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Newspaper Page Textke for St iberafion si Germany French Passenger Tr Fatal To 10: 44 Hoj 8 Cars Derailed As Train Speeds Through Station Number of Americans On Board Unknown Fismes, France (U.R) Eight cars of the Paris-Luxembourg express with American tourists aboard jumped the tracks and crashed with a thundering roar into a bridge in the heart of France's famed champagne coun try today. In the confusion of the twisted wreckage, cries' of the injured and wails of ambulance sirens, officials had trouble counting the casualties. 10 Said Killed Fismes town officials said 10 persons were killed and 44 hos pitalized, 38 with grave in juries. Many others were given first aid at the scene. Railway officials reported nine dead, 38 seriously injured and 80 slightly injured. For hours after the wreck, it was not known if any Ameri cans were among the dead or in jured. The wreck occurred when the train was speeding through the Fismes station at 65 miles an hour headed for its first stop at the cathedral city of Rheims, capital of France's champagne district and 16 miles to the northeast. Americans Aboard Several' Americans were re ported aboard the train with the crowd of tourists setting out from Paris for the June holi days. "I saw several American couples off at the station this morning," American express in terpreter Jack Heutzagcr said in Paris. "I don't know where they were going but most Americans go on through to Luxembourg." Details of the crash were slow reaching Fiames because the careening coaches ripped down all telephone lines along the Paris-Luxembourg main line. Railroad officials in Paris said a broken coupling between the fourth and fifth cars caused the derailment. The locomotive and first four coaches went on while the next 10 coaches were de railed. Bloodmobile Falls Short of Quota Here Residents of Medford again fell short of the quota for the Wednesday visit of the Blood mobile, the Red Cross an nounced today. A total of 168 pints of blood was collected, 32 pints short of Medford's 200-pint quota Twenty-nine of the 197 donors were rejected. A total of 147 appointments weremadef or blood donations and the remainder were drop-in donors. Red Cross officials stated both the number of donors and the number of appointments made for donations was ar below aver age. The Bloodmobile will re turn to Medford sometime in August. Baseball AMERICAN Chicago '. 1 4 1 New York 5 10 1 Wilson. Stale; (8) and Lol lar; Grim and Berra. Horn runs: Philley, Chicago: Mantle, New York. Cleveland 9 13 2 Boston 10 17 2 Lemon B. Daley (5), Me Lish (6) and Hegan. DeLock. Hurd (6), Kiely (S) and P. Dal ay. HJt Lemon (Cla.): Jensen (Bost.). Thirty-Five Paper Carriers Will Leave For All-Day Deep-Sea Fishing Saturday Thirty-five Mail Tribune news boys will leave Medford at 3 a.m. Saturday for a deep-sea fishing trip at Crescent City, Calif. Carriers from Medford, Central Point, Ashland, Gold Hill and Jacksonville will make the trip. This is the second year the carriers elected to go deep - sea fishing. The group, which will go by chartered bus. plans to return Saturday evening. Two boats have been chartered, with half the group going out in the mor ning, and the other half in the afternoon. Medford United Freu full Leased Wire 51st Year 26 Pages Bonneville Power To Have Trouble Meeting Demand Heavy Drain By Northwest Users Portland (U.R) Pacific Northwest power users have put an unexpected heavy drain on power supplies the past year and Bonneville Power Administra tion officials said today it would have trouble meeting the de mand, starting this fall. Miller Evans, deputy director at Bonneville, told the BPA ad visory council today that even with median waterflow the power outlook for the region would become "tight" by fall. Blamed On Strike Evans blamed part of the shortage on the prolonged West inghouse strike which- delayed installation of five generators at the recently dedicated Chief Joseph dam. That delay, coupled with the unexpected increase in demand, indicated a shortage of 235,000 kilowatts of interrupt ible power and 293,000 kilowatts of steady power by fall, he said. He predicted a shortage of 394,000 kilowatts by 1965 "un less many of the projects pro posed by private utilities are constructed during the next 10 years." Plans Discussed Assistant Administrator Byron L. Price ' reported to the council that Bonneville was discussing plans for marketing large blocks of "low grade interruptible power" available from 30 to 65 per cent of good water years. He revealed the low grade power would be integrated and blended with steam generated power under a plan now being discussed with the Washington state power commission. Price reported that Bonne ville is now S68.000.000 ahead of payout schedules to the fed eral government and predicted a $9,000,000 increase in gross revenues in the system in 1956 over 1955. Fewer Polio Cases Reported Past Week Washington OJ.R) The Pub lic Health Service said today 176 polio cases were reported in the nation last week. This was 103 fewer cases than were re ported in the same week last year. Authorities said the outlook now is for a lighter polio season this year than in 1955. But they said it is too early to say for sure. The great epidemic year of 1952 also was a slow starter. So far this year, there have been 2041 polio cases compared to 2833 during the same period in 1955. There have been 1079 paralytic cases this year while there were 1156 cases at this time last year. Action To Be Blocked On Postal Increase Washington (U.R House Democratic Leader John W. Mc Cormack served notice today he will block House action this year on President Eisenhower's postal rate increase bill. Salem (U.R) Salem's Wil lamette River Days festival July 4 will have an $8,500 budget. Last year's group was one of the largest to participate in a deep-sea fishing trip from Med ford. The boys will be divided into two groups with senior carriers in charge of the boys. Warren Lovell and Jim Shopp will lead the morning group, and Kenneth Griess and Ronald Anderson will be in charge of the after noon group. During the past three weeks, the carriers have been soliciting new customers to help defray expenses of the outing. Carriers who tell a total of eight new MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1956 "What's Your Prognosis Tree Planting To Be Completed Spring planting of 500,000 seedling trees on 800 acres of logged-over lands in Rogue River National forest will be com pleted next week, according to It H.. AVood, forest-supervisor. . ' 'The'eedNngs are raised to the age of about two years in nurs ery beds, and are transplanted by hand when . growing condi tions are most favorable. Trans planting is done by forest serv ice crews and by a number of contractors who make a special ty of forestry work, taking jobs on bids. Planting the seedlings is done on national forest areas from which the timber is clear-cut in patches, or staggered settings, and in areas deforested by fire or other causes. Prospective Value The prospective value of the future timber stand makes it good economy to plant the va cant areas promptly, 'before a brush cover comes in, except where natural seed falls and be comes established soon after logging or fire. In some of the mixed pine timber types plant ing is not necessary because only a part of the stand is harvested in the partial-cut system used. Douglas fir, shasta red fir, ponderosa pine, sugar pine and Today Is Anniversary Of Day Continental Congress Adopted Flag Today is Flag day, the anni versary of the day on which the Continental congress adopted the flag of tha United States in 1777. Although not an official holiday. Flag day is widely observed It was officially cele brated for the first time in 1877, when Congress request ed thai the flag be flown from all public buildings. In 1885, Bernard J. Cigrand, school teacher of Waubeka, Wise, began a lifetime effort for a yearly national observ ance of Flag day. Today, schools and civic organisations hold special programs, which usually include discussions of tha origin and meaning of tha flag. orders, win a free trip. Those who do not secure enough new orders, pay on a pro-rated scale according to the number of new customers secured on routes dur ing the contest period. The majority of the expense is subsidized through the Car rier Education and Recreation program of the Mail Tribune. When not fishing, the boys will visit an aquarium and the beach at Crescent City. Dale Erickson, Wyatt Rosborough, and Dick Simonson of the circ ulation department are in charge of the trip. pi c c; o 5 O 35 Uulted For November, Doctor?" Next Week Jeffrey pine seedlings are being used for planting, this spring. Wood said. The pine planting stock is produced by forest serv ice nurseries at Bend, and Mc Cloud, Clif. The fir stock and some sugar pine fs brought from the nursery at Carson, Wash. Tax Evasion Case Continues Here Federal court recessed at noon today here with the defense completing cross examination of Nell J. Hollenbeck, witness for the prosecution in the govern ment's case against ,Noble C. Standley, James Adamek and Wilbur Merchen of Standley Brothers Logging company of Powers. They are charged with tax evasion. Mrs. Hollenbeck took the stand yesterday as a witness against Standley, Adamek and Merchen, who are charged with evading $300,000 in taxes dur ing the years 1949-51. Mrs. Hollenbeck, a bookkeep er for Standley Brothers during that period, pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges in Portland. Attorneys for the defense are George Mead and William Daugherty of Portland and Paul Geddes of Roseburg. The govern ment is expected to complete its case today. The court recon-' vened at 2 p.m. this afternoon. Federal District Judge Gus Solomon is presiding at sessions in the post office building here. Late News Briefs ALBANY SEARCH ENDS Albany, Ore., (U.R) Search for Larry Bassinger, 9, of Al bany, missing in the Cascade mountains since Friday, ended abruptly last night when he walked out to safety, apparently in good condition. STRIKE THREATENED New York (U.R) A general strike of subway motormen threatened to tie up the city's 4,500,000 subway riders at the rush hour today, the hottest day of the year. TO ACT ON BILL Washington (U.R) The House Rules Committee, in open revolt against Chairman Howard W. Smith (D-Va.), voted 6 to 4 today to act on President Eisen hower's civil ' rights bill next Thursday. BILL IN 'DEEP TROUBLE' Washington (U.R) Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson warned today the ad ministration's foreign aid bill "is in deep trouble" in the Senate. Johnson hoisted the warning signal as the Senate Foreign Re lations Committee began work on the multi-billion dollar aid bill which was slashed $1,100, 000,000 by the House. President Eisenhower asked for a total of $4,900,000,000 and the House cut X)L to $3,800,000,000. Wreck ilized Tribune Prua Full Lucd Win Price 5c No. 73 Tighter Controls Over Allied Units In Germany Asked Series of Crimes Bring Demands Frankfurt, Germany (U.R) A West German newspaper to day urged tighter control over off duty Allied troops in the wake of a series of murders and outbreaks of rowdyism by American, French, British and Canadian soldiers. The influential Frankfurter Allgemeine quoted German gov ernment officials as saying unit commanders should exercise more supervision over their men during off duty hours. It said that many Germans are won dering if the Allies send "dis ciplinary regiments" for duty in Germany. Several Incidents' In the past two weeks, Allied troops have been involved in several incidents which have made headlines in the German press. On June 3, a 19-year-old American private allegedly strangled his German girl friend. The following day two French Moroccan soldiers alleg edly stabbed and throttled a German. That week end an American soldier beat and at tempted to rob a taxi driver. Last Sunday, another American allegedly slashed" a German "fer ryboat operator to death and severely wounded a young Ger man woman. In North Germany, 14 Cana ian soldiers recently were sen tenced to one-month imprison ment for a tavern riot in which a number of persons were in jured. Last Sunday, several Brit ish soldiers allegedly broke into a tavern and plundered its stock. Defense Systems Demanded In Wiesbaden, members of the German Taxi Drivers Asso ciation demanded installation of automatic tear gas defense sys tems in their cabs following a series of attacks by servicemen passengers. U.S. Army sources believe the "crime wave" does not consti tute any trend.-They agree with Germans that tighter local unit control would help but point out that this would mean stronger military patrols. Many Germans oppose strong MP patrols as a reminder of the early occupa tion days. ' , Medford Man Contender For President of DAV Salem (U.R) Disabled American Veterans of Oregon and their women's auxiliary held a joint meeting1 here today at their 35th annual convention which ends June 16. Arch L. Brewster, department commander, said the convention would consider problems of re habilitation, legislation, mem bership, employment, fund-raising and a resolution to protest the "Bradley bill" recommended by the Hoover Commission on veterans benefits. Clarence D. Griffiths of Port land and George W. Simmons of Medford were expected to be the leading contenders for president of the Oregon DAV. Elections will be Saturday. The Hague U.R) Old cam paigner Harry S. Truman ar rived today just in time to con gratulate Dutch Premier Willem Drees for winning an election. Weather FORECAST: Variable cloudinesi tonight and Friday morntnit. Thirkenin cloudiness Friday afternoon with litht rain dur ing (he nirht. Shower Sat urday. Low tonight 48. High Friday 72-75. . Temp. Highest Yesterday '3 Lowe it this Morning , $ Our Skies Tonight 8nnris :34 a.m. 7:50 p.m. Sunset . Moonset .. 11:54 p.m. First Quarter Friday 3:5S a.m. VENUS sets 8:11 P-n- and is now less than 28 million miles from the Earth. Venus, on its orbit, approaches nearer to the Earth than any other planet. PAR'S FOR A NIGHT The nation's capital will take on the gayety of a French revue when these members of the Congressional Secretaries Club go into their can-can dance at their fourth annual Variety Show, "Revisin and Extendin'." , They're posing in their costumes on the steps of the Capitol. Left to right: Pat Cade, Ginger Hutchison, Louise Younger, Shirley Ann Cooper, Betty Daniel, Peggy Kilbridge and Mary Whichard. Three of Six Sailors Saved in Sinking of Tug Off Mississippi Gulfport, Miss. (U.R) A tug boat crew early today rescued three of six missing crewmen of another tug that sank with 15 aboard during a raging tropical storm off the Mississippi coast. The crew of the "O. J. Cenac" of Morgan City, La., found the three survivors in their life jackets near the spot where the tugboat "May Dee" went down in choppy gulf seas during-the storm Wednesday. Planes Join Search '- - Coast Guard planes joined sea craft later today in a search for the three "May Dee" crew mem bers who are still missing. Rescue workers pulled eight men from the storm-whipped Two Are Sentenced In Circuit Court Howard Puckelt, 47, Grants Pass, was sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary this morning when he appeared in circuit court on a charge of ob taining money under false pre tences. James LaMonte Bradley, 29, of 6119 Crater Lake highway, who previously pleaded guilty to a grand , larceny charge, was given a suspended two year pen itentiary sentence. Judge H. K. Hanna ordered cases continued on Roy L. Thur man, 57, general delivery, Med ford, charged with entering a motor vehicle with intent to steal, and William Hancock, 22, Gold Hill, charged with proba tion violation. Thurman will ap pear in court again on Tuesday and Hancock on Wednesday. Wendall Wyatt To Speak at GOP Meet The Jackson County Republi can Central committee will hold an" organization meeting at 7:30 p.m. Monday, June 18, in the Medford High school cafeteria. Wendall Wyatt, Astoria, chair man of the Republican state cen tral committee, will be guest speaker. Officers for the next two years will be elected. . All committee members are asked to sign acceptance of of fice forms mailed to them by the county clerk and return them by mail or bring them to the meeting. The meeting will be open and those interested are invited to attend. Remote Man Killed In Logging Accident Myrtle Point, Ore.' (U.R) Jesse M. Wilson, 49, Remote, Ore., was killed instantly yes terday afternoon in a logging accident near Remote, Deputy Coroner Harold Rushing re ported: Rushing said Wilson was working alone as a faller on a steep incline near the butt of the tree he was falling. As the tree started to come down, Wil son slipped over the edge of the dropoff under the path of the falling tree. He was carried about 30 feet downhill and died instantly. Rushing taiiL water late Wednesday and an other was removed from dredge boat floating loose. The storm, which had packed winds of 60 miles per hour and had lashed 300 miles of the Gulf Loast, was petering out over Matchez, Miss., early today It caused at least one and possibly two deaths in New Orleans, where a truck plunged through a bridgeguard raillnto Lake Pontchartrain. Driver Drowned Truck driver Charles Morris of Jackson, Miss., drowned. An eye-witness said a second person also plunged into the lake in the truck. The company that owned the truck verified that a helper may have accompanied Morris. The storm also drove two ves sels aground and knocked out a lighthouse before moving inland and losing its punch. It dropped 4.1 inches of rain on New Or leans and flooded the Gulfport Biloxi area. Labor Statistics Program Announced Salem (U.R) Start of a new labor statistics program for the Oregon Bureau of labor was an nounced today by Tom Current, assistant commissioner of labor, in a speech at Amherst, Mass. Current told an interstate con ference on labor statistics that Oregon's first labor statistics program died of "malnutrition" during the depression. First step in gathering infor mation will be a questionnaire to local unions clarifying their areas of jurisdiction, wage scales, job classifications, num ber of members and other infor mation. "Union membership figures are a measure of the social progress and status' of working people in any state and our de partment proposes to publish union membership statistics by industry and area, but only in totals," Current said. "The local union figures will be kept confidential to protect the interests of unions supplying the information," Current added. Rain Damages Dampness Seen for Events Rain last night and today has extensively damaged hay In the valley, and the forecast calls for light rain Friday night and showers Saturday. W. B. Tucker, county agricul ture agent, said today cut hay has been extensively damaged from the present rainy weather. Several farmers throughout the valley have cut hay laying in the field, he added. Total rainfail this month up to 10 a.m.' today is .33 inch, about .08 inch below normal for the month, according to weather bureau officials. . Up until mid night last night, a total of 32.73 inches had fallen here since Sept. 1, 1955. The total is 15.32 inches above normal. Showers forecast for Saturday are unfavorable for two annual events scheduled this week end. Chief Executive Confers Briefly With Adenauer President Continues Satisfactory Recovery , Washington (U.R) Presl- dent Eisenhower appealed for the "liberation" of East Ger many from Communist rule to day in a 10-minut hospital room conference with West Ger man Chancellor Konrad Aden auer. Mr. Eisenhower, resuming an active role in the direction of free world diplomacy, said ac tion is needed "to promote the liberation of 17,000,000 Ger mans under Communist rule" and to bring about the "reunifi cation" of East and West Ger many. Refreshed by the best night's sleep he has had since his em ergency operation Saturday to remove an intestinal block, Mr. Eisenhower sat up in a chair for his talk with Adenauer, his first hospital visitor outside of family and staff aides. No Untoward Action At 12:30 p.m. (EDT) medical bulletin said Mr. Eisenhower suffered "no untoward physical reaction" from the Adenauer visit. It said he had a second helping of beef broth, to supple ment intravenous feeding, and will take additional small am ounts through the day. The bulletin said the Presi dent's condition "continues to progress satisfactorily." White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty told reporters that "cer tainly he's still uncomfortable." But he said "each day" there is "less discomfort." Free of Drainage Tub At the time of the bulletin, the President had been free for about 24 hours of the uncom fortable drainage tube running through his nose to the stomach. Doctors will determine when and if it is to go back. Hagerty refused to relay a question as to whether the Presi dent himself .believes be should , reconsider his decision to run for reelection. Hagerty said he would not put such a question, as long as the President is in the hospital. He said he has "not heard any discussion" of where Mr. Eisenhower will spend his convalescence. Adenauer Very Happy Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, who sat in on the meet ing, reported that the President personally brought up the reuni fication subject in his talk with the 80-year-old German leader. The meeting was held in the President's luxurious suite in ward eight of Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Adenauer told reporters he was "very happy" to have had the opportunity of talking to the President "and to have seen him in such excellent shape." Kermit Smith Estate Agreement Signed Portland (U.R) Circuit Judge William L. Dickson today signed an agreement awarding all but $2600 of the $32,500 estate of the late Oliver Kermit Smith to the murdered man's three-year-old daughter Susan. Balance of the estate would go to Smith's widow, Marjorie, who was found innocent of charges she helped kill him. Bulletin Washington (U.R) The Senate Foreign Relations com mittee voted tentatively ' to day to restore S600.000.000 of the $1,000,000,000,000 in mili tary aid funds which the House slashed from President Eisenhower's foreign air pro gram. Valley Hay; The annual National Rooster Crowing contest, sponsored by the Rogue River Boosters club, will be held in Rogue River Sat urday. The crowing -event will be held for 30 minutes starting at noon with a parade, and other events scheduled throughout the day. About 200 roosters have been entered in the contest, ac cording to sponsoring officials. The 20th annual National Cat fish Derby will be held at Tou Velle State park on Table Rock rd. Sunday. Miss Myda McCabe, a sophomore at Medford High, school, was chosen queen for the Derby. Princesses are Lelani Kunkel, Jacque Bates, Patty Hilton and Dana Ragsdale. The event is expected to draw about 5.000, according to 20-30 club officials. The 20-30 club is spon soring the event.