Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 31, 1956, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextRUSSIA REVEALS mm ait EXPLOSOH of maim ra HELP YOURSELF Guests at the Republi can Jamboree, still clad in smorgasbord serv ing attire, examined with interest booster stickers, lapel pins and campaign cards for their "favorite candidates." Left to right are Congressman Harris Ellsworth, Douglas Mc Kay, candidate for senator, Interior Secretary Fred A. Seaton, Barbara Gordon and Jane Bash. More than 500 people attended the event at Hawthorne park. Medford United Press Full Leased Wire Tribune United Press Full Leased Win 5 1st Year 22 Paget MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1956 Price 5c No. 139 Seaton Says Better Than It'i better to "reach the brink" of war than to engage in actual warfare, Fred A. Seaton, secre tary of the interior, told more than 500 last night at the Repub lican Jamboree in Hawthorne park. Seaton cited the end of the Korean conflict and absence of further combat among major achievements of the Eisenhower administration. He said he does not feel the Democrats were solely to blame for World" War I, World War II or the Korean con flict, but added, "The Democrats were in power when the shoot ing started." 'Brink of War The Hastings, Neb., newspaper publisher made reference to statements by Defense Secretary 'Brink of War' Open Warfare John Foster Dulles that the 'audience the Korean conflict United States reached the "brink of war" three times during the Eisenhower administration. Recalling the 1952 presidential campaign, the speaker said Eisen hower and Nixon preached a crusade across the country and drew up a "series of indictments' against the political party then in power. Seaton listed the fol lowing charges: Series cf 'Indictments' "(1) America was weary, frus trated and worried about the Korean war; (2) There was scan. die among government leaders in Washington; (3) The value of the dollar had declined; and (4) There was encroachment on the rights of the people." The speaker reminded the -- Seaton Declines Bid To Visit Mining Site If there is any further govern mental action on the Al Sarena mining case, it will come from the departrrent of justice, Inte ' rior Secretary Fred Seaton said last night His remark came in response to a question about an invitation tent him by Charles O. Porter, Xugene attorney and candidate for congress from this district, to drive him to the site of the controversial mining patents on the Rogue River National forest near Trail. Write to Seaton It was Porter, in his campaign for congress two years ago who first brought public attention to the mining claim case which sine has become a national is sue. Early this week he wrote Seaton suggesting that he view the claims personally, and offer ing to provide transportation during Seaton's visit to Medford yesterday. Seaton. who said the letter caught up with him Wednesday evening, declined because of a tight schedule which called for appearances in Eugene, Rose burg and Medford yesterday, and a flight to the mid-west for speaking engagements early today.- Unanimous in Request But he said he reminded Por ter that the congressional com mittee which held bearings on Al Sarena was unanimous in asking that the matter be re ferred to the justice department. The Democratic majority of the committee made the recommen dation that the justice depart ment check for possible fraud, and the Republican minority agreed with the stipulation that the department also check for irregularities during previous administration when the disput ed claims were not admitted to parent." ' ' Seaton said he called Wash ington after receiving Porter's letter to check on the status of the Democratic majority re quest, and learned that it had not yet been forwarded to the justice department. He said he suggested to Porter that Sena tors Wayne L. Morse and Rich ard L. Neuberger might well in terest themselves in seeing that this is done. Much-Disputed Issue The Al Sarena affair has be come a much-disputed campaign issue, both in the 1954 campaign and again this year. It involves mining claims filed by the Mc Donald brothers which were never admitted to patent during Democratic administrations, but which were patented during the incumbency of Doug McKay, now Republican candidate for senator opposing Senator Morse, as interior secretary, on the mo tion of his then-solicitor, Clar ence Davis, after assays showed sufficient mineralization of fhe claims to allow patents. The assays have been the sub ject of dispute, particularly by Porter, who claims that another series of assays should be made and that all parties bind them selves to accept them. Democrats have claimed the patenting of the claims is an ex ample of a Republican give away" of natural resources; Re publicans have claimed that the requirements of the old mining laws, then in effect, were fol lowed, and that as a matter of law the claimants were legally entitled to their patent ended during the present admin istration and added, "Military strength in the United States is now 3'i times more than before Manville Heisel. master of ceremonies at the Republican Jamboree last night, closed the program with an announce ment that whoever mistakenly picked up a "little blue bag" belonging to the guest speaker. Interior Secretary Fred A. Seaton, could exchange it at the Medford hotel for a similar blue bag mistakenly picked up by the speaker's hosts. The emcee explained. "The missing bag contains Mr. Sea ton's nightgown, which seems to have drifted a little too far away." The switch in bags oc curred at the airport, he said. "Look A Joke 1$ A Joke- sot rr&i -ir Korea." He told the crowd after the president clarified his stand on the United States policy in the Far East there was no more Formosa trouble, "except for a few deplorable incidents in the Formosa straits." Regarding scandals in Wash ington, Seaton said, "I think we've stopped them. All we ever promised was that when we found crooks we'd prosecute and not pamper them. I think we've done that, and unfortunately we had to prosecute a few of the boys left over." Seaton said, "Though the value of the dollar declined and living costs sky-rocketed while the op position was in power, the Re publican administration has bal anced the budget twice and made payments on the federal debt." He added, "Agriculture prices have gone up 15 per cent since the first of the year and are still on their way, while surplus which is responsible, for low prices is on the way down." More Power Regarding alleged Democratic encroachments on rights of the people, Seaton said they had ob structed projects for public bene fit, including provisions for ade quate power facilities. He then stated, "With Douglas McKay in the interior department, 10,000, 000 kilowatts have been added to the output of the Bonneville Power administration. This is the greatest increase on record." Seaton said, "In 3V4 years the Eisenhower administration has brought more than $3 billion for water and power facilities in the country," and added, "In the Pa cific Northwest you need a min imum of 4.000,000 kilowatts each year for the next 10 years. You can search the record in Congress until you're blind, but yos'll never see a congressional appor tionment for that much electric energy. You just can't get that much money from Uncle Sam. You have to get money from municipalities or wherever you can and combine it with federal aid." Seaton, who was appointed sec retary of the interior when Mc Kay resigned recently to run for senator, had much praise for his predecessor. He said, "McKay hasn't always voted the way the administration wanted him to, but has done so lots more than his opponent, Sen. Wayne Morse." He added that in the rules committee, Congressman Harris Ellsworth had a 100 per cent record of support for the White House. Seaton was introduced by Mc Kay, who made no formal speech. On the speaker's plat form, McKay also extended con gratulations to Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Wilson of Medford, who were in attendance and were celebrat ing their 64th wedding anniversary. Others Introduced Master of ceremonies was Man ville Heisel, Medford attorney. Republican candidates in troduced includede Mrs. Anna Scott, for county treasurer; L. G. (Shv Morthland. county com missioner siting reelecuon; Al- Four San Quentin Prison Honor Farm Escapees Steal Plane, Fly Here Escapees Though! Headed North In Stolen Auto CAA Control Tower Operator Takes Call Four escapees from a San Quentin prison honor farm be low Happy Camp, Calif., landed in Medford in a stolen airplane at about 2:10 a.m. today. They are thought to have left soon afterward in a stolen car and headed north. The car wag found abandoned early today near Myrtle Creek. A search was being conducted for the men in that area this morning. Escapees Identified Believed escaped were Ger ald Baucum, 26, San Francisco, a known airplane and car thief; Edward Virgil, 26, Sacramento, know car thief; Paul Marquez, 24, Los Angeles, and Charles Morgan, 36, Los Angeles. Baucum is the supposed leader of the break, having been sen tenced for airplane theft in 1949 after deserting from the Marine Corps and flying a stolen plane from San Diego to Las Vegas, Virgil .was enteneed -for-rob bery, Marquez for narcotics vio lation, and Morgan for kidnap, holdup and bad checks, accord ing to United Press. CAA Gels Call Ira Gibson Parish, CAA con trol tower operator at the Med ford municipal airport called) city police into the case at 2:18 a.m. today. He said that at 2:03 a.m. he was called by an aircraft re questing to land on the Medford field. He gave it clearance for runway, and didn't hear from it again. Seven minutes later, he said, he saw a plane land on the cleared runway with only its landing lights on, its navigation lights off. Plane Abandoned After another eight minutes during which Parish was unable to reach the landed plane by ra dio, he called the police. An officer arrived and went to the end of the runway to investi gate the plane. He found it, a Cessna 186 single engine craft, abandoned and in the middle of the runway. The officer, with Harold G Lane, aviation safety agent, and Grant Clarence Bourquin, chief control tower operator, found the plane registered to E. E. Head, Happy Camp, Calif. They could not get Happy Camp by telephone. They then called the state police and asked them to contact Yreka, Calif., by radio. State police informed the airport men and the city offi cer that four convicts had just escaped a work camp in the Happy Camp area on the lower Klamath river and that they could have stolen the plane. Information Verified Teletyped messages from Cal ifornia verified the fact that the convicts had stolen a plane in Happy Camp after escaping and driving a stolen pickup to the to the Happy Camp airport. State police here reported at 5:10 a.m. that a car belonging to Albert Puhl, route 2, Medford, had been stolen. Puhl lives about 200 yards from the runway where the convicts left the plane. The car was found, abandoned, near Myrtle Creek this morning. Head, contacted later this morning, said he would come to Medford to pick up his plane. The FBI has been called in on the case by virtue of the fact that recent Congressional action has made taking a plane across a state line a federal offense. mm wi.-5f SBW'J'IS'lf --fT .- - mm I jL,a.-eeeee FIH -A l -i 'lilt Y I INSPECT NEW COMICS Five of the young er members of the Mail Tribune staff last week welcomed (and eagiilji i inEpectedl-the---" arrival of comic sections, which the Mail Tribune is adding to its Sunday edition. Left to right the boys are Larry Jones (getting a' . quick advance peek at "Steve Canyon") and ' Warren Lovell, both of the circulation de partment, Marvin Taylor, assistant in the ad vertising and business offices, and Jim Shopp and Dudley Peterson, of circulation. The new "comics, selected for the broadest possible ap peal for the entire family, also'carry on the continuity of most of the daily strips, and include Steve Canyon, Blondie, Dennis the ' Menace; Peanuts, Mutt and Jeff, Li'l Abner, Prince Valiant, Buz Sawyer, Snuffy Smith, and They'll Do It Every Time. t 4 - - - . .... - PAUL SELBY Filet for Mayor Subscription Rates To Increase Saturday Effective tomorrow. Sept. 1 subscription rates for The Med ford Mail Tribune will be in creased, it was announced today by Dale E. Enckson, circulation manager. The increase was made neces sary by increased operating ex penses and to permit carriers who act as independent mer chants to earn slightly increased revenues. Subscription rales for home delivery and motor routes will increase to $1.50 per month from $1.25, and from $15 to $18 for the year. Mail subscription rates outside of carrier delivery areas will be $1.50 per month, $4.2o for three months, $8 for six months and $15 for a year. Single copy sales by vendors and news Selby Seeks Mayor Berth len Curry, for assessor; Walter D. Nunley, district attorney seek ing reelection, and State Repre sentatives E. H. Mann and E. A. Littrell, both seeking reelection. Carl H. Francis, candidate for attorney general; Sig Unander, state treasurer seeking reelec tion; and Harris Ellsworth, seek ing reelection as congressman from the fourth district, were also introduced. (Sm Story ea fag 12) Petitions nominating Paul J. Selby, 44, for mayor of Med ford, were filed today. Only other candidate is John Snider, now councilman from Ward I. Deadline for city candi dates to file for election is to Selby was a member of the city council from January, 1947. to December, J954. In the 1954 campaign he 'was one of three candidates for mayor. Mayor Earl Miller was the winner in that election. He is not seeking reelection this year. During his council service, Selby served three years as presi dent of the council, the post now held by Snider. He also was a member of most of the council committees at one time or another. Selby is the proprietor of the Selby Glass Co., 303 North Bart- lett st., and has been in business here since 1942. He came to Medford in 1935. He is an Elk, Mason, Shriner, Kiwanian (presi dent of the club in 1948), and belongs to the Rogue Valley Country club and Jackson Coun ty Chamber of Commerce, hav ing . served on several chamber committees. He was a charter member and first president of the Medford Junior Chamber of Commerce. Selby and his wife and three daughters live at 2427 Lyman ave. for the city council included these candidates: Ward I Ed Hall, Robert Mc Intyre and Granvil Brittsan; Ward II A. R. (Tony) Manno and Al Bradford; Ward III Mrs. Marina Gates and R. L. Van Sickle (Councilman Harold Frye is not seeking election); and Ward IV Jimmy Dunlevy and Jack Fitzgerald (the latter is the present councilman). : This -is the first city election in which only the mayor and council positions are up for elec tion. At the 1954 election, voters approved the city manager form of government, and removed the offices of recorder and treasur er from elective status. I stands will be 10 cents per copy for daily or Sunday copies. During the annual Bargain Days, Sept. 8 to 17, subscribers may renew or order their sub scription for the full year at the old rates of $15 by carrier and $12 by . mail. Six Airplane Crash . Survivors in Vancouver Vancouver, B.C. (U.R) A Canadian Pacific Airlines mercy plane reached Vancouver early today with six survivors from Thursday's Alaska Peninsula crash of a plane in which 15 persons were killed. Golf Results Sue DeVoe. Medford. de feated Mrs. W. W. Davies. Redding. Calif., 5 and 4 today in women's quarter-finals of the Southern Oregon Golf tournament at Rogue Valley Country club. Mrs. Robert Ihlanfeldt. Seat tle, beat Mrs. Marge Fillis, Salt Lake City. 7 and 5. Carole Jo Kabler. Sutherlin. edged Mrs. Maxine Hammond, Medford, 1 up. The quarter-final match be tween Elaine Porritt, Eugene, and Mollie Murphy, Portland, was tied at the end of the regulation 18 holes. In the completion of men's first round play, Clayton Lewis. Medford. downed John Jensen, Medford, en the 19th hole. Most Detailed Revelation of Continuing Tests Guided Missile With Atomic Warhead Hinted Moscow (U.R) The Soviet government announced today a new series of high airburst nu clear tests using "a minimum quantity of radioactive . sub stances." The new explosives took place Aug. 24 and 30, the announce ment said, "to perfect atomic weapons and the development of new types of weapons for vari ous kinds of troops." The statement was broadcast by Radio Moscow. It was the most detailed revelation yet of the Continuing Soviet , nuclear tests. Mention of "new types of weapons" and their detonation "at great heights" suggested Rus sia may have fired a guided mis sile with an atomic warhead, observers said in London. The statement continued: "In the Soviet Union tests of atomic weapons are being car ried out, as a rule at great heights, which permits a sharp reduction of radioactive fallout. "It is. for the purpose that a minimum quantity of radio active substances is used. 'The Soviet government, guid ed by its peace policy, has re peatedly proposed at the United Nations the unconditional ban ning of atomic and hydrogen weapons." Washington U.R) President Eisenhower announced today that the Russians set off another large atomic explosion in South west Siberia Thursday morning. Mr. Eisenhower told a news conference that the test was larger than the one conducted in the same area last Friday. The American government said last week's test had a yield of less than a megaton, 1 million tons TNT equivalent. Two More Festival Performances Slated Ashland Two performances remain in the 1956 season of the Oregon Shakespearean fes tival. Tonight's will be "Love's Labour's Lost" and the closins play will be "Romeo and Juliet." The box office reports that tickets are still available for both performances. This will be the first time that the season has been extended to 32 performances, closing Sept. i ratner than Aug. 31. The traditional closing night ceremony will follow Saturday night's play, with the entire cast taking part. It will include the reading of Prospero's speech from "The Tempest" and sine- ing of "Greensleeves." National Marketing Quota Fixed on Cotton 1 Washington (U.R) Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson today fixed a national marketing quota of 11,014,493 bales and set a national acreage allotment of 17,391,304 acres for the 1957 cotton crop. The acreage allotment was the same as that for 1956. It was the minimum that could be set under the 1956 farm law. Weather FORECAST: fair tonUht. Fair with increasing hign cloudi ness Saturday. Low tonight 54. High Saturday 90-9?. Temp. Highest Yeiterdiy 92 Lowest this Morning 51 Our Skies Tonight Sunrise Sunset . 5:3i a.m. 6:47 p.m. lj a.m. Moon rise Saturday New Moon next Tuesday l'KUniKNT STAR Capella. rises 9:29 p.m. tnd will be high overhead at u n rise. VISIBLE PLANETS Mars, rises 8:99 p.m. Saturn, sets 9:2t p.m. yenus, near the Moon. Government, Safety Officials Urge Careful Driving, Walking on Labor Day Holiday Governmental and safety offi cials, today issued a plea to all motorists for sensible driving and walking during the Labor Day holiday. - State police in Medford said there was only one injury in Jackson county last Labor Day week end. But, they emphasized that drivers should still be on the alert for the "deadly five" violations most often noted in rural fatal accidents. 'Deadly Five' They are excessive speed, traveling on the wrong side of the road, left turn in ace of Ac of. noon today, the races, oncoming trafiic, sa&ios wiU I - iy mM - Um out sufficient clearance and fol lowing too close. In 1855, seven were killed and 185 injured in 502 traffic acci dents in Oregon, according to E. C. Sammons, president of the Highway Lifesavers Committee of Oregon Citizens, Inc. He add ed that nearly 99 per cent of all fatal accidents are due to some violation of traffic violations. Officers To Patrol All available state police traf fic personnel will be assigned to patrol duties during the three day week end. Courts also have been asked to give full consideration to the "grave threat of life and prop erty posed by persons who com mil these violations."