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Newspaper Page Textlore wo 'It's The Latest Thing" mm Thornton 1 cr Registrations Valid Voter registrations taken at temporary registrar locations be tween Aus. 5 and last week in Jackson tounty are valid, ac cording to Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton. In a letter received this morn ing by Mrs. Bereth Hopkins. Jackson county clerk. Thornton gave it as his "unofficial" opinion that such registrations are not subject to challenge. In an earlier opinion he had ruled that registrations could not be Stockholm's Record Of Orders Missing New York ;u.R) rA record of orders given on the liner Stock holm disappeared between the time of the ship's collision with the Andrea Doria and the time it returned to New York with sur vivors of the tragedy, it was dis closed today. Charles S. Haight, attorney for the Swedish American Line, stated at a pretrial hearing that the important item of evidence 'had not been found preserved" when the Stockholm returned here to go into drydock July 27. two days after the collision that sank the Italian liner off the Massachusetts coast. Third Mnto Ernest Carstens Jnhansen. first witness called in pretrial testimony, described the record as the night order book, a pad on which the officer in charge keeps a record of orders during the night watch. Porllander Elected By World War I Yets Portland (U.R) Harlan W. Barnes of Portland is the new national commander of the Vet erans of World War I. He was elected at the closing business session of the organiza tion's four-day convention here yesterday to succeed Harry J. Millrn of WatertJwn. N Y. Barnes. 60, has been an em ployee of the Portland Traction Co. now Rose City Traction for 34 years and now is a claims adiustor. Lewis Brake. Mount Vernon. III., was chosen national senior vice commander. Reginald H. Murphy Jr.. Washington. DC, was reelected adjutant quarter master, the equivalent of secretary-treasurer. Black, White Goat Reported Stolen Here A black and white goat, mas cot of a group of visiting Shriners, was reported stolen from the car of one of them yes terday afternoon, according to Medford police. EarJ Hauck. Portland, the complainant, told police his group thought it possible local Shriners had. playfully or ma liciously, kidnaped the. goat, which was in a crate in the car. Weather ' roRKCsT: Fr Ihrpnsh Satur dv xcrpt lr ("i st- nrd.Y morninc. low tonlint JS-io. Huh Salutday .5. Tmp. Ilith"! TMlrrdav - " l..ft this Morninc 3' Free to 4.3 a m. today. Trace Our Skies Tonight 4:5 . 6:11 p.m. pjn. .. SrpL Z H i-ll above it he planet, Vrnns. Nt Jupiter, which n near Reitulus Ut winter, will appear in the morninc kv well below Regulus. Says Voter accepted at temporary locations. He said the law should be given a "liberal interpretation" to permit the maximum number of voter registrations. Earlier Opinion His earlier formal opinion, dated Aug. 5 and given at the re quest of State Sen. Monroe Sweetland, indicated that such registrations could be accepted only at "fixed" or "permanent" locations, as distinct from "tem porary" locations. Mrs. Hopkins learned of the opinion last week and only by chance. In neither his official opinion nor in his letter today, however, did he provide any basis for determination of what a tem porary location is. Mrs. Hopkins said, adding that the two docu ments leave her in some doubt. She said she conferred by telephone today with David O Hara. Salem, head of the elec tions division, who said he would attempt to get the matter settled through a more specific and de tailed interpretation by the at torney general. Ike Declares Farm Proposals 'Honest' Newton. Iowa (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower today said his farm policies might-seem "crazy" to some farmers of the Middle West, but he felt sure that even his opponents realized that his proposals were conceived in complete honesty. Mr. Eisenhower spoke in formally before the massive audience attending the National Plowing Contest and National Fields Days about 20 miles west of Des Moines. The chief exe cutive said he did not consider li is brief remarks as a speech or as political. Merrill Anderson, chairman of the program, estimated the President's listeners at 75,000. He reserved until his appear ance in Peoria. 111., next Tues day night a major statement on special farm problems and his ideas for meeting these prob lems. Eagle Point Man Hurt In White City Accident Lloyd Adamson, 42. of Eagle Point, a night shift employee at Olson-Ross Lumber company at White City, was injured about 8 p.m. yesterday when he was struck in the face with an iron bar as he was trying to remove a knot from the gang saw. He was taken by Medford Ambulance Service to Sacred Heart hospital, where he was trated for a nose injury and bruises. . n STOKING ORATORICAL BOILERS, Democrats and Republicans are speeding up cam paign for presidency. Arilai Stevenson (left), accuses Republicans of lacking under standing in Suez crisis. At right is Republican "Truth Squad" which plans to follow Stevenson, refute his arguments. From left: Senator Potter, Michigan; Senator Bar rett, Wyoming; Rep. G. H. Sherer, Ohio, and Rep. D. L. Jackson, CaUf. (International) 51st Year MEDFORDMl L'nited Press Full Leased Wire 22 Pages MEDFORD, Railroads Are Basic Industry In Emergency, Witness Claims Railroads are considered a ba sic industry in time of war and. in the event of another; nation al emergency, would have to carry a major burden, Dr. C. F. Zicbarth. University of Oregon professor, stated in the final day of the Southern Pacific hearing yesterday. The hearing over abandon ment of rail passenger service in southern Oregon last year ended at 6:30 p.m. yesterday. Sen. Philip Lowry, one of the complainants in the case, an nounced he did not feel a rebut tal is necessary. The case will be taken under further advise ment by the Public Utilities commission. Studies by the PUC are expected to require a con siderable period of time before a decision is announced. Southern Pacific discontinued rail passenger service between Eugene and Ashland on the Sis kiyou line in August, 1955, claiming the two trains on that run were not patronized enough to justify deficits. Complaint Filed Subsequently, a complaint was filed by Sen. Lowry of Med ford, Sen. Paul Geddcs. Rose burg, and Sen. Gene Brown, Grants Pass. The senators, all attorneys, asked in the com plaint that improved service be restored. They also charged that withdrawal of rail passenger service had hindered economic growth of southern Oregon and that SP was discriminating against residents of this area. Dr. Zicbarth, professor of traf fic and transportation at the uni versity was SP's 12th witness since the company resumed its side of , the case last Tuesday. The professor, who is also chair man of Gov. Elmo Smith's box car supply committee, stated he is preparing an article on raH passenger deficits for the Public Utilities Fortnightly, a national ly circulated magazine tor pub-j lie utilities commissions, utility j companies and regulated indus-1 tries. Studies Show - He testified his studies have shown a consistent decline in rail travel as well as a consist ent increase in travel 'by air and private automooile. He added that in Oregon there is one car for every 2.41 people. He said that in 1920 slightly less than 10,000,000 motor vehicles were registered in the United States as compared with more than 58.000,000 in 1954. A forecast for 1956 indicates that total airline passenger miles will exceed the passenger miles of the railroads, he added. Deficits in railway passenger operations began in the early 30s, Dr. Ziebar stated, but were attributed in part to the eco nomic depression, until 1936 From that year until 1941 the deficits continued. The witness said deficits stopped during the war years 1941-1946. but re sumed at the end of World War II and continued through 1955. The largest deficit was reported in 1953, with a decline in defi cits noted in 1954 and 1955. He said he felt the policy of retiring deficite-incurring trains has been partly responsible for the last decline. Cross-ExBmination In cross examination Sen. Lowry asked Dr. Ziebarth his Portland (U.R) An auto mobile accident today claimed the life of Olan K. Thornicy, 26, Portland. Detroit (U.R) The new 1957 Fords will be nine inches longer, 4'i inches lower and S53 higher. r- ft : Nil x: ' h " - ' If vi a r t OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1956 opinion of the effect withdrawal of rail passenger facilities would have on national defense. He an swered the matter was a cause for concern, but indicated air lines would be able to counter act loss of rail facilities. He stated that the airline in dustry has recently been on a '"buying binge" to acquire new equipment including turbo-prop and jet aircraft. Expenditures, Dr. Ziebarth added, are in ex cess of S2 billion. Dr. Ziebarth said he felt gov ernment subsidies to air trans portation have had a bad effect on the contpetitive ability of railroads. The witness commented he did not think freight shippers should be required to make up deficits incurred by passenger trains, and he saw no necessity of SP spending $466,000 main Harry Bridges Beaten By Merchant Seamen Sausalito, Calif. (U.R) Longshore leader Harry Bridges was beaten up by two merchant seamen at the plush Valhalla restau rant here early today, police reported. Bridges suffered a black eye, bruised forehead and told police he had been kicked in the groin and stomach. He declined hospi talization and went to his home to be treated by his doctor. Arrested for the beating were Fred Reppine, 35, and Donald Ross Hansen, 23, both of San Francisco. Both men refused to give any reason for the beating. Police Chief Louis Mountanos launched an investigation in cooperation with the Marin county district attorney's office to determine "whether this wras a paid beat ing." Nor could Bridges, president of the International Longshore men's and Warehousemen's union,' explain the beating. Jumped from Behind Bridges told Police Sgt. Stan ley C. Kelley that he was in the men's room when jumped from behind by the man identified as Hansen and knocked to the floor. Kellcy said Henry DeGorog. manager and-head waiter, and bartender Charles Massie heard UN May Be Consulted On User Association London !U.R) The second Suez conference ended tonight in general agreement but with a strong indication the United Na tions will be consulted before the Users' Association attempts to send ships through the canal. A majority of the conference nations indorsed the association plan, but expressed a "general feeling" that the United Nations should be called into the dispute early next month. The Users' Association will not be set up formally until the gov ernments of the conference na tions have been consulted, a pro cess expected to take about 10 days. France, Pakistan and Turkey expressed reservations about the plan, largely as a result of revis ions adopted at the latest con ference. Phoenix. Ariz. (U.R Sen. Stuart Symington (D-Mo.) says Democratic presidential candi date Adlai E. Stevenson's call for an end to the draft as soon as possible was "a point well taken." Seaside (U.R) Al R. Har ris, Portland, has been installed as president of the Oregon Li censed Beverage Association. rfrr, v. v Price 10c Tribune United Press Full Leased Wiro No. 156 taining and operating a passen ger train on the Siskiyou line for the convenience of a "few people." Hearing Recessed Southern Pacific began its side of the case last month at a hear ing which was recessed after four days. Since the hearing was resumed Tuesday the com pany has attempted to refute charges, including discrimina tion against this area, that poor equipment was used on the line and that SP had failed to adver tise its services properly. The public's side of the case was held at hearings in Rose burg and Medford last April. Representing Southern Paci fic have been the law firms of Koerncr, Young, McColloch and Dezendorf of Portland and Dun can. Brophy. Wilson and Du haime of Medford. the scuffle. He went to the rest room and saw Bridges on the floor and Reppine and Hansen pummeling him, they said. One of the attackers had twisted Bridges' tie tightly around his neck, Kelley said. Hansen was booked for as sault and battery. Rappine was booked for disturbing the peace, drunkenness and assault and battery. Scientist's Impression Of Russia To Appear "trTTAail iriBune Series Dr. Luis W. Alvarez, one of the. top nuclear scientists in the United States, visited Russia last May at the invita tion of Ihe Soviet Academy of Science. He kept a diary of his trip. In a series of five articles, starting Monday in the Mail Tribune, Dr. Alvarez gives his impressions of Russia. In the first installment. Dr. Alvarez says that he does not believe Russian leaders have changed their intentions to dominate the world but he does believe that they know they cannot do it by World War III. County Grand Jury Returns Indictments The Jackson county grand jury this morning returned nine "John Doe" indictments against persons charged with crimes in Jackson county. Grand jurors also returned separate indictments against Fredrick Farleigh. 66. no ad dress listed, and Clarence Swaf ford, 30. Gainesville, Ga. The two were arrested recently by city police on charges of intoxi cation and vagrancy and are now charged with sodomy com mitted in the city jail. Three Prisoners Taken To Penitentiary Today . Deputy Sheriff Joe Walsh to day took three prisoners to Salem, where they will begin sentences ' in the state peni tentiary. Included in the group were Roy L. Thurman, 57, of 1501 North Riverside ave., sentenced for burglary not in a dwelling; Philip A. Johnson, 19, Port Or ford. Ore., and Gerald W. Quin lin. 40, Tiller, Ore., assault while armed with a dangerous weapon. Family Service Be Considered Methods of establshing a fam ily service agency will be dis cussed at a meeting of the Men tal Health committee of Jack son county at noon Wednesday, Sept. 26, in the courthouse an nex conference room. The discussion will follow a subcommittee's report on the suggested plan for establishing family service. The mental health committee has been study ing the need for such a service. Among the speakers who have discussed the problem with local representatives are Dr. Henry C. Schumacher, medical director, mental health service, San Fran- I cisco regional office in the U.S. Wilson, Morrell Contract Sessions Held in Chicago Long Strike Seen Against Swift Plants Chicago (U.Rl Packing house workers battened down today for a "long strike" against Swift and Company and went into "brass tacks"' negotiating talks with two other major meat packers. Some 25,000 member? of the United Packinghouse Workers and the Amalgamated Meat Cut ters and Butcher Workmen The strike which yesterday affected more than 25,000 workers at Swift and Com pany plants in 26 states from Massachusetts to California will apparently have no affect in Medford, Robert Messel beck, manager of the Swift and Company plant in Med ford, announce4 today. "We have good stocks," Messelbeck said. He added that the sources of supply for beef, sausage and bacon are particularly good. settled down to steady picketing at 39 Swift plants in 26 states from coast to coast. Union negotiators meanwhile met in Chicago with representa tives of Wilson and Company and John Morrell and Company in contract sessions that could decide whether, the Swift strike will spread into an industry wide walkout. "We are at the brass tack? stage with Morrell and Wilson," a union spokesman said. Same Issues Involved "We've been talking with them lor some- time and now we're down to business. Today"s meetings are pregnant with pos sibilities. " The unions represent about 7,000 Morrell employees in 10 plants. New talks were scheduled Monday with Armour and Com pany, where the unions bargain for 30,000 workers in 47 plants. Union officials said they were making the same demands W'ilson, Morrell -and Armour that "we served up against Swift." Union members walked out of Swift plants Thursday to en force demands for a union shop, a "substantial" pay hike and other benefits. Contracts Expired Contracts with the four firms and two other meat packers. Cudahy Packing Company and Hygrade Food Products Corpora tion, expired Sept. 1. The unions said employees of all six firms j authorized strike action if ne-j gotiations fail. ' A Packinghouse Workers spokesman said the strikers were not "anticipating much progress" at the scheduled Mon day attempt of the Federal Con ciliation and Mediation Service to bring about an agreement. He added that the "general at titude" of the workers was that a "long strike" lay ahead of them. Kiewif Low Bidder On Access Roads Low bidder for construction of an eight mile section of the bureau of land management Galice timber access road in Jo sephine county is Peter Kiewit Sons company, E. K. Peterson, district forester of the BLM, an nounced today. The bid was for S42 1.570, Peterson said. The same com pany submitted another bid, he added, of $52,000 to repair a 10 mile section of the same road damaged by floods last year. Peterson stated that advertis ing for bids on construction of an additional five miles of the BLM Kelsey-Mule creek access road will be released next week. The project is located north of the Rogue river in the extreme northwest part of Josephine ccunty. Agency to at Meeting public health service; and Miss Lena Cochran, western regional consultant, family service asso ciation of America. A subcommittee was named to draw up tentative plans for ac tion for establishing family serv ice at the committee's July meet ing. The report will be submit ted at the Wednesday meeting, committee members said. Members of the subcommittee are Dr. and Mrs. John Bradshaw, Ashland; Mrs. Walter Bish and Mrs. Robert Keeney. Phoenix; Miss Noreen Kelly Mrs.. Allan Perry, Mrs. Henry Padgham. the Rev. George Trobaugh, and Miss Mary Vendenberg, all of Med ford. . Kefauver Urges 'Deep Thoughts' By Oregonians Pendleton W.R) Sen. Estes Kefauver said today that voters should give "deep thoughts . . . to what would happen to their country if Richard Nixon hap pened to succeed to the presi dency. The Democratic vice presiden tial nominee also rejected a de mand of the Republican vice president that Kefauver apolo gize to President Eisenhower for a recent campaign statement that the chief executive has been working hard against the "little people" and for "the spe cial interests." Instead, Kefauver" renewed a demand that Nixon apologize to "many innocent citizens he has hurt ... by previous smear cam paign tactics." In a press conference and a speech before a political rally here, the No. 2 Democratic can didate hammered away on a theme of whether there really Building Starts on $160,000 Addition To Bowling Lanes By the end of this year or the first of next, Medford will have the second largest Bowling fa cililies in Oregon. Proprietor Fred Anderson of Medford Bowling lanes today an nounced that construction of an addition to the building is under way. The new 115 by ba-foot re inforced concrete structure will house 10 new alleys and a nur sery. These new alleys will give the establishment a total of 22 lanes. Only larger facility in the state is Columbia Bowl at Port land with 26. The addition will provide rpom for "open" or non-league use. and is being built, also with the women's 1957 state tournament in mind. Medford will be site of Ihe tourney Feb. 9 through March 10. An estimated 300 teams and 1,500 individual parti cipants will take part. $160,000 Improvement A $30,000 building permit was taken out for the work, which is being done by the Bes sonette and Graff construction firm. Anderson stated that equipment to be installed will cost $130,000 to $140,000, mak ing an improvement of $160,000 to $170,000 at the lanes, located at North Riverside ave. and Ed wards st. Automatic pin-setters will be among the equipment installed. Target date for operation of the addition is Dec. 1. However, installation of all equipment may not be completed until about Jan. 1, Anderson said. The addition is on the west side of the present building, ex tending 65 feet along Edwards street. Further construction planned for completion before the wom en's tourney is a locker room ad dition on the south side of the present structure. Fair Weather Expected For First Autumn Day Fair weather is expected io usher in the ' first day of autumn in aouthern Oregon tomorrow, according to th Medford weather bureau sta tion. The forecast it for fair weather with valley fog in the morning. The autumnal eqi nox when fall officially starts occurs at 5:36 p.m. tomorrow. TESTIFYING for prosecu tion, Joseph J. O'Keefe gives details of $1,218,211 Brink's robbery during Boston trial of eight. (IntarnaUowill 4 r : VST ESTES KEFAUVER Nixon's Demand 'Rejected is "a npur Kivfin nf curpotnAc. and lightness and decency or wneiner ne nas just put on a new face for the purpose of the campaign." Real Thing? Kefauver charged that Nixon 'is the darline of pvprv rear. tionary in the Republican party irom ieonara nail down. The Democratic nominee ask. ed whether ReDublicans who care whether their party can be a modern and responsible instru ment of government . . . can be sure that Mr. Nixon's new Re publicanism is the real thing?" "Nothing reveal a man's character more fully than to give him power," Kefauver said. "Does America have to wait until he has in his hands the awful powers of the presidency ... to find out what Richard Nixon is really like?" Morse Backed Kefauver urged Oregon voters to support Sen. Wayne Morse (D.-Ore.) who has switched from the GOP since his last election, in the race against former Inte rior Secretary Douglas McKay. "To sacrifice Wayne Morse on an altar of TieDublican as Richard Nixon asked you to do, would be the sorriest day in the history of the people of Ore gon," Kefauver said. Kefauver said he wnnM not apologize to Mr. Eisenhower, as demanded by Nixon, "because every word 1 said was true." Kefauver charced that on's demand of an apology shows that "the official nrnna. ganda line of the Republican parry u io try to keep General Eisenhower above criticism." But Kefauver said that Tin. publicans cannot keep Mr. Eis enhower on a. mountain top apart from the misdeeds and shortcomings of his administra tion." (See Story on Page 12) Cost of Living Declines in August Washington U.R) The cost of living declined in August for the first time in seven months, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Factory workers' take home pay rose to a new record high, level during the month, the bu reau said. The price index for August was 116.8, using average 1947-49 prices as a comparison base of 100. The August figure was 0.2 per cent below July which was . the highest in history. A decline in fresh fruit and vegetables prices more than off set the rising prices of other foods and most goods and services. The average factory worker. with a wife and two children. had take home pay of $73.06 per week in August. His pay check could buy more goods and serv ices than in any previous Au gust, the bureau said. Lookouts Taken From National Forest Posts Lookouts in all Rogue River National forest lookout stations have been taken off duty ex cept those in the Applegate area, according to S. T. Moore, fire control officer of the forest. Moore said recent rains have reduced fire danger sufficiently to take lookouts temporarily off duty. However, he said, if dry weather continues for a few days, some of the lookouts will be sent back. He added that almost no rain fell in lag. Applegate area.