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STEVENS attli icL v wvuflfe? v KOUNDUP PARADE Participants in the an nual Rogue River Roundup paraded tnrougn downtown Medford Saturday in the main pa rade of the three-day event. The Roundup started Friday with a small parade. Evening rodeo performances "were main attractions Dulles Will Have Bipartisan Backing At Suez Meeting Washington (U.PJ Secre tary of Statu John Foster Dulles will go to the 22-nation London conference on the Suez crisis Thursday with solid bipartisan support, administration sources said today. The sources said Dulles gained support at Sunday's extraordin ary White House meeting with congressional leaders to discuss the Suez dispute. They said the congressmen did not ask for any changes in administration plans for trying to get a peaceful solu Won to the controversy. Mutt Amu me Responsibility Democratic congressmen who attended the meeting were not so emphatic, however. Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas said that "poli tic ends at the water s edge" when asked if Dulles carried bi partisan support. But he also emphasized that any decisions on foreign policy would have to b made by the administration and that the administration would have to assume full re sponsibility. Johnson, In an impromptu news conference later in Chi cago, said our future course in the Suez matter will require "a great deal of thought." He said the crisis -"may be partially of our own making." To Seek Arrangement Dulles, who leaves for Lon don Tuesday, plans to join Brit ain and France in asking the conference to agree on an ar rangement for guaranteeing that the Suez will always be open to navigation of all nations. The three-power plan calls for creat ing a new international Suez Canal authority to operate the waterway at reasonable rates. Knowland Sees Nixon As Ike's Running Mate Washington (U.R) Sen. Wil liam F. Knowland predicted after a meeting with President Eisenhower today that Richard M. Nixon will be the Republican vice presidential nominee. Knowland conferred with Mr. Eisenhower at the White House for about 30 minutes. Earlier in the morning, he had break fast at the White House with Gen. Wilton B. Persons, the President's assistant for congres sional affairs. Asked whether he discussed the vice presidential nomination with the President, Knowland said he was not in a position to go into details of their conversa tion. He said they covered poli tics "generally," some problems which might come up at the Re publican Convention in San Francisco, problems of the last session of Congress, and pros pects for the next session of Congress. The High Road And The Low Road Copyright. 1956. The Pulitzer Publii St Louis Post-Dispatch IHnblook i a VacatiosW . British Troops Head Toward Suez Canal As Conference Nears London U.R) Plane loads of British troops streaming out of Britain for the Mediterranean crossed paths today with the in bound flow of world diplomats who will seek a peaceful solu tion to the Suez canal crisis at the London conference opening Thursday. The conference, originally scheduled with 24 nations in at tendance, has been reduced to 22 by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser's rejection of the invitation and by a similar re fusal by Greece. Hundreds of British troops left Blackbushe and Hurn air ports in the biggest airlift since the Berlin blockade. Officers Seek Two In Armed Robbery State, county and city police officers are seeking two men re ported to have assaulted Fritz Boight, 401 rd., Medford, and escaped with approximately S800 in an armed robbery in Boight's cabin at 3:42 a.m. Sunday. According to state police. Boight said he heard a knock on his door, opened it and ad mitted two men, whom he iden tified to officers. He said one of the men picked up Boight's .22 caliber rifle and robbed him of $800. One of the. men then struck Boight on the head with his fist, knocking him to the floor, and the two escaped in an automobile. Boight was not seriously in jured by the blow and appar ently required no medical at tention. State police said they have two suspects and are still investigating the case. Officers were notified of the incident by Ben Darris, a workman at the 401 orchard. Opening of Phoenix Schools Is Delayed Phoenix public schools, both elementary and senior high, will open for classes Sept. 17, accord ing to E. R. James, superintend ent of schools there. The change from Sept. 10 was made at the request of the Fruit Growers as sociation to allow the children to work during the harvest. Medford Senior High school will start Sept. 17 with the ele mentary school opening Sept. 10. The schools in Prospect will start Sept. 7. Parents are reminded that birth certificates are necessary for children entering school for the first time this fall. Colombo. Ceylon (U.R) Cey lon plans to call in "devil danc ers" in a last flitch attempt to break the island nation's severe drought. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Though win ners were selected Friday night, directors of the rodeo were still ironing out details of the awards this morning and could not give names of the winners. It also was disclosed in Bonn that Britain has begun to pull its troops and equipment out of West Germany to replenish stra tegic reserves during the canal crisis. Nasser received further back ing today in his firm stand against a Western proposal to internationalize the canal and to use force if necessary to in sure its free passage. . The Arab League council. meeting in Cairo, resolved that any aggression against Egypt "will be considered aggression against all Arab states." Egypt pressed a strong diplo matic campaign to win approval for Nasser's proposal of a broad ened world conference to "re view" the Suez situation with out questioning Egyptian own ership of the canal. The government sent Nasser's plan to all the countries which signed the 1888 treaty of Con stantinople guaranteeing free dom of navigation through the canal. Threat Against Canal Salah Salem, a former mem ber of Nasser's cabinet, left for London today to cover the meet ing in his new role as editor of the Cairo newspaper Al Shaab.. Salem declared last week that Egypt is ready to "blow up" the canal if any attempt is made to use force against Egypt. In other developments todav. the U.S. Embassy in Cairo an nounced that four American de stroyers will be traveling tnrougn tne canal today and Tuesday. The Navy called the movement routine." Chlorine Temporarily Added fo City Water Chlorine has been added tem porarily to Medford water at the additional intake facilities of the Big Butte Springs pipe line wo. 2. installed and tested at full capacity for the first time last week by city crews, according to Robert Lee, water superintend ent. i-.ee saia me cnionne was added as a precautionary mea sure against possible pollution from the water going through the new intake facility. The chlorine is being shut off today, he added, and will take two or three days to work itself out of the distribution system. He said the water department has received several calls from residents since Saturday con cerning the taste of the water. The chlorine taste will be pres ent in Medford water for two or three days. School Equipment - Room Burglarized The equipment room at the football stadium of Medford Sen ior High school was burglarized and two new footballs were taken between 4 p.m. Saturday and noon Sunday, Fred Speigel berg. the high school coach, has reported to Medford police. The theft was discovered by Robert W. Newland, 919. Ken- yon st., also on the football coaching staff at the school. The padlock on the equipment room door was pried off, and police said there were several footprints in the area. The footballs were valued at $14.95 each and the name of the school is engraved on the balls. Planning Commission To Convene Tonight The Medford planning com mission at a 7:30 p.m. meeting in the city hall today will con sider a petition to vacate a por tion of Ruhl Way. The commission will also con sider a request for annexation by Wesley and Blanch Coffeen of the southwest corner on South Holly st. and Stewart ave. A letter from Bert R. Elliot, a resi dent in the Central Point area, protesting the proposed loca tion of the Westside route for the reeway past Medford will also be considered. F0K Both Sides Make Confident Claims For Nomination Truman To-Support Convention Nominee Chicago (U.R) Adlai E. Stevenson and Gov. Averell Har- riman fought today for uncom mitted delegates whose ballots will decide the Democratic pres idential nomination. As the Democratic National Convention formally opened at the International Amphitheater in the Chicago Stockyards both sides made confident claims of victory. But they were keeping their fingers crossed. Stevenson said he was "confi dent, extremely confident." The Louisville, Ky. (U.R) Former President Truman told an old friend he would accept the Democratic presidential nomination himself before he would permit a deadlock such as the one in 1924. the Louis ville Times said today. In 1924 the Democratic con vention deadlocked between Al Smith and William Gibbs McAdoo for 103 ballots before a compromise was reached and John W. Davis was nominated. tenor of remarks from the Har- riman camp was "Ave s in. Stevenson was more than two to one ahead of Harriman in delegate support as the conven tion started. Truman for Winner Harry S. Truman, the man who turned the convention into a race said, "I'll support the nominee of the convention. The former President Satur day transformed what looked like a Stevenson walkover into a real battle by pinning a Har riman button on his coat and de claring the New York govern or is the party's best qualified candidate for President. But Mr. Truman made it clear today he'll get out and whistle- stop for Stevenson if he's, the man the Democrats decide they want. As of convention kickoff time Stevenson still was front run ner by a wide margin. But Har riman was picking up strength, some of it presumably due to Truman's endorsement. The latest United Press tabulation of delegates' known first ballot pre ferences showed this box score: Known Delegate Strength Stevenson, 519, aip 4Vi since Saturday. Harriman, 234, up 24 since Saturday. Favorite sons and other cand idates, 317. Unknown, 302. Necessary to nominate, 686V4. "I think this convention will nominate a ticket that will sweep the terrible administration in Washington right out into the middle of Pennsylvania ave.," Mr. Truman said. "There never was a time in the history of the United States" Mr. Truman added, "when we needed an honest administration as we need it now." Nixon Sees Road To Peace Difficult Dallas, Tex. (U.R) Vice Pres ident Richard M. Nixon said to day "we are sure to win" the struggle between democracy and Communism and achieve peace. Nixon, in a speech prepared for the Veterans . of Foreign Wars national encampment, warned that the road to peace will be difficult. But, he said: "I am sure that we will rise to the challenge and will win the struggle for peace. The in vincible spirit of free men will triumph. The tyrants and slave masters of the world will go down to defeat." Nixon said the nation's foreign policy is dedicated towards achieving "peace with honor" in the world. "I hope that ... all of us can present a united front to the entire world in this vital area of national policy," he said. Hurricane Roars Into Bahama Islands Miami (U.R) Hurricane Bet v rnarpH into the vast chain of Bahama islands with winds up to 125 miles per hour and sun increasing today, leaving one dead in Puerto . Rico where it struck a devastating blow. Forecaster Walter Davis of the Miami weather bureau said the hundreds of low islands ahead will be little hindrance to the vnnnff temnest and todav's de velopments may show whether its growing might will threaten the U.S. mainland. - UMMMITTE Medford United Press Full Leased Wire 51st Year 16 Pages CARS LINE UP Vehicles lined up for at least one-half mile in each direction Sunday when traffic was stopped for 30 minutes on U.S. Highway 99. Cause for the delay was a rope barricade blocking off 16V4 feet of the highway between Glen dale and Azalea in southern Douglas county. The barricade Demo Platform Drafters Agree On Welfare Plank Chicago (U.R) Democratic platform drafters have agreed on a welfare plank calling for increased social security bene fits and expansion of the federal health program, informed sources said today. At a session that lasted until 1:30 ajn. (EDT) today, the 16- member Platform Drafting sub committee also roughed out a farm plank pledging crop sup port loans of 90 per cent of oaritv. It calls for supplemen tary measures, such as suosmy payments and direct purchases, to bring the income of at least the small farmers to 100 per tent of parity. A, "free enterprise plank lacked only a few finishing touches. It reportedly charges the Republican administration is dominated bv "big business." It also pledges tighter enforcement of anti-trust and anti-monoooly laws, as well as increased help for small businessmen. Postpones Civil Rights The subcommittee postponed consideration of its toughest alr Hraftinc a civil rights plank, until tonight or Tuesday. Meantime, party moderates nua dled secretly in an effort to reach a compromise acceptable to Southerners. At former President Truman s suggestion, the subcommittee gave Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt a sn-mimite hearing during which she touched on civil rights gen erally. She was reported a spon sor of one proposed compromise that would leave out specific innrnval of the Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation in public schools, as the faoutn- erners are insisting upon. The moderates appeared con fident that' thev could get through a civil rights compro mise without a party-splitting fight on the convention floor. Johnson Confident Senate Democratic Leader Lyn don B. Johnson said he has ffreat confidence" that the Plat form Committee will come up with a civil rights plank "gen- ally satisfactory lor a majority of Americans." Ren. John W. McCormack (D- Mass.) chairman of the Platform ("nmmittee. said he honed a floor fight could be avoided. But he said he is sure a majority of the convention delegates will vote for the committee plank gardless. Washington !U.R The Reyn olds Metal Co. has raised its price on pig aluminum one cent a pound. Sunday Betsy, the first full scale hurricane of the season, killed one person and caused several million dollars worth of damage in Puerto Rico. Gov. Luis Munoz Marin called an emergency cabinet meeting to plan rehabilitation for thousands of persons driven from their homes on -the densely settled island. The weather bureau located the whirler's center about 115 miles southeast of Turk, island. 0 MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1956 TRAFFIC HALTED An estimated 200 to 600 vehicles were halted for 30 minutes Sun day afternoon, when U.S. highway 99 was temporarily closed to remind the state the thoroughfare was constructed on private property. The rope blockade was lifted for three doctors on emergency missions and a Traffic Halts as Brothers Assert Land Ownership By HOSIE JSOLEY Mail Tribune Staff Writer Pacific ' Highway, North of Glendale Who says U.S. High way 99 is a public thoroughfare? The heirs of Sam Stumbo say it isn't. They did their best be tween 3 and 3:30 p.m. Sunday to prove their point by roping off 16Vi feet of. the state and federally supported highway in southern Douglas county be tween Glendale and Azalea. Traf fic came to a complete standstill with vehicles lined up for at least a half mile in each direc tion. Estimate of the cars in volved varied from 200 to 600. Sign Posted At the head of the line of cars was a sign, stating in bold let ters: "Private property. Permis sion to pass over revokable at any time." Motorists, who al ready thought they were having hallucinations, were each given handbill which read: "In these days of State owned roads, State controlled schools, State owned and operated liquor stores and a multitude of State laws, assessments and taxes, this is to advise you that you are about to pass over 16V4 feet of privately owned highway. "This strip of land was pur chased by Sam Stumbo about 40 years ago and Sam Stumbo or his heirs have paid taxes on it ever since. 'In 1947 the State of Oregon began construction of a highway through this area. They made no effort to purchase this bit of land nor did they bother to noti fy its owners of their intended trespass. Wait Nine Years 'After waiting nine years for some compensation or at least a thank you note, we have decided in the eastern Bahamas at mid night and said winds were up to 125 miles per hour. Betsy traveled along a west-northwestward course. Forecaster Davis predicted the storm would be raging in the very midst of the 4,000 square-mile area of the Bahamas by tonight, but its long-range course appeared too uncertain to forecast. - He said there was virtually no chance of the storm's breaking up for days. DELEGATES was set up by heirs of Sam Stumbo, who claimed the blocked off portion of the highway is private property purchased by Stumbo about 40 years ago. They said Stumbo and his heirs have paid taxes on the property before and since the high way construction started m 1947. XJm iiim mrs to remind the state of our own ership. In order to repossess our land it has been necessary to close the highway in accordance with American Jurisprudence law, section 175 ..." The host of Stumbo heirs in clude Harry W., and, Clair of Wolf Creek, Allan D. Stumbo of Sunny Valley, and Robert G., Azalea, all sons of Sam Stumbo and residents of Oregon. Harry, Allan and Robert were respon sible for Sunday's road block, with Robert in charge of the op eration. Also present was their attorney, Jim McGoodwin, of VanDyke and Dellenback law firm in Medford. McGoodwin said the Stumbos discovered about two months ago that the highway crossed their property. Since then they liave communicated with state offic ials, informing them of the situa tion. "We were sure the state would do something," the at torney said. When no action came, the heirs proceeded with plans to exercise their rights as property owners and halt traffic in the area. Motorists Amused Though somewhat confused at first, nearly all of the delayed motorists took - the Stumbos' move of protest in good spirit. One commented, "This is won derful! I wouldn't have missed it Shoe Repair Shops Not All Closed Monday At least two shoe repair shops in the Medford area will not be affected by the recent deci sion by the Master Shoe Repair man's association to close shop on Mondays. East Side Shoe Service, 612 East Main - st., and Norfield Shoe store, 221 East Main St., reported today that Monday closure would interfere with their business and would gen erally be inconvenient for them. A spokesman for proprietors of the other Medford shoe repair shops made the closure an nouncement Saturday. Salem--(U.R) Judge Arlie G. Walker, senior member of the Oregon Circuit court bench, was taken to Salem Memorial hos pital today. He was stricken with an undfttermified ailment. Tribune United Press Full Leased Win Price- 5c No. 123 car in which a passenger was suffering from the heat A few other cars took advantage of these opportunities to sneak under the rope and continue their journeys. Most of the de layed motorists considered the stunt a good - joke and entered into the spirit. for anything!" Many got out of their cars to congraulate the heirs and tourists' cameras click ed in all directions. T Two motorists did not take the stunt in such good humor. One loudly contended it was il legal to close a highway that is partially supported by federal funds.- McGoodwin and the Stumbos discredited this theory and still didn't drop the rope. Another motorist angrily shouted, "You can't do this! You could have put up the sign when construction of the highway started, but you can't do it now. I'm going through and no one is going to do anything about It!" He went through and no one did anything about it, to the disappointment of the strongly pro-Stumbo crowd. Allowed Through Block Three doctors on emergency missions and a car carrying an elderly passenger, who was suf fering from effects of the heat, were allowed through the block. A few others also took advantage of these opportunities to sneak over the rope. Strictly for the sake of effect, Robert Stumbo kept a revolver strapped around his waist. One woman asked if it was legal for him to carry a gun. He replied, "Sure! This is private property!" He added that in case his prop erty ownership should be disput ed, he had a hunting license. The Stumbos are not through fighting. This morning they plan ned to file application with the Douglas county court for a toll road franchise. In the near fu ture they will also file for rental from the state for the past six months. Weather FORECAST: Fair through Tues day. Little temperature ' change. Loir tonifht S$. High Tuesday near 90. Temp. Hlrhpst yitrday ag Lowest this morning ..42 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise . 6:16 a.m. 7:16 o.m. Sunset Moonset 11:20 p.m. Foil Moon . Auk. 21 PROMINENT STARS: : The Twins, rise 2:45 ajn. VISIBLE PLANETS: ; Saturn, near the moon. Mars, rises 9:18 p.m. Venus, rises 2:17 a.m. ' and will be well op in the : east at sunrise. I
