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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
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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.