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Subscribers Recommended A feature ttorjr about the me of leftover wood pieces appears on put of today's Mail Tribune. Tribune To report improper or non-delivery of the Mail Tribune phone 2-6141 before 6:45 pjn daily and 1030 jn Sunday. If regular delivery arrives short ly after you call please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service. United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire 5 1st Year 28 Pages . oRD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 15, 1956 Price 5c No. 98 TransDOrt Wedfop 45 Ci 21 in FLASH FL 20 Buildings Are Destroyed in 30 Minutes Friday Several Thousand Dollars Damage Mitchell (U.R) Loss in the flash flood which destroyed some 20 buildings in the down town business section of Mitchell Friday afternoon has been esti mated by state officials at sev eral thousand dollars. The job of assessing the dam age was carried on Saturday while stunned residents of this community of 500 persons be gan cleaning up the debris left in the wake of the flood which In 30 minutes swept through the town, sending people scurrying to high land. Officials said crop damage pro bably would send the final dam ase figure higher. Drown fowl and lambs lay in the middle of Highway 26. Bridget Out ' Eleven bridges were reported washed out. Power and tele phone communications were dis rupted, although some service was expected to be restored be fore the day was out. ' The destroyed and damaged buildings were literaly swept off their foundations. Some buildings, including a few homes, were reduced to kindling. . No deaths were reported. The only injury reported was to Brend G. Berg. 15,'. Beaverton, who miraculously' escaped more serious injuries. Leave Car Berg, and a companion, Eldon John Thorn. 16, Beaverton, had just left their car which had broken down when Thorn saw the water coming. He yelled and ran to safety. Berg ran in another direction and sought refuge in a building. "1 hit the door," Berg said. "It was locked. Then the wall of water hit me, knocked down the door and swept 'me inside the building." He said he was turned over and over and thrown out of the building. He said he manared to keep mov ing with the stream before he was able to grab a bush and climb out on the bank. He suf fered bruises, but otherwise was in good condition. Blast Investigation Continues by Police State police reported Saturday thev have ' some suspects in the Rogue River bombing June 27, but investigation of the blast has not been completed. The bombing occurred be tween 10 a.id 11 pjn. and caused minor damage to several build ings, including the Rogue River post office and the Rogue River Times office. State police, sheriff's officers, Rogue River police and postal inspectors are investigating the incident. "Situation Student Admits Part In Burning Crosses Washington (U.R) A Uni versity of Virginia student Sat urday admitted planting fiery crosses in front of the residences of Chief Tustice Earl Warren and Solicitor General Simon E. Sobe loff in protest against the Su preme Court decision on dese gregation of schools. Ronald Eugene Rowely, 24, Arlington, Va., was charged on two counts of "Kindling a bon fire between sundown and sun rise." He forfeited $10 bond on each count rather than stand trail for the misdemeanors. Fiery Crosses Rowley refused to name any companions in the burning ol fiery crosses Friday night before the residences of Warren, Sobe- Boyer in Corvallis For Demo Meeting Robert A. Boyer, candidate for Democratic State chairman, and several other county Dem ocrats are in Corvallis today for the reorganization meeting of the State Democratic commit tee. Boyer is chairman of the Jackson county committee. He is one of the two announced candidates for the post to be va cated by Howard Morgan, Mil- waukie. Boyer left Friday .. for Port land accompanied by Neva Clark, Jacksonville, county vice- chairman, and Mrs. Dee New ton, Ashland, alternate. Mrs. Al bert Straus, congressional cora mitteewoman, and Mrs. Boyer joined them there Saturday. Many of the voting delegates were to meet in Portland before going to the Corvallis meeting. Chet Lowry, Aloha, Demo cratic chairman of Washington county, is the other announced candidate for state chairman. Bover will contend with him and several possible "dark horse" nominees for the state chairmanship. 25 Planes Take Part In Air-Rescue Here Approximately 25 planes are ready this morning for the big gest simulated air search ever to be held by the Civil Air Patrol in the Medford area. Pilots and ground men will be briefed at 9 p.m. and mock rescue operations begin immed iately afterward. Air Force per sonnel will have placed a search target somewhere within a 25 mile radius of the airport. The planes and ground searchers will fan out in an attempt to find it as though in an actual ground- air search. The public has been invited to view operations at the airport. Lt. Robert McCorckle of the Medford CAP sauadron is in charge. Unchanged'1 HITS MITCHELL loff , Associate Justice Felix Frankfurter, Sen. Herbert H. Lehman (D-N.Y.), and Mrs. Doug las King, head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Beltsville, Md. Police said Rowley surrender ed voluntarily after the car he used was traced to his father's home in Arlington across the Potomac river in Virginia. A doorman at the Sheraton-Park hotel, where Warren and Leh man live, noted the license num ber and informed police. Followed Discussion Rowley, who attends the Uni versity of Virgina's Arlington extension, told police the inci dent followed a discussion of public school desegregation. Rowley's statement confirmed earlier police reports that the action's were in protest against the desegregation decision. War ren and Frankfurter both partici pated in the decision. Sobeloff presented the Goverment's views on implementing the decision and is now awaiting Senate con firmation of his appointment to a federal judgeship. Lehman has been a long time foe of school segregation. Armed Guard Kept On British Ship Pensacola, Fla. (U.R) Two governments kept an ' armed guard aboard a British freighter Saturday during an investiga tion of the strange disappearance of the ship's skipper on the high seas. The SS Saint Gregory was placed under guard as soon as it docked Friday night. Henry Hilton-Green, of Fillett- Green Co., agents for the freight er denied rumors that the cap tain may have been the victim of a mutiny. "There is no indication of any mass violence,' he said. "It may have been a case of individual foul play or he might have just fallen overboard. The captain was well liked." Hilton-Green said the captain was last seen at 8 o'clock one night and was missing the fol lowing morning. The shipping agent said an investigation was underway. Southwest Announces New Flight South Southwest Airways Saturday announced additional service be tween Medford and San Francis co via Eureka, effective July 20 according to William Hicks, SWA's station manager here. Ihe new flight will serve Medford with six daily sched ules, four via Eureka and two via Sacramento. New departure times south bound irom Medford will be 2 p.m. with service to Crescent City, Eureka, Ukiah, Santa Rosa, Oakland, and San Francisco; 3:15 p.m. serving Redding, Red Bluff, Chico, Marysville, Sacra mento and San Francicso: and 5 p.m. non-stop to San Francisco from Eureka with continuing one-plane service to Los Angeles Phone Three1 To Encourage A Phone Three week, to en courage vaccinations against po lio, was inaugurated today by the Jackson county chapter of the National Foundation for In fantile Paralysis. Mrs. Jack Lew is, chairman of the 1956 Moth ers' March, a fund-raising fea ture of the March of Dimes, is chairman of the event. Mrs. Lewis has mailed letters to 50 persons who assisted her ia the Mothers' March last Jan uary. The letters ask that the re cipients telephone three friends, urging all in that household under age 30 to receive the vac cine. Those friends, in turn, are asked to telephone three friends, and so on. Navy Man Jailed For Theft, Armed Robbery, Larceny George Volney Miller, 19, Jacskonville, was lodged in the Jackson county jail at 3:10 a.m. Saturday on charges of burg lary, larceny of an auto, armed robbery and being AWOL from the U.S. Naval station at Bremer ton, Wash. State police officers began searching the Medford area at 8:26 p.m. Friday after receiv ing a call from Mrs. Orville Zimmerman at the Naumes orchard northeast of Medford. Mrs. Zimmerman said a 1947 International truck had just been stolen from the orchard by a Navy man carying a .22 caliber rifle. Four Officers Called Three officers immediately went out on the case and a fourth was called to assist them. Sheriff's officers, city police and the California border guard were also notified. State policemen approached Miller about 10 p.m. in the Camp White area near the old mili tary rifle range. He had a .30-30 caliber rifle with him. Questioned by oficers. Miller admitted stealing the truck from the Naumes orchard after burglarizing a .residence occu pied by Winfield Scott Conaway, 4580 Crater Lake highway, where he obtained the rifle. Held at Gunpoint . He. also told, the- officers -he had gone to the Dewey W. Bab cock residence, route 1, box 29K, where he held Babcock at gunpoint and took $20 and a car. He said he fled from tne Bremerton Naval station, where he had been a prisoner awaiting court martial on a charge of assualt with a deadly weapon. Doctors Caution Ike About Duties Gettysburg. Pa. OJ.R) Pres ident Eisenhower's doctors cau tioned Saturday that he must not try to resume full duties when he returns to the White House early this week. On the eve of the Presidents sixth post-operative week the doctors reported his recovery has "gained momentum but that his increasing activity and impending return to the White House "should not signify that his convalscent period has been completed." Just after the President's ab dominal operation on June 9 his doctors said thev expected it would be from "four to six weeks" before his convales cence would be over. White House Press Secretary James C. Hagerty said Saturday he exoects it will be "at least" six weeks. Four fCiffecf When Air Force Bomber Crashes Salina, Kan. U.R) An Air Force B-47 bomber faltered on takeoff Friday night and crashed in flames in a field, kill ing the four airmen aboard. The bomber, assigned to the 40th Bomb Wing, Strategic Air Command, was demolished. ' It had just left the runway of Smoky Hill Air Force base. Week Starts Vaccine Use The , age limit for receiving the vaccine was moved to 30 years Friday by the state board of health. The state's vaccine sup ply is now ample to give the first shot to all persons in the state in that age group, and ad ditional supplies of vaccine are available, according to the state board of health. Persons receiving vaccine now can expect considerable immun ity against coming polio season, officials pointed out. Those de siring vaccinations should con tact their family doctor. Mrs. Lewis asked anyone in terested in promoting the vac cine to join in the "Phone Three1 campaign, whether or not they receive the letter. 1771 1 .- -V.' j0tt&aar.tnrt ? . f 1 f ? luif 1 - V-'"f fV.l - ' l i.l !"t : r '; Vw Ml CONTROL CENTER The Jackson County Civil Defense agency has made the building shown above into a control center and emer gency headquarters. The building, on Flat Top rd., was made available by the National Guard. CD officials said telephone lines and radio set capable of transmitting with the Sal em headquarters have been installed, and a second transmitter and receiver have been authorized by the county budget. Once com pleted, the center will be able to contact all TALENT WORK SLATED SOOH Forest Receipts Here Total $1,753,273.75 Receipts from the Rogue Riv er National forest totaled $1,- 753,273.75, according to Jack Wood, supervisor. Receipts from the 19 national forests of the Pacific Northwest region were a record breaking Ike Gets Victory On Foreign Ai Washington U.R) Admin istration forces said Saturday President Eisenhower's person al urging won his major victory on the battered foreign aid pro gram in the Senate Appropria tions committee. The big question now is will the President's influence make the victory stick when the $4 billion bill reaches the Senate floor this week. The badly-split committee vot ed 13-8 Friday to restore vir tually all of the more than $600 million the administration re quested after the House slashed the appropriation for the aid program to $3.4 billion. The $4 billion appropriations bill will be brought up for Sen ate debate next Tuesday or Wednesday. It faces determined efforts to cut it on the floor. Sports Bulletin Coquille ?The Mediord Cheney Studs cemeted iheir position in first placa last night by taking ih second game of a double header 7-1 over Coquille here. The Studs got 11' hits including a double and triple by outfielder Terry Maddox and singles by Twink Peterson and hurler Don White. Vancouver, B. C. U.R) The Vancouver Mounties be hind the 7-hit pitching of Fred Baczewski swept a double header from the Sacramento Solons in Pacific coast league play here last night by beat ing them 4-1 after a 5-0 after noon conquest. Portland (U.R) The San Diego Padres evened their Pacific Coast league series with Portland at 1-1 last night as they posted a 4-3 win. Weather FORECAST Fair through Mon dav. Continued warm. Hinh today 92. Low tonight 54. High Monday 93-94. Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday 5 59 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise '. . . 4:4S a.m. Sunset J:47 p.m. Moonset Midnieht Full Moon July 22 VISIBLE PLANETS Saturn, due south at :14 p.m. is now about 872,000,000 miles from the Earth. Jupiter, sets 9:13 p.m. Mars, rises 10:57 p.m. Venus, rises 3:14 a.m. total of about $54,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, according to Regional Forester J. Herbert Stone, Portland. This is about S16.000.000 greater than the record for last fiscal year, he said. -nibs' ?Willamtte-National '"for est topped all other forests in Oregon and Washington with receipts totaling $8,524,867, Stone said. Increasing Volumes Sales of increasing volumes of national forest timber ac counted for $53,500,000 of the total return, he added. Livestock grazing, power fees, and other land uses made up the $500,000 balance. A year ago, Stone said, re ceipts from the Pacific North west region amounted to 49 per cent of the returns from all na tional forests in the United States. He commented that last year's total of $38 million to the U. S. Treasury indicated a cash re turn to counties within the na tional forests of $9,603,162. Bas ed on a similar 25 per cent re turn. Stone pointed out that the counties this year will share in distribution of about $13,500, 000. . The actual payment to each county must await the final checking of receipts, forest by forest, and state ' by state, he said. New Fire Reported In Applegate Area , Only one possible new fire was reported Friday at the head of the Applegate river in the Rogue River National forest, ac cording to S. T; Moore,' fire con trol officer. Eight fires reported Friday were under control and prac tically out by Saturday morn ing, "We fully expect some sleep ers," Moore said, and forest serv ice fire suppression crews are on standby this weekend. The state department of for estry reported no additional fir es. " f Lightning Fires in State Controlled Portland (U.R) -r John C. Hunt, fire control officer for the bureau of land management, said here Saturday that scores of lightning fires on federal rangeland in central and eastern Oregon have been controlled. The largest of the fires cov ered 100 acres in the Baker area Hunt said. Nearly 100 fires were ignited in grasslands around burns Fri day night but rain that follow doused all but five of the fires. Chicago U.R) Thunder storms, hall and high winds pounded the east Saturday while most of the western two- thirds of the nation had mostly fair weekend weather. existing county networks sheriff, city and state police, and the Southern Oregon Conser vation and Tree Farm association network. The Federal Communications commission has offered to finance installation and mainten ance of a direct line to radio station KMED, which will broadcast on the Conelrad fre quency, 1240 kilocycles, during an emer gency. Major General J. H. Hicks, county CD director, stands in front of the building. Project Authorized By Bureau to Start This Fiscal Year Washington U.R Work on the Talent project will begin "as oromptly as possible" this f iseal rear. SecretBry-of - InterkTrTto the" wreckage'about Fred A. Seaton said Saturday. The Talent project is one of 10 new starts authorized for the Bu reau of Reclamation this year and congress has appropriated $2,400,000. It was the first ap propriation for the project which will have an overall cost of an estimated $19,260,000. Reduce Flood Damage Lying principally in Jackson county, the Talent project will provide irrigation water for 18, 000 acres and develop 16,000 kilowatts of hydroelectric pow er, as well as reduce flood dam age. Scheduled ,to get the initial appropriation are Howard Prairie, Emigrant and Keene Creek dams and reservoirs but there will be no actual construc tion. Work will be preliminary although some contracts will be awarded in connection with Green Springs power plant and for delivery and collection can als. Congress has stipulated that no construction should be start ed until payment contracts have been completed. Negotiations Under Way Negotiations on the final phases of the payment contract are under way now, according to irrigation district officials. An election on the contract by water users of TID is anticipat ed in the near future for final approval. In addition to the Talent pro ject, bids on several phases of rehabilitation work in the Rogue River Valley and Med ford Irrigation districts will be opened within two months. Two Scouts Spend Night in Woods at Camp McLoughlin Camp McLoughlin, Lake of the Woods Two second class Boy Scouts, both 13 years of age, were none the worse for wear Friday after inadventently spending Thursday night togeth er in the woods. The boys, Jeff Porter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norris Porter, Old Stage rd., and Eddie McGinty, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. McGinty, 103 King st., were on a troop hike up Brown mountain, near Scout camp, Thursday after noon, when they became tired, and decided to wait for the others to go up the mountain, and to meet them when they des cended. During Wait During the wait, however, they thought they heard voices at the base camp below, and decided to go down themselves, but missed the faint trail and became lost. When the other Scouts return ed to base camp, several went on Ft. Dix Plunge Is Sixth Worst in Air Force History Rescue Operations Take Five Hours Fort Dix, N. J. (U.R) A C118 military transport plane plum meted into a swamp minutes af ter it took off into a violent elec trict storm Friday, killing 45 per sons and injuring 21 aboard. A rescue task force of 700 sol diers and airmen, 60 ambulances, Army bulldozers and a crane worked five hours to rescue the survivors from a wild area of pine forest and swampland on the Fort Dix Army reservation. The four-engine plane, a mili tary version of the civilian DC6, crashed about 4 p.rri., EDT Fri day, after it took off from Mc Guire Air Force Base near Fort Dix for Burtonwood, England. Two Children Aboard Atlantic division headquar ters of the Military Air Trans port service said the plane car ried a crew of 10 and 56 pas sengers including 41 airmen, nine officers and six civilians. The civilians included two men, two women and two children. The Air Force indicated that some of the victims may not live through the day. The Friday the 13th crash was the first for the MATS Atlantic division since its organization eight years ago. It was the sixth worst military plane crash in Air Force history. Roy H. Williams, a New Jer sey state game warden, was driving along a dirt road when he heard the crash. An exper ienced woodsman, he made his way over the difficult terrain three miles from the end of the south west runway of the air base. Cuts Swath The white and silver plane cut a broad swath about 300 yards long through pine forest and heavy brush, scattering wreckage in four main pieces over a half-mile area. The plane did not burn. Rescue workers said first the wuigs were ripped off, then the tail section and the fuselage was broken into two large parts. Bill Pannelli, of the Browns ville, N.J., emergency aid squad, was one of the first to reach one of the main sections of the fuselage lying in four feet of water. "We had to use cutting tools to get inside. We removed 12 persons immediately and took them to first aid squads." "It was two hours before we had everyone out of the plane," Panneili said. The soldiers and airmen aided by volunteers from Central New Jersey towns used axes to hack their way through the pines and undergrowth. They sloshed through hip deep mud and water to reach the victims. Col. John D. Lavelle, McGuire Air Force Base commander, said a board of inquiry to investigate the crash would be named. Cause of the crash was not announced pending examination of the wreckage and interviews with survivors. Castel Gandolfo, Italy U.R) Pope Pius XII Saturday took up residence in his summer vil la here, earlier than usual at the advice of his physicians. to the main camp to see if the boys were there. When it was de termined they were missing, search parties of older boys and camp staff members started look ing for them. During the night, 21 boys and men, in two parties, conducted the search, and appar ently missed them only by a few hundred yards. Friday morning, after spend ing the night huddled together without fire or blankets, the two boys made their own way out to . the road to camp. Cliff Hansen, Scout executive, said the boys who searched dur ing the night were "a lot tireder Friday than the boys who were lost." Completing 1st Week . The Scout camp here is com pleting the first week of its first period, Hansen reported, with 126 boys, 4 scoutmasters and 23 staff members in attendance. The camp is located on the west side of Lake of tbe Woods.
