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Rural School Budget
Election Set Monday
Residents of areas included in
the Jackson county rural school
district will go to the polls be
tween 2 and 8 p.m. Monday to
vote on a $1,786,719.92 budget
for operation of schools in the
district during the 1956-57
school year.
The proposed budget calls for
a total levy of $1,404,257.38.
This is $1,061,325.50 in excess
of the 6 'per cent limitation.
Alf B. Mekvold, county school
superintendent, explained that
the total anticipated receipts
Lenin 'Disowned'
Stalin, Russian
People Informed
Moscow (U.R) The Soviet gov
ernment revealed to the Soviet
people for the first time today
that V. I. Lenin on his death
bed disowned Josef Stalin.
The Soviet youth newspaper
Komsomolskaya Pravda ripped
.away a 34-year-old veil of se
crecy and disclosed to the people
of this country the story other
peoples had known, but which
Stalin had stifled within the So
viet Union.
It was that the dying Lenin
warned that Stalin was a "rude"
power-seeker ruled by hastiness,
impulsiveness and resentment.
Charges Mada in Letters
Lenin made his charges in two
harsh last letters which have be
come known in published form
abroad as Lenin's "political
testement."
These last letters even pro
posed that a way be found to
remove Stalin from the position
of Communist party secretary
and to appoint a man more pa
tient, more loyal, more polite,
more attentive to comrades and
less capricious.
The Komsomolskaya Pravda
article told Soviet readers today
for the first time that Lenin had
found Stalin guilty of "rude
ness," lack of respect for his
comrades, capriciousness and an
inclination toward abuse of
power."
Stripping Secrecy Seal
The youth newspaper's word
ing so nearly accorded with ver
sions of the Lenin "Testament"
published in other countries that
it was plain the present leader
ship headed by Nikita Khru
shchev and Nikolai Bulganin
was now stripping the secrecy
seal from the document.
Lenin's hard words seemed
calculated to fall with major im
pact on the Soviet people, who
thus far were ignorant of them.
It seemed another step in the
present government's campaign
to build up Lenin's importance
and lower that of Stalin.
Portland (U.R) The trial of
Joyce Keller has been adjourn
ed until Monday in Circuit Court
in Portland as attorneys contin
ued their arguments over admiss
ibility of evidence in the Meier
& Frank bombing case.
Boy Scouts To
Site Saturday
About 300 Boy Scouts and
their leaders will gather Satur
day near the mouth of Little
Butte creek on Agate rd. for
their annual spring Camp-o-Ree.
Boys from the Big Pines district
of the Crater Lake area council
will start arriving at the camp
site at 10 a.m. Saturday and
camp is scheduled to break up
by 3:30 p.m. Sunday.
A full schedule of events,
campsite judging, games, Sunday
church service, a big bonfire and
other activities are planned for
the week-end. Awards will be
prrsented to troops having the
bast camps with judging to con-
tinue throughout the two days.
Boys will prepare their own food
with the exception of a sack
lunch on Saturday.
from other sources than the levy
are in the amount of $686,-
062.54.
This leaves a total to tax for
all districts of $1,100,657.38. To
this total is added the rural
operating and emergency fund
in the amount of $53,150 plus
the non-high tuition, transporta
tion, operating and emergency
funds in the amount of $250,450.
This leaves a grand total of $1,
404,257.38 to be taxed within
the rural school district.
The superintendent explained
that the tax base within the 6
per cent limitation is $342,
931.88. This amount represents
24.4 per cent of the total
amount 'to be levied and is the
full amount that the rural board
can levy without a vote of the
people. The excess of $1,061,
325.50 must be authorized by a
vote of the people.
The total proposed net levy
represents an increase of $113,
071.94, or approximately 6.8
per cent, over the levy for the
current year.
Operational Millage
Total operational millage on
the current assessed valuation is
55.4. Ten districts have suffi
cient balance in sinking funds
from assistance granted by the
county so that no debt service
levy will be necessary for 1956
57. Mekvold said.
Voting Monday will be resi
dents of Jacksonville, Griffin
Creek, Ruch, Eagle Point, Lone
Pine, Talent, Rogue River, Ap
plegate, Elk - Trail, Prospect,
Evans Valley Oak Grove, Shady
Cove, Butte Falls, Pinehurst,
West Side and Howard.
Polling places will be the
school buildings in these affect
ed areas. . .
Fourth Rose Festival
Princess Selected
Portland (U.R). Ardys
Elaine Urbigkeit, 17, was chosen
today at Lincoln high school's
Rose Festival princess. She is
the fourth to be named. Yester
day. Cleveland high school pick
ed 17-year-old Roberta Breall.
Late News Briefs
TANK SHIPMENT BLOCKED
Washington (U.R) The Unit
ed States earlier this week block
ed an unauthorized shipment of
21 surplus Army vehicles bought
by Israel, the State Department
said today.
FRANCO MOVES
. Madrid, Spain (U.R) General
issimo Francisco Franco moved
to overhaul the "fundamental
laws" to strengthen the Spanish
state against internal troubles
indicated by recent student and
industrial unrest.
SLOT MACHINES SEIZED
Portland (U.R) Multnomah
county police last night seized
some 30 slot machines and some
wire and tape recordings after
they battered down the door of
a home on Southeast Main st.
in Portland.
Gather at Agate Road
for Annual
Lawson Scott will be in charge
of troop registration, starting at
10 a.m. Saturday. During the re
mainder of the day troops will
set up their camps, with a camp
fire, in charge of Jack Holmes,
set for 8 p.m. Boys from Explor
er Squadron 14, post 8, will set
up a model camp and will assist
throughout the Camp-o-Ree.
Each troop will present a skit
during the campfire ceremony.
Sunday's activities will open
with church services at 9 a.m.,
conducted by the Rev. John
Reynolds, assistant pastor of the
First Presbyterian church.
Camp-o-Ree events, to be con
ducted by Jim Grigsby, will fol
low, starting at 9:45 a.m. Fol
lowing lunch at noon, the boys
will ctart dismantling their
Vigorous Campaign
For Write-in Votes
Comes To Climax
Republicans Ponder
Opposition for Morse
Portland U.R) Oregon
Democrats today expressed their
preference between Adlai Ste
venson and Sen. Estes Kefauver
for president while Republicans
decided upon a senatorial candi
date to oppose Sen. Wayne
Morse this fall.
Although no presidential can
didate was listed on the Demo
cratic ballot, both Stevenson
and Kefauver campaigned vig
orously for write-in votes. They
seek support of the 16 delegates
to the Democratic national con
vention.
Vote Total Predicted
Dave O'Hara, chief of the
state elections division, predict
ed about half of the state's 780,'
595 eligible voters would turn
out in the primary. He forecast
a turnout of 55 per cent of the
Republicans and 50 per cent of
the Democrats.
Warm, sunny weather greeted
early voters. A check of three
Portland precincts at 10:30 a.m.
showed 70 out of 363 voting at
one, 53 out of 243 at another
and 62 out of 224 at a third.
Polls opened at 8 a.m. and
close at 8 p.m.
President Eisenhower is un
opposed on the Republican tick
et and is assured the 18 GOP
convention delegates.
Support Pledged
Oregon delegates to the na
tional nominating conventions
are pledged to support the can
didate getting the highest num
ber of votes in the primary.
Intense interest also has been
generated in the battle between
former Interior Secretary Doug
las McKay and Philip Hitchcock
for the GOP senatorial nomin
ation. 'McKay resigned his cab
inet post to enter the campaign
to oppose Morse in November.
When he left Washington he had
the blessing of President Eisen
hower. Hitchcock, a former state sen
ator and prominent church lay
man, and McKay both campaign
ed on the theme that Morse had
to be defeated. The only differ
ence in their appeals to the
voters was which had the better
chance.
Altwater, Deeli on Ballot
George Altwater, Portland en
gineer, and Elmer Deetz, dairy
man, also were on the GOP sen
atorial ballot.
Morse, the Republican turned
Democrat, is running for the
first time on the Democratic
slate. He is opposed by Woody
Smith, -a garage operator mak
ing his first bid for public of
fice. Charles Porter and David
Shaw bid for the Democratic
nomination in Harris Ellsworth's
congressional district.
Gov. Elmo Smith was opposed
by Earl Dickson, a grocer and
political unknown, on the GOP
ballot. Robert Holmes, radio sta
tion executive, was unopposed
for the Democratic gubernator
ial nomination.
Steel Talks To Open
In Pittsburgh May 28
PittsburghU.R) The United
Steelworkers Union and the na
tion's top three basic steel pro
ducers open steel talks in Pitts
burgh May 28.
Union President David J. Mc
Donald said U.S. Steel Corp.,
the nation's largest producer,
second ranking Bethlehem Steel
and'. Republic Steel Corp., the
country's No. 3 steel firm will
be the first to hear the USW's
contract demands.
Camp - o - Ree
camps at 1 p.m. with assembly,
parade of units and awards set
for 3 p.m. Troops will be dis
missed at 3:30 p.m.
R. D. Church and Harry
Barneburg will be in charge of
cooking at the camp headquar
ters while Sherrill Doty will be
in charge of camp judging. N. H.
Gladfelter will instruct the
Green Bars. John Henson will
be in charge of tagging trees and
shrubs in the camp area for
identification purposes and
Barneburg and John Patton will
post limitation signs, beyond
which no troop will be allowed
to camp. Harry Chipman is gen
eral Camp-o-Ree chairman.
Water for the entire camp
will be furnished by a tank
truck from the Medford water
department. ...
Medford
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Mbcomiratiee Approves
Tolemitfc
Full Committee to
Consider Request
Of $2,400,000 Soon
Group Also Approves
Rehabilitation Work
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington, D.C. Approval
of $2,400,000 to start construc
tion on the Talent division has
been given by the public works
subcommittee of the House ap
propriations committee, it was
learned today.
The group also gave approval
to an appropriation of $585,000
to continue rehabilitation work
on the Medford and Rogue River
Valley Irrigation districts' canal
and distribution systems.
Both items were in the budget
submitted to congress this year
by President Eisenhower.
Closed Session
Formal approval of these
items was given in a closed ses
sion of the subcommittee this
week. The full appropriations
committee is scheduled to act
on the public works bill, in
which they are included, next
week. After that ' the" bill "will
go to the floor of the House for
action, and when approved there,
on to the Senate.
Generally, the Pacific North
west fared well in the public
works bill, which contains
money for the bureau of recla
mation, corps of engineers and
Bonneville power administra
tion. The subcommittee report
edly approved all budget re
quests made by these agencies
and made increases in several
projects.
The Talent division, the only
part of the Rogue River Irriga
tion and reclamation project
other than the rehabilitation
work which has been authorized
by congress, will cost, according
to 1954 estimates,- $19,894,000
when completed four or five
years from now.
Projects Included
It includes a dam at Howard
Prairie, canals, a tunnel and
power house at Green Springs
summit, an increase in the size
of Emigrant reservoir, and dis
tribution facilities on the valley
floor. It will increase by several
thousand acres the total of irri
gated land in the Rogue valley.
The rehabilitation jobs now
under way in the two irrigation
districts will have cost an esti
mated $1,712,000 when complet
ed. The cost will be repaid by the
districts through contracts with
the bureau of reclamation.
Cost of the Talent project also
will be repaid, and an election
in the Talent Irrigation district
for approval of the repayment
contract will be held within the
next few months.
All-Out Fight on
Foreign Aid Seen
Washington U.R) Admin
istration leaders today promised
an all out fight to beat down a
congressional move to deny for
eign aid to any U.S. Allies ship
ping strategic goods to Iron Cur
tain countries.
Informed sources said Secre
tary of State John Foster Dulles,
Foreign Aid Chief John B. Hol-
lister, and top Pentagon officials
all feel such an action would
hamper U.S.-Allied relations and
possibly endanger the free
world's defense system.
These officials plan to put the
heat on Republicans to defeat
the proposal in the Senate, if
not in the House. Insiders said
President Eisenhower might
even step in if the going gets
rough.
The House Foreign Affairs
committee Thursday voted for
the aid restriction during its
point by point consideration of
Mr. Eisenhower's proposed $4,
900,000,000 foreign aid program.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRJDAY, MAY 18, 1956
Division Fun ends
3rd Route Studied;
Hearing Postponed
A hearing scheduled for next
Thursday on two proposed free
way routes in this area has been
postponed until detailed infor
mation about a possible third
route can be compiled.
R. H. Baldock, state highway
engineer, late yesterday in
formed State Rep. E. A. Littrell
that the highway department
will prepare information about
a possible freeway route on the
west side of the valley. It will
do so, he said, because of strong
opposition voiced in. Medford to
both the other proposed routest
and because of queries about the
west side proposal.
May Be Six Weeks
The hearing had been sched
uled for Thursday, May 24, at
10 a.m. in the courthouse audi
torium. It will be rescheduled
when information on the west
side route is compiled, probably
in about six weeks.
The two routes which the high
way commission has had under
Heat Lightning Seen
In Parts of Oregon
By UNITED PRESS
Heat lightning cracked across
the skies over many parts of
Oregon last night on the heels
of more torrid temperatures.
Downtown Portland recorded
94 degrees yesterday afternoon,
highest for any May 17 on rec
ord. In 1939, however, the mer
cury rose to 96 on May 13. The
Portland airport had an official
reading of 89.
The weather bureau said more
thunderstorms were likely to
day with the heat expected to
cool off only slightly. But a
cooling sea breeze was expected
to move in to the Willamette
valley this evening.
The Dalles had 97 and Rose
burg 95 yesterday.
The hot weather caused a
rapid melting of snow east of
the mountains and substantial
rises were forecast for tributary
streams.
Committee Indicates
Ho Salary Change
The Jackson county budget
committee indicated at its all
day meeting Thursday that sal
aries for courthouse personnel
and elected officials will remain
unchanged with few exceptions.
The committee's decisions on
the salary issue appeared to be
final until shortly before the end
of the meeting, when they
agreed to declare the action ten
tative. They declined to release
figures for the tentative salary
changes.
Members stated they would
withhold further action on sal
aries until other phases of the
hi id opt. were comDlete. If - any
money is left over and a levy is
unnecessary they indicated xney
would reconsider salary figures.
Thp committee hones to con
clude the budget dicussions at a
2 p.m. meeting Wednesday, May
23. Among other major items
they hope to finish then is the
budget for the county road de
partment.
Weather
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
night and Saturday with risk
of scattered thunderstorms
over mountains Saurday after
noon. Cooler Saturday. Low
tonicht SO. High Saturday
80-82.
Temp.
Hichest Yesterday
Lowest this Morning SO
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
Stincpt
4.47 a.m.
7:Z9 p.m.
Moonset Saturday 1:50 a.m.
Full Moon next Thursday
PROMINENT STAR
Antares, low in south
east - 9:23 pm.
VISIBLE PLANETS
Venus, in the west at sunset.
Jupiter, high in south
west 7:41 PJ.
Saturn, rises 7 30 p.m.
Mars, in southeast 3:03 a.m.
consideration are the Hillcrest
line, east of the city limits, and
the Genessee line in east Med
ford. The commission earlier
had reported it had abandoned
consideration of any west side
location for cost reasons, after
studies conducted several years
ago.
But Baldock told Littrell the
department has only preliminary
and overall cost and alignment
data on the west sided route, and
because of the interest shown in
Jackson county, will work them
up in detail.
Subject to Criticism
. The commission has been sub
jected to considerable criticism
in Jackson county in recent
weeks for not having provided
detailed information on the Hill-
crest and Genessee route,
well as the west side route. Some
of the criticism was voiced at a
Medford planning commission
hearing last Monday, and the
commission itself, in a split-vote
decision favoring the Genessee
st. route, pointed out its decision
was made on the basis of incom
plete information.
Baldock told Littrell, who is
a member of the legislative in
terim committee on highways,
that the final selection of a route
will be made by the commission
on the basis of cost, the dislo
cation of properties, the con
servation of agricultural land,
and other similar factors..
Littrell was unsure whether
or not the action was an indica
tion that the commission would
reconsider the feasibility of a
west side route, or whether the
compilation of detailed informa
tion on the , location would be
made to support the earlier de
cision eliminating such a route
from consideration.
Senate Votes Down
Cotton Proposal -
Washington (U.R) The Sen
ate dealt the administration a
setback today by voting down
a proposal to eliminate a cot
ton export provision from a new
farm bill.
The vote was 71 to 13.
The provision would require
that government-held surplus
cotton be sold for export at
world market prices. Both the
Agriculture and State depart
ments opposed it.
The Senate modified the pro
vision slightly to permit accept
ance of prices higher than 25.5
cents a pound if any such bids
are received for surplus cotton
offered for export.
James Lattie Gets
Ingalls Award at OSC
Corvalli U.R) Tamison
Hampton Moore of Corvallis,
managing editor of the student
news paper Barometer, was
named the outstanding male
journalist graduate of Oregon
State college and received the
national Sigma Delta Chi award.
James . Lattie of Medford
received the Claudie' E. Ingalls
memorial award, made annually
to the senior student who has
contributed the most to the wel
fare of OSC student publicans.
Lattie is editor of the Barometer.
The Ingalls award was named
for the late editor of the Corval
lis Gazette-Times.
Truman Gets Rousing
Welcome in Rome
. Rome U.R Former Presi
dent Harry S. Truman was given
a rousing welcome in Rome to
day. A crowd of some 400 gathered
at the railroad station to wel
come Mr. and Mrs. Truman on
their arrival from Paris. Shouts
of "We Want Harry" and "Viva
Truman" greeted the former
President as he started to step
from the train.
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REVIEW PARADE Major Gen
eral R. V. Rickard, above, chair
man of local activities for
Armed Forces day, . and Major
General J. H. Hicks, Jackson
county civil defense director,
will review the Armed FoDes
Day .parade here tomorrow. The
parade; starts at 11 a.m. at the
Library park and will proceed
east on Main st. to Hawthorne
park where brief ceremonies
will be held. Also at Hawthorne
park will be displays by various
military and reserve units here.
Cash Missing From
Roseburg Hotel Safe
Roseburg U.R) State police
disclosed here today that approx
imately $5000 in cash, belonging
to guests and employees of the
Grand Hotel, had been stolen
from the hotel safe.
A John Doe warrant was is
sued for the arrest of a suspect,
a man who had been employed
at the hotel for about three
weeks, police said.-
The loss was not insured but
Paul Ryan, one of the owners
of the hotel, said "we will stand
behind the loss" as . a moral
obligation.
Police said the thief left the
hotel's current operating funds
untouched in the safe so that the
crime was not noticed for sev
eral days. They said it apparent
ly occurred shortly after noon
on May 10.
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Knights of Columbus Open
48th Annual Convention
The 48th annual convention
of the Oregon Knights of Co
lumbus opened in Carpenter's
hall here this afternoon with be
tween 350 and 400 delegates and
visitors from throughout the
state..
Registration was held this
morning at Medford hotel, head
quarters for the convention. On
this afternoon's program were
James Halford, district deputy
from Roseburg; the Rev. Ed
mund J. Murnane, state chap
lain from Eugene; Jack Batzer,
grand knight, Medford; Mayor
Earl Miller, Medford; and Ed
ward J. Bell, state secretary
from Stayton.
Supreme Knight Luki E. Hart
Ideal Weather May
Encourage Better
Voting Late Today
Republicans Turn Out
In Greater Numbers .
Ideal weather and a variable
turnout of voters marked the
early hours of the Oregon pri
mary election here today.
A high temperature of 80 de
grees was predicted for Medford
today and is expected to encour
age a good voter turnout this
afternoon and evening. Mrs.
Bereth Hopkins, county clerk,
yesterday predicted an overall
turnout of 68 per cent of the
total registered voters in the
county. Other nredictions rane.
ed upward from 45 per cent.
Precincts Checked
Of four Medford precincts
checked about noon today, vot
ers turned out in thp prpafpst
number at Precinct 56, in east
Medford, where 123 Dersons out
of a total of, 514 registered had
votea Dy noon.
At Precinct 40 at the court
house, 66 out of a total of 304
registered voters had voted by
mid-morning and at Precinct 32,
Pythian building. 43 had voter!
out of a total of 284 registered.
A check at Precinct 34, at the
city hall, indicated 33 out of a
total of 149 registered had voted.
Republicans were turning out
In greater number than Demo
crats in earlv ballot ins.
Election Results
The Mail Tribune and radio
station KYJC will rnlla'hnrati.
this evening to bring election
results to valley residents.
Returns will be broadcast as
soon as they become available
after the polls close at 8 p.m.
Statewide returns will be
brought in bv a special election.
night wire of the United Press.
The broadcasts will be made
from the Mail Tribune office,
where a crew will work through
the evening collecting and tabu
lating results for immediate
broadcast.
Russian Baptists
Arrive in Sisiies
New York (U.R) Five lead
ers of the Russian Baptist church
arrived here today for a month's
transcontinental visit with Amer
ican Baptists.
The group will attend meet
ings of the Baptist World Alli
ance in Washington, the South
ern Baptist Convention at
Kansas City and the American
Baptist Convention in Seattle.
The church group arrived just
two weeks before another dele
gation of Russian clergymen.
The second group will return
the recent visit to Russia of a
deputation of the interdenomina
tional National ouncil of Church
es. The second group, whose
itinerary was announced today,
also includes representatives of
the Russian Baptist church,
along with clergy of the Russian
Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox
and Lutheran churches in Russia.
Farmer Squeeze Seen
By Expanded Wage Law
Washington (U.R) Fruit
growers and feed dealers warn
ed Congress today that expand
ing coverage of the federal min
imum wage law could tighten
the squeeze on hard pressed
farmers.
They testified before a Senate
Labor Subcommittee which is
studying a number of bills that
would broaden the coverage of
the law.
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower went to the
Burning Tree Club today for an
afternoon of golf.
from New Haven, Conn., spoke
at an afternoon business session,
and is scheduled to speak at a
crab buffet in the St. Mary's
school gymnasium at 8 p.m. to
day. The crab dinner will fol
low a social hour in the Jack
son hotel Pioneer room betweerv
6 and 7:30 p.m..
The convention will continue
through Saturday and end Sun
day, when officers and delegates
will be elected.
The convention banquet will
be held in St. Mary's gymnasium
starting at 8 p.m. Saturday. Dan
Hay, state public relations, Port
land, will be principal speaker.
Also on the program are Mi
chael R. Hine, state deputy from
Tigard, and tot Rev. Murnan.