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in PAGEANT OFFICIALS Ernest Hood, at ex treme left, discusses with other officials the production of the pageant, "Jacksonville Pioneer Portrait," which will be presented at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Jacksonville city square at the corner of Oregon and Main sts. as part of the ninth annual Gold Rush Jubilee. US Steel Ready To Sign Pact Ending 34-Day-0ld Walkout New York (U.R) The U.S. Steel Corp. will sign a formal contract tonight with the United Steelworkers of America ending a 34-day strike of 650,000 work ers, it was announced today. U. S. Steel and all its operat ing subsidiaries will sign the three-year, no-strike agreement at 4 p.m. (PST), union sources said. Crucible Steel Company sign ed up Thursday night and its 13,000 employees began return ing to the mills today. Negotiation! Continue Negotiations still are going on with a number of steel comp anies. However, they are ex pected to follow U. S. Steel's lead. There was no indication when the other companies would sign formal agreements. The belief was that there would be some signings Saturday, which would permit a vanguard of the 650,- 000 strikers to begin returning to work Monday. U. S. Steel accounts- for about one out of every three tons of steel produced in this country. The corporation by itself out Age Restrictions Lilted for Vaccine Age limits for inoculations with the commercial supply of Salk polio vaccine have been removed in Jackson county, Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county health officer, said today. Removal of the restrictions were in compli ance with a decision by the Ore gon State Board of Health. The move was made to speed use of the vaccine, which is now arriving in the state at the rate of about 200,000 cc's a month. Dr. Merkel urged that every one who has not yet received the vaccine to contact their fam ily physician at once in order that some degree of immunity may be received before the polio, season, expected here this month and September. Jackson county has recorded two polio cases so far this year, one in January and one in July. Although anyone is eligible for vaccine from the commercial supply. Dr. Merkel reminded residents only individuals under 20 years of age or pregnant wo men are eligible for the tax purchased supply. First in Concert Series Scheduled Ashland First in a series of weekly concerts of Elizabethan music, presented By music ui rector W. Bernardt Windt, will be held Sunday. Aug. 5. at 4:30 p.m. in the festival theater. The concert will feature the festival madrigal group, vocal solo and trio numbers and dances. A small ensemble of players using ancient instru ments will accompany the dan cers. A small charge will be made for the program. Tonight's festival play is "Romeo and Juliet" and Satur day night will see the first per formance of "Cymbeline." Cur tain time is 8:30 p.m. for all plays. More Than J 00 Oregon Drivers Lose Licenses Salem (U.R) More than 100 Oregon drivers had licenses sus pended during July because of poor driving records, the State Motor Vehicle Department re ported today. The department handed out 102 suspensions, the highest number for a single month ever recorded. Suspensions have been averaging about 73 a month, ac cording to Driver License Divi sioa Manager John C. Kerrick, produces every other nation in the world with the exception of Russia. The "inevitable" settlement of the nation's crippling steel strike has been delayed for days by "fine print," noneconomic con tract details. David J. McDonald, United Steelworkers president, declared Thursday night, "today will be the big day." But another top union official told the United Press: Billy Nunn Taken to Penitentiary Today Billy Junior Nunn, 28, Klam ath Falls, recently convicted of first degree murder, was escort ed to the state penitentiary this morning by Chief Deputy Sher iff Joseph Walsh and Deputy Dean DeBerry. Nunn will die in the gas cham ber at the penitentiary unless the Supreme Court! rules other wise. He was found guilty of murdering Alvin William Eac ret, 14,. Klamath Falls, on April 19 near Tub Springs state park. Also taken to the penitentiary today was George Voleney Mil ler, 19, Rapid City, S.D., recent ly of Jacksonville. Miller was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in ihe penitentiary for assault and robbery while armed .with a dangerous weapon.' Donald Elwood Little, 31, route 2, box 702 Medford, was escorted to the state mental hos pital for a psyciatric examina tion. He has been charged with contributing to the delinquency Record Low in 44 Set in Medford Medford station of the U.S. weather bureau reported a 44 degree minimum temperature this morning, the lowest on rec ord here for Aug. 3. Previous low for this day of the year was 47 in 1929. Current cool spell was illus trated by yesterday's mean tem perature of 59 degrees, 15 de grees below normal. While the local forecast was for fair weather Saturday with rising temperatures, the five-day forecast predicted temperatures below normal at the beginning of the period with rising trend over the week end and cooling temperatures again about Mon day. Klamath Falls (U.R) Temper- atures dropped below freezing. in the Klamath Basin last night but little damage was reported to recently irrigated potato crops. Temperatures down to 27 de grees were reported and there was half an inch of ice this morning on chicken watering pans at nearby Dairy. Salem (U.R) The State Pub lic Utilities Commission has or dered a public hearing here Aug. 31 to determine the speed of S. P. and S. line railway trains within the limits of corporate towns of less than 100,000 in Oregon. ' Weather FORECAST: Fair through Satur day with risinr te mperaturrs. Low tonight 48. High Satur day 85. Temp. HicheU VMtrday ... 73 Lowest this Morninc 44 Our Skies Tonight Sunns 5:05 a.m. Sunset 7:29 p.m. Moonrise Saturday 3:01 a.m. Sew Moon Monday PROMF.NENT STARS Square of Pegasus, in the east 10:38 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Saturn, sets 11:25 p.m. Vnus. rises 42:2 a.m. Man, due south 3:04 a.m. With Hood, who is composer and director of original background music, are, left to right, Frank Buchter, staging director; Russ Jami son, narrator; and John Lusk, general chair man of the pageant committee. (See story page 1, Section 2. "We thought we would have this thing in the bag yesterday. "Our goal for ending the strike is today, although some hitch may prolong the inevitable until tomorrow." Negotiators of both sides worked into the night Thursday to end the industry's costliest and third longest strike, enter ing its 34th day. Both sides said formal signing of the contracts needed only agreement on non- economic details. of a minor. The deputies also took Byron Everett Craven, 24, Trail, to Rocky Butte jail at Multnomah county where he will begin a one-year sentence for contribut ing to the delinquency of a minor. Activities Slated For Senator Morse Independent Service Station operators will be the first local group to hear Sen. Wayne Morse after he arrives in Medford at 9:30 a.m. Saturday for a day of informal campaigning. Morse will meet with the ser vice station operators from 9:45 to 10:30 a.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Kelly, 906 West Fourth st. At 10:30 a.m. he will be es corted by Charles Crary to a public meeting at the Labor Temple, 24'2 South Grape st. Morse will meet the public at noon for a no-host luncheon at the Medford hotel, where he will give a short talk. From 2 p.m. through the af ternoon, he will be at a special Morse booth and will participate in a program at the Jacksonville Jubilee. The Senator's wife and daugh ter, Judy, will also spend the day in Medford. Special Buses Set For Jubilee Run The Evergreen Bus company will run special buses between Medford and Jacksonville Satur day and Sunday during the an nual Gold Rush Jubilee. Buses will leave the Trail- ways depot and travel west on Main st. from Bortlett st., stop ping at Main and Central and at any corner on Main where they are flagged, according to Ralph Mathews, manager of the firm. The buses will leave the depot in Medford on Saturday at 8:20, 9.30, 10 and-ll.a.m., 12:30, 2, 3, 4, 5:30: 6:30, 9:30 and 10:30 p.m. On Sunday the schedule will be 9:30, 10:30 and 11:30 a.m., 12:30, 2, 4, 5:30, 6:3Q and 9:30 p.m. Buses will leave Jacksonville 15 minutes later than the Med ford schedule from Fifth and C sts., the northwest corner of the Museum block. Another Week Possible For Multnomah Probe Portland (U.R) The Multno mah county grand jury, which returned six more indictments against nine persons yesterday, continued its investigation today and there was an indication the probe might continue into anoth er week. Santiago, Chile (U.R) The 3.500 workers at the Anaconda Company's Potrerillos copper mine have voted to go on strike at midnight in support of de mands for higher pay. Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 51st Year 20 Pages Britain, France For Transfer To Leaders Planning No Action Unless Conference Fails War-Experienced Commanders Picked Cairo U.R) Egypt to night rejected the Big Three declaration on Suez without giving, an immediate answer whether it will attend ihe forthcoming world conference in London. President Gamal Abdel Nasser's chief spokesman charged that the declaration was issued in an atmosphere of pressure and hat Britain. France and the United States were threatening to subjugate the Egyptian people. London (U.R) Britain and France prepared a Middle East expeditionary force today in ex pectation Egypt would rebuff Western plans to put the Suez Canal under international con trol. Anglo-French leaders made it clear they would not act unless a 24-nation conference starting Aug. 16 fails' to resore interna tional authority over the West European lifeline. Ships. Planes Rushed In the meantime the British high command began organizing an amphibious force for action in the canal " zone and both France and England rushed ships and new jet planes to the eastern Mediterranean. Britain chose Lt. Gen. Sir Francis Festing, former com mander of British forces in the Suez Canal zone, to head the amphibious assault force. He is familiar with the entire Suez setup. France chose Gen. Jean Gilles 54, commander of the French 25th Airborne Division and in spectors e n e r a 1 of airborne troops, to command the French forces and said he would use British bases at Cyprus and Libya in coordination with the British. Gilles, who won fame for bold airborne strikes in Indochina, was commander of French troops in Laos-. Britain Began caning up re serves, dispatched squadrons of twin-jet Canberra bombers to the Middle East, began taking war vessels out of mothballs and alerted units in Cyprus for ac tion. Anglo-French leaders, while condemning Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, made it clear they would respect U.S. wishes and hold off military ac tion until all else fails. But they were approaching a near war time footing. (See Story on Page 5) 47 Appointments Are Made To Donate Blood A total of 47 people have made appointments to donate blood when the Bloodmobile ar rives Wednesday, Aug. 8, at the Elks temple in Medford between 1 and 5 p.m., American Red Cross officials reported this morning. Most recent appointments have been made by Hazel Kirk, Nilda Mills, Mrs. Ray Barrow, TSgt. Paul Dupras. Mrs. Fern Tooley, Mrs. Ruth Ellis. Juanita Barr, Homer Maslen, Olive Gon zales, Kathleen Steele, Mrs. Nola Keith, Kenneth Keith. Mrs. Lil lian Keith, Hazel James, Jo Coleman, Nina VanDe walker, Charles VanDewalker, Betty Mc Coy and Patricia Fixen. Medford's quota for the Blood mobile visit is 240. pints. Local Red Cross workers reminded residents that need for blood contributions here is greater than before because of the large supply of blood used by victims of recent car accidents in this area. Appointments to donate blood may be made By telephoning 3-3813. Salem (U.R) Counties which have not entered booths at the Oregon State Fair have been ad vised to do so immediately by contacting fair offices here. Ms MEDFORD, OREGON, "Somebody Up There Doesn't Like Me" Osteopathic Hospital Named in Damage Suit Paul T. Rutter and Helen V. Rutter, doing business as Med ford Osteopathic - hospital, - are defendants in a $41,500 damage suit filed in circuit court this week by a former patient at the hospital, Mrs. K. C. (Mary) Van de Kamp, Old Stage rd., Med ford. In the complaint, Mrs. Van de Kamp charges she was severly burned on the right leg as the result of carelessness and negli gence on the part of the defend ants after she underwent surgery at the hospital Sept. 19, 1955. The plaintiff claims that bot tles of water or other substance heated to a high degree were placed in a bed in order to warm the bed for her on her return from surgery. She further claims following the operation, while she was in a state of uncon sciousness, she was laid in the bed by hospital personnel in such a manner that the bottle came in close contact with her right leg. Suffered Burns The complaint states the plain tiff suffered serious deep burns on the flesh and muscles of her leg and that the wound became inflamed, causing considerable pain and anguish. Mrs. Van de Kamp charges the defendants with carelessness and negligence in not removing the bottle or Mossadegh Due for Release From Prison In Time To See Britain Again 'in Soup' Teheran, Iran (U.R) A ruler who defied the British and wound up in tears and disgrace gets out of prison next week in time to witness another coun try's leader oppose the British lion with almost equal vehe mence. Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh rose to heights of glory as pre mier of Iran with his anti-Brit- ish program of independence. He fell into the depths of disgrace when he failed to make nation alization work, and went on trial for treason against the Shah. He lost his power for the 'crime" of failure. Nasser's Defiance Mossadegh's release from a Teheran prison coincides with Colonel Gamal Abdel- Nasser's defiance of the British in his nationalization of the Suez Can al. Britain has voiced strenuous opposition to the move.' A senior Iran official, asked to comment on the parallel be tween Mossadegh and Nasser, said. Mossadegh must be laughing in prison that there are still oth ers in the world who can make the same mistakes. He will find satisfaction,' however, that his arch-enemies. H British, are. again in the soup." Mossadegh's laughing, crying and. fainting spells are . well FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1956 Prepare Forces Suez Canal Zone 3 causing it to be removed and in allowing the bottle to be placed in such a way it could come in contact with her body. She claims she sustained per manent injury and states she was unable to walk for about four months as a result of the burn. The complaint also states she sustained prominent scars, causing humiliation and embar rassment. She claims she has expended more than $1,000 for nursing care, medical attention and med icine and expects to spend an additional sum of at least $500 for further medical care as a re sult of the injury. j She is asking $40,000 for gen eral injury and damages and $1,500 for nursing care, medical attention and medicine. Repre senting the plaintiff H Noreen Kelly of Kelly and Kelly law firm. Portland Police Dog Apprehends Suspect Portland (U.R) A police dog, one of Portland's new canine cops, apprehended a suspect last night, the first arrest attributed to the dogs that were assigned regular beats with patrolmen this week. One of the dogs cap tured a 17-year-old youth ac cused of being a purse snatcher. known as the trademark of the master showman who used every emotional device over a period of years to get support for his programs in the Persian Majlis (parliament). . Demanded Election One of his most effective ap pearances in the Majlis was in 1951 when he demanded election of five deputie's to complete the government commission 'which would take over the giant Anglo- Iranian Oil company holdings and put them under complete government control. He tottered into Parliament, announced that he had moved his bed to Parliament because his life had been threatened, and delivered his speech. Then he stepped from the rostrum, spun around and fell flat on his back. Deputies rushed to his aid and he was carried out. His measure was voted through. The move brought an end to the era of British domination of the Persian oil industry. It also spelled the downfall of this man who was a super patriot, an incorruptible fanatic and, for a while the most popular man in Persia. Crowds Chanted Name During his period of greatest popularity huge crowds used to mass outside the Majlis chanting his name whenever his moves Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire Price 5c No. 115 Jury Deliberates Fate of Sergeant In Marine Trial Accused Remains Calm At Climax of Trial Parris Island, S.C. (U.R) The case of S.Sgt. Matthew C. Mc Keon was turned over to a jury of seven combat officers today to decide whether he is guilty of manslaughter or the victim of an "unfortunate accident" in the death march drowning of six recruits. Trial in Third Week The most celebrated military trial since that of Billy Mitchell was placed in the hands of the court at 8:39 a.m. (PST) toward the end of the third week of the court martial. McKeon, 31, the former junior drill instructor from Worcester, Mass., who led a recruit platoon last April 8 on a night march into a tidal creek in which six re cruits drowned, was calm and impassive at the climax. He is charged with man slaughter, oppression of troops and drinking in the presence of enlisted men. , Leatherneck Tradition His defense contends he was merely carrying out Leatherneck tradition in leading his1 "lag gard" platoon on a gruelling night training march into the swamps of Parris Island. McKeon's best defense witness was Lt. Gen. Lewis B. (Chesty) Puller who called the tragedy an "unfortunate accident" but he defended the sergeant with all his strength for the type of training he was giving his pla toon. The law officer, Navy Capt Irving BT. Kelin, ended the trial phase of the McKeon case with these words: "The court is closed to de liberate on its findings." Told To Reach Findings At the end of his 50-minute "instructions to the court" the law officer told them to "reach your findings according to the law, the evidence in court, and your own conscience." The president of the court, Col. Edward L. Hutchinson, an nounced "it is my understanding that we now are free to delib erate until we come to a finding, and then court will reconvene at my call." They left the room immedi ately, taking time for lunch be fore settling down to deliberate. (See story on Page 7) were threatened, After he nationalized the Iran ian oil industry, international concerns carried out an effective boycott. Tankers slopped call- ling at the giant refinery of Abadan and the oil fields- which once produced 32,000,000 tons of oil and gasoline dried up. Mossadegh was left with a multi-million dollar asset and no customers. Iran's debts mounted, govern ment wages fell into arrears and Mossadegh's faithful followers stirred restlessly. the tense situation came to a head in March, 1953, when the shah, with whom Mossadegh was feuding, announced that he would leave the country, osten sibly for medical reasons. MPs Took Refuge Demonstrations broke out in Teheran and crowds called on the shah to change his mind. Pro-Mossadegh MPs took ref uge in the Majlis, demonstrators attacked Dr. Mossadegh's resi dence and troops opened fire on the crowds. A few months later Mossadegh was arrested hiding in the home of one of his former ministers. He appeared at hi treason trial clad in a threadbare over coat and carpet slippers and was sentenced to three years in pris on on Dec, 21, 1953. Worst Accident in State This Year On Green Springs Portland, Ashland, CP Residents Killed Five persons were killed in a head-on crash of two automo biles on the Green Springs high way in Jackson county about 6:30 p.m. yesterday. It was the worst accident recorded on Oregon highways so far this year, according to the Oregon Traffic Safety com mission. Driver and all three passen gers of one car and the driver, only person in the other, were dead in the accident. There were no witnesses. The dead were identified by state police as Charles Elwell Klaus, 52, of Portland, who was alone in his car; Samuel Norman Mallon, 50, Central Point, driver of the other car;v his mother, Came Gertrude Mallon, 73, and Mr. and Mrs. Verbie Edward Gnse, both of Ashland. Killed Instantly State police and coroner's re ports said that all were killed instantly with the possible ex ception of Mallon, who may have lived a few minutes after the crash. Bodies were taken to the Ashland mortuary. The collision occurred in Jackson county on Highway 66 about two miles from the Klam atn county line. According to County Coroner Carlos Morris, Klaus is believed to have been on a trip as salesman for Klaus and company, an electrical firm from Portland. The coroner said It was his supposition that the Mallons were bringing the Grises back from a trip to Dairy, about 18 miles east of Klamath Falls at the time of the accident The Gnse family had recently moved from Dairy to Ashland. The Mal lons were interested in buying the Grises' house at Dairy and had been on a trip to look it over with them, Morris believed. Time Fixed State police at Medford were called by state police in Klam ath Falls at 6:48 p.m. The time of the accident was fixed by the coroner at 6:28 p.m. The accident was first report ed to Klamath Falls state po lice by Jim Hicks, a scaler for the Ned Putnam logging com pany of Klamath Falls, accord ing to the Medford state police office. Hicks apparently arrived on the scene shortly after the accident and radioed a report of it from the Putnam logging op eration base near the Lincoln guard station. The coroner's office was call ed between 6:45 and 7 p.m. and ' reached the scene after state police a little before 8 p.m. Jack- son county sheriff's office was called at 6:55 p.m. and deputies helped direct traffic and remove the dead. Perl Funeral home is in charge of arrangements for-the Mallons. Funeral services for Klaus and Mr. and Mrs. Grise are pending at Conger-Morris Funeral home. Bruse Suffers Heart Attack at Yakima George K. Bruse, 35, Medford agent for. Connecticut Mutual Life insurance company, and a major in the Army reserves, has suffered a heart attack while training with members of the 417th Engineer Aviation" Bri gade at the Yakima Firing Cen ter, Wash. Mrs. Bruse, who resides with her husband at the home of her mother, Mrs. Chauncey Brewer, 1811 East Main st., received word of the heart attack yester day morning and left for Yaki ma. Maj. Bruse has been taken to Madigan hospital at Fort Lewis, Wash. , Late News Brief: VOTE COST FIGURED Washington U.R) Harold E. Stassen said today -Vice Presi dent Richard M. Nixon would cost the Republicans 3,600,000 votes as President Eisenhower's 1956 running mate. Stassen told newsmen he based this figure on the assump tion that the total presidential vote this year will be 60,000,000. MEDIATION EXPECTED Pittsburgh U.R) Federal mediators were exDected tn move into the three-day nation wide aluminum strike today. An autnonlative source said the U.S: Mediation and Concili ation Service will try to get rep resentives of 28,000 striking United Steelworkers to resume bargaining sessions with the Aluminum Company of Ameri ca and Reynolds Metals Co.. probably early next week.
