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Subscribers To report improper or non-delivery of the Mail Tribune phone 2-6141 before 6:45 pjn. daily and 10 30 ara. Sunday. If regular delivery arrive! short ly after you eall please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service. Recommended Tribune DFORD A story on a dental survey conducted In Jukiin county re cently appeari on paf 12 of today's Mall Tribune. United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire No. 51 51st Year 28 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 20, 1956 Price 5c Me 1 ill I i ' i s MUM R?W JXipxJlLUzJJ p Stevenson, icl&ay rui LnJ LA IM1 IMlfTh M in 01 imairy Morse Has Little Trouble in Taking Demo Nomination Eisenhower Takes State's Delegates Portland (U.R) Adlai Stev enson's presidential aspirations got a shot in the arm Friday from Oregon Democrats who gave him a victory over Sen. Estes Kefauver in the state's pri mary election. Former Interior Secretary Douglas McKay also won his bat tle for the Republican senatorial nomination to oppose Sen. Wayne Morse, the Republican-turned-Democrat, in the Novem ber general election. 'Incomplete unofficial returns from 2,263 of the state's 2,519 precincts gave Stevenson 38,952 to 40,820 for Kefauver. McKay Votes McKay had 81,820 to 66.311 for Philip Hitchcock, his chief opponent. Morse had a runaway of it against his opponent. Woody Smith, leading 120,273 to 25.185. President Eisenhower, unop posed on the GOP ballot, had 112.025 votes and took the state's 18 Republican National Conven tion delegates. . Neither Stevenson nor Kefauv er were on the ballot. But the 1952 Democratic standard-bearer slugged it out with the sena tor from Tennessee in an inten sive write-in campaign to cap ture Oregon's 16 convention del egates in yesterdays' primary. Stevenson made a convincing campaigner at the "Grass Roots" level. . ' He had toured the state in folksy fashion, shaking 'hands, patting babies on the head and eating spaghetti. And with more than half the state's polling places reporting, he held a com manding 2-to-l lead over the Tennesssee senator. No Comment Kefauver in Washington, D.C., declined comment until he had conferred wtih his Oregon cam paign manager. Former Interior Secretary Douglas McKay held a comfort able lead over Philip Hitchcock, his chief opponent for the Re publican senatorial nomination, and it appeared McKay would oppose Sen. Wayne Morse (D Ore.) in the fall election. It was strictly no contest between Morse and his opponent, Woody Smith, a garageman. Somewhat of a surprise was the substantial write-in vote Re publicans gave Vice President Richard Nixon. His supporters had asked voters to write in his name on the ballot, but there was no all-out campaign in his behalf. The Vice President polled up wards of 20,000 votes. The write in was taken as an expression of loyalty to President Eisenhower who has said he would like Nix on as his running mate again. Oregon's incumbent congress men all were nominated. Repub licans Sam Coon and Harris Ells worth and Democrat Edith Green were unopposed. Rep. Walter "Norblad, Republican, trounced R. F. Cook, a turkey raiser. t:: i i t y: U-r & DOUGLAS McKAY To Oppose Mors ADLAI STEVENSON Victor Over Estes little Summit' Meet Ends; Agree on Pact Moscow (U.R) The leaders of France and Russia concluded a "Little Summit" conference Sat urday with a prediction that the "cold war will be liquidat ed" and an agreement to negoti ate a "considerable" three-year trade pact. A final communique, worked out in overtime sessions at the Kremlins said , there ' was no Hood River Lumber Firm Damaged by Fire Hood River (U.R) Five units of fire equipment battled a Sat urday afternoon blaze at the Jay Mar Lumber Co., here for nearly two hours before they were "able to control the flames. The flames, pushed by a strong west wind, destroyed a shop and a planing department at the mill but the main mill operation was saved, Fire Chief Jim Meyer said. The mill manufacturers about 35X)00 board feet of lumber diily and employs a crew of 25 men. The fire was discovered about 2:45 p.m. this afternoon. No one was at the mill at the tims. . Chance Seed for Dropping H-Bomb Aboard the USS Mt. McKin ley off Eniwetok (U.R) Task Force Commander Read Adm. B. Hall , Hanlon said today there was a "possible outside chance" the much postponed H-bomb air drop would take place .Mor.Oy morning. ' Hanlon told newsmen weather forecasters had predicted a com bination of conditions making "possible an outside chance that both cloud cover and low level winds will be acceptable Mon day morning. Adverse weather conditions have forced the postponement of the first tactical test of an H- bomb for more than a week. Task force officials indicated the test would not be held unless there was a minimum of wind to protect natives in the Marshall Islands from deadly radioactive fallout. Last week the test was called off only 96 minutes before a B-52 intercontinental bomber was scheduled to drop the bomb over the target island. Morocco Diplomat Corps Agreeable, Rabat, Morocco U.R) France and Morocco reached agreement last night on Morocco's new dip lomatic corps. The protocol was rushed to completion after several West ern nations said they were ready to send ambassadors to the cap ital of this newly-independent North African nation. It was approved by Alain Sav- arv. French Secretary of State for Moroccan and Tunisian af fairs, and Moroccon Foreign Min ister Ahmed Balafrej. A formal signing ceremony will be held later, probably in Paris. agreement on such major issues as disarment and European se- curity. But it added that the three-day talks which ended Fri day and the last-minute confer ence held yesterday gave each national a better understanding of the other. Same Offer Made Russia made France the same offer it made Britain last month, that it would increase its pur chases from France "three to four times," provided the French scrapped the western embargo on strategic goods. Britain re fused to do so. France apparent ly would follow the British lead However, the communique an nounced a formal decision to negotiate a three-year trade pact in talks at Paris next Septem ber. The agreement would pro vide for a "considerable" in crease in Franco-Soviet trade and would cove into effect Jan. 1. Both sides also agreed to in crease cultural contacts. They ranged the internation al field on the basic cold war issues, and France "acknow ledged the significance" of Rus sia's deicsion to trim 1.2 million men from-its armed forces. British Newspaper Claims Ministers Warned of Deaths Yard Declines to Confirm Reports London (U.R) British cab inet ministers have been warned the Cypriot underground may try to kill them,' the Daily Ex press said Saturday. Scotland Yard has armed guards shadowing four of the ministers, the Express said. Spe cial police are watching I the homes of others. The report was not confirmed by Scotland Yard, which always refuses comment on security pre cautions concerning government leaders. Planned Reprisals The Express said Scotland Yard started the special protec tive measures after receiving se cret information that London agents of the Greek-Cypriot Eoka underground planned reprisals for the execution of two Cypriot gunmen early this month. Warnings were sent to local police in communities where top government leaders planned to spend the Whitsun weekend, the paper said. The ministers were cautioned not to admit strangers to their homes. - - - r; - ' " " There have been demonstra tions bufr no trouble from the 30,000 Greek Cypriote in Lon don since extremists on Cyprus started bloody uprisings to back their demands for independence and union with Greece. The Express story said special precautions were being taken at the homes of Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd, Colonial Secre tary Alan Lennox-Boyd, War Secretary Anthony Head and House Government Leader R. A. Butler. L. G. MORTHLAND Wins Nomination WALTER NUNLEY Defeats Opponent Washington (U.R) Reports circulated in diplomatic circles here Saturday that Russian pi lots recently delivered 21 big planes suitable for paratroop use to Egypt. The planes already bearing Egyptian markings were re ported to have flown over Greece en rotue to their destina tion. Cholera Epidemic Kills 173 in India Calcutta, India XU.R) The government sent in health offi cials Saturday to cope with a growing cholera epidemic that has stricken 765 persons and killed 173 of them in the last three weeks. A total of 160 new cases were admitted to hospitals yesterday. Ten of the patients died. The epidemic appeared to be most critical in Theslum areas. Friday's 170 attacks were the most that have occurred yet on a single day. No official report on the number of victims has been issued. But cumulative fig ures based on hospital admis sions and death reports showed 221 cases and 76 deaths in the week ending May 5. Washington (U.R)1 Japanese Agriculture Minister Ichiro Kno said Saturday Soviet officials in Moscow told him they would sup port Japanese membership in the United Nations once Russo-Japanese diplomatic relations are restored. Red Army Reduction Reflected in Talks London (U.R) Radio Mos cow said Saturday Russia's prom ise to demobilize 1.2 million -men alarmed "supporters of aggres sive military alignments" like the Atlantic Pact but was hailed in some Western quarters as a real step toward ending the cold war. The propaganda radio said Western military alarm was re flected in speeches by Gen. Al fred M. Gruenther and other top officers of, the pact. The broadcast continued the Kremlin's policy of giving the reported reduction in . troop strength one of the biggest pro paganda buildups any Commu nist action has received in recent years. Gruenther said in Edinburgh this week that Western military experts regard the partial demo bilization as no more than a streamlining of Russia's huge army- to meet the requirements of the atomic age. Washington (U.R). British and American officials will meet here next week to discuss problems arising out of Lon don's reported desire to use Christmas island, claimed by both natoins, as a base for Pa cific atomic tests, it was learned Saturday. Police Guard 21 Surplus Half-Tracks Removed From Israel-Bound Freighter New York (U.R) Waterfront police Saturday guarded 21 sur plus Army half-tracks embar goed for shipment to Israel be cause they lacked a valid U.S. export license. The State Department dis closed Friday that customs offi cials had removed the half-tracks from the Israeli freighter Zion before it sailed from New York harbor eight days ago. Department spokesman Lin coln White said customs officials had no alternative but to block the shipment He said a license Uiad been issued for spare parts but not for the assembled half tracks themselves. White said the Israeli Embassy had applied for export licenses for fully assembled half-tracks but these had never been ap proved or rejected. The State Department has pigeonholed for seven months an Israeli request to' buy S64 mil lion worth of U.S. jet planes and other equipment. Shipment of 18 tanks, how ever, was allowed to Saudi Ara bia last winter. The shipments was first embargoed on orders Irom President Eisenhower but was later cleared for export. White denied that the Israeli government was involved in any attempted smuggling or any ille gal arms maneuvers. Israeli Ambassador Abba Eban. who called at the State Department shortly after the dis closure, said he had not heard of action. But the Israeli Embassy said later that immediately after cus toms agents had ordered the freighter unloaded, orders were issued to the shippers to "com- iPly with the ruling." Red Planes Reported Delivered to Egypt Curry, Schumacher Win dominations; Ike Polls 10,079 District Attorney Walter D. Nunley and County Commis sioner L. G. Morthland both won renomination on the Repub lican ballot in Friday's primary election in Jackson county. These were the two most hotly contested local election races. Nunley defeated his challenger, Medford Attorney George Rode, by a count of 5,871 to 4,728 in complete but unofficial re turns from the county's 94 precincts. Nunley will face the Demo cratic candidate, Thomas J. Reeder, in the general election. Reeder was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Morthland's vote total was 5,816, compared to 4,445 for Melvin J. Lattie, Phoenix, the other candidate for the Republi can nomination for commissioner. Ralph James won the Demo cratic nomination without opposition. In other local races, Allen D. Curry defeated John Tizekker for the Republican nomination for county assessor, 5,076 to 4,071, and Ray Schumacher won the Democratic nomination for the same office from Andrew Hawver, 3,930 to 3,546. Ashland Votes No On Fluoridation Ashland Voters in Ashland TTrirlav rAiprtpH a nrnnosal to add fluoride to the municipal water supply by an unorriciai ana in complete vote count of 1,591 to 971. Voters in Hood River and Bend also trounced proposals to add fluoride to the water SUDDly but Roseburg voters approved it. At Bend, wnere xne dispute led to a state Supreme Court de rision upholding the right of cities to add the chemical to their water supplies, voters turned it down by a 2,047 to 1.010 margin. At Hood River tne proposal lost out 1,076 to 364. Roseburg, Douglas county seat, passed a fluoride measure, 1372 to 891. In McMinnville the issue was ahead in incomplete returns, 853 to 543. But voters in Seaside, Salem, Lebanon and Albany cast ballots against it. Health Service Sets Discussion Session The Jackson . county public health department will discuss public health service in the com munity and progress toward so lution of public health problems at a 1:30 p.m. meeting in the county courthouse auditorium Friday. Health, department officials will describe progress on clean ing up sewage in the area, ex tent of service to children ana what is being done to meet pub lic hpalth service demands re sulting from increased popula tion. Thp Friday session, sponsored by the Jackson County Public Hpalth association, will De open to the public and will be the as- ... ii sociation's final meeting ior me season. . Truman Enjoys Rome; Likes Independence Rome (U.R) Former Presi rtpnt Truman enjoyed the sights of .Rome Saturday but said he would settle for Independence, Mo., as a place to live "for an old man like me." . Mr. Truman was as much a tourist attraction as a tourist on his walk around the ancient colliseum, the Roman forum, the capitoline Hill and the Pan theon. Vatican City (U.R) Pope Pius XII Saturday denounced the practice of artificial insemi nation and the production of test tube babies as unnatural and "an intrinsic eviL" The reports coincided with a top-level review here of Western relations with Egypt in the light of the Middle Eastern nation's surprise recognition of Red China. Officials speculated that Egypt received the plans as suming the reports are true in "payment" for embracing the Chinese Communist regime. Advisers Disturbed President Eisenhower and his advisers are admittedly disturb ed by Egypt's steady progression toward the Red bloc and violent anti-Western statements. There is apprehension that other Arab nations may follow Egypt's lead. This could cause trouble later this year if new moves are made to seat Red China in the United Nations. Some officials fear Egyptian Premier Gamal Abdel Nasser may stumble into Soviet satellite status "if he doesn't slow down." -The state department is "as sembling all the information it can" on current moves by Egypt, particularly its decision to recog nize Red China. Here is evidence that Nasser, who aspires to leadership of the Arab world, may seek arms from any source in order to give him more political-military influence in the area as well as raise a menace to Israel. District Judge Rawles Moore was returned to office. With only a few scattered precincts yet to be heard from, his total was 10, 895 votes. Despite the fact that his opponent, O. H. Bengston, had withdrawn from the race, his name appeared on the ballot, and he received 5,408 votes. Jackson county voters gave President Eisenhower 10,079 votes A total of at least 10,729 GOP voters cast their ballots, or 5.9 percent of the 16,262 registered Stevenson Gets Nod On the Democratic ballot, vot ers gave the nod to Adlai Steven son with their write-in votes for the presidential nomination. Stevenson received 3,657 votes, compared to 1,909 write-ins for Sen. Estes Kefauver. Democratic voters also fol lowed statewide returns in show ing a strong preference for Sen. Wayne L. Morse over his oppon ent, Woodrow Smith of Hood River, a political "unknown." The tally was 6,716 for Morse, 1,220 for Smith.' In all statewide races but two, Jackson county voters cast their Naturalization Class Ceremonies Slated A class of a dozen or .more persons will be naturalized at circuit court ceremonies here next Wednesday, and they will be honored at a public dinner that evening. The group of new citizens has been taking instruction from Mrs. G. Q. D'Albini, who has given this type of instruction here for many years. They will be sworn in as citizens , at 10 a.m. in the circuit court cham bers. The dinner, which will be open to the public, is being spon sored by the American Legion and auxiliary, and will start at 7 p!m. Wednesday, May 23, at the Medford hotel. Attorney Robert Duncan will be the speaker. Those wishing to attend will be welcome, and may secure reservations by telephoning Mrs. Earl Bigalow at 2-6877. Refugee Approached By Embassy Official Washington (U.R) A refu gee Polish sailor charged in test imony made public by Senate in vestigators Saturday that a Pol ish embassay official tried to lure him back behind the Iron Curtain. He said the bait was a letter from his wife in Poland a let ter that, was obviously "dictated by somebody.". . Another refugee Polish sailor told how a mysterious visitor urged him to go home to Poland but left in confusion when he learned the seaman was making good wages in America. Weather FORECAST: Partly cloudy, cooler today and Monday. Hish both days "S to "8. Low tonight 40. Temp. Highest Yesterday 84 Lowest Yesterday Morning 55 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise .... Sunset . .4:45 a.m. 7:31 p.m. Moonset Monday 2:48 a.m. Ruddy Mars rises 1:24 a.m. and it will outshine every star and planet in the sky for the rest of the night. Mars Is now less than 84,000,000 miles from the Earth. ballots in the same way as did a majority of the other voters in the state. The two exceptions were in the race for the Republi can nomination for U.S. senator. where Jackson county went for Phil Hitchcock over Douglas Mc Kay, 5,160 to 4.517, and in the election for the Democratic nom ination for governor, where State Sen. Robert Holmes re ceived 3,356 votes, compared to 4,087 cast for Lew Wallace, de spite the fact that Wallace had withdrawn from the race. Ashland District In the Ashland district, Mrs. Nelle Burns apparently was re turned to her office as justice of the peace. In returns but all from a few scattered precincts, she received 3,957 votes, com pared to 871 for Mrs. Ida George, and 3,725 for L. Peers Wilmeth. Democrats went to the polls in smaller numbers than did Re publicans. Of a total of 13,647 registered Democrats, about 7,- 936 voted, for a percentage of 50.1. The total voter turnout was about 18,665 or 61.2 per cent of the 30,452 ,of whom 543 are classed as "miscellaneous" regis trants. The turnout was undoubtedly lessened somewhat by a violent ley in the late afternoon, c ley in th elate afternoon, ac companied by a heavy downpour of rain. Tabulation of returns was re latively slow this year, presum ably because of the large num ber of candidates for delegates to the national conventions of the two political parties. The compilation of all write-in votes, which conceivably could have an effect on some races, particular ly those where no contests ap peared on the ballots, will not be completed for several days. How Jackson county voters cast their ballots on all races on the county ballots is detailed on Page 8. Ton Turing A Finch Of Salt In Ton Recipe, Dearie
