight" method pf mer
chandising lumber.
Six small mill operators in
the state won a temporary re
straining injunction against the
ruling last month.
The West Coast Lumbermen's
Association has gone on record
as favoring the ICC order and,
along with the Western Pine
Association and the California
Redwood Association, has peti
tioned the court to intervene as
defendants.
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Budget Committee Increases Pay
For Administrative Assistant
The Medford city budget com-
mittee last night increased by
$630 the proposed salary for
an administrative assistant for
City Manager Robert Duff.
The committee is. considering
in detail items in the proposed
$610,158 general fund budget
for fiscal year 1956-57. The
budget has -to ; be--filed in the
crJunty treasurer's office no later
than July 15. '
.The increase in-, the salary
for. an administrative assistant
brings the, annual pay for that
position to $4,320 next : year.
Duff said that with the increase,
the city would have an oppor
tunity to obtain a better quali
fied assistant.
Do Detail Work
The assistant will do much of
the detail work in administra
tion which the city manager now
is doing, and would also serve
as personnel director, Duff said.
Duff stated that the proposed
salary apparently was not suffi
cient to attract a competent per
son. Several prospects have been
considered, he said.
The committee also discussed
the creation of a part time pui
chasing agent's position at $2,04
annually. Duff said all city pur
chasing of supplies would be
channeled through the agent,
and believed, such . an. office
would provide a savings to the
city.
Mating Scheduled
A meeting with business and
professional people . from the
downtown Medford area was
scheduled for 7 a.m. Monday,
May 14, for a general discussion
on off-street parking. Attending
will be citizen members of the
committee, the council and other
city officials
Cliff Lovejoy, spokesman for
the downtown business and pro-
Rockets Accidentally
Fired From Jet Plane
Mount Clemens, Mich. U.R
Two dozen rockets were acci
dentally fired from a jet fighter
at Salfridge Air Base today.
Three airmen were injured . and.
some of the explosives fell in a
residential area up. to two miles
away.
One shattered on landing and
broke a window in a home only
a few feet from a baby's cradle.
None of the rockets' explo
sives went off, however
Arguments
Freight' Ban
In addition, the court will
hear motions of five more small
lumber mills in the state, seek
ing - to intervene as plaintiffs
along with the six who filed the
original petitioi.
Oregon district federal Judges
Gus Solomon and William East
will rule on the injunction re
quest along with Albert Lee Ste
phens, a federal circuit judge
in San Francisco.
The ICC order would pro
hibit railroads from deliberately
delaying the movement of loaded
lumber shipments while owners
negotiate for its sale while it is
en route east.
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1956
fy-.fi " t;
fessional people, said the Mon-
day meeting would be a general
discussion of the problem, and
possible solutions.
Earlier this month, the group
asked the budget committee to
allocate $60,000 next fiscal year
to get some type program under
way .to help solve the problem.
Funds for off-street parking
would, be derived from a more
Portland Firm Gels
PT&T Addition Work
Smith-Phillips company of
Portland' yesterday was award
ed a contract for construction of
a two-story and basement addi
tion to the Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph company's dial
office at 502 North Central ave.
Successful bid of $247,768 was
the lowest' of three submitted,
Others were H. Barnhart, Med
ford, $257,000, and the joint bid
of Wiley company and L. C
McLaughlin, Ashland, $271,000.
Work on the addition will
start this month and be com
pleted about March, 1957. Con
struction will be of reinforced
concrete and concrete block
with part of the exterior finish
in terra cotta.
Architects for the project,
which -is to provide space for
more central office equipment,
are Church, Newberry and
Roehr of Portland.
Smith Asks Course
In Pelf on Dam Case
Salem (U.R) Gov. Elmo
Smith : today asked' Attorney
General Robert Y. Thornton
what "appropriate lawful course
of action, if any" could be taken
as a result of the attorney gen
eral's Pelton dam. decision.
Thornton said" yesterday that
Portland General Electric Com
pany was violating water laws
of Oregon by. proceeding with
construction of Pelton . dam on
the Deschutes river. -The power
firm has a federal license but
its application for a state license
was denied.
Said Gov. Smith: "In light of
the statements made in your let
ter of May 8, what in your opin
ion, is the appropriate, lawful
course of action, if any, to be
taken under these circumstances,
and by whom?"
Weather
FORECAST: Partial clearing to
night. Cloudy Friday morning,
becoming parUy cloudy with
: widely scattered shnwr Fri
day afternoon. Low tonight
42. High Friday 70.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 69
Lowest this Morning 47
Free, to 1 a.m. Today 21
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise .
..4:55 a.m.
-S:21 p.m.
Sunset ..
Moonset
..8:00 p.m.
First Quarter
-.May 16
PROMINENT STARS
Betel reuse, low in west 8:11 p.m.
Capella, low in north
west p.m.--
Between them appears the
planet, Venus, which has now
reached its greatest brilliance
of the year.
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equitable business tax, parking
meter revenues, and an assess
ment district in the downtown
area. '
' Police Chief Charles Champ
lin urged the committee to pro
vide funds for an additional
patrol car beat, which he con
sidered essential because of re
cent annexations and future ex
pansion f the- city.- Champlin
pointed out that the proposed
budget -provides restoration - of
one patrolman dropped from the
present year s budget in addi
tion to two other patrolmen.
If funds for another patrol car
beat are approved, Champlin
said, two . more patrolmen will
be needed in addition to present
increases in the proposed budget.
He noted that there has been
no major increases in police de
partment personnel in several
years, and quoted figures show
ing . individual work load in
creases in the past few years.
Champlin explained that if a
40-hour work week is approved
for city employees, at least one
other patrolman will be needed
in addition to provisions in the
1956-57 budget.
"If we are to maintain the
service the citizens expect,"
Champlin said, "we will need
another car beat as soon as
possible."
Also discussed was $4,500 pro
vided for Roxy Ann road re
pairs. Duff pointed out it is the
first - allotment in several years
for such repairs, which are nec
essary from washouts during last
winter's heavy rains.
Present at last night's meeting
were Stanley Stark, chairman,
Mrs. .. Marina . Gates, . secretary,
Granvil Brittsan, Floyd Watkins,
Russell Brown, Raymond Soren-
son, J. H. Creager, Darrel Miller,
and Duff,; budget officer. Mayor
Earl Miller was the only repre
sentative of the city council
present. . .. ... .
Selective Service
Schedules Open House
rne local selective service
board will hold open house
Thursday and Friday, May 17
and 18, at their office in the Fed
eral building, 33 North Riverside
ave., according to Guy T. Apple
white, chairman of the board.
The . event is being held in
commemora tion of Armed
Forces Day, Saturday, May 19,
Applewhite said.
Small Tug Explodes;
Operator Missing
Port Orf ord (U.R) H Kelly
Walsh, about 40, was missing
and feared dead after a small
tug exploded and burned here
today.
Walsh was using the tug to
tow a raft of logs in a millpond.
Witnesses said they suddenly
heard an explosion and that the
boat was covered with flames.
Baseball
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Patrolman Slays
Burglary Suspect
At Portland Cafe
Shooting Follows
Attack on Officer
Portland (U.R) A special
patrolman, compelled to shoot a
man for the first time in 34 years
of pounding a beat, killed a bur
glary suspect early today, police
reported.
Killed was Robert Lee Hardy,
24, Portland. Special Patrolman
Edward V. Lander, 67, told po
lice he fired after he was struck
on the back of the neck with a
wine bottle.
Three Others Jailed
Three other burglary suspects
were jailed. The shooting occur
red shortly after 3 a.m. outside
a cafe on SW First ave.
Lander said that while on pa
trol he noticed a car parked by
the cafe. One man was inside
the car and another was on the
sidewalk. He said he drove
around the back and shined his
flashlight on the back door.
Boards had been torn off but it
was locked. Lander then found
the front door open and entered
with gun in hand, spotting 'two
men. He ordered them outside.
Struck on Neek
As Lander reached the side
walk he was struck a sharp blow
on the back of the neck. He
turned and fired and saw a man
running down the street and
then collapse.
Lander called police to take
the two other men. The man in
the car had driven away but
was taken into custody later.
Broken fragments of the wine
bottle were found on the side
walk. The other suspects wersfe iden
tified by police as Webster A.
Hardy,27, the dead man's broth
erf tSerin King, 33,' and William
Nick Burt, 24.
Baby Tornadoes Hit
Southern California
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Freak baby tornadoes hit Al-
hambra and San Luis Obispo at
the. height of a Southern Calif
ornia storm late yesterday. Trees
went flying, roofs were ripped
away and windows shattered in
Alhambra. Pedestrians ' had to
seek shelter in San Luis Obispo.
Despite the storms, no deaths
or injuries were reported. More
rams were predicted today.
Elsewhere in the West, 40 mile
per hour winds fanned a forest
fire over more than 5000 acres
of timber near Cafson National
Forest in Northern New Mexico.
More than 200 men tried to con
trol the blaze.
Kefauver Speaker
Arrives in Oregon
Portland MM Coya Knut-
son, Democratic congresswoman
from Minnesota, arrived in Port
land yesterday for an intensive
speaking schedule in behalf of
Sen, Estes Kefauver.
Mrs. Knutson, a member of
the .Democratic Farm Labor
organization in her home state,
plans several speeches in west
ern Oregon during her stay, in a
drive to capture write-in votes
for her presidential favorite in
the May 18 primary. - '
Chamber Directors Voice Protest That Sufficient
Information on Freeway Routes Here Not
A protest that the state high
way commission nas not . pro
vided sufficient detailed infor
mation on two proposed freeway
routes through and around Med
ford was voiced this morning at
a meeting of the board of direc
tors of the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce.
George Flanagan told the
board he believes the people who
will be affected by construction
of the freeway have the right to
see detailed maps, which reveal
exactly wh6se property will be
touched by construction of the
highway.
Other board members agreed,
and the chamber's highway com
mittee was asked to obtain, if
possible, further detailed infor
mation about the plans, and to
meet with the Medford planning
commission next Monday eve
ning, when the freeway, propos
als will be discussed. :
Special Meeting Planned
A special meeting of the board
will be called to hear the com
mittee's report after the planning
commission meeting but before
the public hearing on the pro
UnrHxi Pr Full uMMd Wira
No. 43
Dulles Warns on
'Reckless' Cuts
In Foreign Aid
Program Said Held .
Vital To Security
Washington U.R) Secre
tary of State John Foster Dulles
warned Congress today against
making any "reckless" cuts in
the ' administration's proposed
$4,900,000,000 foreign air pro
gram.
He said President Eisenhower
and the entire administration; re
gard this program as vital to
the security of the nation and
the entire free world.
Dulles .told the House Foreign
Affairs Committee that, this
country's ' friends represent, a
bulwark against the advance of
Communism.
Peace Prospects Improved
'"It would be reckless not: to
help these countries to help
themselves and at the same time
to help us," Dulles said. '.
-. Dulles' said peace, prospects
have improved, but "nothing has
yet happened which, in my opin
ion, would make it prudent to
terminate, or curtail the pres
ent program." , .
. He defined the program amid
growing indications that the
committee will recommend sharp
slashes in,, the administration's
proposal. The group is expected
to report on the issue next week.
Might Accept Cut
In advance of today's hear
ing, informed sources reported
that the administration might be
willing to accept a cut of $50 to
$200,000,000, but nothing more.
The secretary asked the com
mittee '. to approve . Mr. Eisen
hower's request for authority to
make long range economic aid
commitments. The administra
tion, has asked for authority to
commit $100,000,000 a year 'over
the next 10 years... Dulles said
this would' give the President
"greater flexibility" in handling
U. 'S. ' foreign affairs.. ; .
Crater Lake Park
Stage Route OK'd
Salem (U.R) .The State
Public Utilities commission to
day granted Mt. Hood Stages a
regular passenger . route from
Medford and junction points on
The. Dalles-California highway
through Crater' Lake' national
park and .to the park lodge.
The bus line, which does bus
iness as Pacific. TrailWAys, will
operate the passenger service
from June 15' to Sept. 15..
Commissioner Charles - H.
Heltzel said the service was de
signed primarily for tourist at
traction accommodation and
would afford : access to Crater
Lake national park through Med
ford, Klamath Falls and, Bend.
A similar service "previously
afforded by the Crater Lake Na
tional Park company between
Medford, Klamath - Falls and
Crater lage lodge was discontin
ued due to operational difficult
ies.' ,
Pacific Trailways secured the
prior approval from the Nation
Park '' Service and the Depart
ment of Interior before applying
for the new route, Heltzel said.
Washington (U.R) Admin
istration, officials . doubt that
Saudi Arabia will permit Am
erican Jewish servicemen to be
stationed, at an air base which
the United States leases in that
country.
posals, which will be conducted
by the highway commission here
May 24 in the c,ity hall, starting
at-10 a.m.
. The highway commission has
proposed two possible routes, one
east of Medford on the Hillcrest
line, the other through the city
on a line parallel to Genessee
and Cottage sts. In either -case,
the new highway would be four
lane, controlled .access roads.
The board deferred making any
recommendation, as to which
route it-, preferred .until after
hearing its highway committee's
further report.
Paul Rynning, chairman of
the highway committee, told the
board he recently surveyed the
once-proposed: west side route
with Tom .Williams, Roseburg,
divisional highway ; engineer,
and reported the commission has
abandoned consideration of it be
cause of alignment and cost prob
lems. It would destroy about as
much orchard property as the
Hillcrest route, as well as other
valuable agricultural land, Ryn
ning said,: and would not pro
vide a close-in junction with the
ids for Talent:
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Project
Invited
. Bids for the first construction for the Talent, project will be
invited about May 31, according to the Denver, Colo., office of the
bureau of reclamation.
First construction in the proposed' $22,000,000 irrigation and
reclamation project will be a 5V4 or 6-foot tunnel about 3,650
feet long to carry water under the summit of the Green Springs
near Dead Indian rd.
Awarding contracts for the project will depend on approval
of the budget for fiscal year 1956-57. The budget calls for $2,
400,000 for construction next fiscal year, and is now being con
sidered by the public works subcommittee of the house appro
priations committee.
Unofficial reports indicate that the subcommittee has acted
favorably on the budget item, and that it will be brought before
the full committee within the next week or two.
Winter Wheat Crop
Of 681r432r000
Bushels Estimated
Washington U.R) The
Agriculture department today
estimated 681,432,000 bushels of
winter wheat will be harvested
this year. ' ,
Today's estimate, based on
May l crop conditions, compares
with an April forecast of 716,-
477,000 bushels and 1955 produc
tion of 705,372,000 bushels.
The estimated winter . wheat
crop, added to the previously
estimated production of 188,000,-
000 bushels of spring wheat,
would mean a total wheat crop
of 869,432,000 bushels for 1956.
This compares with a total of
1955 production of 938,159,000
bushels.
Below Average
The estimated production is
well below' the 10-year, average
winter wheat production of 872,-
635,001 bushels.
The board estimated the con
dition of 1956 rye crop as of
May 1 at B0 per cent of normal.
The board will not make a pro
duction : estimate, of rye until
July. .'-.'
Condition of the hay crop on
May 1 was 77 per cent of normal.
Pasture conditions were 68 per
cent of normal.
Hay stocks on farms totaled
16,036,000 tons, 14.6 per cent of
last year s crop.
Milk production during April
was put at 11,512,000,000 pounds
compared with 11,156,000,000
pounds in April, 1S55. Egg out
put was estimated at 5,591,000,-
000 compared with production
of 5,648,000,000 eggs in April
last year.
Washington (U.R) The Ag
riculture department today fore
cast Oregon's 1956 winter wheat
crop at 16,900,000 bushels.
This compares, with an April
forecast of 16,560,000 bushels.
The .1955 crop in Oregon was
18,524,000 bushels.
Saw Wound Fatal
To Holland Resident
Grants Pass (U.R) Clarence
Pullem,' 74-year-old resident of
the Holland district near Cave
Junction, was found deed on his
horse yesterday.
Josephine . County Coroner
Earl Hall said Pullem was ap
parently, the victim of his own
crosscut handsaw. The coroner
said an investigation . indicated
that Pullem had been cutting a
log that had fallen across his
fence. The log broke, throwing
the saw upward and severing an
artery on Pullem's arm.
The elederly man, who lived
alone, climbed on his horse and
rode "three-quarters of : a mile,
opening two gates along the way.
He was traced by a trail of blood.
. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Smith found
Pullem's body slumped over his
horse about a mile from his
home. " .
WmbCl untie iligunBj.
The board adopted a policy re
garding "controversial" propos
als, which pointed out that the
chamber represents a cross-section
of the population, and that
its primary purpose is the devel
opment of the county's economy.
Any recommendations made
should take both these factors
into consideration, according to
the policy statement.
In other action, the board
voted' to put up half the money
for a Stanford Research Institute
survey of wood waste industrial
potential in the county. The state
development commission would
also pay half.
" It was explained that several
large companies are considering
the valley for major plants pro
ducing wood-waste products, in
cluding pulp and paper, but that
their chief concern is the avail
ability of raw materials. Such a
survey would provide informa
tion for these "firms which, might
induce them to locate here, it
was reported. Cost to the cham
ber was estimated at $3,500 to
$4,000. 1
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Walter Hoffbuhr, secretary
manger of the Talent Irrigation
district,1 said the board of direc
tors expects to be contacted this
week or early next week regard
ing the contract, which has been
generally agreed to be accept
able. Following final approval of
the contract, water users in the
Talent district will vote on the
contract.
Completion Date
The Talent project and rehab
ilitation jobs in the Medford and
Rogue River Valley Irrigation,
districts are expected to take
four or five years to complete.
Bids will be ' invited about
May 25 for removal of a wood
stave pipe siphon near Phoenix
across Bear creek and for con
struction of a 48-inch precast
concrete - pressure pipe about
1,860 feet long. The work is part
of rehabilitation work in the
Medford Irrigation district.
; No estimates of either project
were announced. Bids probably
will be opened late in June, the
bureau of reclamation said.
The Talent project tunnel will
be completed in 400 days after
bids are awarded, and the con
crete pipe siphon near Phoenix
will require about 240 days.
Other Work Bids
Additional canal work bids are
expected on construction of two
precast concrete siphons 1,100
feet and 325 feet long with concrete-
bench flumes 320 and 140
feet to . replace five wood and
bent metal flumes in the main
canal near Medford. . -
The other calls for -removing
a metal flume in the Medford
canal, constructing a 60-inch pre
cast concrete pipe siphon about
375 feet long, removing a 48
inch wood siphon and replacing
it with a 57-inch concrete siphon,
about 1,970 feet long.
Previous plans for seeking
bid on the projected 90-foot-high
Howard Prairie earth dam, 20
miles southeast of Medford
across Beaver creek in the
Green Springs, have been de
ferred "until further notice," the
advance construction bulletin re
ported.
Talmadge Enters
Georgia Senate Race
Atlanta (U.R) Herman Tal
madge, one of the South'! most
vocal segregationists and states
righters, announced for the U.S.
Senate today in order to wage
hig favorite battles at the "na
tional level.
The former governor's hasten
ed campaign announcement aft
er venerable Sen. Walter F.
George withdrew from the race
yesterday also spelled out a long
ambition of the colorful son of
"old Gene."
Talmadge, 43, after six year
as governor in ruixiiiment oi
his late father's fondest wish,
had momentarily a clear field
for realizing his own, bigger
dream of mountaing a national
forum. .
The possibility of opposition
remained a faint speculation.
Georgia was busy praising its
swan-songing senior senator and
experiencing relief that the
giants will not have to do battle.
Provided
The board also was Informed
the chamber has written' to
Southwest Airways, to inquire
about its recent cut in service
here,' and why one flight now
terminates in Crescent City in
stead of Medford. The chamber,
it was reported, plans to be rep
resented at hearings involving
West Coast airlines' application
for service north and south from
Klamath Falls.
Plans for the cooperation of
the local Oil Information Com
mittee with the chamber's tour
ist and convention committee in
providing information for valley
visitors were outlined and ap
proved: Some 380 oil and service
station' employees will be in
volved in the program, which
will coordinate the efforts of the
two groups.
The board was told a repre
sentative of the state parks di
vision of the highway depart
ment will visit Medford soon to
survey Prescott park on Roxy
Ann butte, to determine its pos
sible values as part of the state
park system.