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GRANVIL BRITTSAN
Announce! Candidacy
Landis-Shangle Photo
Brittsan Announces
Candidacy for Post
In Medford Council
Third Person to Seek
Ward I Position
Granvil Brittsan, 42, of 1129
Niantic St., announced Saturday
that petitions nominating him
for councilman from Ward 1
will be filed Monday.
.'He is' the third person to an-
nounce-Jor that office. The oth
ers are Ed Hall and Bob Mcln-
tyre.
Brittsan ran unsuccessfuly for
the same post four years - ago
against John Snider, who this'
year is the only announced can
didate for mayor.
Brittsan is married and the
father of two sons, Darrel, 21,
now a senior and president of
the student body at the Univer
sity of Oregon, and Granvil Jr.,
18.
Salesman Here
He is a salesman for the Broer
Wholesale Grocery company. A
native of Wimer, he has lived
ail his life in Jackson county,
and has resided in the city of
Medford since 1927.
The candidate has served on
the city budget committee for
the past four years. A veteran of
the 1st Cavalry division during
its South Pacific campaign dur
ing World War II, Brittsan is a
member of the American Legion.
He also belongs to several
orders of Masonry and the
Shrine. He was a co-founder and
first president of the annual
Pear tjlossom Festival associa
tion here.
Seven From Area To
Attend Convention
Seven Jackson county resi
ents have left for San Francisco
to attend the Republican Nation
al convention in the Cow Palace.
County Judge Rodney Keat
ing, official delegate, planned to
leave by car early this morning.
Mrs. Kathleen Bash, an alternate,
and her family left by car Wed
nesday and Robert Dickey, an
other alternate, left late Friday
afternoon. - -
Mrs. Wayne Stine, vice presi
dent of the Jackson county Re
publican women, left Friday. She
will represent the organization at
the convention.
Mrs. Robert Keeney, president
of the Jackson county Republi
can women, also has tentative
plans for traveling to San Fran
cisco early this week. She is re
covering from an illness and may
not be able to attend the conven
tion, she said.
Sports Bulletins
Medford Cheney Studs de
feated Coquille 13 to 8 her
last night to run their South
ern Oregon league baseball
record to IS wins against sev
en losses. Coquille tallied
three runs in the first inning
and the Studs cam back to
score 13 markers before the
Loggers got another counter.
The Studs got six runs in the
fifth inning. The two . club
wind up league play with a
gam at 2 p.m. today.
Portland (U.R) Derald
Swift of Vale ran 52 yards for
touchdown in the third quar
ter and Jerry Doman of On
tario kicked the extra point
to give the Slate squad a 7 to
S nod over Merto last night in
the ninth annual Shrine high
school all-star football game in
Multnomah stadium. Herman
McKinney from Washington
high skirted and with 55 sec
onds left in the first half for
the Metro score.
Sacramento (U.R) The
Hollywood Stars walloped four
horn runs last night and held
efi a late Saramento rally to
edge tha Solon 7-6.
Goal off $117,175
For United Crusade
' Goal for the 1956-57 United
Medford Crusade is 5117,175, a
7V4 per cent increase over the
1955-56 goal, when S114.353.75
was collected, according to Sam
Hersh, campaign chairman.
General solicitations in all di
visions, except for home crusade
and rural, will start Sept 17,
when the campaign committee
will hold a dinner meeting. A
training film and a speaker will
be featured and campaign sup
plies issued.
Approved Budget
Approved budget for the 1956-
57 campaign is: Albertina Kerr
homes, $2,147; American Cancer
society, $4;800; American Red
Cross; $20,500: American Social
Hygiene association, S70; Arth
ritis and Rheumatism founda
tion, $775: Boys' and Girls' Aid
society, $2,976.50; Boy Scouts,
Crater Lake area council, $13
750; Camp Fire Girls, Rogue
council, $1,750; and Catholic
Services for Children, $1,580.
Child Guidance Clinic of
Southern Oregon, $3,400; Chil
dren's Farm home, $1,134;
Christie Home for Girls, $293;
Girl Scouts, Rogue Valley area
council, $10,000; Mental Health
association of Oregon, $896; Ore
gon Prison association, $421.60;
Our Lady of Providence Nurs
ery, $963; St. Mary's Home for
Boys, $453; and St. Rose Intius
trial school, $793.
Salvation Army White Shield
home, $962.50; Salvation Army,
Medford citadel, $15,700; United
Service Organizations, $2,018.60,
Volunteer's of America Mothers
and Childrens home, $363; Wav
erly Baby home, $877; YMCA,
youth and government program,
$48; YMCA. Medford, $18,500;
reserve to cover uncollectable
pledges. $3,500: and campaign
and administrative expenses,
58,500. -Training
Meetings
Hersh said recruitment of
workers for divisions, with the
exception of the home crusade
and rural divisioa,.may. be com--,
pleted by Sept. 1: At least one
training meeting for each divi
sion is planned between Sept. 1
and 15.
Division chairmen will meet
each week from Sept. 24
through Oct. 29, or until the
Judge Latourette
Dies in Hospital
Portland (U.R) Oregon
Supreme Court Judge Earl C.
Latourette died in a' Portland
hospital Saturday at the age of
67.. ,. . "
Judge Latourette had been a
member of the state supreme
court since his appointment in
1950. He served as Chief Justice
from 1952 to 1954.
'" He was born in Oregon City
in 1889 and the family still
maintained their home there. In
1931 he was appointed to the
Circuit Counrt in Clackamas
county!-'
Judge Latourette was hospi
talized earlier this year but re
turned to the bench several
months ago and kept his place
there until about two weeks ago.
Edwin Roberts Named
Circulation Manager
San Francisco (U.R) Charles
Thieriot, editor and publisher of
the San Francisco Chronicle,
announced the appointment Fri
day of Edwin H. Roberts as cir
culation director of the news
paper. Roberts fills the post left' va
cant by the death of F. M. Thier
iot last month in the collision
between the liners Andrea Doria
and Stockholm. Thieriot and his
wife were aboard the Andrea
Doria which sank after the col
lision. Roberts was a native of
Mackay, Idaho. He grew up in
Portland, and following his
graduation from Portland uni
versity, joined the staff of the
Portland Oregonian where he
became assistant city circulation
manager.
He joined the" Chronicle in
1955 and was appointed East
Bay circulation manager last
February.
Neuberger Criticizes
Project Statements
Washington U.R) Sen.
Richard L. Neuberger (Dem.-O.)
Saturday criticized statements
charging that addition of the
Yaquina Bay Harbor project to
the omnibus public works bill
in the Senate was instrumental
in causing President Eisenhow
er s veto of the bilL
campaign is complete. Recruit
ment for the home crusade and
rural division will begin about
Oct. 1, according to Hersh.
. Solicitations for the home
crusade and rural divisions will
begin about Nov. 1, Hersh said.
Work in the divisions, he ad
ded, may conclude in one week.
If the solicitation in' other divi
sions is concluded early, he said,
work of residential solicitation
may start earlier.
NEW ASSISTANT Gilbert J.
Gutjahr, 27. of 135 North Colum
bus ave assumed his duties
Wednesday as administrative
assistant to City Manager Rob
ert Duff. He previously has been
doing graduate work at the Uni
versity of Oregon. (Brainerd
Photo).
Taft Man Drowns
In Boat Mishap
Taft, Ore. (U.R) One man
was drownedand two other per
sons were presumed drowned
yesterday afternoon when two
private fishing boats capsized
as the approached the Siletz bar
at Taft on' an ebb tide.
Roy Smith, about 45, of Cutler
City, was drowned. His teen
age son, Ron Smith, and Wendell
Kuhlman, about 40, of Delake,
were both still missing and pre
sumed to be drowned.
Two other members of the
fishing party were saved, wit
nesses said, through the efforts
of Russ Bailey, the. owner of a
boat moorage at Taft.
The accident occurred about
4:30 p.m. Saturday. Mrs. Letha
Davidson, owner of the Taft
cafe, watched the two boats as
they approached the bar and
capsized.
Bids for Bear Creek
Work Are Invited
Bids for construction of bank
protection work along the left
bank of Bear creek will be
opened in the Portland office of
the Army corps of engineers at
2 p.m., Aug. 28, according lo
district engineer, Colonel Jack
son Graham.
Bids "were originally asked
July 16, and were opened Aug.
1. Failure to obtain right of way
caused delay in awarding the
contract, and bids were can
celled. The work calls for 5.620 cubic
yards of excavation, 500 cubic
yards of embankment from
gravel borrow and 4,020 cubic
yards of dumped stone revet
ment. 14 Killed, 37 Injured
In Manila Accident
Manila (U.R) Fourteen
persons were killed Friday and
37 injured, most of them seri
ously, when a bus racing with
two others ran off the road and
overturned in a ditch south of
Manila.
Most of the passengers were
students on their way to classes
in Manila.
Weather
FORECAST: Variable cloudiness
today and tomorrow with like
lihood of afternoon or eve
ning thnnderuorm activity
hoth days. Hi eh today 90-92,
low tonight 55, high Monday
85-90.
Temp.
Htehert Yesterday 92
Lowest Yesterday 54
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise .
5:22 a.m.
7.0? a.m.
5:56 p.m.
Sunset
The Moon rises ..
Sets Monday
4:43 a.m.
and w ill he Full Tuesday a.m,
MBRCt'RY, setting soon after
sunset. Is now making a brief
appearance as an evening star.
In October it will be seen as a
morning star with Venus and
Jupiter.
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Dulles Reported to
Have Compromise
Plan for Dispute
'Merges' Conflicting
Proposals at London
London U.R) Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles was
reported last night to have com
pleted a compromise '"break"
plan for solving the Suez canal
dispute.
The plan has been sent to
the (21. other conference deleg
ates for immediate considera
tion, according to informed
sources who said it "merges"
conflicting proposals made by
Western and Soviet delegates
earlier during the first three
days of the conference.
The sources did not give de
tails of the plan nor say how
Dulles hoped to bridge the gap
over who will control the day-to-day
operations of the inter
national waterway. .
Meets Soviets
He met with the Soviet del
egate before Saturday's session
and with the French and Brit
ish delegates before and after
it.
Saturday Britain rejected a
Soviet bid for an expanded Suez
canal conterence and served
notice it will hold its position
in the dispute "regardless of the
odds." ' . -. ;
Dulles hoped he would get
answers to his new proposal
when the conference resumes
Monday. .
The sources said the plan was
a "draft resolution" framed pre
sumably for adoption by the
conference and transmission to
Egypt. It was said to follow
the four main principles laid
down in Dulles' opening speech
Thursday.
This would include an inter
national board to operate the
canal the key of the dispute
with Egypt.
Ambush-Connected
With Riesel Attack
New York U.R1 A beer
truck driver with a police record
was killed Saturday in an am
bush which police said might be
an aftermath to the acid attack
on labor columnist Victor Riesel.
Police feared the ambush
slaying of Fred Mischner, 26,
may have been another move by
the same underworld figures
who last robnth murdered the
hoodlum' who . threw, acid in
Riesel's . face' blinding him last
April 5. '
Mischner was shot four times
by a gunman waiting in the hall
way of the tenement where he
lived. , '
Abraham Telvi, 21, a petty
hoodlum named by the FBI as
Riesel's assailant, was found
sprawled in the gutter, a bullet
in his ' head, only six blocks
away, on July 28.
Medford Father, Son
Get Holes-ln-One In
Same Round Thursday
Mill Valley. Calif (U.R)
A father and son golf twosome
both made a hole-in-one during
the same round Thursday at
the Mill Valley golf course, a
sporty redwood empire lay
out. Roy Gilbertson. principal ef
the Lincoln elementary school
at Madford, Ore., got his ace on
the 250-yard first hole with
a No. 2 wood shot. His 11-year-old
son. John Paul, holed out
in one with a No. 3 wood shot
on tha 134-yeard eighth hole.
Both aces were witnessed by a
threesoma behind the Gilbert-
Hansen Takes Minnesota Position
Clifford Hansen, executive of
the Crater Lake Area council of
Boy Scouts for the past 8V4 years,
has accepted a position in Minne
sota, it was announced Saturday
by Council President George
Flanagan.
Hansen will become deputy re
gional director for Region 10 of
the Boy Scouts, with headquart
ers at St. Paul. During the sum
mer months he will be director of
a "canoe base" in the lakes dis
trict of Minnesota, Flanagan
said, where explorer scouts and
leaders train for a day, then
take eight-day canoe camping
trips through the lakes. Each
year some 1.800 boys and 200
leaders participate.
Hansen will assume his new
duties by the middle of Septem
ber. Flanagan said no successor
can be named until a council
meeting late this month.
Hansen, who with his wife.
Nixon. .Seeking Open
Convention f is -Week
Stevenson Returns
To Farm for Rest;
Plans Campaign
Attends Libertyville
Celebration Saturday
Libertyville, III. U.R Adlai
E. Stevenson, bone-weary after
his triumphs at the Democratic
National Convention, returned
to his farm here last night for a
hometown victory celebration
and weekend of rest.
The ' democratic presidential
candidate planned to spend at
Stories on the Democratic
convention in Chicago appear
on pages 2 and 16 of today's
Mail Tribune.
least a day or two resting up at
his farm home outside Liberty
ville. before swinging into his
campaign for the White House.
He spent most of Saturday
in nearby Chicago, scene of his
convention victory, before mot
oring to Libertyville. Before he
could start relaxing, however,
there was one last celebration
to attend a hometown wel
come :from his Libertyville
neighbors in the center of town.
Although Stevenson hopes to
catch up on his sleep this week
end, he was also expected to
start laying plans for his presi
dential campaign.
Hints of Strategy
He gave few hints of his
strategy," except to indicate' he
will try to make President Eisen
hower personally responsible
for what his administration has
done.
An aide said Stevenson will
travel widely through the coun
try and make heavy use of tele
vision. Fund-raisers already are
at work lining up money for
TV time.
Stevenson Aide William Blair,
said the candidate may spend
up to a week or 10 days on his
farm, and commute to his t-hi-
cago law office to lay the ground
work for his campaign.
Sig Unander To Be
Acting Governor
Salim rit P State Treas
urer Sip Unander will probably
be acting governor of Oregon
next week while uov. njrno
Smith attends the Republican na
tional convention in fan Francis
co.
Speaker of the house Edward
Rearv. Klamath Falls, ordinarily
would be first in line to take
over Smith's duties, but he was
expected to be in California on
business next week.
Secretary of State Earl T. New
bry will also be a delegate to the
GOP convention.
Under Oregon law, the first to
succeed the governor in event of
his Heath or absence is the presi
dent of the Senate. However,
Oregon has been without a Sen
ate president since Elmo Smith
wac elnvatpH from that SDOt to
governor after the death of Paul
Patterson.
Second in line is the "speaker
of the House. The secretary of
state is third and the treasurer
fourth. "
Esther,' and two sons, aged 13
and 2V4. has made his home at
CLIFFORD HANSEN
Exaculira la Leara
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"Well, They Said I
Bartlett Harvest May
Be Bumper Crop This
Year, Officials Say
What promises to be a bumper
pear harvest is well under way
in Rogue valley with the Bartlett
crop about 20 per cent picked,
representatives of the industry
said Saturday.
Industry representatives said
that both for quality and quanity
this year's crop will be ousland
ing. ' .-
Better quality has been a de
termining factor in increased
sales to canners and processors
this year, they said. The percent
age of Bartletts which will be
removed from the fresh fruit
market for procesors is estimated
to be as high as 50 per cent, ac
cording to members of the Rogue
River Valley Traffic association.
Good Prices
Quality of Medford pears al
so is commanding good prices
this year for top sizes and qual
ity fruit, they said.
The labor supply, they said, is
ample in orchards, packing hous
es and cold storage plants with
the harvest progressing in good
order. Estimated date of comple
tion for the Bartlett harvest is
Sept. 3. .
D'Anjous and other winter va
rieties will be harvested later.
' One of the major problems in
past years has been eleminated
this year by new packing plants
in operation. Newy plants include
Crystal Springs 'and Pinnacle,
Back of Chicago's .
Poo Outbreak Broken
Chicago (U.R) Chicago
health authorities Saturday said
the back of the city's record
breaking polio outbreak has
been broken.
But Board of Health Presi
dent Herman N. Bundesen
warned parents that they must
keep bringing their children to
the' clinics and hospitals for Salk
vaccine shots. ' ' "
538 West. 10th St., has been in
charge of the scouting movement
of the area council, including
troops from Jackson and Jose
phine counties in - Oregon and
Siskiyou county in California.
r When he arrived her in" March,
1948, there were 1,746 boys in
the scouting movement, in 63
units. There were two profes
sionals, and about 300 boys at
tended summer camp. Now. there
are 3,770 boys in. 137 units, four
professionals -and 800 different
boys attending camping sessions.
The principal growth has been
in the'Cub scout units.
Hansen, a native of Montana,
attended schools in North Dakota-
and Minnesota. He came here
from Pendleton, Ore., where he
was assistant scout executive. He
has been active in Rotary club
activities, is a member of Zion
Lutheran church, and has work
ed in the United Medford Crusade.
Couldn't Win In 48"
which replaced plants lost in fir
es. Available space for cold stor
age, including new plants, is esti
mated to hold 2,400.000 boxes.
Pear industry officials ' said
earlier estimates of the valley's
crop, which was set at more than
3 million boxes, appear to be un
changed. They added, however,
that a partial survey of the crop
indicates that this year's harvest
may exceed. that of last year.
Sfumbo Claim May
Be Court Problem
Roseburg ftJ.R) The Stumbo
claim to a narrow strip of high
way 99 south here may be a
problem for the courts for some
time, observers said Saturday.
But now the situation isn't
limited to a squabble between
the Stumbo boys and the state
over the 16 foot section of high
way they claim to own.
Ray Bruce, a Glendale ac
countant representing Earbee
and Pickett Logging company of
Days Creek, said he would file
for a rebate or per-mile ' road
tax. He said the per mile tax
is paid for travel over public
highways.
He said the logging company
has been hauling over the Stum
bo's "private property" and
therefore not a public highway.
The Stumbo family, brothers
Allan,, Harry ., and Robert and
cousin -Clair,' started the con
troversy last Sunday when
they strung a rope barricade
across the busy highway and
announced it was private prop
erty. ,
The barrier came down in
half an hour but since that
time the state highway depart
ment has searched its files and
found the claim apparently leg
itimate. Officials have announc
ed condemnation I proceedings
will be instituted for the strip
of land, if necessary. '
Registration Set
For St. Mary's,
Trie Rev. Nicolas Deis, pastpr
of Sacred Heart parish, Med
ford, announced Saturday that
registration for grade school
students at St. Mary's will start
Monday, Aug. 20. Registration
hours will be 9 ajn. to 12 noon
during the week.
Parents of children entering
first grade were reminded that
baptismal and birth records will
be needed at the time of regis
tration. Other requirements of
the public schools will apply, v
; Mr. Deis .estimated thaU com
bined registration of grade and
high school at St. Mary's will
reach 550 this year.
Opening date for grades one
through eight will be Monday,
Sept. 10? with high school open
ing set for Sept. 17.
Vice President,
Goodwin Knight
Reach Agreement
Compromise After
Secret Meeting
San Francisco U.R) Vice
President Richard M. Nixon, his
renomination all but nailed
down, called Saturday for an
"open convention" so Republi
can delegates can name the
"strongest possible" running
mate for President Eisenhower.
Nixon later reached an im
portant compromise with Gov.
Goodwin J. Knight that could
clear the way for his unanimous
endorsement by the 70-vote Cal
ifornia delegation. However, the
group put off any endorsement
until after 10 a.m. Tuesday a
delay Knight sought.
The compromise came after
Knight told a secret meeting of
the delegation that he has been
"reliably informed by the high
est source that Mr. Eisenhower
will make known his endorse
ment of Nixon soon."
Nixon Welcomed
Nixon was welcomed to the
convention city by a crowd of
about 1,000 and rode into town
behind sirens in a motorcade.
Knight, who controls one
third of the California delega
tion and has not endorsed Nixon,
won the chairmanship of the
group during an all-afternoon
battle behind closed doors.
But the forces of Nixon and
Senate Republican Leader Wil
liam F. Knowland won unani
mous approval of a unit rule
which would bind the entire
delegation to the majority's
choice for a presidential and
vice-presidential endorsement.
Harold E.' Stassen, who is con
ducting a dump Nixon campaign
went to Knight's hotel suite
early last night and conferred
with the governor for 45 min
utes. On leaving, he said elec
tion of Knight to head the Cali
fornia delegation is "one of the
most significant things" so far
in the Stassen drive to unseat
Nixon.
Other Activities (
On the other active front," a
drafting sub-committee came up
with a civil rights platform
plank intended to go consider
ably further in promising action
than did -the Democrats in Chi
cago. The plank was described as
pledging the Republican party
4o carry out the Supreme
Court s ruling on integration in
the schools.
It further promised that the
party would seek congressional
approval of President , Eisen
hower's civil rights program
which lost to a threat of fili
buster when congress rushed to
adjournment last month.
The plank still must be ap
proved by the resolutions com
mittee and by the convention.
There is more than race rela
tions at stake in the Republican
platform, however. The Demo
cratic document ran 15,000 to -18,000
words and it had some
thing for almost everybody.
The convention, opening at
the Cow Palace Monday, is a
streamlined, four-day political
extravaganza with a Broadway
and Hollywood touch. The GOP
delegates will give Mr. Eisen
hower a second-term nomina
tion, probably By acclamation,
Wednesday afternoon.
Nixon is an odds on favorite
to bag renomination as the vice
presidential candidate the same.
day. Mr. Eisenhower arrives
here Wednesday and closes out
the show Thursday with his ac
ceptance speech. .
Senator George Plans
To Attend NATO Meet
Washington (U.R) ' Sen.
Walter F. George (D-Ga.) said
Saturday he will' participate in
North Atlantic treaty organiza
tion hearings in Paris this fall
with the view of strengthening"
it.
George, chairman of the Sen
ate Foreign Relations commit
tee, will attend the sessions in
a dual capacity as President
Eisenhower's personal represent-.
ative and as a member of the'
Senate committee.
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