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Newspaper Page Text1AM Subscribers To report Improper or non-delivery of the Mall Tribune phone 2-6141 before 6:43 pan. daily and 10:30 ajn. Sunday. If regular delivery arrives short ly after you call please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service. Recommended MEDFORD JNE E tones on the recent rire-ama and reforestation in Klamath National Forest aopear on pace 1Z of today's Mall Trlbuno. United Press Full Lused Wir Press Full Leased Wire 51st Year 28 Paget MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 1956 Price' 5e No. 63 TV "Have Fun, Kids" County Candidates File Expenses for Primary Campaigns Fourteen candidates in the Jackson county primary election spent a total of 53.063.43 on campaign expenses this year, ac cording to statements filed by 11 a.m. Saturday in the county clerk's office. Deadline for filing campaign expense statements was Satur day noon.. Some of the candi dates had not filed their ex penses by an hour before the deadline. Greatest campaign expendi tures filed to date were $1,164. 03 by L. G. (Shy) Morthland, Republican . incumbent seeking reelection as county commission er. Unofficial primary .election returns indicated Morthland de feated Melvin J. Lattie, Repub hose' campaign expenses Kn at Ralnn .lames lican totaled $680.93 Democratic candidate for coun-j ty commissioner, reported his campaign expenses at S24.75. In the race for county asses sor, Andrew Hawver, Democrat, made the largest expenditure of $189.64. The unofficial count in dicated he was defeated in the primary by Ray Schumacher, Democrat, who listed his ex penses at $157.75. John Tizekker. Republican candidate for assessor, spent pected to arrive yesterday morn $110.25 on his campaign, while ing. but their plane was delayed. Allen D. Curry, Republican. The arrival of the Russian spent $110.05 on his campaign I clergyment will complete a two- for the assessor 'position. Unof ficial tallies favored Curry for the nomination. Anna R. Scott. Republican ! candidate for treasurer, spent j $43.90, and Karl Janouch. Dem-1 ocratic incumbent treasurer, I spent $20. Nelle Burns, non-partisan ; seeking reelection as justice of the peace for the Ashland dis trict, spent $70.12 on campaign costs. Unofficial returns indicat ed she defeated L. Peers Wil meth. non-partisan candidate for Reds Call Meeting Of Armistice Group Seoul, Korea (U.R The Com munists called Saturday for a meeting of the Armistice com mission Monday afternoon, pre sumably to denounce the Allied decision to oust neutral truce inspectors from the republic. Allied spokesmen in Munsan said the Communists 'stated that among the subjects to be dis cussed will be matters concern ing alleged violations of the armistice agreement by the U.N. Command. The Communist radio has de nounced Thursday's Allied deci sion to oust the neutrals from the Republic of Korea as a viola tion of the 1953 armistice. A Peiping broadcast Saturday assailed the Allied action as an effort to "wreck the armistice agreement and break up the work of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission. ' Beatty Ranch Worker's Body Found in Klamath Klamath Falls (U.R) The body of a Beatty ranch worker who drowned Monday night in .e Sprague river was recovered Friday by Klamath county sher iff deputies. The victim was Robert George, 43. who fell from a bridge about a half mile upstream from where the bod? was recovered. PROPOSAL " LET EVERY" STATt PecrpF roK the same office, who spent S65.19. Rawles Moore, non-partisan incumbent district judge, spent S404.82, Alf Mekvold, non-parti san incumbent school superin tendent, spent $20 and Paul Rynning, Republican incumbent surveyor, listed no campaign ex penses. Pickets Protest Churchmen's Visit New York (UP.) Pickets r e p r e senting Fundamentalist Protestant churches gathered at New York International Airport Saturday to protest the arrival of e'Sht Russian church leaders for a visu sponsored oy tne national Council of Churches of Christ. Waving placards reading "which among you are Secret Police" and "Soviet Russian churchmen are agents of the MVD," some 60 pickets marched in a grassy plot near the termin al entrance hours before the Rus sians' scheduled arrival. The churchmen originally were ex- way visit of U.S. and Soviet Christian leaders which began when nine Americans visited Russia last March under the sponsorship of the National council. The National council has stated that strong Christian faith has nothing to fear from contact with Communism. Bloodmobile Slates June Visit Here The Red Cross Bloodmobile is scheduled to be in Medford Wednesday, June 13, between 1 and 5 p.m.. Red Cross officials announced Saturday. Medford's quota will be 200 pints of blood. Officials said 250 donors will be needed to meet this quota. Appointments for donations will be accepted starting Wed nesday, June 6. at the local Red Cross office, phone 2-4405. A total of 198 pints of blood was donated during the Bloodmo bile's last visit here April 10. This was considerably under the 250-pint quota. Red Cross offic ials pointed out. Molotov Out Suspect He Openly Questioned Policy By DONALD J. GONZALES United Press Correspondent Washington U.PJ Ex Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov was plainly out of step with his new bosses and had to be dumped on the eve of Mar shal Tito's much heralded visit to Moscow. Americans officials said Saturday. Evidence has piled up for months that the 68-year-old Mol otov was on his way out as for eign minister. Some officials here .have suspected that he op enly questioned the new Soviet foreign policy line and was re duced to a figurehead long ago. Therefore experts do not ex pect any major (or dangerous warlike shifts ia Moscow for Yugoslav Marshall Tito Gels Hero's Welcome by Reds First Visit in 10 Years to Moscow Moscow (UP.) Yugoslav Marshal Tito arrived in Moscow Saturday to receive a hero's welcome and a handclasp from V. M. Molotov. Tito declared the fates of Yugoslavia and Russia are "inseparable" now that the "tragic" Stalin era split has been mended. He was met by Molotov, who prefaced the Yugoslavs leaders' 18-day friendship visit by resign ing as foreign minister Friday night. It was Molotov who sign ed Stalin's 1948 declaration ex pelling Tito from the now de funct cominform. Molotov's successor, Pravda Editor Dmitri Shepilov, also was in the top-level welcoming party that greeted Tito as a "dear com rade" on his first visit to the Soviet capital in 10 years. Russians Cheered A throng of Russians cheered. A brass band blared, and a Red Army honor guard stood at stiff attention as the Yuogslav presi dent, resplendent in his mar shal's uniform, descended from his special train at the Kiev sta tion. Tito warmly shook hands with the Soviet leaders. He then set out to put the final seal on the healing of the seven-year-split with Russia which began when Tito refused to accept Stalin's dictation on Yugoslav internal affairs. Shortly after his arrival, Tito paid a call on Supreme Soviet President Klimenti Voroshilov. He was accompanied by Yugo slav Vice-President Edward Kar delj and Foreign Minister Koca Popovic. The Yugoslav leaders met for about 30 minutes with Voroshil ov and a Soviet delegation that included new Foreign Minister Shepiloy. - Five States to Name Delegates Washington (U.R) Demo crats in five states 'will name delegates with 192 National Presidential convention votes next week but the single, crucial contest will come in Californai. A sixth state. Montana, will hold presidential primaries with convention delegates to be chos en later, and Iowa voters will nominate candidates for a senate seat. Tuesday marks the windup of the 1956 presidential primaries with varying types of voting in California, New York, South Dakota and Montana. For the Democrats, the Cali fornai vote will be the last and most important of the primary contests between Adlai E. Ste venson and Estes Ksfauver. Six ty - eight national convention votes will be at stake. MHS Baccalaureate Will Be Tonight Baccalaureate services for graduating seniors at Medford High school will be held at 8 p.m. today in the high school auditorium. The Rev. Thomas McCamant of the Congregational church will offer the invocation and benediction, and the Rev. Ray mond W. Hum, of the Church of the Nazarene, will deliver the sermon. Participating in services will be the high school choir under the direction of Allan Lehl. The high school orchestra wil pro vide music for the processional and recessional. John Drysdale directs the orchestra. of Step With New Bosses; eign policy now that Dmitri Shepilov, an ace Communist propogandist has succeeded Mol otov as foreign minister. Foreign policy for the past year or so clearly has been the work of Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulganin and Soviet party boss Nikita Khrushchev. Diplomats said the Moscow visit of Yugoslavia's Tito meant the end for Molotov. Molotov was instrumental in Moscow's 1948 "disowning" of Tito,: the only top Iron Curtain Commun ist who had challenged Kremlin authority. And almost abject ef forts to remedy the Moscow Belgrade breach were highlights of the Khruehshev-Bulganin foreign policy la Its eerljr dej- Co n Two Youths Drown When Idaho Dam Breaks Near Howe Two Men Saved From Flooded Camp Site By UNITED PRESS Two 13-year-old boys became Idaho's first 1956 flood fatalities Friday when .the Little Lost river burst through the Dry Creek dam 50 miles northwest of Howe and poured down on the spot where the boys were camping. The boys were identified as George and Gerald Whitworth, cousins. Two men who had been camping with the boys escaped death, but the water which poured through the broken dam killed some livestock and flood ed about 2,000 acres of pasture land. Idaho military and Civil De fense leaders described the up per Snake river flood situation as "under control but still crit ical" after completing an aerial inspection of the area Friday. The Kootenai river in northern Idaho kept rolling along at a level four feet above flood level and continues to threaten the town of Bonners Ferry. Continues to Rise The Snake already had inun dated or isolated more than 2, 000 acres of farm land in the Heise-Roberts area and was rising to higher flood ' levels steadily. In north Idaho, waters from the Kootenai stood, on more than IS. 000 acres of lands which at one time had been protected by;. dikes. Levees which . had been breached in the Nystrom area north of Bonners Ferry Tuesday gave way some more Friday, and flood waters poured uncontrolled over 950 acres of land behind the broken dike. The Kootenai was expected to hold its same 35.4 foot level on the Bonners Ferry gauge through Sunday and then start dropping slightly by Monday. Foreign Ministers Set U. S. Visits Washington (U.P.) Presi dent Eisenhower and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles are heading into a gruelling round of international meetings which have assumed new importance in the wake of the change of for eign . policy leadership in Mos cow. Within the next five weeks, Washington will be host to In- diam Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, German Chancellor Kon- rad Adenauer, French Foreign Minister Christian Pincau, and Canadian Foreign Minister Les ter B. Pearson. Alt of them have visited Moscow wi;hin the last year. During the forthcoming high- level diplomatic conferences, President Eisenhower and Dulles are sure to be put under heavy pressure by their visitors to agree to new Big Four meetings with Russia to test Soviet policy, on Germany and other key issues, now that Molotov has been dumped. The White House declined comment on the Kremlin switch. The State Department had no official comment, pending Dulles' return. But diplomatic experts privately forecast no radical change in Soviet foreign policy. This is a fine present for Tito," one high ranking diplo mat said. When the top Russian leaders made their apologetic trek to Belgrade a year ago, Molotov stayed home and Pravda Editor Shepilov went along. A few weeks later, Shepilov suddenly appeared in Egypt as chief of a ceremonial mission. The Cairo visit came at the time of the historic Egyptian-Soviet bloc talk on arms. When the agreement for sale of Red jet planes and other mod ern equipment was signed, many Western diplomats believ ed Shepilov had played a key behind the scene role in the deal. Decentralization Announced by Reds London (U.R) The Soviet Union has abolished is Central Ministry of Justice and reorgan- Sports Bulletins Portland Medford High school was trail ing, 4-0, in the first half ' of the second inning in the Oregon state class A-l championship base ball game with Lincoln High school of Portland in Multnomah stadium here last night. The game was delay ed until about 10:45 p.m. when the Seaside Vale game went 12 inn ings. Portland Vale High school won the -stat A-2 champion ship last night in Multnomah stadium downing Seaside 5-3, in 12 innings. The score vat tied at the end of seven inn ings. 3-3. In the 12th Vale loaded lhs bases and forced a ' run in on a walk and an error. Glide won the state' B championship, defeating Sisters 2-1. Sacramento ;U.3) Rene Valdes won his eighth game ' of the Pacific Coast League season last night as ha pitched the Portland Beavers to a 4-3 victory over Sacramento. District 49 Voters Approve56-57 Budget Medford school district voters Friday passed the 1956-57 school budget by a count of 601 to 150 probably the largest budget election . turnout in school history, district officials reported Saturday. The overwhelming approval was given a budget which call ed for about 5200,000 more for the coming year than last year. The spending proposal totals $1,992,437.11. The increase was made nec essary by an increased number of students, more buildings to operate, higher salaries for tea chers, and other increased op erating costs. This is the last year the Medford school district will operate Medford schools only. Kenwood, Dewey, West Side and Oak Grove school dis tricts become an operating part of the Medford district July 1, and the following year will be come a part of the district for budgeting purposes as well. County to Maintain Roadside Park at RR The Jackson county court Fri day afternoon agreed to main tain a roadside park, which the state game commission plans to establish soon on the western outskirts of Rogue River. The park, which will have a boat landing and accommoda tions for fishermen and picnick ers, will ge established at the west end of the Rogue River bridge on a site formerly used as a trailer camp. County commissioners said the game commission will begin clearing the area as soon as pos sible. The court will erect picnic tables and benches at the park later. Water Withdrawn From MIT Ditches . Water has been withdrawn from the Medford Irrigation dis trict's eastside ditches at least until Monday or Tuesday, ac cording to Jack Hoffbuhr, dis trict manager. The action was made neces sary by recurring flash floods re sulting from thundershowers last week, he said. One such flash flood on May 18 washed out a flume and a section of canal, and repairs only recently were completed. The danger of similar wash-outs resulted in withholding the water. No irrigation water users are in need of water over the week end because ft the rains which caused the flash floods, Hoff buhr explained. ized its economic agencies in a sweeping decentralization o f government ; functions, Moscow Radio reported today. The broadcast said the move was made in accordance with policy decreed by the recent 20th Communist Party Congress. It takes administrative func tions out of the hands of the Central Government and places them with the governments of the various antonomous Soviet Republics. Ministry Abolished The Ministry of Justice was abolished to end "unnecessary centralization in governing the operation of the legal institutions and authorities of justice in the Union Republics," the announce ment said. The functions of the USSR Ministry of Justice will now be carried , out by the separate states, according to Radio Mos cow, "thus increasing the role of the Union Republics in this matter." Previously, all courts were centered in Moscow. - The Central Justice agencies and the smaller courts in the republic recently have been criticized by Communist party leaders for certain "illegalities" during the reign of the late Premier Josef Stalin. Campaign Launched A sweeping campaign was launched to right the legal wrongs of the Stalin-era courts, including the release of political prisoners. Soviet leaders also have an nounced their intention of clar ifying certain laws to tighten the operations of the Justice agencies and "protect the rights of Soviet citizens." The announcement said legal commission has been set up under the USSR Council of Ministers to codify and system atize Soviet laws. The broadcast also revealed decentralization of the govern ment's economic functions. Central agencies for many light industries and trades, for procurement and for retail trade have been disbanded and their duties transferred to their coun terparts in the various republics. the announcement said. The decentralization was de signed to increase efficiency of management and to give the re publics' a greater voice in the administration of socialized func tions, according to the broad cast. Gilbertson Wins Rose Show Sweepstakes Two Medford rose growers who won top honors at the first annual show of Medford Rose society last year repeated on this year's show yesterday in the cafeteria of Medford High school. Roy- Gilbertson, 315 Vancou ver ave., won the sweepstakes award for his entry of Rubayiat. Miss Florence Bain, 848 West McAndrews rd., was runner-up with an entry of McGready's ivory. Last year Miss Bain was sweepstakes winner, and. Gilbert son was runner-up. Judges were Mrs .H. O. Smith, Cave Junction, former president of the Oregon Federation of Gar den clubs and a former officer of the National Federation of Gar den clubs; Ernest Vehrs, Grants Pass, member of the American Rose society, and Mrs. L. G. Gentner, Medford, authority on primrose and chrysanthemums as well as roses. A complete list of price and ribbon winners will be announced Monday. Weather FORECAST: Fair through Mob dav, continued warm. High to day 2. Low tonight 52. High Monday 85. Temp. Hirhest yesterday , Loweit yesterday - 4 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise .,...,. 4 '-36 a.m. Sunset 7:54 p.m. Moonriie Monday 1:32 a.m. PROMINENT STARS A re torus, hirh in south 9:34 p.m. Vega, high overhead at moonriie. VISIBLE PLANETS Venn, sets :lt pjn. Jupiter, in the west J:04 p.m. Saturn, due outh 11:07 p.m.. Mart, rltet 12:50 am miss to ANDREW HAWVER Submits Resignation Hawver Submits Resignation From Assessor's Office Andrew Hawver, chief ap praiser in the personal property department of the Jackson coun ty assessor's office, announced Saturday that he has submitted his resignation effective June 15. He has served in various cap acities in the assessors office since 1949 and sought the Dem ocratic nomination for county assessor in the recent primary election. He was defeated by Ray J. Schumacher. Hawver ran for the same office in the 1952 election and was defeated by the late Robert G. Fowler. Plans Indefinite He was in business for him self before serving in the Navy in World War II and attended colleges in West Virginia, Ken tucky and North Carolina. Hawver, who lives at route 1. box 116, Talent, said his future plans 'are indefinite. He indi cated he is tentatively consider ing another position. He and his family will continue to live in Talent. Hawver is currently on vaca tion from his duties at the asses sor's office. Lorenz Files Suit Against Steel Firm W. C. Lorenz, president of the Lorenz company, Klamath Falls, has filed a complaint in circuit court here on behalf of his firm against Laughlin Alloy Steel Co., Inc., 128 E. Main tt, Medford. In the complaint, the Lorenz company asks that the Laughlin Alloy Steel Co., Inc., be requir ed to pay $4,376.17 balance on a delinquent bill for merchan dise purchased from the Lorenz company between July 13, 1955 and October 6, 1955. The Lorenz company also asks interest at rates of 6 per cent per annum from Oct. 6, 1955 until the bill is paid. Represent ing the Klamath Falls company is McAllister, Duncan and Bro- phy, Medford law firm. McMinnville Girl Drowns in Pool McMinnville (U.R) A fnnr. year-old girl drowned in th backyard swimming pool at her home here Friday afternoon. Colleen Skellev HauoMoi- ( Dr. and Mrs. Leo C. Skelley, ap parently wandered out of the house about 3:30 p.m. and was found about a half hour later by four high school bov who came to swim in the pool. Bear Creek Siphon Bids to Be Received Until July 10 Bids will be received until 10 a.m. July 10 for construction on the Bear Creek siphon, part of the Medford canal rehabili tation project in the Medford Irrigation district, according to J. A. Callan, project construc tion engineer for the bureau of reclamation. Bids were invited Tuesday for construction of the Deadwood tunnel on the Talent project, with bid opening set for 10 a.m. July 10. Bid opening will be in the bureau of reclamation office here. The siphon project will in clude earthwork for construction of a 48-inch diameter concrete pipe siphon approximately 1,860 feet in length, including iaiet ins Additional Foot of Water Forecast; No Crest Predicted ' Families Leave Home; Farm Land Flooded Portland ttl.B Forecast ers Saturday said Portland and Vancouver, Wash., will get a foot more water today than was originally expected as the Co lumbia continued its upward climb. By midweek the river is ex pected to level off but weather bureau officials weren't predict ing any crest. They indicated; however, that the 27 feet at Vancouver, forecast for Tues day, was not increased to any great extent in the latest out look. Thousands of acres of farm lands are already under water on the lower reaches of the Co lumbia as the water continues to inch toward the tops of pro tective dikes. Leave Homes Some 128 families living be tween Longview, Wash., and Camas, Wash., have left their homes and officials say that sev eral others will be forced out within the next two days. In the Rainier diking district. about 75 families had been forc ed to evacuate and were remov ing household belongings and livestock from the area. The Snake, Kootenai and oth er streams feeding the Colum bia, were reported to be rising Saturday, indicating that the river will continue to rise for several days in its lower reach es. The Columbia at Vancouver, Wash., Saturday measured at 25.6 feet, 10.6 feet over flood stage, and forecasters said that an additional rise of two feet could be expected within the next five days. Dike Holding Dikes in critical areas around Rainier, Ore., and Kalama, Wash., were reported to be hold ing, although a 50-man crew of sand baggers continued to work on low spots in the Kalama dike and the Red Cross said that more volunteer help was need ed at Rainier. Elmer Fisher, river forecast er, said that a slight drop from the high of 27 feet at Vancouv er forecast for Tuesday, should follow the current rise but said that the Tuesday prediction did not mean that would be the high point for the year. He said that various factors could change the picture from day to day and that no crest has been predicted. . . Yesterday afternoon a dike at Prescott, Ore., a few miles east of Rainier, was topped by the Columbia, and the only road leading into the community of 125 to 150 persons was flooded. Only means of access residents of the community have now is by boat. . Seattle Man Killed In Grants Pass Crash Grants Pass (U.R) Jack Stout, 34-year-old Seattle air plane mechanic, was killed Fri day when the light plane he was piloting crashed in a field near here. Stout's nephew. 11-year-old Tom Taylor of Bremerton suffer ed serious head injuries when the plane crashed in the field of Ervin H. Horst. Houston, Tex. (U.R) Jesse Holman Jones, a Tennessee farm boy who built a $100 million fortune in Texas and served as cabinet member and adviser to presidents, died Friday night at the age of 82. and outlet transition structures; dismantling and removing the existing siphon and structures: and removing and disposal of approximately 600 linear feet of existing eight-inch diameter drain and replacement with 12 inch diameter drain. Alternate bids will be taken for concrete pressure pipe and concrete-cylinder pipe. A separ ate schedule involves furnishing and installing a cableway and car. Completion time is 210 days. The siphon is located near Phoenix and the Deadwood tun nel in the Green Springs area. Specifications for the siphon will be available about May 31, ad few fcsSBfll about June 1.