Medford mail tribune., August 30, 1956, Image 1

Four Persons Lose Lives as Blaze Razes Residence in Portland
SECOND BIGGEST CHECK Members of the Jackson county
court, left to right. Judge Rodney Keating and Commissioners
Chester Wendt and L. G. (Shy) Morthland, take a last look at
a $1,867,393.17 check before turning it over to the county
treasurer. The check is Jackson county's share of O and C
timber receipts for the year ending June 30. It was the second
. largest O and C check received in Oregon. The money will
first go into the general county fund, then will be distributed
among the various county agencies. If the $1,867,393.17 were
to be raised by a tax levy, each of Jackson county's 64,000
taxpayers would have to pay approximately $29. The'levy
would be about 33 mills.
Most O&C Receipts
In Deposits,
County Treasurer Karl
Jan-
ouch today reported that Sir
545,000 of the $1,867,393.17 re
cently received as O and C pay
ments for the fiscal year 1956
has been placed in time depos
its and open accounts.
County Judge Rodney Keat
ing and Commissioner Chester
Wendt received the check for
Jackson county's share of O and
C timber receipts last Tuesday
in Eugene. The check was turn
ed over to the treasurer Wednes
day afternoon.
Jackson county now has a to
tal of $2,495,000 in interest earn
ing accounts in the six banks
in the county, Janouch said. In
addition to this amount, the trea
surer has on hand bonds purch
ased from certain stable funds
totaling $31,819.50. Total inter
est earnings for the county for
this fiscal year will be $33,730,
.80, Janouch stated. Additional
interest from county school sav
ings accounts is expected to total
$11,138,82 and U.S. bonds owned
by the Medford Irrigation dist
rict are expected to earn $512.50.
Grand total interest to be col
lected by the treasurer for the
current fiscal year is estimated
at $45,381.32.
Total interest earnings become
more vivid when compared with
the sum of the annual salaries
No More Candidates
File Petitions Today
No last minute petitions have
been filed by candidates for city
councilmen or mayor, according
to city' officials today. Dead
line for filing petitions is Fri
day, Aug. 31.
So far, candidates in the race
include: Ward I, Ed Hall, Rob
ert Mclntyre and Granvil Britt
san; Ward II, Al Bradford, and
A. R. Manno; Ward III, Mrs.
Marina Gates and R. L. Van
Sickle; and Ward IV, Jack Fitz
gerald and Jimmy Dunlevy.
Fitzgerald is the only incum
bent seeking reelection. John
Snider, now Ward I councilman,
is the only candidate so far to
file for mayor.
City Council Meeting
For Tonight Cancelled
, A city council meeting prev
iously scheduled for this eve
ning has been cancelled, City
Manager Robert Duff reported
this morning.
The Aug. 21 session was ad
journed until today, pending re
ports from bonding attorneys
who are checking plans for bond
issues to be presented at the
November election. Duff said the
reports have been received and
were found satisfactory, so it is
unnecessary to hold a meeting
tonight. - i - - ,
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Pear crop in
In 'Good Shape' Despite Storm Damage
Pear industry sources stated
today that in spite of a tempor
ary setback in schedules due to
the recent wind storms, the crop
is coming off in good order.
The original estimate of 8 to
10 per cent loss of fruit during
the storm seems to be accurate.
. ; n c tn snnkesmen from
the Rogue River Valley Traffic
association. The loss' was esti
mated on an overall crop basis
and there are cases of losses
greater than this and some or
chards where the damage was
only slight.
Commercial Loss
Jt was pointed out by ClUf
ACfc ! Afc;tef ,),V.&: .
Accounts
of three county court members,
sheriff, assessor, clerk and treas
urer, which under the recently
approved salary rate, amount to
$38,160," Janouch commented.
U.S. Highway 99
Segment Reported
Listed 'For Saler
The Stumbo clan of Wolf
Creek tongue presumably
again in cheek today an
nounced they would "offer for
sale" a 16 by -200-foot piece of
property crossing U.S. Highway
99 between Glendale and Azalea
in southern Douglas: county. " "
The three Stumbo brothers,
Robert, Harry and Allan! Btvda
cousin, Clair Stumbo, discovered
a few months ago that the state
failed to make settlement for
the property before constructing
the highway in 1945. The prop
erty was purchased about 40
years ago by Sam Stumbo and
either he or his heirs have paid
taxes on it ever since, the family
contends.
Listed With Firm
Today, Leslie I. Kcllow of
Medford, the boys' uncle, re
ported the Stumbos have listed
the property for sale with his
real estate firm.
A written statement Kellow
brought to the' Mail Tribune this
morning said, ". . . This would
be an ideal homesite for a fam
ily with several children since
it is located on the longest dead
end street on the west coast.
The soil is as good as any in that
vicinity except for a 6 to 8-mch
hardpan on the- surface . . ." '
Condemnation Considered '
United Press 'reported today
the highway commissoin may be
forced to file condemnation pro-
edings to obtain the 16-foot
stretch of highway. State High
way Engineer W. C. Williams
was quoted as saying he offered
the Stumbos $100 plus 6 per cent
interest since 1946, but the offer
was refused
The Stumbos called attention
to their ownership of the prop
erty several weeks ago when
they barricaded the highway.
stalling several hundred cars.
Later, they proposed the hijh
way commission pay them tolls
for every vehicle that has passed
over the road since 1946.
Prineville (U-PJ Congress
man Sam Coon (R.-Ore.) has ac
cused Sen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.)
of claiming credit for the Crook
ed river reclamation project.
NO PAPER MONDAY -In
order that its employ'
may observe th. Labor Day
holiday, the Mail Tribune will
not b published on Monday,
Sept. 3.
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Kogue valley
Cordy, county agent for horti
culture, that the wind drop fruit
is considered a complete com
mercial loss since fruit pro
cessed for human consumption
must be hand picked directly
from the tree.
Much of the fallen fruit was
of varieties not yet mature and
even the mature fruit would not
be salvageable since it would be
either damaged by falling or
would be unfit for use before it
could be picked up. The sorting
job on such fruit would be eco
nomically impossible.
Bartlett Picking
Members of the association
TENNESSEE WHITE SUPREMACIST ORDERED
Clinton, Tonn. U.R) A
near tiot broke out at newly
integrated Clinton High school
today when white youths pro
testing th mor. began throw
ing tomatoes, cans and sticks
at passing Ngroes.
Clinton, Tenn. U.R Police
served a federal restraining or
der Wednesday night on a white
supremacy leader in the middle
of a speech to some 1.000 cheer
France Assembling
Task Force in
Mediterranean Sea
London (U.P.) France was
reported assembling a 30-ship
task force in the Mediterranean
today for joint Anglo-French mil
itary moves against Egypt should
the Suez crisis deteriorate fur
ther. Hopes for a peaceful settle
ment were low.
France and Britain announced
jointly that French troops would
be sent to Cyprus, easy striking
distance of the canal zone, and
unofficial reports 'said French
paratroops were already en route
to the British base from Alger
ia.
'Grave' Deterioration
Some sources spoke of a
"grave" deterioration of rela
tions between Britain and Egypt
but the foreign office refused to
even comment on the situation.
B r i t i h newspapers accused
Egypt of imposing a "reign of
terror" on Britons living there.
The feeling of crisis was
heightened by the arrest of three
British diplomats and the expul
sion of two British diplomats
on spy charges. Egyptian sourc
es said they were engaged in a
plot to overthrow the govern
ment of President Gamal Abdel
Nasser.
AH dispatches from Egypt in
dicated that Nasser would not
budge from his stand that the
Suez Canal was and must re
main Egyptian although Egypt
ian government sources said he
was anxious to negotiate a com
promise settlement.
Egyptian sources in Cairo de
nounced the Anglo-French de
cision to move troops to Cyprus
as "crude pressure" and said it
would have no effect on the firm
Egyptian stand.
It was against this background
that the five-nation Suez com
mittee headed by Australian
Prime Minister Robert Gordon
Menzies prepared to fly to Cairo
Sunday for talks with Nasser on
the Dulles plan to place the can
al under international control.
Ouster of Russian
UN Official Demanded
Washington -fli.fi The
United States has demanded the
ouster of Rotislav Shapovalov,
second secretary of the Russian
mission to the United Nations.
The State Department an
nounced Wednesday the action
was based on -testimony of for
mer Communist army Capt.
Michael Shatov before the Sen
ate International Security sub
committee last June. Shatov
said Shapovalov tried to black
mail him into returning to the
Soviet Union.
Simultaneously, the depart
ment told U. S. Secretary Gen
eral Dag Hammarskjold it would
demand the recall of Aleksei
Petukhov, a Russian employee
of the U. S. secretariat, if he
persists in molesting former
Soviet citizens now in this coun
try. '
Tepper Low Bidder
For Cone Gathering
Ed Tepper, Shady Cove, was
low bidder for the gathering of
douglas fir and ponderosa pine
cones, according to the Bureau
of Land Management.
There was one other bidder.
according to the officials here,
but it was for only part of the
2600 bushels desired.
Tepper, who will start im
mediately gathering the fir
cones, bid $2 per bushel lor tne
douglas fir cones and $1.25 per
bushel for ponderosa pine.
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Keporrea
said that the orchardists would
be finishing their bartlett pick
ing Thursday or Friday, with
picking generally completed by
Saturday of this week.
Some d'Anjous will be coming
into packing houses toward the
end of the week with full pick
ing schedules for Anjous in full
swing by Monday of next week.
No Decrease in Workers
Despite the wind fall loss,
spokesmean for the industry said
that the outlook for a better than
average crop was still good and
that there would be no decrease
in the need for competent or
chard or jacking house workers.
ing segregationists. Authorities
expressed fear that this tense
testing ground of the Supreme
Court's racial integration order
may be the scene of violence.
The white supremacist, John
Kasper, 26, Washington, D.C.,
ignored the order and continued
speaking. The crowd howled
shouts of "kill them" at the po
lice officers who' served an
"anti-demonstration" order on
Kasper.
Airliner Crashes in
Alaska; 22 on
51st Year
Medford
26 Pages MEDFORD,
WHAT'S THIS Kay Huffman, 13-yeai -old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Huffman,
points to apples (left) and blossoms (right)
appearing simultaneously on a tree' behind
their residence, 72 Clover lane.. The Huff-,
Republican Jamboree
Scheduled Tonight
Thfe Republican Jamboree will
get under way at 6 p.m. today
with a smorgasbord meal fol
lowed by a speech by Fred A.
Seaton, secretary of the interior,
in Hawthorne.
Other GOP candidates will be
introduced, but will not make
formal speeches. Those who plan
to be present include former
secretary of the interior, Doug
las McKay, now candidate for
the senate; Harris Ellsworth,
congressman from the fourth
district; Gov. Elmo Smith; Sig
Unander, state treasurer, and
Mark Hatfield, candidate for
secretary of state. '
The Jamboree will be open to
the public with no admission
charge. The smorgasbord dinner
will cost $1.50 per plate. Tickets
may be purchased in Hawthorne
Park this evening, according to
Mrs. Wayne Stine, chairman of
the food committee.
Oregon Kidnaper
Thought Phone Caller
Porterville, Calif. (U.R)
Police said today a man answer
ing the description of a suspect
ed kidnaper made a long dis
tance telephone call from a pay
telephone at a service station
here.
Police Chief James Kendrick
said the call was made Wednes
day to Ontario, Ore. The caller
is believed to have been Ray
mond Farni, 26, wanted by Rieth,
Ore., authorities.
Farni is sought for the kid
naping, of his former wife, Ro-
sie, from her home in Rieth Sun
day night. Her mother, Mrs. Eva
Roberts, and a man identified
as Joe R. Thomas, also were
kidnaped but were released at
Winnemucca, Nev., Tuesday
night.
Bear Creek Bank
Protection Job Starts
Construction is in progress on
the west bank of Bear creek
where the interceptor sewer was
washed out in the December
flood, according to the Army
Corps of engineers.
F. L. Somers of Medford was
low bidder for the bank pro
tection work at $19,253. Comple
tion time is 45 calendar days.
The project got under way yes
terday.
The incident was the latest
growing out of the attempted
integration of 12 Negro students
into Clinton High school.
Assistant Attorney General
Walter" E. Fischer, School Prin
cipal J. D. Brittain Jr., and oth
ers immediately rushed to Knox
ville again to petition U.S. Dis
trict Judge Robert L. Taylor to
order Kasper's arrest for con
tempt. "I don't know what we're
Coing to do unless we can get
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OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1956
Take Second Look,
Ellsworth Advises
Kiwanis Group Here
Control of Congress by the
political party which is in oppo
sition to the presidential admin
istration is not fundamentally in
the best interests of the country,
according to Congressman Har
ris Ellsworth who spoke yester
day to the Medford Kiwanis
club.
Ellsworth advised citizens to
take a second look at things read
during an election ' year and
branded the effort to make Al
Sarena a scandal and a "timber
grab" the "cheapest and shabbi
est kind of politics. The Con
gressman, speaking at the serv
ice club's noon luncheon at
Rogue Valley country club, out
lined projects for which he has
worked which are of interest to
the Rogue river valley.
Gives Examples
Bills for federal aid during
the 84th Congress for school con
struction and for highway con
struction were given by Ells
worth as examples of how presi
dential proposals can be "kicked
around" for the sake of political
operation or opposition under a
"divided gvernment." In con
trast, the candidate pointed out
that considerable good was ac
complished for the country under
the 83rd Congress, which was
Salem (U.R) U.S. Sen.
Wayne Morse will attend the
Opening of the Oregon State
Fair here Saturday.
Salem (U.PJ More than 20
million seedling trees have been
planted in the Tillamook bum
over the past seven years, the
State Forestry Department said.
Weather
FORECAST: Fair through Frl
dav. Low tonight 53. High
Friday ss-90.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 89
Lowest this Morning . 52
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise
5:34 a.m.
.. 6:49 p.m.
-12:43 a.m.
Sept. 4
Sunset
Moonrise Fridav
rew :ioon ,
VISIBLE PLANETS
Saturn, in the south
west : p.m.
The constellation, Scorpio, ap
pears to the left of Saturn. Its
brightest star -is Antares.
Mars, in the southeast 10:31 p.m.
Venus, in nV east .... 4:35 a.m.
some outside help." Sheriff Joe
K. Owen said. "What can you
do with 500 people?"
Owen said Kasper "has got
them stirred up to a high pitch."
The restraining order against
Kasper was issued in nearby
Knoxville by Judge Taylor.
The self-proclaimed leader of
a pro-segregation White Citizens
Council kept on speaking. After
ward some 40 youngsters snake
danced around the courthouse,
blocking traffic.
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mans, who aren't sure what type of apple tree
this is, say this is the first time the blossoms
and fruit have appeared on the tree at the
same time, in the three or four years they
have lived there. v
Republican-controlled like the
administration. He cited a low
ered budget, personnel changes
and the end of the "shooting
war" in Korea.
Ellsworth mentioned that he
thought former President Harry
Truman could give the same tes
timony on divided federal sov-
ernment in regard to the 80th
Congress.
Aimed at Claims
The speakers "take a second
look" remark was aimed at the
claims, representations and as
sertions made by or in behalf of
candidates during an election
year.
"Al Sarena is potentially a
very worthwhile industry for the
area," Ellsworth stated in a dis
cussion on mining as a second in
dustry in southern Oregon. He
termed the mine a bona fide
operation with a low grade de
posit which requires a large in
vestment. He stated that the
company needed the patents and
also must diamond drill to block
out ore before financing. Ells
worth maintained that Charles
Davies, department of interior
s o I i c i tor-general, developed a
sound plan on which to com
plete the records and make a de
cision. Regarding need for develop
ment of mining, Ellsworth stated
the timber resources of the
Rogue valley will last for a
while but added that the time
will come when available tim
ber will be at a low point. He
said there should and must be
anther payroll industry. The
congressman spoke of Al Sarena
as one mining operation which
should be under way but was
"held back in the nature of a
selfish smear attack on Secre
tary (Douglas) McKay."
Tells of Other Work
The candidate . for reelection
from Oregon's fourth district
spoke of his work in behalf of
the Talent project. Rogue river
flood control. Savage Rapids
dam turbine screening, veterans
domiciliary at Camp White, for
est reinventory, access roads and
national park improvement.
Ellsworth declared that no one
person can claim the credit for
getting things done in Congress.
The most one can say, according
to the congressman, is that he
was there and helped, took his
proper place and did, proper
work.
TO DESIST
The incident followed a day
of tension and sporadic disorders
including several . fist fights in
protest against the admission of
the Negroes to the school which
has more than 700 white pupils.
Police arrested one of the Ne
groes momentarily as a partici
pant in one of the fights and es
corted the others from the cam
pus for their own protection, but
they were told they could return
to classes today.
Seven Survivors
Confirmed; Others
May Be Reported
Cold Bay, Alaska (U.R) A
Canadian Pacific DC6B airliner
with 22 persons aboard crashed
and burned while attempting to
land at the airfield here early
today and airline spokesmen
said there were only seven
known survivors.
Seven Survivors Confirmed
CPA public relations person
nel in Vancouver said there was
"still a big question mark" 'as
to the precise number killed
among the 14 passengers and the
crew of ei,;ht. They said seven
persons had been "confirmed as
survivors with more Information
to follow."
They implied the number of
survivors would probably climb
higher.
Earlier, reports reaching the
public relations department and
relayed to newsmen had said
only seven persons escaped the
crash as the big airliner
ploughed into, the rugged terrain
just south of the Cold Bay land
ing field at 1:22 a.m. PST.
Cold Bay is 390 miles west of
Kodiak. A little wilderness com
munity at the lower end of the
Alaska Peninsula, it is the site
of a U.S. Air Force base and is
used as a refuelling station for
transpacific flights.
Jack Crump of the CPA pub
lic relations department in Van
couver said the aircraft's cap
tain, second officer, navigator,
stewardess and three of its pas
sengers were among the known
survivors. The captain was iden
tified as T. A. Tweed. 33, Burna
by. B.C., a veteran CPA pilot.
The second officer was identi
fied as Robert Love, 28, Victoria,
B.C., a former Royal Canadian
Air Force pilot.
Chinese Passengers
Two passengers who escaped
uninjured were the daughters
of CAP'- manager in Hong Kong.
Crump said. Hp identified them
as Miss Sharon Edelstein, about
16, and her seven-year-old sis
ter, Patricia.
Crump said most of the pas
sengers aboard the plane were
Chinese. , ' !' '
The plane left Vancouver at
5:30 p.m. Wednesday, headed for
Tokyo, and was scheduled to re
fuel at Cold Bay.
Five Diesel Engines
Derailed at Dexter
Portland (U.R) Five Diesel
locomotives were derailed today
at Dexter, about 18 miles south
of Eugene in a collision of a
southbound freight train and a
northbound freight on a siding,
Southern Pacific railroad offi
cials reported here.
No, one was reported hurt.
"Good News You've
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Three Children,
Woman Succumb;
Another Injured
Neighbor Hears
Sound of Explosion
Portland U.R) Four persons,
three of them children, perished
early today in a house fire here.
The victims were identified as
Mrs. Elysabeth L. Murray, 34;
a daughter, Diane, 4; a son.
Dean, 6. and six-month-old Ter
ry Anderson, daughter of Mrs.
Gloria D. Anderson, 21. Mrs.
Anderson was in critical condi
tion. Spread Between Walls
Battalion Chief Chester Wood
ruff said the blaze apparently
started in or near the oil furnace
in the basement and spread be
tween the walls to the roof. The
cause was not determined im
mediately. Twq other sons of Mrs. Mur
ray, Donn, 8 and David, 12, and
a friend staying in the home,
Paul Sinclair, 9, escaped.
The fire alarm was turned
in by a neighbor, Mrs. M. C.
Graham who was awakened by
her daughter, Jean. The girl said
she heard the sound of an ex
plosion and breaking glass.
Firemen fought their way
into the home and carried the
victims outside. Resuscitator
crews worked over them but the
four were pronounced dead on
arrival at a hospital.
Firemen said Mrs. Anderson
made a social call at the Murray
home last night and decided to
remain all night. Mrs. Murray
was divorced.
Central Point Paper
Ceases Publication
Central Point The Central
Point American, the weekly
newspaper here, published its
last issue last .week, according
to co-publisher Chet Ashton.
Ashton said he had purchased
the interest of Cecil Sharp, co
publisher and editor, in the pa
per's facilities, and has suspend
ed publication. He will continue
to operate the Central Point
Publishing company as a com
mercial printing business, he
said.
The paper was founded in 1928
by John B. Sheley and for many5
years was edited by A. E. Pow
ell, until it was sold to Ash
ton and Sharp about 2'4 years
ago.
The subscription list of the
American, totaling between 400
and 500, has been sold to the
Rogue River Times, Ashton said.
Golf Results
Defending champion Carole
Jo Kabler, Suthcrlin. defeated
Shirley Siegmund, Eugene, 8
and 6 this morning in the first
round of women's Champion
ship play in the Southern Ore
gon Golf tourney at Rogue
Valley Country club.
Medalist Sue DeVoe. Med
ford, beat Mrs. Rose Bunch,
10 and 8.
Other results were: Mrs. W.
W. Davies. Redding. Calif., def.
Mrs. Ed Wheelock, Portland.
3 and 2; Mrs. Robert Ihlan
feldt Seattle, def. Mrs. Ray
Scott Portland. 2 and 1: Mrs.
Marge Fillis. Salt Lake City,
def. Mrs. Belle S c h n c k.
Medford, 2 and 1: Mrs. Max
ine Hammond. Medford. def.
Mrs. Ruby Calderwood. Eu
gene, 5 and 3.
The Post Construction com
pany this week will complete a
sanitary sewer project on Sun
rise ave. and Valley View dr.
south of Capital ave.. according
to Vornon Thorpe, director of
public works.
Reached A New High"
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