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Newspaper Page TextSubscribers Recommended Medford Tribune To report Improper or non-delivery of the Mall Tribune phone 2-6141 before 6:43 pa dally and 1030 a-m. Sunday. If regular delivery arrives short ly after you call please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service. A story on major expansion projert at Elk Lumhrr company and stories and picture of the 4-H and Future Farmer of Amerira fair which concluded at the fairgrounds last night ap pear on Pace 12 of today Mail tribune. United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire No. 134) 51st Year 28 Pages MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, 1956 Price 5e Waitress Sought For Questioning In Kidnap Case Woman Disappears After Few Drinks Mineola, N.Y. (U.R) A fast-drinking waitress who fail ed to go home to her husband and five children Friday night was (ought by police today as a possible witness in the kidnap ing of Infant Peter Weinberger. The search for Aida Chernia- chovsky, 30-year-old employee of a pizza restaurant, began after Angelo John Lemarca confess ed he kidnaped Peter July 4 and left him to die in a rain storm. Kept Child All Night Lamarca told police he kept the 32-day-old child with him all night and then abandoned him in a honeysuckle thicket the next day. Police had not determined whether he had any accomplices. Nassau county police tried to keep their activities secret, but some information leaked out. La marca, 31-year-old mechanic, underwent a 90-minute psychia tric examination Saturday after a mysterious eight-hour absence from his jail cell. Mrs. Cherniachovsky, also known as Aida Yoos and Aida Dart, worked as a waitress in Mama Lianzo's Pizzeria in West Hempstead, Long Island, and fre quented the Short Rail bar, also in West Hempstead. Mrs. Norma Solis. a barmaid at the tavern, said the pizza waitress had a few quick drinks Friday night and then left with a man. She had not been seen since. Shocked at Disappearance "She is a very good worker, a very hard worker and honest as they come," said Phil Lianzo, her employer. "I'm shocked at her disappearance. She never did this before." Police would not disclose exactly why they wanted to see Mrs. Chernia chovsky. The bereaved parents of the dead child had hoped until the very end that he would be found alive. They remained in seclu sion at their home in Westbury. Long Island, awaiting release of the baby's body so they could arrange a funeral service for him. Kennedy Unaware Of Wife's Illness Hyannisport, Mass. (U.R) Sen. John F. Kennedy, (D-Mass.) is yachting "somewhere in the Mediterranean (sea)," unaware that his wife suffered a miscar riage, the lawmaker's brother Robert said Saturday. . Mrs. Kennedy, 26, underwent an emergency operation earlier this week at a Newport, R.I. hos pital suffering an internal hem orrhage. The child died but Mrs. Kenedy's post-operative condi tion was described as "good." Robert Kennedy, counsel for a senate committe. said at his Cape "Cod home Saturday that the sen ator had flown to Europe immed iately after the close of last week's Democratic National con vention in Chicago. Sen. Ken nedy lost the vice presential nom ination to Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee. Bomb Hoax Clears Hollywood Theater Hollywood (U.R) A hoax Saturday cleared bomb Grau- man's Chinese theater of some 500 persons. Hollywood police searched the premises without result fol lowing an anonymous telephone call warning that a bomb was set to go off in the theater at 2 p.m. Dr. Alfred C. Succumbs To Bloomington. Ind. (U.R) Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey, 62, whose scientific studies on human sex behavior became controversial best sellers at home and abroad, died Saturday of a heart ailment and pneumonia. , The author of the famed "Kin sey Reports" died at Blooming ton hospital where he was a pa tient for three days. Wife At Bedside At his bedside, when dea'th halted the work he launched 18 years ago, was Kinsey's wife, Clara. Relatives requested no Joral tributes, but rather that contributions be made to Kin say's Sex Institute to further the studies. Funeral arrangements were pending. Kinsey. who became the world's foremost authority on "Well, Men, That Nasser Calls Cabinet To Consider Menzies' Offer of Discussion Cairo (U.R) President Gamal Abdel Nasser has called his cabinet into special session to day to consider an invitation from Australian Premier Robert G. Menzies to discuss the Suez question, it was announced last night. Nasser called the cabinet ses sion a few hours after receiving a message from Menzies, who heads the five-nation commission appointed by the London Suez Campaign Issue Pleases Benson Hershey, Pa. (U.R) Agri culture Secretary Ezra T. Ben son said Saturday he is "not at all unhappy" that agricultural problems will be an issue in this fall's campaign. "Out of all the discussions and even controversy will come come better understanding of farm problems than we have had for a long time," Benson said. "I am confident of the good judgement of farm people." Benson made his first public speech since the Democratic and Republican National Conven tions before the Pennsylvania State Poultry Federation. "American agriculture is neither Republican nor Demo crat," Benson said. "Farm people . cannot, and must not, be thought of as a group who may be put on the political auc tion block. Their problems can not be solved that way." - Benson said that he is "not a politician," and that from now until November, "I will be neither more political nor less political, in what I say and do, then I have been in the past." Bona for Texas Bank Robber Set at $25,000 Portland (U.R) Bond for a 52-year-old ex-boxer who admit ted to FBI agents here Thursday that he robbed a bank at San Antonio, Tex., last month has been fixed at $25,000. Joseph Monroe Coffman asked court officials Friday whether he could plead guilty to the charge here but was told that decision could not be made until Texas authorities forward papers of his case. Kinsey, 62, Heart Ailment the life and habits of the Gall Wasp before turning his scien tific talents to the study of hu mans, had been in failing health for some time. Third Book Interrupted His last illness, described as a "heart flareup," interrupted work on a third book. "Sex Law and the Sex Offender." The book, based on conclusions he drew from his two previous works, was expected to recom mend revisions df ssx laws on grounds many of them are obso lete. Kinsey recently caught a "summer cold" which developed into pneumonia a id complicated his heart condition. He then suf fered another heart seizure, but associates as late as Friday de nied be was critically ill. Buttons It Up" conference to convey its find ings to Egypt. But while Nasser considered the Western overture for a peace ful settlement of the dispute, thousands of Frenchmen made plans to leave Egypt in a new wave of pessimism over the canal crisis. Thousands Seek Information Many of the 7,000 French res idents of Egypt lined up outside their consulate in downtown Cairo to seek further informa tion on how to leave if things get 'worse in the wake of the London Suez conference. A French embassy spokesman said his government's advice had been renewed to French residents urging them to quit Egypt unless they had a "com pelling reason" to stay. He said the word was spread quietly through the French community Friday. Mothers in sun suits brought their children with them and businessmen took time out from work to join the queues. Many frangly were worried at leaving Egypt, where a thriving French colony has existed for years. , British embassy sources said no similar warning had been is sued to Britons recently, al though a mild warning has cir culated to them when the Suez crisis first broke 'in July. They were told then that wives and families would be better off at home than in Egypt. Many since have left. Military Buildings Continue The new decision urging Frenchmen to leave came as Bri tain and France continued with their military buildups for the Middle East and Egypt indoctri nated its people for a possible fight. Despite these maneuvers, the diplomats continued their ef forts to obtain a workable and peaceful solution to the Canal emergency. The complete written record of the 22-nation Suez Canal con ference which ended in London last Thursday was on its way to the Egyptian government for consideration. So was a proposal for direct talks between Egypt and a five-power committee set up by the majority members of the London conference. The latter group was assured of a welcome to Cairo, but offi cials pointed out that this did not mean that Egypt was willing to negotiate on the basis of its plan for internationalizing the Suez Canal. Meanwhile, it was disclosed that Egypt will continue to pre vent ships carrying "war materi als" to or from Israel from pass ing through the Canal. (See story on page ) Pendleton Police Hold Boight Robbery Suspects State police were told by Pendleton city police Saturday morning that two suspects in an armed robbery at the 401 Orchard ave. are in custody there. John Albert Olson and Roy P. Armstrong, ages and address es not given, turned themselves in at Pendleton police said. There were S5000 warrants out on each of the men, charging armed robbery at the local orch ard which occurred at 3 a.m. Aug. 12. About S800 in cash was taken that morning from Fritz Boight at the point of a gun. Pendleton police said the two have admitted the robbery. v Search Called Off For Naval Airmen Off China Coast Continued Watch Ordered in Area Taipeh, Formosa (U.R)The U.S. Chief of Naval Operations has ordered an end to the huge sea arid air search for 15 Ameri can Naval airmen shot down off Red China two days ago. The orders called for a con tinued watch in the immediate area where the body of the 16th member of the plane's crew was found. But most of the ships which had been standing by to resume the suspended search were or dered back to regular duty. The vast search was set off originally when a Martin Merca tor Navy plane on a "routine flight" over the Formosa Strait was attacked and shot down Thursday by "unidentified air craft" believed to be Chinese Red fighters. . The last reported 'position of the plane was 160 miles north of Formosa and 32 miles off the coast of Red China near Shang hai. The body of Electronic Technician 1c Albert P. Mattin, of Delta, O., two life rafts and bits of plane wreckage were found 100 miles southeast of Shanghai. Only Evidence This was the only evidence of the incident, and the fact that only one body had been found in three days led to belief among Naval officers that the rest of the 15 men went down with the wreckage or were picked up by Chinese fishermen. Mattin s body was flown back to the Iwakuni, Japan, Naval Air Base where the destroyed plane had been stationed. A me morial service will be held there Monday and his body re turned to the United States Tuesday. Festival Broadcast Scheduled Monday Ashland The annual nation wide broadcast from the Orego; Shakespearean festival theater in Ashland is scheduled for Mori day, Aug. 27, at 8:30 p.m. The broadcast will be aired by NBC from Hollywood. Andrew C. Love, NBC execu tive from Hollywood, was in Ash land to supervise taping of scen es from "Richard III" for the broadcast. Don Gunderson is star red as Richard, William Oyler is narrator and Frank Pinnock of KMED announces. William-Daw-kins prepared the script. A re-broadcast from KMED is set for Sept. 2 at 6 p.m. At 7:30 p.m. Monday Station KBES-TV will air a half-hour show sponsored by First Nation al Bank of Portland and starring Gunderson. David Thayer, teach er of television Iowa State col lege and festival technician, will direct the show. Sports Bulletins Vancouver, B. C. (U.R) Darryl Martin last night pitch ed the Portland Beavers to a 7 to 5 victory over the Van couver Mountiei in a Pacific Coast League baseball game. Cincinnati. O. (U.R) Balti more's Lenny Moore scored two' touchdowns to help the Colls to a lopsided 37-16 ex hibition football victory over the Pittsburg Steelers here last night. Green Bay. Wis. (U.R) The Green Bay Packers edged the New York Giants. 17-13. in an exhibition football game here last night. Villon Creek Fire Rages Uncontrolled Yreka, Calif. (U.R) More than 200 men continued to battle a week-old forest fire that was still out of control in the Vil lon creek area late Saturday after it had burned through 2,000 acres of virgin Douglas fir. The U.S. Forestry service said it expected to check the blaze sometime during the night, al though it would be at least two days before it could be extin guished completely. The fire was started by light ning. It was almost brought un der control several days ago, but winds caused it to spread again Thursday. Monte Rio. Calif. (U.R Twelve-year-old Carmen Ribio of San Pablo drowned Saturday in a so-called "pool of death on the Russian river here. Mill Workers Carrying Guns As Labor Turmoil Increases Russia Sends World Disarmament Plan In Vatican Approach Vatican City U.R The Soviet Union has sent proposals for world disarmament to Pope Pius XII in its first diplomatic overture to the Vatican, it was disclosed Saturday. The Vatican press office said Soviet Premier Nikolai Bulgan in's appeal to the parliaments of the world for disarmament was received two days ago. It was given to Msgr. Giuseppe Fietta, Papal Nuncio to Italy, by Dmitri Pojidadev, Soviet charge d'af faires in Rome. No Direct Relations The Soviet Union has had no direct diplomatic relations with the Vatican since the Communist revolution. The unprecedented contact between the Russian chief of mission and the Papal Nuncio in Rome, therefore, was Carl W. McMillan Found Guilty of Drunken Driving Carl Wallace McMillan, 50, route 2, box 816, Central Point, Saturday was found guilty of driving while under the influ ence of intoxicating liquor. A six member district court jury returned its unanimous ver dict at about 3:10 p.m. after ap proximately 20 minutes of delib eration. The trial began Friday morning. District Court Judge Rawles Moore set 10 a.m. Wed nesday for sentencing. McMillan was the driver of a car which struck a jeep in which were riding members of the Ar thur Hanshew family, 211V2 North Columbus ave., last July 21. Eight-week-old Michael Han shew was killed in the accident and several others in the family were injured. McMillan may be taken before a grand jury soon to face possible negligent homicide or man slaughter charges. .District At torney Walter Nunley said be fore the verdict was in that whether or not McMillan would go before the grand jury depend ed largely upon the outcome of Saturday's trial. Nunley prosecuted the case on behalf of the state. McMillan was defended by Attorneys Noreen and Edward Kelly. Morse Says McKay Took False Credit Portland, Ore. (U.R) Sen. Wayne Morse Saturday charged Douglas McKay, his Republican opponent for the senate seat, with "conniving to take false credit" for an air force alloca tion of 5305,000 to the Northwest Training Institute at Tillamook. "The truth is," Morse said, "That it was as a direct result of the efforts of Sen. Neuberger and myself that the air force can celled its plans to discontinue the school." Morse said that Mr. Robert Klatt, director of the National Training institute", would bear witness to the fact that the allo cation was obtained as a direct result of the formal hearing with the air force in July which he and Sen. Neuberger arranged. "At the close of our argu ments," Morse stated, "The assist ant secretary of the air force, who attended the hearing, agreed then and there that the program should not be discontinued at this time." Weather FORECAST: Partly rloiidy today and Monday, continued cool. High today 82. low tonight 50, high Monday 85-88. Temp. Hisb'st Ytrday 81 Lowest yesterday S3 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise 5:30 a.m. 6:56 p.m. Sunset . Moonrise 9:14 p.m. PROMINENT CONSTELLATION Saggitarius, in the south - ..8:25 p.m. VISIBLE PLANETS Mars, rises .. 8:24 p.m. Saturn, in the southwest . - 8:31 pm. Venus, rises 2:13 ajn. the nearest Moscow could come to a direct diplomatic approach. The only Communist state which still has direct diplomatic relations with the Holy See is the tiny republic of San Marino in northern Italy. In the past, the Soviet Union and other Communist states and organizations have ignored the Vatican in their appeals for world peace a subject close to the Pope's heart. One notable exception was in 1951 when French scientist Fred eric Joliot-Curie sent a letter to the Pope informing him of peace resolutions passed by the con gress of the Communist-run "Peace Partisans" staged in Rome. Sure Way of Approach The Russiana appeal for disar mament was one sure vehicle through which Soviet diplomacy could make its first tentative ap proach to the Vatican. It was bound to be accepted. The Pope himself called for disarmament in his last Christ mas speech. But, Vatican sources pointed out, he took the Western stand that there must be ade quate controls and inspection. Rumors of an impending dip lomatic approach by the Soviet Union to the Vatican have been current in Rome for many months. Some reports even went so far as to say that Soviet For eign Minister Dmitri She"p:lov would propose establishing dip lomatic relations between the two states. Harriman Calls for Stevenson Election Albany, N. Y. (U.R) - Gov. Averell Harriman and a labor leader called Saturday for elec tion of the Stevenson-Kefauver ticket. The labor leader had been considered friendly to the Eisen hower administration. Both Harriman and Jacob S. Potofsky, president of the Amal gamated Clothing Workers of America, hurled "anti - labor" charges at the Republican admin istration. In speeches to the stat CIO convention, they particularly singled out Vice President Rich ard Nixon for attack. Potofsky was one of three lab or leaders who former Gov. Dan Thornton of Colorado said at the GOP convention in San Francisco could be counted on to comment favorably on President Eisen hower's administration. But Po tofsky had no such kind word in his CIO council speech. Potofsky said Nixon "more than any-other individual sym bolizes the anti-labor views and actions of our government." Har riman said Nixon "was chosen to make the windup speech for the Hartley bill" in the House of Representatives because he was "anti-labor." Bomb Burst Damages Home of Southerner Montgomery, Ala. (U.R) A bomb burst damaged the home of a white minister who has en couraged Negro bus boycotters Saturday find elided the lull in this old Confederate Capital's eight-months racial struggle. The intended target of the home-made dynamite bomb. The Rev. Robert Graetz, 27, and his family were visiting in Tennes see. The blast ripped out wind-" ows and knocked s hole in the front door. Windows also were blown out in a house across the street but no one was injur ed. The Rev. Graetz, a soft -spoken Lutheran minister, only this week had called on the Mont, gomery ministerial association to hear a leader of the boycott, the Rev. M. L. King, explain the Negroes' position. His request was refused. Mrs. Charles W. Koyl Succumbs of Hospital Mrs. Charles W. Koyl. 64, died at a local hospital Saturday night. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Jackson, for mer Jackson county sheriff. Fu neral services are pending at LitwiUer funeral home in Aah-land. r y&A J if fa jaMiJa - . "fcsSBiiiSal CANDIDATE A. R. (Tony) Manno, above, is the only can didate so far for a position on the Medford city council from Ward II. He lives at 646 South Holly st., and operates Acme Hardware stores in Medford and Central Point. There will be election contests for the council in the city's other three wards. Deadline for filing candidacies is Aug. 31, and the election will be Nov. 6. Two Sentenced To Penitentiary; Other Cases Heard Norman Lee Stegner, 29, of 532 Pennsylvania ave., and Bob Spriggs, 38, of 405 Earhart St., were given two year sentences in the Oregon state penifentiary by Circuit Court Judge Orval J. Millard Friday. Stegner was charged with grand larceny in connection with the theft of two chain saws in a city police case. Spriggs was charged with forgery. In other court action Friday Elmer Dean Fry, 22, Miami Okla., was fined S200 for un lawful possession of a weapon. C. W. Henderson, 19, of 124 Tripp St., was sentenced to one year in the county jail for caus ing injury to property with ex plosives. John Earl Simon, 26, route 1, box 63, Central Point, was ' voluntarily committed to the state hospital for 30 days' observation in the same case. Henderson and Simon were accused of setting off a stick of dynamite in a pump house on the Old Stage rd. July 3. Several burglaries and an arson case were also cleared with their arrest, according to sheriff's deputies. Both Mrs. Larc Searcy, 30, Portland, and J. B. Berriman, 39, of 306 Effie St., were given three year suspended sentences, she for larceny in a building and he for receiving stolen property. Berriman was involv ed in the same case as Stenger and was accused of receiving and concealing the stolen chain saws. Cases Pending The cases of Philip A. John ston, 19, Port Orford, Ore., and Floyd A.- Dale, 31, Des Moines, la., were continued pending re ceipt of FBI information. John ston is ' charged with burglary not in a dwelling and is accused of a theft from the Salvation Army transient shelter. Dale is charged with larceny in a build ing. rhimen (ii.P.i The pastern half of the nation had fair wea ther Saturday while some show ers and thunderstorms occurred in other regions. Chicago U.R) Adlai E. Stevenson will hold a regional meeting of Democratic leaders at Los Angeles on Sept. 5. Disappearance Explained by The temporary disappearance of 3V2-month-old Jeanne Marie Pfluke from her home Thursday night was explained Friday after noon when police questioned ter mother, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Pfluke. The young mother admitted to officers that she placed the baby on the porch of the Sacred Heart church parish house, where the little girl was found at 3:52 a.m. Friday by Father Robert J. Tom isser. More then 20 city police, sr- iif deputM and sum rxrf Tension Mounts In Feather Falls Pine Mill Strife Union 'Reign of Terror' Charged by Official Feather Falls, Calif. (U.R) This tiny lumber town, hit by labor strife. Violence and threats, bristled Saturday into an armed camp reminiscent of the old West. Almost the entire male popu lation of some 300, employees of the Feather River pine mills, carried sidearms in either hip or shoulder holsters in readiness to combat what a mill official called a union "reign of terror." Deputies Added Sheriff Larry Gillick added 12 extra deputies to his force and warned both the lumber and sawmill workers union (AFL) pickets and the non-union mill workers he would brook no law breaking. Gillick refused to issue permits to carry concealed weap ons, but the unconcealed weap ons were said to be legal. The union went on strike at the lumber mill two years ago. Two months later the company reopened with non-union help. The situation was 6tatic until a week ago when a company- owned railroad bridge over the South Fork Feather River can yon burned. FBI Investigates Gillick and state officials said the burning appeared to be arson and the FBI began investigating. The railroad was the company's main supply and delivery route between the mill and Oroville, Calif., 19 miles to the east. The only other, access to the plant, a company-owned truck bridge across the canyon, was posted with armed guards. Armed guards also began rid ing in the cabs of the trucks after the home of Sacramento trucking executive George Dunlap was bombed and oil tanker driver Ralph Hudson of Chico, Calif., was beaten outside an Oroville cafe Friday. Both Dunlap's trucks and Hudson had crossed the picket line. Luther Sizemore, internation al representative of the union, denied union men were involv ed in the violence and said the union "can't always control the actions of some individuals who are not under our jurisdiction." William Gamble, general man ager of the mill and the comp any's railroad, notified Gov. Goodwin J. Knight of the situa tion Saturday and said his work ers were thinking of forming a vigilantes committee as "a good way to handle things.' State Kept Closely Advised Knight replied that he had received no indication that local law enforcement had broken down. But he said the state is being kept closely advised of the situation." A United Press reporter at the scene said the situation was "very, very tense." He said most of the mill workers were men who quit the union when the strike was called and now "95 per cent are violently non-union." He said the workers were in censed especially because the wives of several had been tele phoned by unidentified persons who threatened to beat their husbands if they reported for work. The union pickets and other representatives appeared to be unarmed, he said, although a baseball bat was seen in the car of one picket. The mill is owned by Georgia- Pacific Plywood Corp., Portland, Ore., the second largest lumber company in the world. of Infant Young Mother conducted an intensive, five-hour search for the infant after Mrs. Pfluke called police at 10:52 p m. and reported her child missing from the family home at 148 South Ivy st. Police said Mrs. Pfluke, who is in her early 20s, was dis traught as a result of personal problems. District Attorney Walter Nun ley said no charges are being filed, but it is with the under standing that Mrs. Pfluke and her husband. Chester Pflttke, will seek' psycaiairifl help.