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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.--
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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.