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Subscribers Recommended To report improper or non-acHr-ery of the Mail Tribune phone 2-8141 before 6:43 p.m. dally and 10:30 a.m. Sunday. If regular delivery arrive short ly after you call please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service. IViEDFORB A story en the recent natural ization clan for new citizens appran on pare i4 of today'! Mall T rib ant. United Press full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 51st Year 32 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 27, 1956 Price 5c No. 57 m Russian Twin-Jef Airliner Displayed , At International Reds Praise Britain's New Hunter Mark VI Zurich, Switzerland (U.R) Russia's new TU-104 twin-jet civilian airliner stole the thun der from the latest American and British jet fighters Saturday at the International Air Show at Kloten airport. Russians at the show were high in their praise for Britain's gleaming Hawker Hunter jet fighter. And they peered closely at the new U.S. Air Force F-100 Supersabre, descendant of the planes that downed Russian made MIGS in the Korean war. Russian Airliner But the crowds went for the Russian airliner which wag first revealed to the west at London last month. The onlookers even Ignored a display of American guided missiles to gape at the gleaming silver plane which made a brief flight over the field. The Rus sians were kept busy passing out leaflets giving details of the plane and its capacity. Russia killed off chances of an aerial match between their latest MIG-17 jets and the Super sabre, much to the disgust of the American pilots present. A Soviet official said MIGS defin itely will not take part in the flying display which will be fea tured at the show today. The Russians themselves eemed most interested in the Hawker Hunter Mark VI, never shown publicly before and re ported to be one of the fastest jets in the world. The British kept it in an isolated hangar under guard. Salem Man's Body Found in Rogue Gold Beach U.P.) Search ers Saturday afternoon recover ed the body of Philip Johnson, about 45, Salem restaurant own er, from the waters of tne Rogue river. The body was discovered by Sam Tatum and Richard F. Chambers, both of Salsm. They sighted the body in an eddy of the river about 10 miles up stream 'from the community of' Agness. Dean Johnson, McMinnville, piloting a helicopter landed near the river and searchers removed the body to Agness. Johnson drowned Wednesday when the boat in which he and two companions were fishing, upset in the swift current of the river. The trio made it safely to shore but Johnson was carried away by the current when he at tempted to swim back to the boat which had grounded on a sand bar. British Accept Red Invitation to Moscow London U.P.) British Air Minister Nigel Birch has accept ed a Soviet invitation to attend an Air Force day celebration in Moscow next month, it was re ported last night. The Air Ministry said Birch will be accompanied by "a group of high-ranking Royal Air Force officers," but they were not identified. A similar invitation to attend the Air Force Day show in Mos cow also has been sent the Unit ed States government, but Wash ington has not yet replied. The only western officers to have seen previous Soviet air displays haev been the air attaches at foreign embassies in Moscow. Published Captured German Documents Between 'Well Washington (U.R) The State Department Saturday published captured German documents which said a "well-known Re publican congressman" worked in "close collaboration" with Nazi propagandists in 1940 in an effort to build up isolationist influence at the GOP president ial nominating convention. The long-secret documents re ferred also to a need for funds S3.000 in one case and 30.000 to S40.000 in another to help finarce the unnamed congress man's activities. But they did not directly allege the German Em bassy actually supplied any money. One messaee from the German Embassy in Washington SAM HERSH Appointed Chairman Sam Hersh Named Chairman of UMC Campaign Next Fall Sam Hersh, general manager and director of the Big Y, has been named campaign chairman for the United Medford Crusade next fall, the board of directors has announced. William Prentice, president of the board, said Hersh was the most outstanding candidate con sidered by the committee for the chairmanship. Plans have been made for the first meeting the third week of June at the Rogue Valley Country club for campaign leaders. Prentice said agency budgets are now being prepared for sub mission by June 15. The UMC budget committee plans to com plete budget reviews early in July. Members of the commit tee are Ray Sorenson, chairman, T. K. Oliver, Edward Branch field, John Dellenback, David Holmes Jr., Tom G. Polk, and Robert J. Cunningham. Hersh was born in Oakland, Calif. 7 and graduated from Ala meda High school. He attended Hasting Law school in San Fran cisco. Prior to entering the gro cery business, he was employed by the Bank of Italy. He came to Ashland in 1948 as"manager of the Frideger Gro cery company, and in 1952 be came president and majority stockholder in the company. In February this year, he sold his interest in the Frideger comp any and joined the Big Y Super Markets, Inc. Hersh, his wife, and children live in Ashland temporarily. A daughter, Valerie4 is a junior at the University of Oregon. Grants Pass Man To Be Shipped to Iowa The body of John Gerald Grove, of 344 SW H st., Grants Pass, who was killed in a log ging accident Friday afternoon, will be forwarded to Red Oak, Iowa, his home town, for fu neral services and interment. Grove, an employee of J. H. Baxter and company of Grants Pass, died almost instantly when he was struck in the back by a log on the Persist ranch about 44 miles north of Medford near Elk Creek. - County Coroner Carlos Mor ris said he was standing on a pile of logs, loading poles on a self-loading truck when one of the logs started to roll. He jump ed to the ground and made an unsuccessful attempt to outrun it, Morris said. Th,e log was about 55 feet long and 14 inch es in diameter. Grove was a veteran of World War II. Conger-Morris Funeral home is in charge of local ar rangements. - Knwon Congressman Propagandists Nazi Foreign Ministry in Berlin referred to the Republican con gressman as sponsor of a "keep America out of war" newspaper advertisement. A footnote by state department historians said that "such an advertisement ap peared in the New York Times for June 25, 1940." The advertisement appeared over the signature of a "keep out of war" committee headed by Hamilton Fish, then a Re publican congressman from New York and a leader on the isola tionist movement. Fish, now living in retire ment here, said he recalled the advertisement, but he emphat ically denied he ever "collab orated" with German Embassy propaganda official. He said he Algerians Attack Oasis Village; 12 Europeans Killed Victims Include Road Maintenance Foreman Algiers, Algeria (U.R) Al gerian rebels, wielding knives, masascred 12 Europeans, in cluding one woman, in a sur prise attack on an oasis village on the edge of the Sahara des ert in eastern Algeria, French authorities said Saturday. Officials said a band of reb els swooped down on the de fenseless village of Oumache Friday night in what appeared to be a well-organized attack. They slit the throats of the 12 Europeans, most of them from metroploitan France.' The vic tims included the French fore man of a road building and maintenance crew, and his wife. Children Spared The couple's two children were spared, the officials said. The rebels also permitted 30 Moslem workers to flee unharmed. The Rebel attack on the sleep ing palm tree desert village was the worst against Europeans since a 17-man French army pa trol was wiped out in a Rebel ambush eight days ago. All the victims of Friday nights' raid were members of a road construction crew housed at Oumache, 12 miles south of Biskra and 200 miles south of Algiers. Rebels slit the throat of a French settler Friday "on a lone ly road outside of Batna, 66 miles south of Constantine. Elsewhere in Algeria, the bod ies of seven Moslem victims of similar assassinations were re covered. In Batna Saturday two per sons were seriously wounded when a bomb was hurled into the entrance of a synagogue crowded with worshippers. The alleged bomb-tosser was arrest ed. Bulgaria's Bid for Relations Rebuffed Washington (U.R) The United States has rebuffed Communist Bulgaria's bid to reestablish diplomatic relations angrily broken off in 1954, it was disclosed Saturday. ' Administration officials said American diplomats in Paris recently informed Bulgarian diplomats that this nation does not even want to talk about re suming relations. The Bulgar ians were told, it was added, "that this government is not prepared to continue even in formal talks on the matter." The rebuff followed "several Bulgarian approaches" in Par is, at United Nations headquar ters in New York, and at other places. The first approaches were made last February. The United States recalled its diplomatic staff from Sofia and ousted Bulgarian diplomats here on Feb. 20, 1950. Hearings Conclude by Equalization Board The Jackson county board of equalization Friday concluded hearings on petitions for cor rection of property assessments. The board will give further consideration to the petitions in daily sessions that are expected to continue for at least two weeks. San Francicso (U.R) Secre tary of Labor James P. Mitchell will fly here Monday to make the principal address at a $100-a-plate Republican prepardeness dinner. never received "one cent" of financial support from "German sources." Fish, a veteran of World War I, said he has no regrets and no apologies for having done his utmost to get the 1940 Re publican National Convention to adopt a "keep out of war" platform. The inside story of the Ger man Embassy's carefully-concealed efforts to sway American public opinion toward isolation ism during 1940 was told in a 729-page book captured by state department historians from 534 secret messages and papers. The document's were captur ed in the German foreign office at the end of World War REPAIR FLOOD DAMAGE Repair work on Rogue River Valley Irrigation district's Bear Creek diversion weir is about 35 per cent com plete, according to Harold Sexton, manager. The weir was extensively damaged in floods and high water last winter. Sexton said service is expected to be restored about June 10. A Kootenai Expected to At High Level; Dikes By UNITED PRESS The Kootenai river was flow ing inches from the tops of pro tective dikes at Bonnery Ferry, Idaho, Saturday and was expec ted to-remain at a dangerously high level until sometime next week. However, dikes protecting the town held throughout Friday night and flood fighters said they were "holding our own" in the battle against the swollen river. Nearly 16,000 acres of low lying farmland has been inun dated by the Kootenai and had forced some 400 persons to ev acuate homes. The river continued through out Friday night at a level of 36.15 feet flood stage is 31 feet a decline of about five inches from its record high. But Army engineers were not sure whether the Kootenai had al ready crested or whether that peak had yet to come, . ,l Predicts High Level The U. S. weather bureau pre dicted the river level would con tinue near the 37 foot mark, then fall to 34 feet by Monday. However, Gilbert Bean, techni cal liaison officer for the Army engineers, said the river showed no marked sign of receding. Bonners Ferry, a community of 2,000 residents, was not be lieved in imminent danger as dikes have been bolstered with sandbags to withstand a flood stage higher than 37 feet. But some 1,000 weary soldier and civilian flood workers were having their hands full plug ging up boils that were attempt ing to undermine the dikes and pour water into the city. The river receded early Fri day as it spread through newly breached dikes, but the level rose again shortly after noon toward the record mark as high temperatures melted mountain snowpacks. Revises Prediction Portland (U.R) The weath er bureau Saturday revised Oregon Caves Goes on Summer Schedule Today The Oreson Caves National monument went on its summer schedule this week end, accord in? to Tom Williams.' superin tendent of the monument and Crater Lake National .park. The lodge at the Caves, which has been open so far this season only for daytime guests, began accommodating overnight vis itors, he said. The road from the junction with the "Redwood Hiehwav at Cave Junction is in good shape, Williams said, and the Caves area : has been cleaned up for the summer sea son. Relate Work They covered the period from March 19, 1940, to June 22, 1940, and included communica tions between Hitler and Mus solini on the progress of the war. Most sensational disclosures, however, were in a series of "most urgent-top secrets" mes sages from Hans Thomsen, charge d'affaires of the German Embassy in Washington, to the Nazi foreign office in Berlin. In these, Thomsen related in candid detail his efforts to use various American politicians and public opinion media to serve the ends of German foreign pol icy which, at that time, was concentrating on keeping the United States out of the wax. slightly downward its predicted flood crest for the Columbia riv er. A crest near the 24-foot level was predicted sometime between now and Thursday at Vancouv er, Wash. 1 '"'. The Columbia at 8:30 a.m. to day was 23.2 feet at Vancouver, Pa rade High I ig his, Shriners Activities In Ceremonial Here A throng of parade - lovers lined downtown streets Saturday afternoon to watch several hun dred Shiners from Pacific coast temples parade as part of Hillah Temple's annual spring ' cere monial festivities.; : :. Fresno Man Fatally Injured in Dorris Klamath Falls,' Ore. (UP.) One man was injured fatally and two others suffered hurts in a two-car collision about midnight Friday near Dorris, Calif., about 20 miles sovth of here. John Harris, 57, a Southern Pacific railroad section hand from Fresno, Calif., was pro nounced ' dead on arrival ai Klamath Valley hospital here. Two passengers in the Harris, Emerson Wells, about 40, of Sacramento, Calif., and James Mason, about 25, of Stockton, Calif., were injured. Hospital attendants described Wells in juries as critical, Mason suffered facial cuts. Both are SP section ganag workers. Dorris Assistant Police Chief Clarence M. Houston said the Harris car was ' northbound when it collided with a pickup truck and house trailer on a curve near the Dorris city limits. Driver of the truck, Douglas Walton, 25, Yakima, Wash., was not hurt. Land Withdrawn for Klamath Reclamation Washington (U.R) The in terior department has with drawn 2,069 acres of public do main land in northern Califor nia for possible use for addi tional construction of the- Kla math Reclamation project. Reclamation Com missioner W. A. Dexheimer said Saturday the land may be used in con struction of the Butte Valley Ir rigation project. Studies for the Butte proj ect have not been completed. Present plan calls for irrigation of about 70,000 acres by import ing water from the Klamath river. Weather Forecast: Mostly cloudy Sunday becoming fair Monday. Scatter ed showers today. High today iS, ' low tonight 40. Temperature Hirhest yesterday z Lowest yesterday morning 47 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise : 4:40 a.m. ' Sunset ?;38 p.m. Moonrise . 10:13 p.m. MORNING STAB Mars rises 1:08 a.m.. and is now moving into the .con stellation, Aquarius. In the next few months Mars will grow steadily and spectacularly brighter. cantlever dam is being constructed to replace the section damaged. Sexton said it is designed so the type construction may be used in replac ing present sections in the future, and that pro visions are being made so the base of the dam can be lowered as the creek bed is lowered . through erosion. (Brainerd's Photo). Remain Holding 8.2 feet over the flood stage. A slow rise was predicted. Oregon was in the path Sat urday of a slow-moving storm front which brought - light rain to some areas. Some thunder storms were expected in eastern sections. . Overhanging clouds and a brief shower' before the parade failed to discourage onlookers, who stood shivvering on the side walks and crowded into the street. ' '.-Uniformed Hillah and Ben Ali marching units, drum and bugle corps, oriental bands, horse rid ers, floats, vehicle units and cos tumed comic characters of scooter-riding Ben Ali Shriners who performed numerous riding an tics with sirens screaming. Parade Eye-Catchers Among ' other parade " eye catchers were the "rope gang" of Hillah initiates and " a dual direction red car with white polka dots and two front ends. A large portion of the parade consisted of Sacramento, Calif., Hillah . temple participants. Among others represented were Portland, Klamath Falls,. Cottage Grove and RoseBurg clubs. ' Theme of the Jackson county Shrine club float was the Shrine hospital. Aboard 'the float were a bed-ridden child, a doctor and ,two football players. . Shrine dignitaries riding in cars led the parade. Also in the parade were past potentates, wrecking crews, tem ple guards, patrolmen and chant ers of the various participating temples. . Following the parade a pag eant and flag ceremonials were held at Medford Senior. High school. A reception ,- was held later for Hillah Temple's divan, Ben Ali guests, rajahs1 and other dignitaries. Ceremonial activities contin ued through the evening. Ben Ali temple's special train will leave at 10 a.m. today for Sacramento.-- - -. . -. "Hello Mr. fldlai.EstesLnlead ForShoudoimin Florida Primary By UNITED PRESS Adlai E. Stevenson and Sen. Estei Kefauver headed toward a. showdown Saturday in their hard-fought battle for Florida's 28 Democratic presidential votes. Florida Democrats will choose between the two hopefuls Tues day in the next to last presi dential primary before the na tional convention in August. The outcome could be crucial to either candidate. The Florida primary will top Memorial Day Plans Announced; Stores, Offices Will Close Most retail stores, city, county, state and federal offices will be closed Wednesday, May 30, in observance of Memorial Day. Plans have been completed for Memorial Day services and pa rade, according to M. A. Beneka, parade chairman. The parade will start at 10 a.m., at the library park and wil go east on Main st. to Bear creek bridge, where; brief ceremonies are planned, then to Hawthorne park. Bridge Ceremonies Bridge ceremonies will honor veterans who lost their lives while serving on the seas. The invocation will be given by the Rev. Raymond W. Hum, pastor of the First Church of the Naz arene. Flowers will be strewn on the water by members of auxiliaries of veteran s orgamza tions, and a salute will be fired by a National Guarsquad. Russ Jamison will be master of ceremonies at Hawthorne park, T where the flag will.be raised by Boy Scouts. Auxiliaries of veteran's organ izations will participate, and Medford High school band will play The Star Spangled Banner. Lincoln's Gettysburg address will be given by David Frohn mayer, Medford High school sen ior, and General Logan's Memo rial day order will be presented by a member of Daughters of Union Veterans. Principal speak er will be Tom Scanlon of Port land,, veterans research and edu cation director.. The Mail Tribune will pub lish a noon edition rather than an evening edition Wednesday. Sports Bulletins Portland U.R) Port land slammed out four home runs and 15 hits here last night to down San Diego 7-5 in the second game of their Pacific Coast league series. Vancouver, B. C. '(U.R) Sacramento Solons scored two runs in the 10th inning, then staved off a promising Van couver rally to defeat the Mounties 4-2 last night. San Diego (U.R) The aircraft carrier USS Lexington leaves here Monday for a tour of duty in the western Pacific. Hammarskjold? a week of heavy political active ity. Pn Monday the Missouri democratic convention is expect ed to endorse Sen. Stuart Sym ington (D-Mo.) as a favorite son candidate and on Tuesday Ken tucky Democrats will decide a bitter senatorial scrap. North Carolina Democrats vot ed Saturday to nominate a sen ator, a governor and six mem bers of the house of representa tives. Interest centered on three of the House races where in cumbent congressmen who re fused ' to sign the "Southern Manifesto" against the Supreme Court s anti-segregation ruling faced stiff opposition. The three are Reps. Harold D. Cooley, chairman of the House Agriculture committee, Thur mond D. Chatham and Charles B. Deane. Gov. Luther H. Hodges and Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr. were expected to win renomination with little difficulty. In Milwaukee, the Wisconsin Republican convention met Saturday to give the party's of ficial blessings to a senatorial candidate for the seat now held by Sen. Alexander Wiley. Wiley, who has been at odds with state party leadership, was seeking endorsement for a fourth term. But he was opposed by four challengers. Convention en dorsement carries with it the party's financial support in the September primary. Kentucky's Primary In Kentucky's Democratic pri mary Tuesday, Sen. Earle C. Cle ments is opposed for renomina tion by former Rep. Joe Bates in a fight that has split party ranks. Bates has the backing of Gov. A. B. (Kappy) Chandler. The primary winner will face formidable GOP opposition in November. Republicans will also choose their candidate in Tues day's primary from a field that includes former Rep. Thurston B. Morton.' He resigned as an assistant secretary of state to make the race. - In presidential politics, the ex pected endorsement of Syming ton as a favorite son by Missouri Democrats Monday will boost his stock as a "dark horse" con tender. No opposition was seen to the move to endorse Symington. The action will give him Missouri's 38 convention votes. Official Tabulation Of School Votes Made Official tabulation of votes in last Monday's Jackson county rural school district budget el ection showed 590 in favor of the proposed $1,786,719.92 bud get and 281 opposed. The unofficial count indicat ed 589 were in favor and 281 opposed. Superintendent Alt Mekvold said one vote was or iginally discounted in the West Side district because the ballot had not been marked in accord ance with regulations. The vote was later declared valid, he said, since the voter's intent was clearly indicated. Results of the Pinehurst area election were declared null and void, Mekvold stated, because the election was held in that district on Tuesday, rather than Monday, the date advertised for the election. All 11 votes cast in that area were in favor of the budget. The budget is for operation of schools in the district in the 1956-57 school year. Memorial Hospital To Receive Funds A check for $13,150 has been mailed to Rogue Valley Memo rial hospital by the Ford Foun dation under the Foundation's $200 million program to help hospitals improve and expand services. The payment represents half the total payment. The remain der will be forwarded to more than 3,500 participating hospi tals in March, 1957. Funds from the Foundation for Rogue Valley Memorial hos pital will go into the construc tion fund. Construction of the hospital at the corner of Murphy and Barnett rds. is expected to start later this summer. Cost of the hospital will be about $2, 000,000. Earlier this year. Sacred Heart hospital received part of its pay ment from tb Ford Foundation.
