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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.
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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.
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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.